"Row breaks out between @Halifax_RLFC & #Calderdale Council over rent payments at Shay stadium #Halifax. More in today's @HXCourier "

This was tweeted from the Courier twitter page this morning.

Apparantly 35k behind which is best part of a year.

not good PR.

Time for a club statement I think.

Anyone seen a Courier to see what the article says?

Just looked on the courier website and there is nothing on it (but what's new there!)

www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/ca ... -1-7751905

www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/ca ... -1-7751905

This has been flogged to death and it still all revolves round the amount being charged by the council to both clubs who use it which is still unresolved at root cause level for one of them.

Fax are not happy that their rent is £11.880 more than the football club.

Whether CMBC will budge on it remains to be seen but as before they have the final say and can force the issue by just saying to Fax "If you don't pay, you won't play."

As John says time for a club announcement.Don't want another Oswickgate type postponement at last minute before the Batley game again..

"A HRLFC spokesperson insisted the FOI information was not accurate and said: “The Club’s issues with Calderdale Council remain outstanding, but it is inappropriate to discuss them in the public domain at this time.

“The FOI response which is currently in circulation is out of date and substantially understates the club’s payments."

The above is from the courier article and looks like it's all they are saying at the moment.

I'm sure there will be more developments as it's not going to go away without some sort of resolution and it would be good to know what is going on.

It seems that the issue at the rugby club is the dIfferance in the two rents the football clubs is a lot less. Does anyone know why this is. if there is an agreement between the rugby club and the council and the council seem to be sticking to this agreement I can't see how the rugby club can avoid paying the agreed amount until the current agreement is up for review.

Fair enough we have a valid complaint about the rate vs FC Halifax Town, but the simple fact is you cant just stop paying for christ sake. It's embarrassing.
At the end of the day if we win then they will just put FC Haifax's rent up, not ours down, and everyone looses except the council.