What do we know about the bidders and their finances? I have no idea which camp I’d prefer or whether they should join forces!!

Park Avenue – Rumours suggest its fronted by Bob Blackburn, does anybody know anything about him, his money and his reasons for wanting to take over at Odsal?
Again rumours state that BB is a drug baron! And only interested in using Odsal to further BPA and they will be become the MAIN tenant. Can anyone add further info?

Omar Khan – Apart from having 2 restaurants he is rumoured to be into property. What will Mr Khan gain from taking over the Bulls? Does he have the money to push us forward, what will Sutcliffes role be afterwards if the bid is successful?

And where the hell are Greenwoods/Hood and of course the dark Knight, he must be somewhere........

I don't see the need to question what the two bidders motives are or where they got their money from. Both are succesful businessmen and we should be happy that we have two bidders otherwise it would be lower league rugby for us. You have to trust the rfl on this one and to be fair no businessman is going to put his money into a business without hoping to profit from it are they?

How do you know they are both sucessful?? This could be the mother of all frauds???!??!?! Or part of a larger grandiose scheme - the RFL insisted that both provided proof of funding and a business plan.......

Trust the RFL - fair comment but please explain to me what Ken Davy/Simon Moran/Hugh Hudgell/Ian Lanegan/Gary Hetherington (Caddick)/Eamon McManus etc..... etc...... get from their clubs?? They are all sucessful business men and make no profit from RL........

IS this wise?

I'm going to go with no!

Should our friend with the info not tell the RFL about this?

There are a lot of rumours about Bob Blackburn, probably from people who don't like him. But while i have been watching BPA i can only say that i have found him to be a decent,down to earth bloke, who has not been afraid to put his hand in his pocket to support the club.
He has funded many improvements at Horsfall Stadium while the council have sat there and done nothing other than be obstructive.
If his interest in the Bulls enables Avenue to get a better stadium and improve their support, and also enables Bulls to carry on in SL then i'm all for it.

Edit

Not slanderous nor malcious, rumour has been posted elsewhere and I state RUMOUR not fact!

Thanks for the opinion based on experience - this is the kind of thing I want to base my preference on

Is that a HMRC/Compnanies House rule or an RFL rule or both - just curious.

If you are in the know, who is behind the BPA bid and how will it work without Mr Blackburn?

Lets be careful what we accuse people of please.

FA I am surprised you havent had a million

Cougars fans in no smoke without fire mode reminding you about Carl Metcalfe and what he as a rumoured drug dealer at the time of his takeover did to them, and then where he ended up. the team sold off and him in court on drugs charges.

his naked majesties government health warning: of course all reported rumours in this post bear no resemblance or relevance to any real person in the world living dead or prenatal, and the truth of rumours can go up as well as down.

dont know if its been mentioned anywhere but heard another rumour that carlsberg are behind B.P.A. bid.

Well now without Stobart the league will need a new sponsor so we could have Carlsberg SL and also owner of the Bulls i wonder how that would go down.

Still think Red Bull should get their act together and buy us then we would be the Bradford Red Bulls i could live with that

Carlsberg dont do bids but if they did ...................

Quote ="Bullpower2012"What do we know about the bidders and their finances? I have no idea which camp I’d prefer or whether they should join forces!! Park Avenue – Rumours suggest its fronted by Bob Blackburn, does anybody know anything about him, his money and his reasons for wanting to take over at Odsal? Again rumours state that BB is a drug baron! And only interested in using Odsal to further BPA and they will be become the MAIN tenant. Can anyone add further info? Omar Khan – Apart from having 2 restaurants he is rumoured to be into property. What will Mr Khan gain from taking over the Bulls? Does he have the money to push us forward, what will Sutcliffes role be afterwards if the bid is successful? And where the hell are Greenwoods/Hood and of course the dark Knight, he must be somewhere........'" On another forum there is a companies house check referred to on Blackburn quite an interesting page to look at. I suppose the RFL will be doing due diligence and I am sure such checks would be part and parcel of due diligence. Heres a link company-director-check.co.uk/director/910941867

Quote ="Bullpower2012"What do we know about the bidders and their finances? I have no idea which camp I’d prefer or whether they should join forces!! Park Avenue – Rumours suggest its fronted by Bob Blackburn, does anybody know anything about him, his money and his reasons for wanting to take over at Odsal? Again rumours state that BB is a drug baron! And only interested in using Odsal to further BPA and they will be become the MAIN tenant. Can anyone add further info? Omar Khan – Apart from having 2 restaurants he is rumoured to be into property. What will Mr Khan gain from taking over the Bulls? Does he have the money to push us forward, what will Sutcliffes role be afterwards if the bid is successful? And where the hell are Greenwoods/Hood and of course the dark Knight, he must be somewhere........'" On another forum there is a companies house check referred to on Blackburn quite an interesting page to look at. I suppose the RFL will be doing due diligence and I am sure such checks would be part and parcel of due diligence. Heres a link company-director-check.co.uk/director/910941867

Are you sure it's not the same one going round twice?

Is it the ' Dark knight ' , or the ' Dark Lord ' ?

Quote ="Bullpower2012"How do you know they are both sucessful?? This could be the mother of all frauds???!??!?! Or part of a larger grandiose scheme - the RFL insisted that both provided proof of funding and a business plan....... Trust the RFL - fair comment but please explain to me what Ken Davy/Simon Moran/Hugh Hudgell/Ian Lanegan/Gary Hetherington (Caddick)/Eamon McManus etc..... etc...... get from their clubs?? They are all sucessful business men and make no profit from RL........'" https://www.cia.gov/careers/application ... index.html Who cares, all this does is feed the rumour mill. I'll be glad whoever takes over, I struggle to understand there's any "evil" motives other than it could be very good business for Omar Khans and a possible ground share for BPA should they decide to.

Quote ="Bullpower2012"How do you know they are both sucessful?? This could be the mother of all frauds???!??!?! Or part of a larger grandiose scheme - the RFL insisted that both provided proof of funding and a business plan....... Trust the RFL - fair comment but please explain to me what Ken Davy/Simon Moran/Hugh Hudgell/Ian Lanegan/Gary Hetherington (Caddick)/Eamon McManus etc..... etc...... get from their clubs?? They are all sucessful business men and make no profit from RL........'" https://www.cia.gov/careers/application ... index.html Who cares, all this does is feed the rumour mill. I'll be glad whoever takes over, I struggle to understand there's any "evil" motives other than it could be very good business for Omar Khans and a possible ground share for BPA should they decide to.

Quote ="REDWHITEANDBLUE"On another forum there is a companies house check referred to on Blackburn quite an interesting page to look at. I suppose the RFL will be doing due diligence and I am sure such checks would be part and parcel of due diligence. Heres a link company-director-check.co.uk/director/910941867'" A whiff of Del Boy on there; surprised the registered addresses don't include Nelson Mandella House, Peckham.

Quote ="REDWHITEANDBLUE"On another forum there is a companies house check referred to on Blackburn quite an interesting page to look at. I suppose the RFL will be doing due diligence and I am sure such checks would be part and parcel of due diligence. Heres a link company-director-check.co.uk/director/910941867'" A whiff of Del Boy on there; surprised the registered addresses don't include Nelson Mandella House, Peckham.

Indeed and BPA is according to their last return insolvent and has lost money for a minimum of the last three years.
However, he may have lot of personal wealth he is prepared to invest hopefully for you.

I can only imagine the torment you bulls fans are going through - I really do feel for you and can only thank my lucky stars that we have St Eammon and a wealthy friend as a benefactor with a plan to hopefully make a profit in the not too distant future.
Anyone who makes negative comments about your club should realise that there for the grace of god goes the majority of SL Clubs.

As an outsider......

Do you expect to be SL next year?

FWIW, I want you to be, but what's the gut feeling?

Don't know if it's just me, but I haven't a clue atm.

I'm just trying to enjoy these last few matches of the season and seeing what happens after that.

I think the 'gut feeling' of individual fans is varied between the two extremes, to be honest, which can be gauged by looking at posts on this, and other threads. Which is probably only to be expected, I guess. For myself I'm sort of expecting the worst but hoping for the best, though what I think might be the 'best' or worst' changes each time something new is announced and as time drags by. Don't ask what that is based on though, 'cos it's based on nothing tangible at all.