New Font on the South Stand

[Graham Paddons Beard 2,432]

And assume the badge won’t last much longer either 

Edited June 15, 2022 by Graham Paddons Beard

[TeemuVanBasten 3,327]

Why is it that the club seems to always have plenty of money to spend on pointless vanity projects, every penny we can spare needs to be directed to the playing budget this season to maximise our chances of promotion? 

[Danke bitte 965]

We all know the stadium needs extending but I admire the modernising they’re doing. It’s been looking tired for a long time. 

[vlad666 203]

3 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

Why is it that the club seems to always have plenty of money to spend on pointless vanity projects, every penny we can spare needs to be directed to the playing budget this season to maximise our chances of promotion? 

Come on soccerbot was worth every penny. Look at the improvement in …..erm…….hmmm…..Well hopefully the new swimming pool will do wonders for the lads butterfly stroke. 

[hogesar 9,676]

14 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

Why is it that the club seems to always have plenty of money to spend on pointless vanity projects, every penny we can spare needs to be directed to the playing budget this season to maximise our chances of promotion? 

That's the way McNally ran the club, but not the way we're run now. We'll spend on infrastructure, we'll spend on tech, we'll spend on modernising the stadium when it looks tired. 

It's far easier for a Sporting Director to hedge his bets and put all money towards transfers because ultimately he'll be judged on results but I respect us finally having someone looking at the entire clubs interests.

Also in this case, the cost of all this stadium decor / modernising is likely < 100k. Not really relevant in transfer money terms.

[Mello Yello 2,296]

It's rather disappointing that there's been no required upgrade or improvements for the support in the City Stand....

It's so dated, tired and archaic....and as some would say, so are those that occupy it on match-days....

 

[cambridgeshire canary 6,735]

Well, complete club reboot/redesign on Friday and all..

[Wings of a Sparrow 1,418]

27 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

Why is it that the club seems to always have plenty of money to spend on pointless vanity projects, every penny we can spare needs to be directed to the playing budget this season to maximise our chances of promotion? 

It's a business. That's what businesses do.

[TeemuVanBasten 3,327]

17 minutes ago, hogesar said:

That's the way McNally ran the club, but not the way we're run now. We'll spend on infrastructure, we'll spend on tech, we'll spend on modernising the stadium when it looks tired. 

It's far easier for a Sporting Director to hedge his bets and put all money towards transfers because ultimately he'll be judged on results but I respect us finally having someone looking at the entire clubs interests.

Also in this case, the cost of all this stadium decor / modernising is likely < 100k. Not really relevant in transfer money terms.

Bit of a misconception that McNally didn't invest in Colney, he made the necessary upgrades to achieve Category one status which we were awarded in 2012, including building the indoor pitch. 

During the McNally and Bowkett era we also increased the stadium capacity from 25900 to over 27000?

Edited June 15, 2022 by TeemuVanBasten

[cornish sam 954]

1 hour ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

Why is it that the club seems to always have plenty of money to spend on pointless vanity projects, every penny we can spare needs to be directed to the playing budget this season to maximise our chances of promotion? 

How much do you think that this redecoration will actually be costing? We're probably spending less than 2 months of an average players salary on it, we won't miss out on any targets because of it.

[TeemuVanBasten 3,327]

4 minutes ago, cornish sam said:

How much do you think that this redecoration will actually be costing? We're probably spending less than 2 months of an average players salary on it, we won't miss out on any targets because of it.

Are you including the full cost of the crest redesign and rebrand, such as replacing every badge at the ground, at Colney, every bit of stationary and letterheads etc with the new crest? Or are you only considering a few stickers on a stand? 

I was thinking more along the lines of the cost of the complete rebranding project, from conception to implementation, not a few stickers in isolation.

 

Edited June 15, 2022 by TeemuVanBasten

[By Hook or Ian crook 917]

I actually think it’s good that they are making it all look smart. Players enjoy vanity projects and when potential signings come and see a well maintained ground and training complex they think it’s a good place to come and play. I’m glad they have got rid of that drab grey to be fair. 
 

as mentioned before a new city stand to bring the capacity up over 30k is well over due 

[BroadstairsR 2,174]

Re-branding is intended to increase appeal and therefore increase income, and is therefore self-funding 😊. Whether this will be the case or not can be argued, but businesses which stand still usually  eventually regress.

[Google Bot 3,278]

It's important for the club to have a good brand and appearance around the stadium.  You want to feel that pride as you walk in, you want players to notice the ground, attending a match is an event. I don't want to be walking into a rusty **** hole with faded signs every other week - you have to keep on top of these things before they go to the dogs.

Makes attracting players easier if your facilities are fresh, we've got stadium gigs happening in off-season, events all around the year in the hospitality areas.  There's more to Carrow Road than matchdays, and they all go into funding stadium renovations.

[TeemuVanBasten 3,327]

4 minutes ago, BroadstairsR said:

Re-branding is intended to increase appeal and therefore increase income, and is therefore self-funding 😊. Whether this will be the case or not can be argued, but businesses which stand still usually  eventually regress.

What, by filling the thousands of empty seats that we don't have? 

[hogesar 9,676]

Just now, TeemuVanBasten said:

What, by filling the thousands of empty seats that we don't have? 

No, but the work on making the crest more suitable to the digital market is likely an important factor for linked sponsors etc. T

 

6 minutes ago, BroadstairsR said:

Re-branding is intended to increase appeal and therefore increase income, and is therefore self-funding 😊. Whether this will be the case or not can be argued, but businesses which stand still usually  eventually regress.

Agreed

[TeemuVanBasten 3,327]

5 minutes ago, Google Bot said:

It's important for the club to have a good brand and appearance around the stadium.  You want to feel that pride as you walk in, you want players to notice the ground, attending a match is an event. I don't want to be walking into a rusty **** hole with faded signs every other week - you have to keep on top of these things before they go to the dogs.

Makes attracting players easier if your facilities are fresh, we've got stadium gigs happening in off-season, events all around the year in the hospitality areas.  There's more to Carrow Road than matchdays, and they all go into funding stadium renovations.

What was wrong with the classic font? 

It has been used  since I was a wee nipper. 

Edited June 15, 2022 by TeemuVanBasten

[PurpleCanary 5,562]

1 hour ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

Bit of a misconception that McNally didn't invest in Colney, he made the necessary upgrades to achieve Category one status which we were awarded in 2012, including building the indoor pitch. 

During the McNally and Bowkett era we also increased the stadium capacity from 25900 to over 27000?

Piecemeal stuff, but - for understandable reasons - they shied away from a major expansion project.

[Mello Yello 2,296]

I wonder if our interested to invest from the West...'Y'all'....When sat in the minuscule City Stand thought that they were in the home team dug out?.....

[BroadstairsR 2,174]

4 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

What, by filling the thousands of empty seats that we don't have? 

Only a relevant point if you overlook merchandise sales.

[ged in the onion bag 855]

Some people just can't stop themselves..... let it go!    We're a brilliant football club, just had a terrible season that's all, get some perspective.

There is literally no club lower than us and a fair few above us in the pyramid that are run better!

[shefcanary 2,410]

15 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

What was wrong with the classic font? 

It has been used  since I was a wee nipper. 

You'll love this but the change in font is mainly for accessibility reasons - some people found that font illegible. I'm with you because it was very much Norwich's font, but progress dear boy ....

[Danke bitte 965]

19 minutes ago, shefcanary said:

You'll love this but the change in font is mainly for accessibility reasons - some people found that font illegible. I'm with you because it was very much Norwich's font, but progress dear boy ....

WCAG guidelines, there’s no way that font in yellow and green passes the AA standard. 😉 soz… I finally get to show off my job skillz 

[Ren 75]

23 minutes ago, shefcanary said:

You'll love this but the change in font is mainly for accessibility reasons - some people found that font illegible. I'm with you because it was very much Norwich's font, but progress dear boy ....

Also if you look around the ground there was an awful lot that had been bolted on and nothing was consistent, fonts, crests etc.  I moan at the club for a lot of things but tidying the place up and making everything match up will look good and as is said above just make the place look a bit more modern and professional.  

[Ken Hairy 3,773]

I'm not particularly bothered about cosmetics on the cladding etc, but not sure I'm getting comments about it looking modern?? Looks about as 90s as can be, although I loved the 90s to be fair. 

Either way it's not the biggest of deals is it? 

[Google Bot 3,278]

4 minutes ago, Ken Hairy said:

Looks about as 90s as can be, although I loved the 90s to be fair. 

Retro is 'Modern' right now, look around! 🙂

It'll be the perfect backdrop for our US centric "Fan engagement" zones.

Edited June 15, 2022 by Google Bot

[Branston Pickle 3,661]

1 hour ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

What was wrong with the classic font? 

It has been used  since I was a wee nipper. 

What’s wrong with it?  Have a look - it’s bloody awful!! 

I’m 100% not one of these ‘change things’ people, and usually find it pretty nauseating that companies spend ridiculous sums on changing for the sake of it, but that font has needed replacing for years.  

Obviously we are different to the binners, their font is sacrosanct…

That said, I don’t like it if there’s a stylised small ‘i” in there….

Edited June 15, 2022 by Branston Pickle

[Big Vince 318]

3 hours ago, Mello Yello said:

It's rather disappointing that there's been no required upgrade or improvements for the support in the City Stand....

It's so dated, tired and archaic....and as some would say, so are those that occupy it on match-days....

 

It is very much in keeping with the Socialists Little Norwich agenda.

They have done so little for this football club. Have never come even close to any major domestic honours and have done no major work on the ground since 2004.

[PurpleCanary 5,562]

Does this new font mean the club has identified a potentially lucrative new sideline in football-themed baptisms?😎

[Nuff Said 5,145]

It’s all very well, but when are we going to get a tree growing out of the top of a stand??  😡