For long term success, Fax needs to get a pay-off to leave the Shay and get a deal done with the Council for long term financing & long term lease for a new ground at Savile Park. Just need a stand with 2,000 seats & facilities & a bit of terracing to start with. Stay part-time and hit middle 8s every year and it's doable.

Who finances it? The council cant run the ground they have so you wouldnt trust them to build another one.

Not going to happen, is it ?



If it were that easy, the club would take the project on itself.

Needs hard work. But billions now available via National Infrastructure Fund. Council finances it by getting 50% grant from the Fund and 50% from the Fund on 100 year mortgage. Then Fax take 25 year lease starting at £25k a year. It is doable. Look at other local authorities.

The big problem with that is the covenant preventing any building on Savile Park.

But isn't Savile Park in trust and cannot be built on?

Sorry Hudd Shay.

Ovenden Park and a few golf stands!

There's no covenant that can't be changed.

Agreed. A good lawyer can easily overcome any covenant issues, particularly where both central and local government are involved in a potential development that would benefit the wider community.

At least we wouldn't have to pay 20 quid to watch fax at savile park.

Anything that doesn't involve the pathetic health and safety rubbish and stewards that take on these orders.

This costs around 500 fans a game.

Sod the Shay. Waste of time.

Few golf stands out of Calderdale college will do, like Sheffield. This sport I love is a joke.

That fat pig Wood knows he's on a free meal ticket.

Stifling the whole game in this country.

Just go, you useless failure.

500 fans do not turn up because of health and safety and stewards?

Am I the only person reading the OP brainfart of an idea as:-

1. Get the Council to pay us to leave The Shay
2. Get the Council to overturn the covenant on Saville Park
3. Get the Council to build us a new ground

The result being

1. We off numerous local amateur clubs that use Saville Park
2. We lose out on corporate facilties, club shop & dining
3. We lose out when we play Leigh or Bradford due to the 2000 capacity
4. We're still in a council owned & run ground that's just smaller than The Shay & will cost a helluva lot of money to expand up to The Shay's standards
5. We pay £25 to watch Fax cos we have no dining or corporate facilities and the club shop is a car boot

Yes, that's just it. A load of old bollox.

Not to mention that a lot of Town fans will hate us more when the council sell the Shay and they have no home because they could not pay the rent that the council wanted on it despite them throwing a big celebration party for us leaving.

I just hope that they don't ruin the pitch again this year after we have leave it in such good condition.

We could then actually use it to get some preseason revenue in.

The pitch was a disgrace after just one football game. All the damage in the goal mouth areas and will be a mess again by the time our next season kicks off.

Fair assessment. Except that £25 still won't be enough to run a competitive side.