St. James’ Park, Newcastle
St. James’ Park is the home of Newcastle United and the reason I went north was to see Ipswich play for the last time this season. I shall actually be away for the last home match.
Note the view from high in the stand over the city. The Sage Gateshead, the Baltic Mill and some of the bridges can be clearly seen.
To me the most interesting thing about the game was Connor Wickham’s performance and his well-taken goal. For the last few matches he’s been playing up-front on his own and he has scored quite a few goals.
I do hope that he both keeps this up and stays at Ipswich.
St. James’s Park
Newcastle United play at St. James’s Park in Newcastle. Or they did? But now they play at sportsdirect.com@St. James’s Park, as the stadium has been rebranded.
My first thought when I heard this was a very practical one. In the days of fast sports news on a Saturday afternoon, when the call is something like, “Over to Alan at Old Trafford!”, would they really say “Over to Alan at sportsdirect.com@St. James’s Park”? No! They’d either use St. James’s Park or just Newcastle.
So Mike Ashley won’t be getting many bangs for his bug.
But he has spawned a lot of humour in the press. Here’s the piece from The Times.
It puzzles me how a man, who obviously has talent to produce a multi-billion pound business, can make such a simple mistake.
The Anonymous Widower 