Jeeeeeeeeez, on the sly???
Do you really think that the guy would not consult one of the two tenants, really???
As I say the Town Board are being naughty as they don't want an 'outsider' to them owning the ground especially one with ties to the RL club, the Council will do this the right way as its a public asset and there is no way anybody can do any 'deal' without the legal boffins running the rule over it so there is no way anything 'underhand' would ever go on.
Goodnight as nothing i say will chnage your already made up mind, the sad thing is the Council have no money and losing money on the Shay will have consequneces non of us will like, like cutbacks and no more investment.

The majority of people I know who are not fans of either Town or Fax could not care less about the Shay apart from the fact that it costs them as part of their Council Tax . If more people and children were allowed/encouraged to use the Shay instead of it being used as some kind of private members club then the people of Halifax might have a bit more empathy with the place . All I get is " they wouldn`t let my lad play on their turf we had to go elsewhere and I`m a rate payer" So let`s hope TA buys the place and makes it a place all Calderdale people feel welcome and proud of I am sure he could do a better job than what`s happening at the moment . Having a place where the sum of around 1,500 use it once a week and 1,500 use it every other week while it costs the ratepayers £200,000 per year will not be allowed to go on much longer .

This would be the Halifax Town board that turns down sponsorship from Tony Abbott, refuses to work or have much to do with Fax in anyway shape or form - remember Mal saying he offered to help them with a fan shop and they didnt want to know. The Soccer club and many of its followers are a set of bigoted nuptys who would rather blame Fax and the Council for their woes rather than accept the truth. The muppets obviously dont want The Shay to go to Tony Abbott mainly because he is a Fax director. The Shay is not their stadium and never will be. We are squatters according to them even though we both are tenants. Its very clear that the Soccer club and fans will never ever mae life easy for us and certainly not for Tony Abbott even if he ticked all the boxes where they have concerns.

A few points. The sponsorship you talk about, is actually a match sponsorship in a very recent game against barnet. The
Club politefully declined as they cordially pointed out that in the current climate of them being not really in the know about the shay. They said As soon as the dust had settled from all this about the shay they would be more than happy to engage in sponsorship. At this point TA said is my money not good enough and then proceeded to run to courier and say what he said.

As for the club shop the football club have always stated they wanted to incorporate offices in to the back of the shop space, as to not have to employ staff to just run shop and could incorporate office staff as sales staff. We are a part time organization.

Our chairman has nothing against the rugby club, he will admit he's not media savvy and has made mistakes. But he is honest and hardworking and approachable.

As someone who had a rugby upbringing in australia. And was a semi regular attendee at shay to watch rugby. I find some comments on here as bad and insulting as what you claim to find on football forum.

Shayman down under, how are you so well informed.

There was a supporters club meeting last night, our board of directors were the open to question guests.

....and you were in attendance, were you?

I live in Elland not australia.

So your location is incorrect then?

Looking at it yeah it is, about 6yrs outta date. I joined this forum in 2003, moved to uk a few years later.

You're not Faisal Naboo are you ?

Can a tenant block a sale by their landlord?

Football club may be able to drag it out. Make the council answer a few questions, but if it goes through it could have a detrimental impact with their future relations with the stadium.

The Anti Fax forum is back on meltdown form after the Football Clubs meeting last night. A couple of things though. The Council dont have to discuss any business with either Fax or Town. Both are only tenants and as such have no rights to find out what is happening. The Council were not even close to selling The Shay- it was just discussions. Why should the Council contact Halifax Town about something which was/is still not even close to happening?
The Anti Fax Forum is saying that the Shay should only be under the control of the Council. But then they are now saying that the Councillors who control the Council are a set of lowlifes for talking to Abbott. For me the Council are not that interested in holding on to the Shay as its a financial millstone that will keep requiring millions over the next few years to keep it up to date let alone develop it. How much has the Council spent on the pitch for example? Whats to stop the Council flogging it in a few years to somebody who doesnt care about either club? The amount of voters that actually care about The Shay is small and as such the Councillors are hardly going to lose much sleep over the sale. If we are looking at numbers we are probably looking at a max of 4,000 local people who have actually visitted the shay to watch either Club or both. In a area with around 200,000 people that is not many. Personally I wouldnt trust the Council as anybody else especially one that has big debts and is not well run.

The more stupidity I read from the Town fans the less sympathy I will have when Abbott kicks them out.