You should give 2 hoots because without the local fooball that the blinkered Rugby only people despise then there would be no international rugby locally . The venues for the internationals all host football clubs as the main tenant . Even in Hull , while I have been watching RL. , Boothferry Park was used many times to host GB internationals and at least one FC game against NZ early 80 's .

Funny how City only played at home once on a saturday between 1 Sept & 30 Nov isnt it.

Whatever the whys and werefore that you mention. The fact remains that we now have a COMMUNITY STADIUM that serves the greater COMMUNITY as a WHOLE. Now that includes RL fans, pop fans and football fans. If City had decided to stay at BP then the KC might not have been built. I can also assure you that you would now be playing Northern Premier football at best. So don't throw that arguement at us. City representatives failed on numerous occassions to be present at meetings re the KC and in fact it was one Shane Richardson who did most of the back breaking work to get the project off the ground.

As for BP being used "many times" for RL what the F has that got to do with anything.? If it wasn't such a pooh hole in the end it might just might have been used more. As it was I have seen more internationals at CP and The Boulevard than at BP.

MR D has failed to act in the interests of the whole community on this matter and for that he has cost the local area business and the City as a whole the opportunity of placing itself in the publics gaze. Now if he believes the City is best served with a poor Premier division side as opposed to international sport then so be it. But I fail to see how he can continue as the chair of the SMC as that attitude flies in the face of the COMMUNITY aspect of the stadium.

This whole situation in one go has simply ignited bad feeling throughout the community. D has also stoked the flames as well if his comment stated on here is in fact true. The man is a disgrace and clearly does not appreciate the City for which he is supposed to represent.

David Lloyd said something similarly derogitory about the people of Hull and got short shrift. I hope the same fate awaits Duffen.

why don`t we hit him the pocket and refuse to buy any drinks, food etc from the stadium.






COME ON THE BLADES

for tomorrow night.

I will be able to read his fixture list next year. It will be under the heading Championship League.

He is an arrogant foolish fool

On Sports Talk last night Burnsy said that he is trying to get an interview with someone from Red Hall. Maybe we can get the other side of the story from Woods?

My knee jerk was that I hope City go down, because of this decision, but in reality I don't want that to happen!

All very interesting stuff and mostly correct in my book. HOWEVER you ARE totally and utterly wrong when you say it would have been built if only City played there! Having been part of the team that drew up the tenancy agreement for the Stadium and made the presentations to the Government when the local authority was asking the gov for permission to spend the £43m on the Stadium (As you have to do with Capital expenditure fro LA reserves), I can assure you the building of the KC was dependant on having 'At least 2 of the local proffessional teams as tenants'. Under law an authority cannot build a stadium for one club it is not legal or ethical.

Look at the Council minutes if you want confirmation of this in fact the then Leader of the Council Pat Doyle had to assure the full council that it would be used by at least 2 clubs (Rovers turned the chance down) before the project was voted on!

Without both hull Fc and Hull City signing up to play there it would not have been built!

For me as I have said on many occassions before all I want to know is how can Wigan give a concrete promise that a game can be played and City cannot! Thats the only Question for me! Football first me thinks!

OWNED!

Wilf has already owned you all ways up on this one. I just thought I'd have a little gloat as well.

The fact is that 2 clubs had to be involved or there would have been no stadium. City would not have got the KC on their own, it simply would not have been built.

For someone who claims to be both an RL and soccer fan it's rather clear to see where your loyalties actually lie. I'm beginning to think that you're just another poorly-disguised Tiggers troll...

Duffen is a 'here today gone tomorrow' speculator so I can't be bothered with what he says and for what its worth I will be there at City v Blackburn on Sunday. What has always perturbed me is the conflict of interests of first Pearson and now Duffen have with the football club and the SMC, and the perceived lack of involvement by the Hull board, because at the end of the day we are both tenants in a community stadium.

The council should step in and warn Duffen, he has done alot of damage to the community and lost alot of money by his decision, also I can see the RFL looking elseware in the future for internationals before considering the KC.

Totally irrelevant in my book.............hence the reason i couldn't give 2 hoots

Not making it a Hull City v Hull FC argument.

Just Duffen's role as Chairman of SMC shouldn't allow him to show favouritism to either team.