RAWA Poll: Name The South Stand
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Dilligaf60
Guest
Same as me and politicians then.
Sidewinder2
Striker
I remeber years ago when I had my season ticket where the away fans are now, sure it was called "The Kronenburg North Upper Stand" or some bollocks. I do however realise that this has fuck all to do with the vote.
SydneyFan
Striker
Bit off topic but they caught a 4.6m Great White in the shark nets down the beach yesterday Berb.
I hope to fuck Malabar is netted as well. We go there or Yarra Bay.
oddbod
Winger
a bit of topic!!in both geographlly and semantically you couldnt get any furtheer away from the topic if you tried!Bit off topic but they caught a 4.6m Great White in the shark nets down the beach yesterday Berb.
I hope to fuck Malabar is netted as well. We go there or Yarra Bay.
SydneyFan
Striker
Mr Fleming lived in the same beachside suburb when he lived here. Thought it might be of interest.a bit of topic!!in both geographlly and semantically you couldnt get any furtheer away from the topic if you tried!
arthursboy
Striker
Need to add “none of the above” to the poll
ilovehorswill
Striker
Premier Concourse where the journalists sit, would be a fitting tribute to the gentlemen of the press
tynevalleyblackcat
Striker
I find it strange that we are going to end up naming a stand at a new ground after a stand at an old ground instead of honouring one of Sunderland's finest sons if not the finest. The Roker end was great but it should be left where it was. It never kicked a ball for us or won a tackle or scored a goal or won the League Title and FA Cup in consecutive years.
Sadly I think the numerous years that have past since Mr Carter was strutting his stuff at Roker Park, means not many of our fans realise just what a colossus he was for us. If only we had named the Roker End the Raich Carter End in the 50's then maybe we would end up with the right result here.
Sadly I think the numerous years that have past since Mr Carter was strutting his stuff at Roker Park, means not many of our fans realise just what a colossus he was for us. If only we had named the Roker End the Raich Carter End in the 50's then maybe we would end up with the right result here.
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ilovehorswill
Striker
Let them have their fun I guess. If it doesn't work out the next owner will change it
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Deleted member 40035
Guest
This it doesn't feel right having those 4 options.
I accidentally voted Roker End can we have another vote?
The Brexit End
tynevalleyblackcat
Striker
Let them have their fun I guess. If it doesn't work out the next owner will change it
We are missing a huge opportunity to shine the media's light on a period of our history that many outside the club know nothing about. Calling the South Stand the Roker End is both geographically incorrect and a massive missed opportunity to promote the proud history of our club for once.
Every time they mention the Raich Carter end they will then need to explain who he was an what he did for us. That can only be a good thing for us a brand if you look at things that way.
This it doesn't feel right having those 4 options.
I accidentally voted Roker End can we have another vote?
The Brexit End
You can't vote for a man who has born in Sunderland and won both the league and the cup for us and was a massive celebrity in his day?
Why can't you vote for him exactly? Or did you just not check what he actually achieved like many others?
Raich is on that list because of all the players who have ever represented this great club, his achievements stand proud against pretty much everyone else. T
There is a very good reason they never put Quinny or Monty on the options as neither achieved anything near what Raich Carter did for Sunderland AFC. The daft thing is I thing if they had put Monty on he probably would have won. We concentrate far too much on 1973 which portrays our club as a plucky underdog. When Raich was strutting his stuff we were anything but. We were the big boys back in those days.
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ilovehorswill
Striker
I agree and voted Horatio. (On here, not the mysterious poll of 10,000 fans).
Doberman
Striker
I'd name the West Stand after Raich Carter tbh. Our "main" stand. Traditionalist in that sense. Manchester United have their singing/standing end in the Stretford End (links to local area) and then named one of their other stands after Sir Alex. I like that set up and think we should follow suit.
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I didn't check what he achieved.
Wearside2Wrwkshire
Midfield
I went for Wearside end without even thinking because i always thought the stadium should have had that name but on reflection you're right it doesn't really sound right as an end.
I don't think time should be an issue, we should celebrate our history.Raich Carter.
Seems a bit late to be honouring him now.
It's 80 years since he played for the club.
Shackleton played for the club longer and more recently
Shack though never won anything and he's not even in our top 5 appearance holders or goalscorers.
Despite his iconic status there are others far more deserving than him, Raich being one of them.
This all over
I hope Gurney is an option for one of the other stands.
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Fans still have time to vote on what they’d like the new name of the South Stand to be - and, as Rebecca Johnson writes, it’s massively important that the Sunderland supporters take some pride in helping the club to rebuild it’s identity. Last week Sunderland announced that supporters will have the opportunity to vote for a new name for the...
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Roger the Dodger
Midfield
Are there plans to name the other stands or just the South Stand? One should be named after Raich Carter I think. Hope we don't go back to having sponsors names for the other stands (e.g. the Carling Stand which was the North Stand- didn't we also have the Foster's Stand at one point too?)
