The weird thing is that he was the first person to mention Brian Smith trying to buy the club last year so he must have some kind of decent source. Hopefully he has a source for this too rather than his usual rubbish.

I saw plans for Newmarket years ago.

So did I, I also remember Thornes Park, Jct 39 MI and Those fabulous plans at Durkar.

The only stadium plans that have ever gone on to see a full build were published in the late 1800's for Belle Vue.

That's progress for you

Probably a daft question but my understanding is:

Yorkcourt told the club (ie Michael and Chris) not to bid for BelleVue as they were going to buy it and this action might drive the price up.
If they had not done so then possibly Wakfield Trinity would have bought(or at least bid for BelleVue)
Yorkcourt did not come up with the readies to back up their claim and so BelleVue was sold to 88M for significantly less than YC had "allegedly" bid.

If all of this is true - is it possible for the club to belatedly offer to buy BelleVue now from 88M for more than they paid but less than YC were going to bid.
I'm not stupid enough to think that this would solve all our problems but at least we would then own the ground and monies spent on improving it would be being spent on what we owned not rented.

I'm certainly not stupid enough to believe the next statement will happen but....
Maybe our governing body could buy the oldest (iconic??) rugby league stadium in the world and rent back to us with a view to us paying a rent/mortgage that would eventually lead to us re-owning the stadium??

And the council/ Yorkcourt could have bought the Suberbowl and BV for less than £1.5M this time last year.

Is there some kind of (community asset) atached to the ground?

Does anyone know how much 88m paid for the ground?. Anyone who thinks that land is worth £7 million is seriously deluded. You could buy land in a decent area for that.

It's arguably perfectly located for a small retail park. A good footprint and on a major route out of town. Once you hit the Chantry Bridge, do you pass any supermarkets of any major size if you're heading out of the city?

Protest march??

I just don't understand the reluctance to go public.
Sky TV mentioned the plight at the club and even touched the subject with C C during his interview before the game.
Why not use the media to put your case across and follow it up with a full blooded media attack.
With sky touching the subject with C C the path would be clear for the club and M C to take it to the next level.
Are we behind the black ball for reasons better known by a few .

That's what I find frustrating. People are allowed to trample all of us, renege on deals and we remain speechless! I don't get it - how could matters be made worse by naming and shaming those concerned?