Reading the RFL statement it sounds like you maybe right. The statement is worded to suggest they have had enough and that they will be looking at other clubs interests first.

"In these circumstances the RFL will always seek to support a club in difficulty for the sake of those directly affected and also on behalf of the Chairmen and Boards of well managed clubs who deserve stability"

Bulls going into League 1 would actually cost a fair few teams thousands in revenue. I doubt Batley, Fev, Halifax, etc v Barrow would be the kind of draw that the Bulls is to them, and the attendances would reflect this.

I fear the worst is yet to come.

However if the club was to be kicked into League 1, why not simply start again without any ties to anything. Bradford Northern 2016, they is nothing that really means the club should bend over backwards. SL status is gone unlike on the other 2 admins, the central funding is as low as it will be anyhow and a years newly formed in league 1 is no worse than having the milstones round the Bulls neck from the RFL in the Championship with little chance of a top 4 finish.

People always say its the players and employees that are worst hit. I disagree. Most will get employment elsewhere. The demise of a club hits fans the worst. Most will just give up on RL completely rather than start supporting a different team.

I fear for our own future if we fail promotion next year. A difference though, is Hull only has 2 teams competing for financial backing in a 20 mile radius. In West Yorks, its about 9 across all 'pro' leagues.

Good luck, wouldn't want Northern to go bust, even as a Rovers fan.

Well that's a bit rich coming from a body that keeps insisting we take the offer from blokes with no bloody money!



We start on minus 12 and that's the top 4 effectively out of reach. So that's a season where we know we can achieve nothing and the resulting apathy from fans simply exacerbates the financial predicament for whatever owner emerges. Or we go genuinely bust and emerge in Championship 1 with some new places to visit.

Which do people prefer?

Seems Mark Lawn fancies taking over the ex football owner

Second option at Horsfall Stadium. Ditch Odsal, the Bulls and bring back the Northern moniker. Bring a sad and sorry episode to an end.

I expect Leeds to come back in with offers for Mellor and O'Brien, had offers rejected by Bradford in the past few months.

You pick that carcass clean, lad. While you're at it why not try and buy our WCC wins to add to yours too?

Blimey that would be good! In your first admin he was one of only a small number of posters who made any sense and was able to throw any light on what was happening. I say this as a Wakey fan for whom admin, in those days, was a constant threat and sometimes a reality.

I have said this before unfortunately, but I hope you guys come through this and start to find some success again.

Adeybull put on TRL he was stuck in New Zealand after the earthquake.

So fingers crossed for him.

That's a good question Pumpy, and to be honest, I really don't know.

We've been through the "oh dear me, what is to become of us" mode at least three times now and the effect/shock/desperation gets weaker and weaker each and every time. I'm not going to say I'm in a, 'don't care' mode, because it isn't true but I am feeling a little less bothered. I may though be bordering on not knowing just how much I really care.

If the club, as currently set up, disappears, then I'm sure that "something", what ever that something is will arise in its place - most likely something new, with no connection to any previous incarnation. Truth be told, if that something is in the bottom division of the Pennine league then so be it. Hopefully it won't be quite so drastic. Qué sera sera...

I really feel for you guys how many times are the board going to screw you guys over, you helped bail them out last time,

hope every thing works it self out for you guys, it wont be the same with out having the bulls around

all the best

Wakefield fan