Its excellent except the bit about Yorkshire Forward. Its correct in that YF supported the Leeds Area when it was opposed by Sheffield but G Price Fan Club is not aware of the significant investment YF made throughout Yorkshire & Humberside. In Wakefield & District it supported and made significant investments in many projects including The Bull Ring, Wakefield Watefront, The Hepworth, Westgate to name just a few plus the Bridge in Castleford, Fryston & Wheldale Collieries, Frickley Colliery and other projects.

We however need everyone to be aware of Leeds CC attempt to block Newmarket which i can only assume is so they will benefit from the Enterprise Zone in the Aire Valley.

Most of West Yorkshire and Barnsley falls within the Leeds City Region whereby authorities are supposed to pull together for the common good - its about time Leeds realised that there is more to the Leeds City Region than Leeds itself.

Thanks very much Rich.

Like a great deal of us, it's an issue I'm passionate about.

That's exactly my point, just without the chip I carry!

But from the actual tone of your post it's obvious you share my underlying issue: That from the point of view of the LCC Yorkshire is Leeds & Leeds is Yorkshire- everything else is subservient.

Most cities can boast recent regeneration that could not have happened without the assistance of YF. But the list of projects/developments that took place in Leeds eclipses any other.

As I said IMO unless they pull out "The Chewbacca Defence" I think we'll be able to put across a very good case across.

Its good to hear positive news slowly trickle out as we get closer to the outcome yet to be announced.

There is no 'positive news' yet, other than the fact that we have a good team on our side and a strong case. However, I am keen to stress that there will be no 'positive news' unless we remain focussed on the battle that lies ahead.

As with Australia today, our biggest enemy is complacency!

Is there anything we can do to support SWAG in the coming weeks for the PI. I know we've done the petitions filled in the forms but is there any more meetings or things we can still be doing in support of the project. We need to make sure no stone is left unturned in getting Wakefield a stadium

Get yourselves (and anybody else you can coerce) to into town on the 6th of December for the start of the PI.
1 month and a day to go. Get your swords and shields ready Dreadnoughts!

The main focus will be on the 6th December, but there may be other things that supporters can help with. There is a meeting next week to get the strategy agreed and we'll let people know after that.

Any ideas welcome though!

A very good point - thank you.

well done trb

A demonstration is fine providing it carries the right messages,ie the Wakefield community care about a community stadium and it benefiting the community etc. One disadvantage is a demonstration can easily be hijacked by the opossition for their own selfish needs and generate the wrong message. A demonstation of such importance must be carefully executed with only the right people being informed who care good luck.

Should we be at the town hall on the 6th of December? We need to advertise this and rally the troops. Wakefield club website? Lets Do this !! Show people we have the stamina and see it through to the end.

I can arrange parking facilities a short walk away, if a Newmarket "media focused" ramble were to be arranged on the public footpaths etc.
The stadium would be here click click click, the training facilities would be here, click click click, look at all the supporters and interested parties present, click click click etc etc etc.