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I've just read a rumour on the 606 site, whilst I realise it's bollocks, just wondering how you'd feel if Honda did take over inject some cash and change our name to Honda Swindon, or something similar.

Would you be prepared to sacrifice our name for the lure of the filthy dollar??

HSFC til I die....

Yes id settle for that ... They would still be Swindon to all of us .. if it meant a good pot of money and decent manager and players GOD YES! :mrgreen:

defo! as far as im concerned i couldnt care less if we were known as Honda Swindon! Money money money! and its up the football league we go! (i know its all a load of bollocks though)

wishfull thinking though!

Would be lovely to pick up the Adver one day and read that Honda's come in for us, wiped our debt out, gonna build us the new "Stadio della Honda"....

But alas we are dreaming....

Oh well, league 2 here we come.

have you got a link for that rumour though Jan?  im still interested even though i know its a load of bull

They could rename us Oxf*rd United if it'd help us stay up....   :(

Basically it's some fella on the 606 board saying "I've just heard a rumour that Honda are wanting to invest in Swindon etc....."

Nothing at all really just got me thinking.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mb606/F2231915?thread=1177109

Honda are always rumoured to be investing in Swindon, I remember the rumour about them wanting to put in £6 million in the premiership but they have no interest in English football so it is all nonsense.

I wouldn't have a problem with it if they did though, if they changed our name to Honda Swindon we would still be Swindon it'd just be like the fa cup sponsors, it's always still called the fa cup.

If Honda invest in Swindon Town I'll tatoo their logo across my balls

 :D I so hope it happens

Quoted just in case.

Who do sponsor the FA Cup??  I haven't got a clue?  :oops:

Exactly I don't know either but I'm sure someone does sponsor it. Was littlewoods at one point.

not a clue! AXA? i think it might be them acctually

Money well spent then by that company.

Nobody does anymore, after the deals with axa then littelwoods expired they decided that sponsorship for the oldest cup in the world was gay and the fa cup sounded better than the fa cup in association with axa insurance.

would be nice, but aint gonna happen.

didnt they want to invest when glenn hoddle was here, but wanted to put 2 japs on the board, & rikki hunt/mike spearman/whoever was in charge then said no. i also heard they wanted to change the colour of the kit to green or whatever their corporate colours were.

anyway, like you said, they are not interested in english football & only sponsor motor sports now.

however, if we signed a few japanese players, they might be interested again?? doesnt matter how crap they are but would be great for merchandise sales!

off you go iffy...
http://www.m-osaka.com/en/access/img/japan.gif

That'd be class getting a couple of short assed japs to play up front.  Hang on maybe we could make Curo and Thorpedo look Japanese we could save on the airfares.

 :soapy tit wank:

The reason why west country football is so shit is because we dont have company's investing money in the clubs! This is why London teams and urban based teams are in a better situation because local busineses invest in them!

i dont think ive heard of a club being taken over by a big company itself just by some rich bastard who owns the companys and puts money in himself (abramovich) it would be very interesting to have a Honda Swindon FC thats for sure!

I'd rather see us fold than sell our club to the corporate dollar...

id rather see us back in the prem though SY wouldn't you?

not as Honda Soccer or something.

its not exactly what id want in terms of the name i agree! but if it brings back the glory days who would be complaining?

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

spoken like a true smiths fan...

the general dislike and distrust of corporations...


in their defence, honda are pretty cool...

 if Honda invest in Swindon Town I'll tatoo their logo across your balls.

 As ever complete bollox......you can just see a Rikki Hunt getting a sizeable offer for his recently acquired shareholding, and turning it down.

 Rich speaks the truth...its only wealthy individuals who invest in English football never companies as aside from the cash cow that is manUre, you'll just lose your shareholders money, which is not the point of running a business.

Chester City stadium is the Saunders Honda Stadium. So they do have some interest.

Marie,  Isn't that just a local dealership though?

I have no idea, but surely Honda will have a say in it even if it is?? I was chuffed because my last name is Saunders.

Is it not the Deva Stadium any more then?

Skysports and media still call it deva stadium but I think its changed recently and the official name is The Saunders Honda Stadium.

She was so happy when she found out about that!!! Simple things and all that.....

 :soapy tit wank:

on the subject of name changes to grounds i just cant get my head round them. they change every year! i just stick to the old names. so for me its the DEVA "stadium"

I still think of Chester as playing at Sealand Road....we played there in about 84/85 to a crowd of 880......we won 3-0.

It would be Honda Swindon Town to the media or Swindon Town to every other man and his dog.

Fine by me, but I would prefer 'The  (new) Honda County Ground'.

edit: bugger, must read all 3 pages before replying next time.

I work for Honda and trust me this will never happen. Honda only invest in Motorsport as they have a business interest and a successfull Motorsport team i.e. Formula 1 can be worth millions of pounds of revenue for them. Unless they can make a sizeable return from STFC this will sadly never come true.

So you're saying it a definate goer then.