East Kent Saint Posted February 25 Posted February 25 (edited) It seems to be normal to type St Marys on here but reading the BBC report of a great win today they wrote St Mary's , so what's the correct version ? Still amazed at a 5-0 scoreline ! Edited February 25 by East Kent Saint
Stripey McStripe Shirt Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Saint Maries, because it's plural. 1 1 2
obelisk Posted February 25 Posted February 25 I'm a big fan of correctly used apostrophes. I'm not a big fan of incorrectly used apostrophes. St. Mary's is correct. 2
Badger Posted February 25 Posted February 25 St Mary’s. Sorry if that offends anyone in the ‘Keep apostrophes out of sport’ campaign. 1 1
Sheaf Saint Posted February 25 Posted February 25 It's obviously St Mary's, because it's named after St Mary's Church, as in the church OF St Mary. 1
Wurzel Posted February 25 Posted February 25 22 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said: It's obviously St Mary's, because it's named after St Mary's Church, as in the church OF St Mary. But it's not her stadium, it's ours 1
Holmes_and_Watson Posted February 25 Posted February 25 5 minutes ago, Wurzel said: But it's not her stadium, it's ours Or is it our's? Runs away before @obelisk catches me... 🙂 2
Sheaf Saint Posted February 25 Posted February 25 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Wurzel said: But it's not her stadium, it's ours Well I guess it's difficult for her to be the legal owner of any kind of property, given that she has been dead for over two thousand years (if she even existed in the first place, of course). Edited February 25 by Sheaf Saint
adrian lord Posted February 25 Posted February 25 Almost everyone at work under 40 uses the grocer's apostrophe to denote plurals and stare blankly when gently corrected. I reckon their teachers must be to blame, as it is now so ubiquitous. Eats shoots and leaves... 1
Weston Super Saint Posted February 26 Posted February 26 1 hour ago, Turkish said: It’ll always be the Friends Provident Stadium to me Friends' Provident surely? 1 4
VectisSaint Posted February 26 Posted February 26 St Mary's is correct. The Club was originally formed as St Mary's Young Men's Association (YMA), which was an association connected to the Church "of St Mary" (hence St Mary's). So the Stadium name is a nod to our founders in 1885. 1
saintstowin Posted February 26 Posted February 26 I am a big fan of correct grammar and would of thought everyone else is. 9
Stud mark of doom Posted February 26 Posted February 26 21 hours ago, adrian lord said: Almost everyone at work under 40 uses the grocer's apostrophe to denote plurals and stare blankly when gently corrected. I reckon their teachers must be to blame, as it is now so ubiquitous. Eats shoots and leaves... Agreed - there teacher’s our too blame. 1 3
coalman Posted February 27 Posted February 27 On 25/02/2026 at 08:54, Badger said: St Mary’s. Sorry if that offends anyone in the ‘Keep apostrophes out of sport’ campaign. Yet nobody is complaining about Bodo/Glimt and their hipster /
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