Quote: Standee "I doubt very much that the Stadium could be sold, funding was secured from other sources (including Sport England) on the premise that it was a community facility. It makes no sense for the Council to sell it's only asset, and if it is, genuinely, "costing them money" it's their incompetence and nobody else's.
FWIW I do not want to see it sold, in fact I'd like to see the rules about the SMC tightened up so that it is not part and parcel of any one club, that way not only is justice being done (as I believe it already is) but importantly, it is SEEN to be being done.'"
Sport England didn't put a penny in to the KC. After refusing to back a 35,000 stadium they threatened to withhold funding for all of East Yorkshire if a stadium was built over 25,000. This was all down to Trevor Brooking, who said a 15,000 stadium would have been enough ( a figure the likes of Jim Gardner and Vince Groak wanted and what a short-sighted idea that would have been). After it was built sport England reneged saying the money wasn't required. Bob Murray of Sunderland took up the case with the Football Trust who paid the money (which is why Adam Pearson asked Sunderland to play in the opening match). The RFL contributed nothing. And we are only talking £1.5million which is what Sport England were going to contribute, which is a tiny part of the cost. They should have told sport England to get stuffed and built a 35,000 one then which would have hardly cost much more compared to what extending it would cost now. but obviously sport England's threats made them think twice as they would have been facing "Building KC stops grants for kids swimming pool" and similar headlines.
