It was never a case, initially, of smelling a rat. It was genuinely about the risks of the stadium falling into the hands of private individual, whoever it was. I think the rat smelling was caused by the ridiculous way that Tony Abbott, the Council and rugby club handled the bid. I dont doubt some of the opposition by supporters of the football club was due to it being a director of Fax who was behind the bid but the main concern was over private ownership.

I think those who opposed it were quickly vindicated given the unfortunate break down of Tony Abbott's marriage and then the problems with the business practices of Reactiv. God knows what would have happened to the stadium had Reactiv managed to buy it and it become an asset of that business.

My personal biggest regret is the deeper damage it has done to relations between the two clubs and its supporters. There was some pretty horrible mud slinging that went on - between both sides. Town fans were accused of being Luddites, I had my home address posted on here (which wasnt removed by the overzealous moderators) and some nasty comments were made against Tony Abbott.

It all became a bit too personal though it proves the affection we all have for our respective teams. I really do hope that its now consigned to history and that lessons are learned on all sides.

Well said Bubba.

I would be 99.9% sure that the club will not be out of pocket to TA, infact I would be amazed if it weren't the other way around by quite a lot of money.

Not much chance of that freddie. If it wasn't TA/Reactiv the Town morons would find another reason to hate Fax. That said, it is only a few of them gobbing off on't social media. Most Town fans I know are really good lads.

Bit over the top - but if you have any suspicions that any of the money is derived from illegal activities you need to be reporting it to the peelers.

Money laundering, only thing like that I know of is when Hubert Lockwood was in charge over at Fartown and he owned Lockwoods Dry Cleaners!!!!!!