Foley obviously likes the name Black Knights (that Westpoint thing) but he's no fool. If lots of Kiwis tell him (politely to the man with all the dosh), that any Knights moniker is a bad idea he'll listen. His start up Vegas ice hockey team are the Golden Knights, so seems he made a part concession there.
You don't want the whole team naming becoming a dumb negative sideshow, to the hugely positive news that NZ is about to have a 2nd A League club. Maybe he'll get Mt Smart rebranded to Black Knights Stadium or something. Or just Black Knights emblazoned like a sponsor on the team kit. I prefer a simple Auckland FC, or Auckland FC Rovers. Always liked the hooped Blackburn kit.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/133119551/return-of-the-knights-football-club-backers-preferred-name-a-blast-from-the-past
When the Knights were replaced by a new club in Wellington in 2007, a Stuff Limited newspaper, The Post, called for readers to submit names and published a list of 250 contenders, including the eventual choice of Wellington Phoenix. The Wellington Ninja Knights was the only suggested name to incorporate that of its predecessor.
You don't want the whole team naming becoming a dumb negative sideshow, to the hugely positive news that NZ is about to have a 2nd A League club. Maybe he'll get Mt Smart rebranded to Black Knights Stadium or something. Or just Black Knights emblazoned like a sponsor on the team kit. I prefer a simple Auckland FC, or Auckland FC Rovers. Always liked the hooped Blackburn kit.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/a-league/133119551/return-of-the-knights-football-club-backers-preferred-name-a-blast-from-the-past
When the Knights were replaced by a new club in Wellington in 2007, a Stuff Limited newspaper, The Post, called for readers to submit names and published a list of 250 contenders, including the eventual choice of Wellington Phoenix. The Wellington Ninja Knights was the only suggested name to incorporate that of its predecessor.
Then-owner Terry Serepisos settled on Phoenix after it finished second to FC Wellington in a reader poll run by The Post, as it reflected the fact that the new club was "rising from the ashes" of the Knights.