humour me, assume I don't have any shares, and answer my questions, because I don't know and I presume i'm not on my own there.
If we can persuade planning to let us build a new ground, maybe we can convince other investors with our 15000 petition, because this lot are not showing up in a good light.
And just because someone has done a good job once, does not mean they are infalable, everything has a shelf life, what must remain constant is the club, not the stewardship.

Lots of clubs are probably in a similar situation but actually make arrangements to pay and keep to them with us leaving everything to the last minute (or after in our case).

Just how badly can we stuff up!!! Amazingly well and the timing with the stadium leaves us a laughing stock (not for the first time)

Having been a long time supporter of the club I’ve seen many ups & downs, mainly downs, both on the field & financially. I thought the club had finally found an even footing but, apparently not.

Who the hell is the accountant for the club? Surely they should have been shouting from the rooftops about this debt, if not, they should be dismissed, if they have then, those who have ignored the enormity of the situation should resign.

This is the tax man we’re talking about, they have a heart of stone.

There are a number of people, many who post on here, who are busting a gut to help this club succeed, whether it be as part of SWAG, running round for signatures, or buying shares and / or season tickets, which many are struggling to afford, just because they love their club.

Yet paid people, whether accountants or members of the board are putting the club at jeopardy through incompetence, because, that’s what it is. It’s no use bleating about lower revenue streams, due to the recession blah, blah, you cut your cloth to suit.

The only reason I’ve been on here of late, is to see if DB has signed a new contract, because JK has built a good squad for next season and that would have been the cherry on the cake. Now however I think it’s time to call DB’s bluff. Somebody has messed up big time, there is no spare cash, take it or leave it.

If he decides he wants more, then get some cash for him, let some Aussie coach manage him, and see how DB likes it, because he doesn’t appear to have in the past. Yes we will be a much poorer team without him, but judging on this season, success isn’t important with the Wakefield public. Spend some of the money saved on X Factor rejects - they’ll come and watch them.

Just to say Good Luck from a Halifax Fan.
The problem with Rugby League and all sports is that we all (Directors/Sponsors and Fans) love to see a competative team out on the pitch . This however costs a lot of money and its a bit like the chicken and the egg, E.G.. Danny Brough is a great player for you guys and you want to keep him, but to keep him you have to pay him more money which you cant really afford, but if you let him go you will lose some supporters and money through the turnstiles which again you cant really afford. So what is the answer ?
We have been through it at Fax many times and to be fair to the people running the clubs its is a bloody hard job. If we invest in a better squad it will bring in more fans but if we have a midseason slump and some fans stop coming we still have the wages/Tax/VAT etc etc to find. Its easy for us fans to be up in arms when this sort of thing happens but we are all guilty of wanting sucess and after all whats the point in running a business if you dont want to strive to improve ?
Once again Good Luck .

i think the people running our club treat it like there little baby, a job for you son,and one for you daughter its pathetic, weve just had our best finish in ages, were trying to get a new ground. the whole thing is a shambles, wheres all the coin off, wheres the atkins money off. theres too many on the wakefield trinity gravy train, we need fresh blood on the board who are forward thinking, we the supporters dont deserve whats coming but if we dont see any sign of this ground then they will kick us out, the club is run by prats.

Thats what alot of people think.

Yep, we need professionals not family members.

If that happens - Game over.

No-ones mentioned it yet so ill put it in the boling pot !

How about those share options that were offered ? How do we know if they have been used to recruit players? Or to pay off some of this bill.

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Completely unfair - even if you don't like what you are hearing.

Remember, this is old news - the situation was the same in August / September and October whilst we re-structured the squad for 2010 and, let's be fair, most of us were happy with things then. The only thing that has changed this week is it becoming public knowledge - and for that I am sad as it has damaged our reputation, but if the club deal with the issue and pay the debt without it affecting the day-to-day running of the club or the stadium, then we can soon get over it.

no its not unfair, its a damn mess my club is a laughing stock again im fed up to the teeth of it is that why the entrance fee will go up to 20 quid next season.

Exactly. Why have we not been paying our way.

There seems to be some pride in the comment that "we have stuck rigidly to the repayment timetable". If we had paid our way in the first place then there would be no need for a repayment timetable.

Perhaps if we can't pay pur way in Super League we should step aside and let someone else have a go. It would break my heart, but I'd rather have a Championship One club than no club at all.

But radio Leeds said that SWAG have been told that the ground will still go ahead.

So everyone stop, take a step back cos Swag said so.

can I ask will this go against us in the next franchise like it did for Widnes ?

If the ground has been sold, which according to many people on here (and not) then this year would have seen a much larger tax bill than previous, the reason the bill may not have been paid fully yet is the fact that the club may have wanted to keep cash in the bank to aid cashflow, and may already have an agreement in place over when and how much each installment will be.

It may just be that the court case is to set in stone the liability, and when the payments are to be made, nothing more and nothing less.

Widnes referring to another post above mine, as long as no laws have been broken and we are not put in admin etc then there should be no reason for us to have points reduced on out next licence app, this statement alone by no means show that there has been poor financial control by the club.

Dunno but news like this is likely to put off potential new fans and former fans who will take this as confirmation that the Club is still run like a joke.

I have been quiet on this till I got to know a few facts.

OK we have not got our selves any brownie points from this but this blew up a few months ago the RFL were fully aware of it all along and it has now been sorted both to the satisfaction of HMRC and the RFL.

Someone has dug up a bit of 'old news' and released it to the press. If they had not done this we would have all been in ignorance, the debt would have been paid off after being restructured.. end of !

Here is the interesting bit several other clubs have got themselves into the same mess and one I am told has problems that makes ours look insignificant. Funny how none of the other clubs have been mentioned isn't it !