Yes indeed there are leisure facilities proposed aspart of the development. Would be ironic if they proposed to build stadium on the site of the former power station as this is where Ted wanted to build it many years ago but he was persuaded by DEnise Jeffery and the Cas council to go for the Thornes Park site and the council would help us build there. Many years on no stadium and a load of empty council promises. #ledupthegardenpath

BOJ042,
It's a good job you live on the other side of the planet buddy.

The old power station site would be my preference by a mile! The new road has opened up countryside I never knew existed in Wakefield. Before anyone says 'Let's leave it that way' I think the council have just approved plans for a massive building program in the area so a stadium nearer to the old power station site wouldn't go amiss!

... and the guy who had long enough to deliver with the old trust is?

To me this is all about money and I am not talking about revenue from running any new stadium. Following receipt of planning permission YC have always pleaded poverty, which is interesting as during the public inquiry hearings they had a hissy fit when the anti Newmarket team suggested that YC did not have the proverbial pot. YC went to great lengths to convince the Public Inquiry that they were financially strong and liquid. RW and Box allowed YC to build Newcold outsite the 106 agreement ie not counting towards the trigger point because they accepted YC argument that they were skint and needed Newcold to go ahead. For Some reason RW and Box kept this to themselves. YC have no intention of building a stadium at Newmarket, they know that RW and Box allowed them to ignore the 106 and they know that Box isn't bothered about a stadium. What YC want is the planning permission to build houses on the land at Newmarket that was designated for the stadium. We are talking about a massive net gain as they will not incur the build costs of the stadium but will rake in millions from house building. YC are still saying they are skint and that only when they have built and sold those houses will they have any money to put towards a stadium. This was why YC and RW were always pushing for a rebuild of BV, but YC wanted the cherry and the bun, give us planning for houses, we build them and only then will we give you any money, so never basically never. Now RW would have agreed to this and I presume told YC that he could get that deal agreed. RW when running the old Trust basically did as he wanted without having to answer to anyone, what Walker had not planned for was TRB, SC, IA, MC & CB getting on the trust and actually asking him what the hell was he doing. This I believe would be the reason he bloused out of the meeting and resigned from the Trust. So where is any money coming from to build a stadium, the moment we agree that the new stadium can be built away from Newmarket then IMO we are lost, the money has to come from YC as if they get what they want we are talking years and they will simply not pay up. We are talking about a company that has changed its name, closed various associate companies, taken directors of the board etc etc, during the previous years, they will have done this to protect themselves for any legal action that may occur in other words the party that is named in the 106 does not exist anymore.

Interesting view ... when did you speak to Sir Rodney about this??

And how did he explain his role in the Seven years of his previous involvement? The trust has only gained traction and started to shake things up since SRW was sidelined... odd that isn't it?

Edit for accuracy JB.

£87 million to be won on the Euromillions this friday

Oh I'm all for action if it is the sensible and right action, timed correctly. There are people on here including it seems MC himself, involved in the Trust(s); are you one of them? I will be guided by what they advise as they know all this the best. But if they recommend action, I'm in

Seven years?! More like 27. I remember in the early'90's when Mr. Walker was chairman of the club itself promising this that and the other. I remember getting excited seeing artists impressions of the shiny new stadium, which along with the signings of Jonathon Davies, Laurie Daley et al were going to see the rise of the once mighty Trinity once more as a major player in the world of RL. I'm pretty sure back then he was a millionaire, of course it's not all about finances, probably that's never been the main problem, but why anyone thought with Mr. Walker being involved that would actually lead to the thing being built i'll never know!! His track record in other ventures may have been successful, although I venture to suggest more on a personal level than anything else. He's dipped his toes in a few things sport wise, snooker I seem to recall, with limited success and impact. When he was chairman of Wakefield Trinity, he generally failed to deliver.

Excellent, probably true and very depressing post.

But in all the years of the Trust, he's never bolted. There has to be a reason for that, and my impression is that he knows now it's going to happen. He could have just walked from the Trust and not looked back. The issue is whether the price for the new stadium is something we're prepared to pay, in terms of actual cost, the loss arising from it being done through a new Trust, and the morality of it.

Sometimes you've just got to suck it up. It stinks, but if it gets us a stadium and a level of involvement that is better financially than what we have, we've little choice, even if it is less than what it should have been.

This is all about not wanting Wakefield Trinity ie MICK & CHRIS earning too much profit/money from running the club in a new Community Stadium. In there ideal world Yorkcourt & SRW would prefer for Mick & Chris to walk away completely from the club and this would benefit them the most.

Yes it is a big Euromillions this week so every Trin fan should buy a ticket. Because you never know,if I won there would be a lovely big new Stadium for WT & Mick & Chris to run plus money they have lost.


Up The Trin

No Charlie i'm not involved, had my stint with SWAG but the people involved with the trust deserve a medal.

As I've been saying all week - this will be about enabling YC to recoup some of their investment by changing the terms of the anchor tenancy; MC is bound to be oppositional to that, and SRW is likely to be in favour, if it gets the thing done and enhances his reputation - so they collude to remove MC from the negotiations, impose a deal that achieves what they want, and if MC won't play ball, they can throw their hands in the air and say they offered a facility and he wouldn't accept it.

It's a stitch-up, whichever way you look at it.