But who on earth would have the bottle to take on the poisoned chalice of heading it all up?

They would either have to be an idiot or a fool.

Well there doesn`t apear to be a shortage of either of them about in Rugby League , not even in Red Hall.

Doesnt need one person it needs a group of likeminded and professional people to make this happen for the fans.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Lets see what happens.

Or a passionate, honest and capable bloke who tips in and beleighves in the objectives

Would that be you by any chance?

Not yet, I would have thought more yourself...... but then again I did say capable

I wasn't including them, my £3.80/wk was above what I currently pay.

Seriously though can you just imagine the arguments?

Traditionally our BOD's have always been given a rough ride even without the fans having 'ownership' of the club and I can picture it now when all the shareholders realise they won't actually have a right in the say of the day-to-day running of the business, nor have a say about which players, coaches etc we get. In fact they won't get much at all and might end up with no club at all (and considerably lighter pockets) if the wrong 'professionals' were chosen to run the place - being a successful business man means nowt in this game and it won't only be their own money they will be losing.

Also having a vote means nowt if the vote goes against you every time - you'll still end up not getting what you want and will be paying good money for the privilege.

The more I think about it the more I think it will be the death of our club.

You're right Pat, something must be done but I don't think this is the solution (just my opinion).

Ownership isnt the problem, its the failure to market the club to the population of the town

The club will not get a single large investor like Arthur, without a clear simple path to SL the club just isnt attractive enough

The town no longer has the size of businesses owned by locals to support anything other than a mid table Championship Club

Only by getting the local population to take interest in the club will it survive, let alone prosper and grow, this will take years to achieve and needs a clear plan to work, telling Bob and kids for a quid just wont cut it , neither will strap lines like I beleighve, which given our recent position is quite the most ridiculous idea I have ever seen the club do

The often quoted ' Community Club ' is the only answer to the clubs future, but if you ask 100 people what a ' Community Club ' should be you will get at least 99 different answers

So a fan owned club is a very difficult thing to make work

i think its pretty obvious that the vast majority of decisions would be made by an elected board.

I think its also pretty obvious if there are any serious 'club changing' decisions that need making,then all share holders would have to be asked to vote it through or stop it happening.

Thats how fan owned clubs work isn't it?