Source: Telegraph
Newcastle United close to new stadium name
The sports retail tycoon is proposing to incorporate the name of the company he founded into the historic stadium to attract sponsors ahead of next season. [LNB]Newcastle managing director Derek Llambias said: 'Our intention is to have, for instance, sportsdirect.com@St James' Park. We were never going to lose St James' Park; it was always going to be @St James' Park. The Gallowgate has already got sportsdirect.com. We are going to take it to the rest of the season as a showcase.' [LNB] Related ArticlesIt would be fun to see Mike Ashley open a new JJBMike Ashley under attackRenaming St James' Park 'would cause uproar'Newcastle taken off marketSport on televisionAccrington Stanley's future has been assured after they avoided a winding-up order by paying off a £308,000 debt to HM Revenue and Customs. Local businessman Ilyas Khan, the non-executive chairman, and Peter Marsden, the club president, stepped in as guarantors of the club last week and paid £110,000 of the debt. [LNB]
