Matt Ellis on Radio Leeds. Exciting times.

Up the Trin

Yes listened to this interview..
Can’t wait to see how the west stand pans out.
Worth a listen…

I don't usually listen to Radio Leeds on principle, but just happened to change station after Sound of the Seventies and heard the presenter introduce an Interview with Matt Ellis.

Very good interview and refreshing to hear such optimistic talk after the doom and gloom of seasons past.
Nice to hear that he has plans for the west side including a possible stand with a rooftop garden of all things. It would seem his two main interests in life are "Easy Kitchens and Wakefield Trinty" to quote him.
He also seems quite confident of a future in Super League.
Nice one, Matt! Keep it up.

Are you able to post a link of the interview, thanks

That'll bring back memories for some!
Is there going to be a Casanovas?

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Obviously good music for a start.

A very good listen.

Plenty to take away and be positive from.

Taking our seats in the new stand on Sat and looking round at the brand new facility is still a bit surreal to me and probably many other who have put up with our crumbling stadium for too long to remember .I wasn’t too bothered about being stood on crumbling steps of the North stand with weeds taking a foothold at every opportunity, and out in the wet and cold when we had a team on the field that could provide us fans with some cheer. But last season when the going on field was dire I had chance to take my gaze away from the on field horrors and take it all in ,and it certainly wasn’t pretty to say the least . Move on 12 months , new East stand , plans for new Western stand ,, pipeline plans for North stand upgrades and the future is looking far rosier . Knight in shining armour , sugar daddy , whatever you want to call Matt we certainly have dropped on our feet with him at the helm ,because the dark clouds were looming large over Belle Vue , but almost in an instant sunny blue skies have returned over our club . Now I’m not saying for one minute there aren’t going to be tough times ahead ,and it’s obvious to see from Saturdays game that we have a long way to go to achieve our super league ambitions and once again become a force , but we’re on the right track with almost all the pieces of the jigsaw in place to be able to achieve that goal in the not too distant future .

Excellent post, listening to the interview we really are in a great place for the future. He does have the ambition and the clout to deliver. It looks like the ground will be a great place to be over the coming seasons. More ups than downs than the previous fairly barren years

It's the clout that counts.
We've had ideas before but he's actually able to do them.

Love the ideas for the Western Terrace.
Be great to see that across from the Neil Fox Stand.

Who would have thought let alone dreamed of an owner that can not only take us to the next level, but beyond, both on and off the field. Matt Ellis really is a dream come true for us beleaguered fans who saw no hope or future just a short while ago, not only is he super rich but a die hard fan to boot. It really has given everyone a shot in the arm and a spring in our step. Plain sailing it won’t be, it’s not our way, but let’s look at the bigger picture before wining about the little bits that may niggle or annoy us at times, but in the big scheme of things are nothing really, even our new stand is work in progress and hopefully in the coming months will be fully functional and a credit to all those involved past and present. Early days for the west stand, and may take a year or two to finish if everything goes to plan, but I’m positive the big guy will deliver on his promise, and have us all salivating when we finally see some plans and a mock up of the new stand.

He says he'll find out the IMG score before end of year but that can't be true. It can only be an indication as current league finish adds to the score.

The handbook specifically says bonus points for challenge cup Grand Final wins and 1895 will be awarded for the current season.

That's a whole point if someone wins GF and Challenge Cup.