{"id":943104,"date":"2026-05-07T05:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/943104\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T05:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:15:16","slug":"man-city-will-rename-the-etihad-stadium-ahead-of-brentford-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/943104\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City will rename the Etihad Stadium ahead of Brentford match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City will rename the Etihad Stadium when they host Brentford in the Premier League this weekend<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Etihad will take on a new name on Saturday\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_GettyImages-2267598661.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The Etihad will take on a new name on Saturday\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The Etihad will take on a new name on Saturday(Image: 2026 Alex Livesey &#8211; Danehouse)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Manchester City will rename the Etihad Stadium this week for the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Premier League<\/a> game with Brentford. Branding around the ground will highlight &#8216;The City in the Community <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/etihad-stadium\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Etihad Stadium<\/a>&#8216; as part of the ongoing recognition of the club&#8217;s official charity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">City in the Community (CITC) will be <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-city-fc\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">visible around the matchday in a number of ways<\/a> in addition to the change of name for the stadium. The players will walk out in jackets with the charity&#8217;s branding, Ruben <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/ruben-dias\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Dias has voiced travel announcements for buses<\/a> and trams on matchday routes, and the player graphics on social media have been drawn up by local schoolchildren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">While there is support for CITC <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/man-city-squad-make-charity-33887233\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">across the year both in terms of donations<\/a> and a visible presence, one matchday is picked every year to showcase everything the charity does and this season&#8217;s event will be on Saturday for the Brentford game. Pep <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/pep-guardiola\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Guardiola&#8217;s side will hope to mark the occasion<\/a> with a win as they try to keep the Premier League title race alive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a aria-label=\"Click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=0a51ba11-acfb-4945-b41a-16893319d494&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to find out the latest Manchester City news in our daily newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Mike Geary, CEO of CITC, said: \u201cCommunity Matchday is a moment in the season where everyone connected to <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-city-fc\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Manchester City<\/a> comes together to celebrate the impact of City in the Community. From supporters in the stands to staff, partners and participants, it\u2019s a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when a football club and its community unite behind a shared purpose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe are incredibly grateful to the men\u2019s squad for their continued generosity and commitment to our charity. To receive this donation for the second year running means a great deal to everyone at City in the Community, and more importantly, to the young people it will support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City will rename the Etihad Stadium when they host Brentford in the Premier League this weekend The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":943105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,1036,1037,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-943104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-manchester-city-fc","13":"tag-pep-guardiola","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116531595137184912","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/943105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}