They haven't really "changed thier name". Aviva have owned Norwich Union

for years, but Aviva have now decided to drop the Norwich Union brand, and market themselves as Aviva. But they've kept the Nodge Cathedral style logo.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on May 20th 2008 at 12:29:47

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Great news if you support ipswich and your name is Marcus Evans (Other Football) - BSE Canary, May 20, 12:01:22
- Not great news for us.... our rivals getting long term investment from Mr Evans (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, May 20, 12:41:44
  - yeah - shame (Other Football) - Kebbsy, May 20, 12:48:37
    - Naah, he saves negatives - vague or not - for NCFC... (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, May 20, 12:50:45
      - yep for our failing club on a seemingly endless downward trend since relegation (Other Football) - phrankin, May 20, 12:53:30
        
        Og god, for fucks sake, here goes another one. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 13:00:00
        
        rolf gti (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 13:02:11
        
        You'd think he'd be happy with his beloved Cameron (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 13:02:04
        
        lol, Ignore away! (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, May 20, 13:00:58
  - Have you ever been just a tad upbeat? Ever? (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:46:06
    - yes, not in recent history Norwich city wise however (Other Football) - phrankin, May 20, 12:50:21
  - Does anyone else wonder whether instead of extra cash going in to their club... (Other Football) - Arganth, May 20, 12:45:15
    - Yes, OG does. Good spot, me. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, May 20, 12:48:13
      - they spent some money in January (Other Football) - phrankin, May 20, 12:51:24
- Likely to "dwarf" our agreement with Aviva is it... (Other Football) - Jim, May 20, 12:23:04
  - YOU WILL NEVER KNOW NEITHER WILL I, ONE THING IS FOR SURE THOUGH, WE HAVE SERIOUS CASH TO (Other Football) - DUFFYIN, May 20, 12:28:43
- SO A FAR MORE LUCRATIVE SPONSORSHIP DEAL FOR US THEN (Other Football) - DUFFYIN, May 20, 12:20:25
  - SCC is back then (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, May 20, 12:22:54
  - Having SCC on ignore doesn't work for aliases then (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:21:46
- More to the point though, who the feck is Aviva? (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:17:54
  - rofltops (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:19:58
    - So who are they? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:22:43
      - Nodge Union (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:25:13
        
        Why have they changed their name to such a silly one? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:26:58
        
        They haven't really "changed thier name". Aviva have owned Norwich Union (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:29:47
        
        So, back to my original question, WTF arw Arriva? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:31:48
        
        Arriva is one of the largest transport services organisations in Europe (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:33:11
        
        "Passenger journeys" ???? Marketingconsultantspeaktastic (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:34:39
        
        Parent company of Norwich Union, for years and years. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:32:27
        
        You're thinking of Aviva (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:34:13
        
        Because it's bland and generic. Norwich (unfortunately) doesn't mean anything to people in (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:28:54
        
        Pseudo-Latin always gives advertising types a hard-on. (n/m) (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, May 20, 12:34:19
        
        ... (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:36:07
        
        ... (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:38:25
        
        global branding (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:27:34
        
        So is it good to sound like a Train company? (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:29:50
        
        The company name, Aviva, is a Hebrew name meaning Spring or Renewal (as in Tel Aviv). (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:35:10
        
        ... (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:38:48
        
        Christ alive BAB, you really need to get out more son ;-) (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:38:19
        
        yes, i do don't i... (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:39:31
        
        Lad I heard on the radio last night has just finished an 18,000 piece jigsaw. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:41:24
        
        he obviously doesn't have children then... (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:44:33
        
        He might. (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:48:43
        
        I like Jigsaws (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:44:07
        
        18,000 piece ones though? It took him a year. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:47:17
        
        Christ alive CB, you really need to get out more son ;-) (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:46:10
        
        Not in t winter, it's too cold. Mind you, I hant dun one for yonks (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:47:49
        
        get used to it, it's always cold up north (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:58:53
        
        Ah well you see, that's another myth. Lancashire is loads (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 13:03:44
        
        and the summer? (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 13:05:52
        
        Summer's are nice and cool - none of this Sahara like blistering heat. (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 13:08:00
        
        *pfft* (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 13:11:30
        
        One's coming with me. (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 13:12:43
        
        Phasing it out over next few years (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, May 20, 12:32:11
  - You really are completely out of touch (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, May 20, 12:19:32
    - Am I? With what exactly? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:21:31
      - can we just narrow it down and say "this millennium"? (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:23:43
      - The world (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, May 20, 12:22:45
        
        Blimey, is the world now defined by NCFC???? (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:25:27
        
        No, but Aviva being one of (if not the biggest) insurer in the UK (n/m) (Other Football) - Brom, May 20, 12:28:43
        
        I'd have still known that if they hadn't changed their feckin name though. (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:31:02
        
        I think it's probably more to do with the years of debate about NU getting involved with (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:33:42
        
        do they still own oneswoop.com? (n/m) (Other Football) - BoundsGreen, May 20, 12:38:10
        
        Ah, well you see, that isn't the sort of debate that I find (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:37:40
        
        Fair do's (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:39:43
        
        Nope, not this year - getting ready to move. (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:55:54
  - lol - do you live in a big, dark hole with no outside? (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:19:11
  - "Have I missed something?" (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:18:47
- that has to be a wind up (n/m) (Other Football) - Taxi 4 Johnson, May 20, 12:16:23
- Wonder how long it'll be before they're called Marcus Evans FC? (n/m) (Other Football) - Clipper, May 20, 12:12:56
  - i wonder whether Marcus Evans really exists (Other Football) - south, May 20, 12:20:19
    - "bin" how appropriate is that? (n/m) (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, May 20, 12:22:31
- Arf, arf - (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:11:22
- I wonder if the sponsorhsip money will be "paid" by way of (Other Football) - Old Git, May 20, 12:07:04
- they really do have an inferiority complex don't they? (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:07:00
  - Also, how many times did it mention the "long term commitment" (Other Football) - CB41, May 20, 12:20:28
  - Of course they have an inferiority complex. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 20, 12:08:46
    - good point, well made (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:10:09
- someone should photoshop thart pic and replace 'Marcus Evans' with 'Arms Dealer' (n/m) (Other Football) - McGonicle, May 20, 12:04:14
  - Marcus Evans (Other Football) - mike_the_sphinx, May 20, 12:08:31
    - why the three stars above the badge (n/m) (Other Football) - south, May 20, 12:15:06
      - Honestly ? One for the league, one for the FA cup and one for the UEFA cup (n/m) (Other Football) - Arganth, May 20, 12:30:20
        
        i thought there was a league rule (Other Football) - south, May 20, 12:40:32
      - 3 major trophies - done by Brazil, Italy, England and er Ipswich..... (n/m) (Other Football) - Jim, May 20, 12:24:50
      - Because they've won the world cup three times (n/m) (Other Football) - malkybarkid, May 20, 12:20:14
      - THE THREE STARS REPRESENT THE THREE MAJOR TROPHIES WE HAVE WON (Other Football) - DUFFYIN, May 20, 12:19:17
      - make their chavvy McDonalds working supporters more comfortable intut (n/m) (Other Football) - blindasabat, May 20, 12:16:51

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