1. The talks were had (held, not had thicko) the sale never happened, what sale it was never up for sale according to you, so what did they talk about then.

There a selling club because they sold the star player the only one anybody would pay anything for at the time, this sets a precedent and no doubt they will do the same if another player shows any potential.

They let him go to another club to reach his ambition and potential?

That must mean he could not achieve either with Town then.

350k for Vardy wasn't it, described by you as "a player worth vast amounts of money" and according to what you have just said it was pumped back into the club for a more rounded squad.

The next line you talk of people on here backing down on claims that "Messers Ham and Bosomworth putting vast amounts of money into the club" as if they hadn't.



Again which is it then Einstein.

Obviously you can't even work out that 350k is 3 and a half times greater than 100k so with your logic Town must have 3 and a half times the financial worries then.

Can you not put a single post togther without contradicting yourself, it's embarrasing.

Not at all, there were plenty of other players in that squad worth money. The money from the Vardy sale was money which the club earned from selling a player. You're right, it is mathematically impossible for Vardy to have been promoted four times in the two season since leaving the Shay. Halifax did not need to sell the player, but allowing the player to reach the heights to which he deserves without holding his career back is something that goes a long way in the game. It does not make the club a selling club as you imply, and as would make a club who need to sell. We simply take good players from lower leagues and aid their development.

Once again, the club did not need the Vardy money, but the 400k+ raised from the sale of Vardy was money put into the club that was raised BY THE CLUB. Not put into the club via the pocket of a businessman. As has already bee pointed out to you, the club is self sufficient. According to you Ham and Bosomworth should have kept the money for themselves rather than allowing it to go to the club, otherwise they're bankrolling us. 38k as start up spread between two directors and a chairman.

It may well surprise you that sportsmen don't play for their club for the love of the game. Players at lower levels such as the Kingstone's Press Championship and the Skrill Premier use the clubs as a springboard, and if it achieves success and finance on the way then that is a bonus for all involved.

I'm sure one day you'll put a post together free of glaring spelling mistakes and accurate factual information. That way you'll less like a wet otter.

Of course they considered selling. I think it was more council officers though doing the pushing than councillors. The majority of councillors knew nothing about it and were concerned at how it had been handled.



As I said, some supporters on both sides have made inappropriate comments.



My comment about 'fair game' was in reference to Tony Abbott fighting for his case for buying the ground and HTST fighting the case for the council not selling. I dont think you will find comments made by any HTST board members where they have been "inlne with despicable thugs" as you like to put it.



Your paranoia is reaching a new level. I am happy to debate with you but please dont turn it ridiculous.



I have thrown figures about which have been relevant to the debate. I wonder why this is so important to you. Is it because you believe HTST only represents its membership? Having not heard one FCHT supporter say they were in favour of a sale of the Shay I would like to think our actions represented the whole of the FCHT support base.



Come on! You are an intelligent guy. You're not thinking properly about this.

You can have my ticket stub so you can pretend you went to all your friends.

The Taylors Shop and the Taylors Dummy speak again.

Definite paranoia because you are reading things that arent there. As for me, I am always happy

What a load of BS from the Luddites. Super Geoff trying to be a keyboard warrior and saying we should all follow Football and FC Pubteam. People dont like football nor your club- get over it! Football for me and others is boring. But we dont go on your forum and go on about it. Dont have anything positive to say about RL or Fax then dont bother coming on.

Bubba your forum at Shaymen.net is a disgrace and has allowed lies, untruths as well as slanderous comments to be posted. As a moderator/Administrator you are responsible for what is posted. Allowing people to post hate like they want Abbott to be chased out of the area and calling Abbott all the names under the sun is a disgrace. But then you try and call his charactor in to question and allow people to post untruths and slander regarding Tony Abbott and his company. How can you expect people to take you seriously? And the way you go on and claim to be the voice of all Halifax Town fans is a joke. You took your bat and ball home once and now you stick your nose in and think you know best. Your backward thinking and attitude is why the town is a back water. Instead of thinking of the future and seeing the benefits, you are happy to stay in the dark ages and think the council are so good- until FC Pubteam games are postponed. Instead of seeing the Council sell the Shay you would rather Nurseries and Social Services etc cut. People like you make me sick with the BS you do behind peoples back.

Why can't we all just get along? Think of the children.

I do often think of them, BubbaGeoff and his 128 acolytes.

Great answer Bubba, like father like son, Andy Warhol syndrome.

This is the greatest forum post ever written!

Whether your speaking the truth or not, and i disagree with most of your post. I think its safe to say you need a shag or something to release the tension or you will suffer a heart attack.

Class act,
Bubba/geoff see what type of people are on your side.

Fine, if he doesn't fancy that , at Least take a Valium!

Happy. In what has you and a few of your followers have done.

Which is for the moment amounts to what.

1. Stopping a seven figure sum just to start with being invested in the Shay.

2. Preventing hundreds of jobs being created down at the Shay.

3. The Shay staying unfinished indefinately.

4. Ensuring a six figure and rising liabilty is being paid for by the entire population of Calderdale indefinately.

Great work, really great work.

Why. Because of the FEAR or PARANOIA of one individual, TA.

What does that add up to using your own logic after having used the term yourself, a paranoid hyprocrite perhaps.

Now go and look in the mirror again to see how smart you are and run off and remind your worshippers what you have achieved, i'm sure they will have a bigger pedestal for you to stand on.

So not telling us how many people the Halifax Town Supporters Trust is not relevant?
You are a better politician than a the politicians in the House of Commons.
Of course it is relevant as you are making out you represent the fans of FC Halifax Town so come on how many?
You have to declare this to the FCA so you must know.
As for a separate stadium company what is wrong with that?

This from a blind supporter of the one man spin machine that is Tony Abbott.

Still, you lot are no strangers to hypocrisy.

What has a seabird got to do with all of this waffle ?

I've been away for a weekend of gigs all over the place, that's why i chose not to attend the RL world cup
game at the Shay yesterday. As the broadcast went live on tv & Andrew Voss began to give our town, district & stadium many varied compliments i sent out a simple text to many mates & family saying this: "Looks great on tv a packed out Shay stadium". Most of the replies i received back were complimentry of the organisation, atmosphere, communal feeling etc etc etc. I got one negative, from a Town fan & former work colleague of mine ( Bubba knows who i mean ), his reply was this: "shame it's for rugby" Now, two things here, it shows the lack of intelligence & respect for our sport 'cos i believe the "rugby" match was played at Twickenham the day previously and secondly, smacked of pure jealousy, this game didn't even involve the club he dis-affectionately calls "squatters" it was a world cup game, that's world cup that over 10,000 people chose to attend. I know several RL & Halifax RLFC followers who chose not to go for various reasons yesterday but it appears that the game is alive and kicking despite all that we negate it, those of us who do.
Absolutely spiteful, jealousy & bitterness on all fronts sums up many Halifax Town football fans. Put an attendance in of over 10,000 and you can start talking i say, challenge on.

So you chose to post this on the back of one text from someone you know? Well done.

Will Halifax RLFC be putting in an attendance of over 10,000 anytime soon? Don't get me wrong, it was great to see The Shay full. It's just that the above makes it sound like yesterday was in some way Halifax RLFC's achievement.

Yes that was my point, and you quantify it, re-read my post. It wasn't Halifax who were playing the game. Give yourself a chance & try to process what you read before responding you dummy.

Shows how thick some of them are calling us squatters. We all know that we are the longest serving tenants at the Shay.

Yes the council were involved with yesterday but Halifax RLFC had huge involvement since the beginning too. That is getting massively missed. Especially reading the tweets and comments for town fans.

Some folk have no bloody clue. The club have helped loads in bringing yesterday together - loads went on behind the scenes and yes Tony had a lot of involvement. It has taken near 2 and half years worth of hard work to say the least.

Errrrm - no sorry your poorly constructed and grammatically challenged post appears to end with a challenge to the football club to get a 10,000 crowd for some bizzare reason.

If your challenge was for a neutral game then it was an utterly pointless thing to say.

Still, don't cry about it. We know how upset you already are.

Yes indeed it was a challenge to the muppets like you & your mates, like i said it was a world cup fixture. Footy club hosted many of those ?
I'm hardly crying over something i chose not to attend, or is that too difficult for you to understand ?

I don't mind you correcting my grammar, Google will be very helpful in your quest i'm sure. You could ask your teacher to help you now it's playtime at school.

No we haven't held a football world cup game at The Shay. I think you'll find that's down to a lack of opportunity and lack of capacity required for staging such an event. Which is why your challenge is utterly pointless.

Most Town fans have said The Shay looked great yesterday so I don't understand your problem. It reaffirms that the stadium is a community asset.