I sent an e-mail to the club in August regarding "buy a brick" and I got this reply back,

"This is something that we are looking into and are likely to propose for the construction of the new stadium so please keep checking the Saints website as the preparations for 2011 begin".

Kind Regards
Mark

I can kind of understand the club's concern. You can't go with a project such as a scaled down version of Armoury Square unless there are enough bricks to a) create something that looks impressive and b) make money.

I don't think Saints would struggle to get, say, 500 people to chip in. But whether that would be enough to meet the above criteria I'm not sure. What interest there would be above 500 I don't know. I SUSPECT a good deal more people would be happy to buy, but it's difficult to know.

Which is why I think that if a big enough contingent petitioned the club to do SOMETHING they'd at least listen.

I forgot to say that I've seen many different types of bricks about ranging from pretty poor quality - almost - patio-style bricks which are quite soft to granite. IMO, polished granite looks the best. At first I thought it would be quite expensive but I was told last week that it isn't really. Most granite is shipped in from abroad these days and the prices are a lot lower (yay for economic neo-liberalization!)

I have seen a few clubs go down the route of engraved brass plaques, which I admit do look impressive. Although brass can be quite labour-intensive to keep clean.

The other thing about Armoury Square is the SELLING of the bricks is all done by third-party. Which means the club doesn't have to devote manpower to the project.

Poll added

If it looks as good as Armoury Square, I'd be all for it. If it looks as cheap and tacky as the Halliwell Jones wall then no thanks.