There clearly is something to hide, hopefully the national journalists who have, to their credit, taken an interest in the subject will be sharpening their pencils. Replace stadium with school and it would make nation news and outrage the fools on the VT who don't get it.

I feel that the people who did most to highlight our cause/plight previously were the newspaper tweeters, rather than the tv broadcasters. I seem to recall someone saying that he would reveal all regarding one of the Wakefield gentry if he stuck his nose in too much, perhaps if we can find out who is behind this new 'trust', if there is one, then hopefully revelations will be forthcoming (was it Danny Lockwood, or have I been dreaming again?).

I still fail to understand why, even though MC is away, a simple statement refuting the false allegations by council ,could not have been put out.

The Trust & Club are taking Legal Advice. There will be a statement at the appropriate time.

Quite right too.

Complicated ground, but the comments attributed to Wallhead appear to be, if not libelous, certainly defamatory.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/offi ... pointments They must get some right post at that address!!

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/offi ... pointments They must get some right post at that address!!

As people have alluded to previously, MC is a very shrewd businessman and a good poker player too, if recent events have told us anything about him, and a good poker player never reveals his hand too soon

PT I never said they should , I was merely just adding to the list Jinjer put down, like I said a total media blitz. Yes it needs to go National again, ateotd that's what got some movement by WMDC last time, but we can't ignore local either. We also need to also get across this isn't just about a new Trinity Stadium, it's about all the Community facilities that were promised. If we can get that across we can get more of the local popukation who are not RL fans to give a shat.

Good point.
I think the community stadium side of things has been lost in all this for locals.
Too many think it's just a Trinity stadium.

MC always comes across as being comfortable in front of the cameras, the club should be looking at an interview on Calendar and Look north, give the facts as they are regarding the use/non use of public money, otherwise if people think public funds are going to be used there could well be a backlash publicity wise.

Wonder what the council would do if we said we'd pay commercial rent. What delay tactics would they use then.

Up the Trin

Quite so but within the current & latest proposal where are the Community sports facilities that were just as big a part of the SOS ruling as the stadium was?

The oft quoted mantra of ‘we just want what we were promised’ seems to conveniently exclude the sports facilities which were to serve the sporting communities of Wakefield. At the moment it looks like we’re happy to sacrifice those facilities just to get a deal.

If we want to recruit support for this cause from the wider community of non Trinity supporters then the non Stadium facilities need to be fought for just as hard, in fact they need to be at the forefront of every conversation or media release. Anything less and it will look like we’re only bothered about getting a free stadium for Wakefield Trinity.

No we have not sacrificed the other community facilities. We have made it clear that if the stadium is to be at Belle Vue then there still needs to be those facilities that were to be provided at Newmarket provided in the Stanley area. Maybe that is why we are being unreasonable.

Well my apologies if I’ve missed it or misread the previous press releases but I can’t remember it being mentioned at all as part of this recent Belle Vue Development proposal.

Can you quote or point me toward a passage from the clubs or councils press release where this is covered?

The only press releases have been made by the Council and they do not cover it but the Trust has stated to the Council that there is still an obligation to provide those community facilities which must be met and covered by any subsequent Section 106/CIL Agreements between the Council and Yorkcourt as and when new planning applications are submitted.