The thing that riles me abit is the emotional side of last night.

I saw a couple of people visibly upset that it could have been the end, but the club have moved the goalposts again.

Probably a good decision, but they've handled it disgustingly.

Thing is, we would not all get so wound up if we did not all care so much. I hate injustice with a passion. Others hate feeling they have been lied to. Others hate it when they feel they have been taken for granted. What we ALL hate is the thought of no more Bulls. The thought of that can send more than a few of us into orbit for a bit, myself included.

I cant understand why people are getting so upset. We're nearly at 500k which we planned/hoped to be by Friday, but not quite there so the club have given an extra few days in the hope that we can muster up the remaining funds.

My worry is what happens next, are the club going to be relying on fans for the next 500k or is there some other ways of raising the funds?

If it hadn't been an Easter weekend no doubt the Club would have announced the Pledge as originally stated, but as been pointed Banks and Goverment are closed till Tues, earliest HRMC would want their monies around the 15th. Why people are carping on is silly just chill out there will still be a Club next week,and getting extra money to go over the 500K makes sense. Whatever the p r on this its done, last minute hindsight not involed just a reaction to the situation by the Club, and the usual overreaction by some Fans

The puzzling thing is though, whether banks are open or not, they could have, by now been collecting the pledge money had they closed the pledge and all card payments would be credited to the bank account regardless of whether the branch on Market St is open or not.

Extending the deadline means they won't now begin collecting the pledge money until Tuesday morning at the earliest. If it is indeed needed for salaries next weekend, then it's pushing it a bit.

So, was the cash actually needed quite that desparately or not? it's about time someone from that administrative shower started telling the truth!

After going through this myself recently, I know exactly how you feel. With other things on your mind, people tend to shoot straight from the gut without thinking about the subtle nuances or reaction that this may cause. No apology needed.

I just said this on Facebooks

Card payments are only credited on bank working days, and there is usually a bit of a delay anyway.

I presume they will ask for bank transfer wherever possible, to save credit card commissions. Usually same day value. You would like to think they have worked that out...?

If I was paying my payroll at work, to get value to employees for Friday I would need value in my account on Thurs, Friday if I was prepared to pay more, provided my bank had upgraded from BACS to Faster Payments.

We WERE told mid-April, so that suggests they don't need it all for value Tues?

Not sure if any of the above helps at all, but I offer it as a bit of generic info.

The "lets get behind Bradford ppl" sounds like [ihe[/i has made the decision (if indeed the 'decision' mentioned was rugby related)to get behind Bradford and he wants others to do the same.
What's not to like about that?

I have to disagree with your first sentence. All debit card payments made to my business through the online banking system are instant regardless of the day of the week or whether it's a Bank Holiday or not. Indeed even paper "Giro" receipts sent from the Office are processed overnight even at weekends. Credit card payments, I cannot comment on.

Sounds logical Adey, and it's certainly the easiest way, not to mention quickest, if RBS use FPS that is . Though they have taken taken card details for some things, like virtual tickets, for instance, which will obviously incur some costs to collect.

Sorry first line was referring to credit card payments. Debit card payments are same day as long as payer's bank is on FP as I think pretty well all are now.

I was including debit card payments in with bank transfers as amounts to same thing. My bad for not making more clear.

I would not assume it will be RBS...

Do we owe money to the bank?