Quote bewareshadows="bewareshadows"Its irrelevant.
The point is that Swinton already don't play in Swinton. So they have already done the geographical move. The name change would simply make the naming of the team more accurate.
The question was asked should other teams change their name if they move locations, my example was there to show that yes they should. It was not addressing whether the club should move out of Swinton.
If the Swinton board were proposing to move the team outside of Swinton then we could equate it to afc Wimbledon. But the move has already happened. If you move house you don't get to keep your street name and house number.'"
Got to disagree with you there, for two reasons really. firstly the majority of fans (90-95%?) come from Swinton/ area. You've got to remember the move outside Swinton was not a chosen scenario for the Club, they have been trying to get back there on numerous occasions, its only since Mazey came in that the Manchester thing has crept in. Don't get me wrong a lot of what he says makes perfect sense, just don't think its been thought through or handle well (excluding fans). I can't see a fan base being built in Sale with the Manchester name as its [uGreater[/u Manchester. You are stretching it to say you come from Manchester when you come from Sale, what does it say on your birth certificate if you come from Sale?. I can understand Broncos being called London but they struggle as they've never set down roots for a length of time and did best when known as Fulham. Secondly, Should Sale RU change their name? This changing your name to Manchester and everything is great is not going to work cuckooing another clubs history no matter whether you think they'll fold or not as a result. Its the decision of the fans, of the club in question I'd say.
