Ehab was on Humberside when we were in the traffic jam on the M62 trying to get to Wigan, they haven't said a public word since, that was the 13th March.

The KC pitch was changed to accommodate Hull City being in the Europa league which lasted for the grand total of one game and now Hull FC have to play on a shorter pitch, and now the Arena has been changed and local community clubs aren't allowed to use this facility! ......And this stadium and facilities was meant to be a gift to the citizens of Hull and the local community after the KC shares made so much money! ......My a*se!

The current tenancy agreements would be null and void if the smc lose their right to manage the stadium so it would be up to the clubs and the council to negotiate something new. Currently, city have an income at least 20 X that of Hull yet their proportion of the costs are not being split anywhere near that. I'm sure that Hull have been hit (albeit notionally) with costs of upgrades to meet premier league requirements. No doubt the airco arena changes and the led lighting will be paid through the smc and will be added to the supposed defecit between what we pay and what the smc claims our costs really are.

My point is there are plenty of clubs doing OK with only 1 tenant at the stadium. Having 2 does not double to overall costs so should be more cost effective.

It's all irrelevant as the smc won;t lose it's agreement

Your tenancy would be secure, legally as well as because it is common sense. I'm pretty sure a tenancy isn't affected by a letting agent or even landlord going bust. But yeah, there'd have to be at least some cosmetic changes. I like your 5% plan.
I hadn't thought the smc would lose the agreement, and they still probably won't - but they do seem to be bashing away at the self destruct button pretty vigorously right now.

And a £50k / £60k job and they've used the "If you haven't heard from us within 2 weeks please assume you were unsuccessful" line.

They must be expecting a flood of applicants to not be able to afford a stamp for the "thanks but no thanks" letter.

hopefully after the weekend I hope to be in a position to answer most of those questions.

That's John North job that is advertised and I see the facility Managers job (the next level down) is also being advertised as well. Knowing John North as I do from a past life I don't think he will have been pushed, he knows the job inside out, he built to blooming place, so one can only assume that these current post holders have had enough.

As for Webbo's input on here I think that whatever his sporting affiliations its good that a someone in such authority comes on here and tries to explain the situation even if he did get one fact woefully wrong, thanks for that and I'll look forward to those answers should they be forthcoming! (Come on you Bulls )

I've been pondering this scenario:

Allam wants to sell City. It's a difficult market and few are interested and the SMC is a further ball and chain which future buyers don't want. He can't spell City without the SMC as he would be left holding that putrid baby - the SMC is completely unattractive as a lone company.

He has to get rid of the SMC whilst retaining what he's owed from it (anything between £4-£6M if estimates are correct). He offers to sell it to the council for a pound. Refused.

So he creates a situation where the council are forced to intervene. I think he hoped the council would step in and take over the SMC debt and all. I don't think he's expecting they can terminate the lease - he seems from the letters we've seen to believe he has adhered to the terms and is legally compliant. We all know his pig-headedness and self belief even when confronted with all evidence to the contrary. He probable has top-class lawyers who he believes can make this stick.

It's up to the council to prove a breach. If he can get away with it the council cannot terminate the lease and cast him adrift owing himself money. But they would be pressured by the furore to seize ownership, thus undertaking the debt too. Allam is remains a massive creditor in this situation and it's a win-win for him.

It's a crazy bet, but is this the way he's thinking? Like Mrs B, I can't see what his strategy is in all this if not something along these lines.