Good name, good name!

[great_fire]

If they were they would be more like hockey pucks by the time they got to SY

True, but I suppose they could freeze them.

The advertising is very New York based though, suppose they hope people don't think about it too much.

[CTMilller]

I'm OK with the name but I think we could have come up with something that was a bit more obviously representative of the town. While there is the connection with the old New York neighbourhood of Rotherham, this is pretty obscure for most people and there are no links with the US city. (Rotherham was geographically within the diocese of York and the name is based purely on that religious association, as far as I can tell.)

To me it smacks of opportunism and seems completely disingenuous to attempt to trade off the New York City connection. (The myth of the NYC fire hydrants being manufactured in Rotherham was a nice try but, like everything else that attempts to make this link, now seems like what it really is - a transparent fabrication.)

Sorry, I know I sound like a grumpy old man!

[harpo88]

(The myth of the NYC fire hydrants being manufactured in Rotherham was a nice try but, like everything else that attempts to make this link, now seems like what it really is - a transparent fabrication.)

Was that shown not to be true then?

[great_fire]

Was that shown not to be true then?

There's certainly no evidence.

When I looked into it seemed to be the case that NY's fire hydrants were made locally, which would certainly make more sense, why would they import them when it would have been much cheaper to make their own?

[KerrAvon]

It's certainly surprising that there hasn't been any commercial exploitation of the AESSEAL New York Stadium.

[Silly-miller]

I'm OK with the name but I think we could have come up with something that was a bit more obviously representative of the town. While there is the connection with the old New York neighbourhood of Rotherham, this is pretty obscure for most people and there are no links with the US city. (Rotherham was geographically within the diocese of York and the name is based purely on that religious association, as far as I can tell.)

To me it smacks of opportunism and seems completely disingenuous to attempt to trade off the New York City connection. (The myth of the NYC fire hydrants being manufactured in Rotherham was a nice try but, like everything else that attempts to make this link, now seems like what it really is - a transparent fabrication.)

Sorry, I know I sound like a grumpy old man!

What about the nut house after the kp factory yeah we can become the nutters of South Yorkshire

[CTMilller]

What about the nut house after the kp factory yeah we can become the nutters of South Yorkshire

Nice one, Silly-miller! My only reservation would be that everybody and his dog outside Rotherham in South Yorkshire would say we only pay peanuts for our crap players! Up the Nutty Millers!

[Casper64Frank]

I'm OK with the name but I think we could have come up with something that was a bit more obviously representative of the town.

To me it smacks of opportunism and seems completely disingenuous to attempt to trade off the New York City connection. (The myth of the NYC fire hydrants being manufactured in Rotherham was a nice try but, like everything else that attempts to make this link, now seems like what it really is - a transparent fabrication.)

Sorry, I know I sound like a grumpy old man!

Hi CT,

I'm the " grumpy old man " on here as well you know.....

I love the song before & after the game.
Fond memories of Millmoor & every time we walk up to NYS we look over to the ' Old Girl ' & realise how far we've come in a short space of time.
All our ground needs now is a footbridge over the river so we can get to the ground quicker from New York Tavern.....& get back there quicker to celebrate.
A bridge over the railway line would allow access for away fans.....not going to happent anytime soon so get used to it.

" Start Spreading the News "......" New York " ...." New York "

[mikemiller]

Hi CT,

All our ground needs now is a footbridge over the river so we can get to the ground quicker from New York Tavern.....& get back there quicker to celebrate.
A bridge over the railway line would allow access for away fans.....not going to happen anytime soon so get used to it.
"

Yes, we need our own version of the "Brooklyn Bridge" now.... doesn't need to be quite as big though

[Casper64Frank]

Very proud of our NYS, first pint i ever had was in the New York Tavern in jan/feb 1966 i was 14yr old, about 4or5 lads wagged off school went to bowling alley then to pub, we told landlord we were at technical college which was just round corner, only had one pint John Smiths bitter felt like a gallon LOL.

Showing your age Archie, next you'll be telling us you can remember ' The Golden Cup ' pub down that way.
A relative of a relative used to own the Butchers shop near the pub.

Drinking ale at 14yrs old....wagging off school....tut tut Archie....lol.