As you say he is a nice guy who believes in what we are doing and he is a local living in Stanley.

This has taken over my life almost and like TRB's wife, Mrs Sandal Cat cannot wait until it all end but as TRB has said of me,. I will die in a ditch before I will let this go.

Brilliant attitude Sandal, you and TRB are an absolute credit to the club and the sport and that's not ing up your back, it's just how it is.
Keep on fighting and dont let the b'stards grind you down

Life is ultimately futile and pointless, at least all this gives you some purpose before you pop off

I thought it was resistance that was futile?

At least I know where my towel is!

That works if we achieve something!

Has she come around yet?

You were lucky in that your wife (a very pleasant lady I might add) is a fan. I know it's a strain even then so if it helps hats off to Mrs TRB she's also made a huge sacrifice - really hope it pays off.

We should be demanding that Walker is stripped of his un-earned knighthood and it be shared amongst you lot still fighting.

Keep at it Sir Phil and Lady Phil

HEPWORTH Costings vis a vis a Community Stadium: from what I've gleaned from radio 4 plus quick google. Pls be suspicious of my maths, as I graduated from the D Abbott school of finance
A propos WMDC funding a community stadium.
Cost of Hepworth £36 million plus £6 million grant for 5 yrs.
Money made in first 5 yrs £20 million
Visitors 1.5 million
Apprx. Annual Equivalent for £10million investment in stadium: 75,000 punters spending £800k
Assume 15 home games, need 5k average spectators per game, spending £10-£15 each ( not sure if this is including admission).
From above, would seem to be equivalent viability on financial grounds, tho' kudos of beating Tate modern ( no, it's not a Southern Union team) would be lacking, though Radio 4 do mention CC & grand final-albeit briefly.

I won't knock the Hepworth. Its a great place, brings a lot to the City. I visit it quite often, probably once a month for a coffee and a wander around. You never see huge crowds, if you did it wouldn't matter as its free entry. I would say the members of staff on duty when I visit always outnumber the visitors.

For the life of me I can't see how the place with all its overheads makes a penny.

Okay, so if we assume that Mackie has got the Newmarket site nicely tied down and is clearly never going to build us a stadium, then what alternatives do we have ?
Combining several suggestions that have already been put forward, what about asking the council to give us some land down off the new relief road (Neil Fox Way ), then have a word with either Mr Caddick at Leeds, as I am sure he would be more than capable of building us a stadium, looking at that huge TK Maxx development that he has just erected alongside the A1 and M62 at Ferrybridge, or the company that are set to build Cas' new stadium, or the likes of Keepmoat who built Donny's stadium ???
There are plenty of developers out there who I am sure could be tempted to build us a stadium, if the terms are sweet enough for them, but I admit that Box would be the one that would have to provide the sweeteners !!

MC...can't you take Caddick out for a few beers and whisper sweet nothings in his ear ??

Fil

Building a stadium is not a problem there will be people queuing up to do so.

Paying them to do it is the problem.

Yes, but surely we can get something similar to Cas' set up whereby the developer gets to build a retail park or housing or something similar to maximise his revenue out of the deal ?
If it's going to work for Cas then why can't it work for us ??

Greed?

Yorkcourt and Rodders, yes...but there must be some reputable developers out there too ??