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“The club is pleased to announce that Cash Converters UK have taken exclusive naming rights of the South Stand, to be known as the Cash Converters Tommy Johnston Stand

https://bit.ly/3l6A858

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Really? You’re pleased to announce that you’ve tagged the name of the club’s greatest ever player onto the name of a f*cking pawn shop?

Jesus wept.

Stalls outside the gates so you can sell your grandads watch and sort out a gramme or two in the SS bar.

Somewhere for me to hock up all the losses I made on Party Poker and Bet666.

Stowaway wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:13 pm “The club is pleased to announce that Cash Converters UK have taken exclusive naming rights of the South Stand, to be known as the Cash Converters Tommy Johnston Stand

https://bit.ly/3l6A858

#LOFC #OnlyOneOrient

Really? You’re pleased to announced that you’ve tagged the name of the club’s greatest ever played onto the name of a f*cking pawn shop?

Jesus wept.

Shameful. It didn't need renaming it had the name of a respected former player and that for me is enough.

aint we now a ground were you cant use cash ?

Surely we’re not looking to do something with the West Stand!!??

If any one of you lot had stumped up the cash, you could have called it whatever you like

As usual, it's all about money.

We need the money so fair enough. Glad it's not a betting company.

No morals, no shame, my cousin is Police Officer who said so much stolen goods from burglaries ended up in these shops and similar where ‘blind eyes’ were turned.

Money is not everything and some supporters may have had to resort to ‘selling the family silver’ on one or more occasions to make ends meet. They do not need this kind of sponsorship rammed down their throat at every home game as a reminder when they are trying to enjoy themselves. What a terrible decision. If it is not the negativity of betting firms it is this misery.

He was not only a respected former player, and he was not only this clubs leading goalscorer, he was amongst the all time greatest goalscorers (especially on a ratio basis) in league football!
Take a close look at his record. The mind boggles. For example :30 goals before the new year in one season in the old second division (now championship)
I always thought it was a bit of an insult to the man to commemorate him with what appears to be his name on a strip of ribbon at the south stand. Our former greats name should sit proudly on top of the south stand with a 'proper' sign.

This is shameful.
End of.

Excellent business savvy by Kent and the team to raise some much needed funds by partnering with a company with local links that provided a decent service to the community

We could ask Danny how much money this raises for the club and see if we can raise this money ourselves and leave it as the TJS.

Spectacularly dim move from the Club, for a host of reasons, many of which have been set out above. I see Mr Macklin, on seeing how bad the reaction was, immediately moved to chuck an underling under the bus…

Is nothing sacred when it comes to money here?
If they will do this out of the blue without a care, they , would rename a JE Stand with the same impunity.

Currywurst and Chips wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:17 pm Excellent business savvy by Kent and the team to raise some much needed funds by partnering with a company with local links that provided a decent service to the community

Can't all the American investors that have come on board recently finance the club sufficiently?

Chicken Dhansak wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 3:05 pm

Currywurst and Chips wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 2:17 pm Excellent business savvy by Kent and the team to raise some much needed funds by partnering with a company with local links that provided a decent service to the community

Can't all the American investors that have come on board recently finance the club sufficiently?

Obviously not. They need to get the chequebooks out.

Stowaway wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:13 pm “The club is pleased to announce that Cash Converters UK have taken exclusive naming rights of the South Stand, to be known as the Cash Converters Tommy Johnston Stand

https://bit.ly/3l6A858

#LOFC #OnlyOneOrient

Really? You’re pleased to announced that you’ve tagged the name of the club’s greatest ever played onto the name of a f*cking pawn shop?

Jesus wept.

Better than to have an entire club owned by porn shop kings.

Never heard of this cash converters but it sounds ghastly.

The Coronation Gardens End. Has anyone ever thought of that ?

Love to know what the "links to the community" are beyond "having a shop" there.

Pathetic, insensitive, disrespectful, embarrassing. I do hope the powers that be read this thread as they will understand the anger this will generate among many of our number. This man is a revered and true Legend, we even had his wife visit from Australia when the stand was named after him. I understand the need to generate revenue but, although I am against his honour being diluted at all, perhaps the Tommy Johnston Stand sponsored by……… would have been more appropriate. To have his name sullied at all by a link to a Company with a dubious record of handling goods is just Effin unacceptable.

The stand was sponsored by some other no mark company previously and I made a point it was in bad taste to somewhat disagreement from others.

Regardless, i stick by it. It’s cheap and tacky, which is right on brand for them. Saying that, I loved a mooch round there as a kid looking at the guitars and pedals I couldn’t afford.

Omygawd wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 5:20 pmperhaps the Tommy Johnston Stand sponsored by………

I mean that's basically what they've done but the other way around