Quote: Armavinit "Wilf Will no for sure. I seem to remember the Richardson regime agreed to honour them. Not sure how many were taken up, I gave it serious consideration.'"
well I have a pretty good idea but as I remember it facts are a bit sketchy, 3 days after the merger was confirmed we all went to the Charleston Club to hear from two of the Gateshead Directors about the future of the club in my diary I wrote that they definitely mentioned a life time pass for supporters maybe being on the cards but the club back then had to raise some cash quickly. The first day of sales of season tickets was brought forward and around £100,000 worth were sold in the first two days. However it was not all plain sailing as on the Stock Exchange KC shares started to lose value and in Hull, Shane Richardson had to move quickly to quash rumours that the Club was being liquidated.
This was November and was just another rumour borne out of the fact that the first instalment of the £1.25m merger sweetener from the Rugby League would not be forthcoming until 1st January so cash flow was a problem. Again I think there Richo mentioned the lifetime pass as possibly a way of raising some much needed cash flow. As it happened we at the City Council came to the rescue with an advance on the sale of the Stadium and Willie Peters, our talented Australian Scrum Half, was sold to Wigan for an unlikely £100,000 (see I told you he was once useful
) The only other thing I think I remember was Rule alluding to any such passes being rescinded at a fans forum at the start of his 'rule' of terror. I'd be really interested to know if anyone on here bought one or any more information about them.
