The club is kept afloat, and has been for many years, through JW and the directors , with assistance in last couple of years from the council, who will recoup this once the retail elements are built. The costs of running the new ground will be in excess of a million pounds per annum, which would have been a huge drain on the club moving forward. The deal i believe is we pay a rent, we get money from gate admission and corporate hospitality, but get nothing from the bars or snack bars. Ideally if Sale move in , then logic would say that our rent would be halved. The key for the future is to try and bring new blood into the boardroom, {preferably with lots of money} and try and get new sposors, as obviously the more income we can get from off field activities helps with what we can spend on the salary cap. This in turn should mean we attract better players, play more attractive football and be more successful , which should bring more fans through the gates. Lets Hope!!!!

It's hard to trust anything you read online. Distinguishing fact from rumour, opinion and conjecture is often a guessing game.

Thank god for wardleyred I say - at least you always know for certain that you're dealing with unfounded horse sh*t.

LMFAO Mr.Barker you f***ing Tw*t

Do you work for News International? as you have a lot of sources at your disposal.

You are falling into the same trap as Neil Barker!who you also criticize him for doing exactly what you do.

At least i get out and about to meet "my sources" or have cell fone chats ! where as our good friend mr barker simply sits at home trawling the boards on here in between watching catch phrase and helping his mum out at home doing some knitting!