I don't think I could root for a team, any team, in any sport, that played its home matches at,

That is embarrassing. You know what its former name was? Britannia Stadium. That is beyond embarrassing.

Stoke FC owner: were these anonymous bids, like you just took the highest offer for naming rights and then opened the envelope to see the name of your benefactor? If the winning bid had been submitted by a whorehouse would you have changed the name from Britannia Stadium to Mistress Cynthia's House of Pain?

C'mon, man.