That figure goes up every time a Rovers fan quotes it.

Never was £1.25m

Hull disposed of their only real tangible asset to the council, hardly a gift.

CC finals of 2005 and 2008. GF of 2006. Which one didn't I go to?

Difference is, Hulls financial position is a lot better than what it was 4 years ago and it continually getting better where as rovers appear to be losing money hand over fist.

almost doubled hasnt it?

Don't worry too much about our financial position Hudgell is a fan and wouldn't let the club go down the pan. The most important thing we managed to achieve without any Financial aid from SL was to gain promotion and stay there . You should be commenting on your financial position making the challenge cup final selling all that merchandise but only making a small profit not good.

not bad going seeing as we had a fine to pay.

Please don't mention the fine again Holty , this thread could run into the thousands now you have .

Good job the RFL have now tightened up on the rules one good thing to come out of the fiasco.

The merger money was £1m. That article was written as that story broke and well before any payments were received. Out of that £1m, the debts of the old Gateshead had to be settled and then some employment contracts paid up.

Fair enough. Its your opinion they the site of teh Boulevard was not worth £700k, but it was of some independant valuers . If you really wanted to you could say that all council expenditure is ratepayers money.

That Hudgel is a fan is irrelevant. If anything that would lead to making irrational and emotive decisions.

On the basis of Hulls accounts in the years they have made major finals, they have made clear profits of over £200k. If you consider St Helens have made all of the major finals in the last 3 seasons yet they post losses, go figure that one out.

Just for reference, Hull FC made it to SL in 1997 without any assistance. I don't see your point there.

And final, about that fourth final you mentioned earlier??????

Only 4 clubs have in SL and if you take out the one title won by Wigan, the other 12 titles have been shared by just 3 clubs.

London and Warrington have been in SL since its inception but neither has really threated getting anywhere near the GF.