Whilst that may be the case, and I'm very cautious to nail my flag to the last of Peter Box, there's only so much "influence" he can have at this point.

I think he's done all he can. Cas have a site and a developer nailed down..... Now it's just a case of feasibility and finance.... Which PB doesn't have a great deal of power over. And crucially these are the two things that will, in my opinion through experience, derail the entire project.

Today we've just had some more shiny drawings of our "new stadium" but I'm very much in the majority - I'll believe it when I'm sat in it.

The only advantage castleford have, if any, is that we have no landlord.... Small mercies. As soon as we get told our ground isn't up to SL minimum criteria (which can't be a million miles away) we're in exactly the same boat.

Cas, Wakefield or both.... We can't allow the club/s to slip away. Especially considering in house, both are in the strongest positions they've been in for a hell of a long time.

That's a fair summary - and now that WMDC have done their bit, you'll be hostages to the financial jiggery pokery of developers, financiers, retailers and all the other interested parties; which as we've amply demonstrated, is like dropping a goldfish in a pool of sharks.

It's a harsh reality that without significant Council support in cold hard cash terms, getting a stadium out of the ground, in the current climate, is nigh on impossible; and with the retail sector crashing and burning around our ears, any development linked to a retail park has become even more delicate.

Really difficult situation for both clubs - and infuriating to hear uninformed pillocks say "just get it built!" As if many people involved haven't sweated blood to do just that for 10+ years.

I don't doubt what you say, but you can be sure he will be using whatever leverage he has on developers who want to build in the WMDC to ensure this stadium gets built. Can we say that for Trinity? Personally I don't think so. There is no SCAG, there has been no press interest in the ongoings in FTP, there has been no need for the council to come out and justify there position, things are rolling along in the background.

You're right in that regard, or at least I hope you are - any new developments in the district should rightly receive backing from the council, be it FTP, NM, community stadiums and facilities etc....

I'd probably change the last sentence you use though.... Hardly rolling along.... More, walking a tightrope across the grand canyon, backwards, in stilettos, with a wasp after you.

This morning, there was a re posted statement from the trust, regarding that that SRW is still lurking, and that there is the possibility of the trust, and his so called trust, merging and working together, to deliver the stadium.

12 months on and still nothing.

Unbelievable

Think you may be looking at a post from 12 months ago that someone has reposted.

Apologies there.

It was the first thing i saw on my wall this morning.

Not enough coffee yet.

Will delete my post

Don’t delete it, it highlights the lack of progress in the last 12 months.

Edited for accuracy.

Got an E mail notification of this change of address for the new Newmarket lane ltd, (formally Yorkcourt)


Registered office address changed from National House Etchell Road Bitterscote Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3HF to Banner Cross Hall Ecclesall Road South Sheffield S11 9PD on 17 July 2018

Banner cross hall is the headquarters of Henry Boot construction, might be nothing in it........

Interesting that. Will Boot take on their obligations?