announced as our major sponsor and will be the main shirt sponsor halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article/47809/ ... ponsorship

announced as our major sponsor and will be the main shirt sponsor halifaxrlfc.co.uk/article/47809/ ... ponsorship

Interesting.
Does this have any bearing on Mr Abbot and reactive media?

Maybe the club dont want to be associated with him anymore given the unethical practices of reactiv?

Or?
One mans unethical is another mans lifeline.
MBI specialists in Student Accomodation, boutique hotels?
Didn't Mr Abbott suggest that he would build a hotel and transform part of the unused space into office Accomodation?
Keep your eyes on the back door Bubba as well as the front.

We cannot just rely on Tony Abbot supporting the club, this is a great move to bring in a major sponsor and. Can only be applauded. It also moves the club away from a lot grief they have received due to the sponsorship by Reactiv.
Who knows, that may have put other potential sponsors off getting involved, time will tell but they have supported the club well in the last few years.

Ay-up Bubba. Tony has been a great supporter of Halifax RLFC and dose fantastic charity work as you well know. Halifax needs more people like him to promote both our clubs. I get many unwanted phone calls and do you know what, I just let 'em talk and then hang up! Grove? shudds. Beer.

It is no secret that at some point Mbi are, or were, going to be developing the South Stand Annexe. Good on them. If they want to develop a hotel or other areas of the ground. Good on them.

As long as the Council retains ownership then all well and good.

Biggest main sponsorship in championship and better than many super league according to Craig Poskitt who brokered the deal while in tenure at the club..

Always best to have money come into any club other than directors etc. Directors can keep or use their money in other ways for the club.

Bubba :As long as the Council retains ownership then all well and good.

If town keep playing as they are they won't be able to afford the rent when they get relegated and will have to play somewhere else.

The club afforded the rent on its climb up the leagues and will if it falls back down.

I'll put in an FOI enquiry

An Evangelical reply to a thread that is typical close season material,it's time we started some deep thinking threads maybe about food and drink from opposing grounds, myself I'm partial to Batley and Dews must be the Heavy Woollen.

An Evangelical reply

what does this mean?

Going up the league means more support and more sponsorship.
Going down the league and relegation this season which is a cert means less support and less interest from would be sponsors.
1065 last Saturday, what's the betting the next home game will be below 1000.
Didn't I read the pie man said "this year is our biggest playing budget

The problem is it seems the owners are putting less money in, if they are putting more in then they really need to look who us now scouting for them as they look to have made some poor recruitment options this year. I did hear that Aspin had lost his main scout hence the reason for the drop in standards over the last few seasons. Hopefully they will hang in there as another 5 years in this division would not be the end of the world.

You are falling into the trap of what others do John. Including both HTAFC and HRLFC in the past.

I think you are a mature (keeping it generous

) gentleman so guess you wont have a mortgage. But for those who do have a mortgage, what is the first thing you ensure you pay each month? You pay for the roof over your head. The same should be the case for a sporting club - ensure rent payments are the first financial commitment met each month. So whether FCHT average crowd is 1,700 or 800, the rent should be budgeted for first before even thinking about what budget is available for players, etc. And I believe this is how David Bosomworth runs the club.

One final thing. A playing budget isnt set in stone.

I see your point Bubba but as opposed to the mortgage Town also need to pay their staff(players). Halifax John may also need to pay for his staff to ensure Halifax John Towers are kept in a good state while he puts his feet up and utilises his keyboard.

When you pay your mortgage you then have your surplus funds. You can either shop at Waitrose or shop at Aldi. A playing budget is not a fixed cost!

Going back to the Club's announcement, I note that it is said that MBI will become the "home shirt" sponsor for next season.

Does this mean that Reactiv will remain the away shirt sponsor or someone else will come in to sponsor that shirt?

It seems strange to have home shirts sponsored by one party and away shirts by another party.

Judging by the results this year Town are already shopping at Aldi, it could soon be the soup kitchen.
A playing budget is not fixed but to say it is the largest for some time suggests very bad management of signings, and can only be reduced by the dross you already have.
Suggesting the club is sustainable on crowds of 800 I would respectfully suggest can not be the case, are you suggesting better players will want to go to Town on inferior wages to what the players are on now.?
Incidentally mortgage is the wrong comparison, Town are council house tenants.

Very bad management which is why Aspin was sacked...and now Darren Kelly.

And why isnt the club sustainable on crowds of 800? Any business is sustainable as long as its outgoings dont exceed the income (unless there is a sugar daddy involved of course).

In some ways I feel sorry for Darren Kelly and in other ways i dont. The Town chairman as a business man has obviously been a little bit gulible in thinking that town had a chance of a top half finish, something that Kelly must have convinced him about, when obvious to anyone else they are in a relegation dogfight and anything better than relegation this season should be seen as a success at this point. On the other hand Kelly was left with the hand that Aspin had dealt him and probably the worst squad of players in that league so in that respect he had little chance of doing anything other than what he has done but the talk of a top half finish wouldnt have helped him.

In some ways this is the key debate about sport in a town like Halifax.

The Rugby team in recent years have achieved a solid foundation on the field, a sense of heading in the right direction from the outside and the look that they are now run in a "proper" way. But this has only been achieved because of the generosity of Tony and the other directors who have put considerable funds and time into the club. They will be helped going forward by an improvement in the funds distributed to them, but this does place them in an "arms race" so they need to recognise this and plan for the long term, which will see ups and downs.

From the outside the football club also looks like it has been well run, on field success has been matched by prudent public pronouncements and a feel of progression. They are now experiencing a difficult time on the field and in many ways this will be the first significant test of the Board. You learn more about yourself in times of stress than any other.

In reality the town needs both teams to do well. In the present economic and political climate the stadium requires two successful clubs both paying their way. We have to be mindful of what the clubs realistic ambitions are but equally we should be pushing for both of them to achieve success on the field....even if you only support one team.

One of my biggest concerns is that there is no long term plan for the Shay, other than stopping it fall down. I am not sure if this requires it to be privately or council owned, ( I can see merit in both arguemeets) but what it does need is a new open debate, with each club involved and a coherent Plan devised, otherwise we will be going around the same loop for years. Someone like MBI are ideally placed to co-ordinate this type of open debate.

Spot on Howard. Well said.