The Brewongle Stand should be renamed for Adam Goodes

[Arwib]

The SCG has grandstands named for Rugby League legends - Dally Messenger and Clive Churchill. Several other stands are named for past cricketers (Bradman, Noble, O'Reilly, Trumper). But we're a big part of the SCG too, our sport deserves recognition alongside the others. And what better person to be honoured with a grandstand than Adam Goodes.

And there's an easy rename available too - the Brewongle Stand was named after a 19th century tea stand which was named for a pastoral property near Bathurst. That's cute and all, but obscure and antiquated. It's a perfect opportunity to better embed the Swans at our newly locked-in-for-decades home ground. We can do it without stepping on other legends' legacies. And we can honour Sydney-era football's greatest champion at the ground he did most of his best work.

No-brainer, really.

 

[legend166]

Good call.

I'd probably get rid of the Rugby League players too to be honest.

 

[Arwib]

I don't think there's much of a need for that. They have real history there too, even if they're mostly across the way at the other SCG Trust ground these days. i think it's very Sydney that - unlike the MCG - we would have stuff named for sportspeople from multiple sports. Getting our best champion recognised in that crowd would be a great honour.

 

[magic.merkin]

I don't think there's much of a need for that. They have real history there too, even if they're mostly across the way at the other SCG Trust ground these days. i think it's very Sydney that - unlike the MCG - we would have stuff named for sportspeople from multiple sports. Getting our best champion recognised in that crowd would be a great honour.

Great Southern and Olympic were great footballers. What are you on about?

 

[Mick Oxlong]

Great Southern and Olympic were great footballers. What are you on about?

Great Southern's grandson Danny was a beauty for the doggies!

 

[The King!]

Hey we got that Paul Kelly race


I like the idea though, nice suggestion

 

[MC Bad Genius]

Love it. Great idea.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Don't mind it, but at the same time won't matter personally if it doesn't happen either. Eventually a stand will be named after Goodes though, just a matter of when.

 

[BarneyBent]

Would support. Only issue is that it would sound like "Good Stand" when spoken.

 

[GotTheGoodes]

Goodes O'Loughlin Stand.

 

[Jewelsbon]

Goodes O'Loughlin Stand.

Yep that one would get my vote. Mickey O will always be one of my favourite ever Swans

 

[plastic_swan]

Goodes O'Loughlin Stand.

Love it!

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Very much in support of this idea. Must say, I had no idea the Brewongle name was so nondescript.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

And presumably if you take the elevator up to the higher levels you'd be taking The Goodes Lift.

 

[sataris]

And presumably if you take the elevator up to the higher levels you'd be taking The Goodes Lift.

Reported

 

[J_Moore]

change.org this baby, Arwib

 

[Kapanis]

There's been a Brewongle stand there since the 1880s. In favour of someone like Goodes being honoured like that but not by replacing the Brewongle name.

 

[Grongey]

Goodes Stand, yes good idea

 

[J_Moore]

There's been a Brewongle stand there since the 1880s. In favour of someone like Goodes being honoured like that but not by replacing the Brewongle name.

Yeah but who gives a s**t about the Brewongle name?

 

[Kapanis]

Yeah but who gives a s**t about the Brewongle name?

It's history, tradition etc. which shouldn't be lost.

 

[ponsdale]

The SCG has grandstands named for Rugby League legends - Dally Messenger and Clive Churchill.

Do they still play any rugby (league or union) at the SCG? Or is it all at Allianz next door?


Oh - and I absolutely support renaming the Brewongle to the Goodes Stand.

 

[J_Moore]

It's history, tradition etc. which shouldn't be lost.

Why?

 

[plastic_swan]

Do they still play any rugby (league or union) at the SCG? Or is it all at Allianz next door?


Oh - and I absolutely support renaming the Brewongle to the Goodes Stand.

1-2 games a year for retro/rivalry rounds.

 

[Kapanis]

Why?

Because it's been named that for 137 odd years. We've lost too much history etc from developers in Sydney, esp the inner city and west. I just don't see a need to change the name. There's been over 1300 league games at the SCG since the early 1900s and people are complaining about league greats names on stands. Tradition, history. That's all.

 

[J_Moore]

Because it's been named that for 137 odd years. We've lost too much history etc from developers in Sydney, esp the inner city and west. I just don't see a need to change the name. There's been over 1300 league games at the SCG since the early 1900s and people are complaining about league greats names on stands. Tradition, history. That's all.

People aren't complaining about league names on stands. The OP chose the Brewongle Stand because it's the one not named after a former player