I honestly arent fishing for a bite. But it does annoy me how some supporters would rather bury their heads in the sand and blame everything on the football lot for trying to cause trouble.

As a Town supporter for many years, I have turned slightly paranoid about those who run "our" clubs. I have seen HTAFC in administration at least 3 times before its final demise a year and a half ago. I have also seen HRLFC on its knees a couple of times since I first started 'seriously' following the club around 1998 (when they first moved to the Shay).

I no longer trust the owners of "our" clubs. The only time they tell us that something is seriously wrong is when they expect us to dig deep in our pockets to bail them out. The latest set of accounts available on Companies House dont make good reading. This rent issue has been dragging on for longer than it should. There has been no comment from the club when it usually cant act fast enough to dismiss rumours and the people that matter most, the supporters, are more bothered about the football club than actually asking the club whether there actually is a problem.

Now you can aim digs at me over my support of FCHT as much as you like. I have broad shoulders and its water off a ducks back. But you should be firing your questions at those at HRLFC, rather than at me. Afterall the supporters make the club, without supporters it is simply a team and you deserve a little bit of respect.

Whats your point?

I give up. Good night.

You don't trust the people who run our club? Have you any idea who runs HRLFC? Do you know them? I've never heard anything so stupid.

Our club is run by local successful businessmen who love the club and do it for no financial benefit.

Do I correctly understand that the stadium fiasco over the last few years has been run by someone close to you? How you can therefore talk about other people making a mess of things is beyond me. It has been said on this forum and in the paper that the reason the stand isn't open now is due to the the huge snagging list the amount of things that aren't fit for purpose. Where is the guy that is supposed to be sorting all of this out....oh, he jumped ship a few months ago didn't he? There are a few people who have taken a lot of money out of the stadium shambles, but seemingly now no one is accountable for mistakes.

Go back to your pub football and stop throwing stones over here.

Yes there are many who use this forum that know many things about the fiasco that is the Shay Stadium but choose not to air it on a public forum .It`s people like Bubba that sometimes make me wish our club had not helped Town out by paying half their rent when they were in the usual mire.Did we ever get it back I wonder?

I actually think Michael Steele is an extremely nice and decent bloke as is Howard Posner. I cant comment about the others.



Never said they do do it for financial benefit. They do it for all the right reasons.



As far as I know, Duncan left to go to Bradford Council to work on the Odsal Project.

And the recipient of the Council letter has asked me to put the following on.

Why don`t you go mind your own on your own forum ,there is no wonder your own Town Board will not have anything to do with you or your Supporters Trust.

I think its this quote that has got them in a frenzy.



Unfortunatley the numptys from Town have taken this to mean we are in arrears when in fact its a pretty standard terminology used by many financial companies.
When will we get to see the original letter and why is the person who sent it a bit shy to have it put on one of the forums?
Id also like to see some comments from HXRLFC like they have in the past to dispell rumours like this and the Aizue one. That is unless they are true.

Well as this ex councilor is thinking of the ratepayers of this Town and does not want the rugby club to go the same way as the Town lot maybe he`d like to publish some more information along with the letter.So the ratepayers are at ease with how this Town is being run and our councilors are beyond reproach (unlike the MPs in Westminster ) would he like to publish his old itemised expense claims along with those of the rest of his cronies so we can see some transparency in the council.Also could we have proper explanations about how this Town is run like a complete shambles eg Broad St. refuse collection and the most damning of all the poor vunerable children in our Town.
Nothing to do with this you might say? Well we don`t regard this item on rent you have posted up either as anything to do with you.I am surprised the man has nothing else better to do with his time given children at risk are being ignored wonder how many letters he`s written to the council about that subject.

go away and enjoy your FC town forum.

I can't believe the rubbish that some people will post to stir things up on the eve of potentially our best season in nearly 25 years. As I understand it anyway any rent arreas arise from the fact that the club refuses to pay more than the football club for less access.

The latest accounts show a (very) small profit. The clubs credit ratings are more of an issue because they can't raise capital investment. We are also listed as "company in trading difficulties" but so is every Super League team, most of the FA premiership and every professional sports club beyond that. Running a football or rugby club tends to be a hand to mouth existence at every level.

and as for the club having to jump up and deny everything or else it must be true - thats ridiculous. Every Tom, Dick or Bubba who makes something up then gets the prestige of a response which would see them just make up more and more s**t.

I trust our board to run the club properly, that doesn't mean that we will always be rolling in cash. I'd like to be able to trust our "fans" to concentrate on supporting the team.

On we go........

Excelant post , in fact I along with most Fax fans will dig a bit deeper to ensure we have a brilliant season.

Quote: johnny freeman fan club "Excelant post , in fact I along with most Fax fans will dig a bit deeper to ensure we have a brilliant season.'" Me too...............starting with the link below fluidab3.miniserver.com/~global/ ... cation.pdf

Quote: johnny freeman fan club "Excelant post , in fact I along with most Fax fans will dig a bit deeper to ensure we have a brilliant season.'" Me too...............starting with the link below fluidab3.miniserver.com/~global/ ... cation.pdf