Was meant in a light hearted manner, I suppose all we can all do is see what the results of recent developments are. But Belle Vue in its current form is a no go.

Did the club, or the Trust, get any of that in writing...?

If I remember rightly it was the Chairman of the Trust who told the Club not to put a bid in and I was sat in a meeting in the Town Hall when Yorkcourt informed us that they had in their possession a Contract to purchase Belle Vue.

Nothing in writing as fas as I am aware but statements made in front of witnesses.

Jesus H Christ; it gets worse.

So would any of those witnesses make a statement to that effect - or would they be considered hostile, or at best, ambivalent?

Yorkcourt,what a joke bent as a bottle of chips

Sorry - missed this.

Maybe he doesn't have plans for the whole site? Or maybe he sees the commercial benefit of busloads of RL fans turning up every second weekend to spend lots of their hard earned at the various retail outlets he would be plonking there?

If he is shrewd, he would no doubt see the value of a captive market and a load of regular foot traffic; the WT players alone would justify a Costa franchise, let alone all the other stuff he's involved in.

Don't think the Chairman of the Trust would but the other Board Members would.

The "Contract" meeting was attended by a Councillor and Council Director so I'm sure they would make a statement.

Yeah probably to deny all knowledge.

Thus allowing 88M a clear run at the lowest price and with no expectation by the new owner for any Yorkcourt input. In contrast to, "you buy it and we undertake to assist".

Although I used the word "undertake" with rolling eyes.

So if I can summarise the Yorkcourt actions thus:
1. Fooled the club and supporters into believing that they would fund a community stadium if they supported the Newmarket development, thus stopping the club and Trust examining other options.
2. Fooled the club into believing that they would buy Belle Vue to provide the community stadium, thus stopping the club and Trust from buying it themselves.

It absolutely beggars belief. How MC can stay sane is beyond me.

Just sent my emails to Mary Creagh and Jon Trickett and editor of the WE, will it make any difference, no, but I feel better ,suggest you all do the same .

I honestly cannot believe how the club have been used and abused. MC says he doesn't know 'how some people can look at themselves in the mirror' I know exactly how he must feel!
Give me a good old honest burglar any day of the week because half of those in white collars are not fit to lace their boots morally. Really makes me sick how these b......s get away with lies and deceit for huge financial gain ! The sooner all this is out the better. I only know a fraction of what's gone on but I am fuming!

With hindsight, the decision to bring Rodney Walker into the group looks to have been the biggest mistake of the whole exercise. With Box doing his damndest to scupper any progress from the outside he had the perfect 5th column working from within.

If this was an official meeting of any type then minutes should have been taken, in any event a record of the meeting must surely exist.

Did anyone hear Michael Carters interview on Radio Yorkshire yesterday.

He was saying that they aren't asking the council for money to build a stadium, they just want whats been promised to them. In view of that, someone said earlier about finding £20m, forgive me if I have misinterpreted that, but to me that sounds like funding isnt an issue, and the funding is in place.

Given light of the situation, couldn't the RFL add weight to our case here, as the sports governing body.

He also mentioned minimum standards being brought in, which, is fine, but also seems ironic to have been brought in, the same season Toronto have come into the league. Further more, part of the minimum standards is having crowds of 6,500, maybe if the only games on a Thursday/Friday, were the televised ones. Our average crowd last year, that I read, was something like 4,993, but pprior to all the re scheduled fixtures, we were close to the 6,000 mark