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| Arsenal F.C. go Muslim |
| 2004-10-05 |
| Arsenal have signed a £100m deal with Emirates Airlines, which will see their new 60,000-seater ground at Ashburton Grove named the Emirates Stadium. The company have also agreed a contract to become the Gunners' shirt sponsor for eight years - starting in 2006-07. The stadium, which should open in the same season, will take on its new name for the next 15 years. There goes another part of British life. The money-chasing whores at Arsenal know no shame. The ground was long touted to be called 'Ashburton Grove' after its locality. But no, they've named it after a bunch of ragheads, GRAND. |
| Posted by:Howard UK |
| #15 Don't get so upset, Howard, it's only soccer. Not like it was real football. Tho' the niners renaming the 'Stick "Monster Park" comes close. |
| Posted by: Thugh Shult6855 2004-10-05 2:20:55 PM |
| #14 Who does Chelsea put on their strips now? Didn't it use to be Emirates? Hey, I have a great idea for the great north-south London derby - have El Al sponsor Chelsea! |
| Posted by: Halloweenie 2004-10-05 11:37:50 AM |
| #13 "No, no, no! I told you to purchase a arsenal, not buy Arsenal!" "Sorry boss" |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-10-05 11:11:44 AM |
| #12 What's the relative geography of the stadium, Finsbury Mosque and Mecca? If Finsbury is east of the stadium that'll fit, because they can face the Finsbury mosque and pay homage to it as well as they bow down to Mecca before each game. Then they can change their name from Arsenal to Arsehole, which will also fit because their arseholes will be pointing to the West and at a disgusted British public. |
| Posted by: Bryan 2004-10-05 10:04:47 AM |
| #11 IIRC the former Oxford's former ground was a major threat to public safety - they need the money more than Arsenal. Arsenal were named after the famous British munitions factory at Woolwich and are a major ambassador for English football abroad. Says to all and sundry they/we've sold out to the a-rabs. Does it have anything to do with their proximity to Finsbury Park? |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-10-05 8:55:07 AM |
| #10 Oxford who? Hey, they only needed three goals to have beaten Bristol Rovers on Saturday. If Arsenal started performing like that, it'd be good news for English football. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-10-05 8:51:13 AM |
| #9 at least something has em beat this season :p |
| Posted by: MacNails 2004-10-05 8:50:32 AM |
| #8 I suggest that Arsenal get the money up front. There are several football stadiums in the US that were initially bankrolled by Princes of the Desert...pitches were laid, seating constructed and balls purchased...then the "letters of credit" fell through. OUCH! |
| Posted by: RN 2004-10-05 8:42:39 AM |
| #7 Oxford who? |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-10-05 8:35:17 AM |
| #6 I don't think things went RoP at Oxford after they moved into the Kassam Stadium, did they? |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-10-05 8:33:46 AM |
| #5 The oil-rich are systematically buying the western world using oil payments from the western world. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-10-05 8:21:18 AM |
| #4 Halal pies at half-time. No golf umbrellas but ceremonial swords welcome. Players face mecca before kick-off. A minaret at each corner of the pitch. Bitches. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-10-05 8:04:14 AM |
| #3 With separate male and female seating sections. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-10-05 7:52:16 AM |
| #2 The Arsenal Pederasts |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-10-05 7:35:38 AM |
| #1 So what they are going to be renamed the Turbans now? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-05 7:29:33 AM |