Quote triran="triran"For those who haven't read it - www.theshaymen.net/ipb/index.php ... hay/page-1'" Makes for a fun read. Im sure the council will more than listen to the pub teams fans, the voice of a club that has cost the council thousands of pounds over the years.

Quote triran="triran"For those who haven't read it - www.theshaymen.net/ipb/index.php ... hay/page-1'" Makes for a fun read. Im sure the council will more than listen to the pub teams fans, the voice of a club that has cost the council thousands of pounds over the years.

I think the views of FC Halifax merit respect. They are the same number as us now. We have no dominance over them as our attendances have dwindled.

Well they are and should be doing everything they feel apropriate to support their Club but however I am not happy about a paragraph in the letter sent to Mr Tuddenham from Gavin Butler .
" However having sought opinions of other supporters of BOTH CLUBS ,it is clear that there is deep opposition to this public asset ending up in the hands of private ownership - at least while the details are extremely limited."
If he wants to speak for Town fans fair enough but don`t speak for Fax fans I bet I have asked the views of more Fax fans than he has and 99% were in overwhelming support with the others only having the slightest of reservations (hardly the "deep opposition " claimed in the letter .

Confirmed in the courier that it is Tony Abbott who is in "advanced talks" over the sale.

Linda, should a special meeting of the trust be called to gauge opinion, and a letter written off the back of that?

Also, Linda, could you expand on your Facebook post? Quote "Plan B re-emerging. Old saviour back to save the day".

I think it might be making reference to the return of Linda to the Supporters Trust which would be very welcome news!

No it wasn`t in referance to me coming back ( thanks for your kind words ) my remarks were about a certain Town Supporter who was always banging on about a "plan B " years ago and now apears to be the one who is galvanising the opposition to the sale of the Shay. Like I said in my earlier post I admire him for that but I feel it`s a tad unfair he should be quoteing the views of Fax fans being against the sale to Mr Tuddenham at the council when he knows nothing about the views of most Fax fans and should not be presuming to speak for them .

Hi Brew , I am no longer on the Committee , I am sure if you aproached a Committee member your views would be listened to.

Don't know what town fans problem is. It's not as if they fev going to be thrown out of ground. They don't own ground now so only thing that would change for them is that they would have a longer lease and less rent to pay. Also further development of ground would hopefully happen. Finish the corner and maybe a new stand to replace the scircoat stand. Can't see anything but good realy




Would not be able to call us lodgers anymore

I didn't realise that Linda, cheers for the reply!

Just reading the Town forum, someone has suggested they all go to the Italy vs Tonga match and invade the pitch on the 19th minute and have a sit down protest.

I appreciate they have concerns, but writing to the council claiming to represent the views of both clubs, on the back of a few conversations is a little out of order from Bubba IMO.

Could the matter go to a public consultation? With every council up and down the country having to make deep cuts, I think they're in a sticky situation if they don't sell as ratepayers will still have to cover the over heads

I think it's more to do if/when tony Abbott wants rid of the shay. If he goes bankrupt the banks will claim it. If he wants to sell it, it will go to highest bidder. Unless there are provisions in place to prevent it going into the wrong hands and not back to the council or a sst type company, then he definitely won't garner my support. It also doesn't help that he didn't bother to engage the board of the football club at all, before going all cloak n dagger to a small handful of councillors.

His intentions may be honourable, but his
Methodology so far hasn't made him many fans of the people he really needs to help get onside.