They will wait until there is a queue at the burger van shortly before kick off, then storm in and tell everyone that sales of Bovril has been postponed until a further investigation can take place. The burger van owner will be suspended but then reinstated in time for the next game after his assistant admits he was responsible for Bovril being added to the menu and resigns.

Is that the secret of your teams success?...well its out now..only joking...well I hope I am...
By the way folks whats EMC.......is it all those new folk in uniforms behind the bar instead of the usual lasses.......still you can't stop progress?
Is it a franchise??
Help me out Fax Machine or at least tell me on sunday in the 3 pigs.

EMC (Event Management Catering) are the company who have the franchise to run the catering.

I thought that was the case.....ta for that

I thought I'd already explained this to you, Mouthy, and that Fax could not be blamed for this as EMC were appointed by Calderdale MBC but I'll go through it once again on Sunday and if possible create a Powerpoint presentation on my laptop and bring it with me.

Would we eat and drink more if they reduced prices, or is it a case of they have us fans over a barrell?
The real smart attitude would have been to involve local businesses and avoid this plastic catering service.
Having said that i dont think you can blame anyone for taking the safe option after the fiasco of finishing the Shay, maybe when the contract is up well see something better, for now, cut your whining and enjoy your sport and dont cut your nose off to spite your face, having a beer during the game is good, move on

Lets get back to berating the underachieving players. But, why do our burgers have less grisle than the Sports Village burgers? hmm!

Anyway, im looking forward to Mondays excuse, should we lose, perhaps Shelfsox can elighten us beforehand.
Ill start you off Shelfsox

'I thought.....................................................'

I'm surprised a burger van hasent pitched up near the ground yet? Would make a killing.

Do you think the council would allow a burger van parked outside the shay given the fact they have an interest in takings inside the stadium?

Its great to see pubs like the three pigeons thriving as a result of these prices in my opinion, nothing to worry about here

Do we actually know for certain if the council get a share of the takings or do they simply charge EMC a set amount for the catering franchise?

My major beef in all of this is that I could live with increased prices if the proceeds were benefitting Halifax RLFC and FCHT or even Calderdale MBC to help them recoup cost of the East Stand development but not just to line the pockets of some faceless corporation.

Why did the council not put the catering out to local tender and keep any benefits in the town? There are enough pubs going out of business. Surely someone would have jumped at the chance to run the bars at the Shay and likewise for the food side of the business.

They put it out to open tender and I dont think any local company showed any interest.

One of the Biggest Losers here though is the Supporters Club

Whereas the SSL used to be packed after a game, with many people staying back buying raffle tickets, Club 1873 membership ect, that was a small but steady stream of revenue which has now been cut massively.