they don't own it.

They own the lease. Like Bradford do with Odsal.

The co-op own cougar park.

Shouldn't you be barracking the co-op to build you a new ground then?

BTW how would a new cougar park help provide South Bradford PCT with a new surgery, Bradford Uni and Bradford College with sports facilities in South Bradford and a replacement for the soon to be defunct Richard Dunns Sport Centre in South Bradford?

I suppose they could do park and ride services from the levelled Richard Dunns site up to Keighley?

I don't know, but then again I haven't advocated anybody building a new ground for Keighley. My earlier post was highlighting the fact that Odsal is now your responsibility. You were paid £4 1/2 million to take it on. If that hasn't worked out, then you need to get on to your ex chairman for his lack of costings.

I don't really care about South Bradford, in the same way you lot don't care about Keighley.

I do care about fairness though, and there's no arguing that a lot of money has gone Odsals way. You were supposed to be in control of your own destiny 7 years ago, it hasn't worked out and your back onto the council again. Can you not see why some people would find this a little bit annoying?

Is it not about caring about Bradford rather than South Bradford, North Bradford, Keighley, etc? I would want to see the best stadiums and sports facilities for everyone in Bradford. I wouldn't want to see Keighley go under, any more than I would City or Park Avenue. Are we not all part of the same city?

My guess is that the good burghers of Keighley no more feel part of Bradford than do the millionaires of Ilkley...?

Why don't they go independent then? The Republic of Keighey anyone?
Passport control could be at the end of the Bingley by-pass. The horrible end that is, not the nice end.

To follow your logic it would be a better use of resources to merge into a super West Yorkshire council with the seat of power in the major city ie Leeds. Bradford would still have its identity though - how does that suit you?

The metropolitan districts need the "small" outlaying towns more than the towns need them. Bradford would be more of an underdeveloped slum without them.

Its interesting that there were very strong noises that Leeds were trying to pry Bingley, Keighley and Skipton from Bradford Met a few years ago.

Why not? Surely we would be raising roughly the same funding per head via the rates (showing my age there) as at the present, and the number of heads would reduce? In fact, it could be argued that a seperate Keighley borough or council could raise more per head than the combined district, depending how the boundary is drawn.



As opposed to the super efficient BDMC?



That's the issue though, we don't, and there's always a perception that we are picking up scraps. The decision to lump Keighley in with Bradford was a mistake.

Things have improved since the town council was formed around 10 years ago.

That's a very good point. I often read Bradfordians greivances towards Leeds re peoples perception and funding, yet the same attitudes prevail when it comes to Bradfords attituide to towards Keighley.