Peter box was on radio Leeds today anybody catch the phone in just got last 20 seconds mentioned trinity?

Didn't hear it personalty but he apparently said there would be good news revealed in the new year, that it's all Pickles fault and that he wants Trinity to stay in SL because it's 4 points for Cas every season.

Which new year?

Fair point.

I listened to the first question, from a Trinity supporter and if I heard correctly he said that in 2009 both Wakefield and Castleford were given £2million by the council. Am I right in thinking that was not the case?

I heard it and that is what he said, I think he tried to cover it by saying land was given to both clubs to then value of, which again is a lie, Wakefield didn't get any land and Cas never took up WMDC's offer of land at the back of the train station at glasshoughton.
He clearly blamed Eric pickles for the unilateral undertaking, stating that WMDC never supported that (although their signature is on the paperwork) he said he has 40 10p shares in Cas which won't make him a millionaire and that he supports all RL in the district as he's a RL fan not just cas and state department he wants all clubs (Trinity Cas And Fev) to succeed.

They were not given £2m, the council pledged to contribute that amount to the cost of a new stadium taking into account the community aspect of the venture. There was a time limit on this offer and has since been revoked. If he has genuinely said that then the club needs to push for a public correction from him.

A cheque would suffice.

Many years back, I had a letter published in the Wakey Express commenting on Box's "support" for the Thornes Park proposal. My final comment was "I'll not hold my breath".
Nothing has changed.

He'll probably be thinking that that statement will keep the peasants reasonably happy for another three months or so.
I've a sneaking feeling that we may be seeing a new stadium at City Fields in the not too distant future.

“Good news revealed in the new year” I will cling on to that bit of hope.

Up the Trin

where did you get that bit of news from?

2nd post on this thread, didn’t listen to the interview so don’t know what was said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06s9jtk starts about 2:15, the WT bit anyway thats 2 hours and 15 minutes in..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06s9jtk starts about 2:15, the WT bit anyway thats 2 hours and 15 minutes in..

I wouldn't trust a cheque from him, I'd want cash

why would he say that

i mean, yeah its a joke but *******hell, we're way past joking, its a loooooong time since any of this was something you could crack a funny at, especially that dimebar.

he's either an idiot, out of touch with the strength of feeling.....or......confident that something is going down pretty soon.

Not heard much from MC recently on that score either, which could be viewed as confirmation of some kind of movement on the issue.

not holding my breath though.

I wish his head would set a fire so I could stamp it out

Perhaps he's going to resign.

I do not believe a word that man says

Same here!

As someone who is no longer in the loop I tend to take more notice of what isn’t said rather than what is. Whilst the club and the trust remain quiet and are not asking for cash then I have to assume something is still going on. What I don’t know but if all hope was lost then I see no reason why we wouldn’t be taking the the last option by now and perusing them through the Courts.

Have heard rumours from 2 different sources over last week or two that there would be good news regarding the ground and it would involve developing Belle Vue. But hey we have so many false dawns.

I’m just miffed the guy has gone on record again raising people’s hopes. If there’s nowt happening keep it shut. I simply can’t believe a word the blokes says, however as with all of us, I’m happy on this occasion to be proven wrong. I’m just not holding my breath!

Call me cynical: but if he's still spouting lies and excuses then following it up with vague promises of 'good news' I wouldn't hold my breath. I imagine this good news will be no more than another unrealistic proposal to drag this out even longer then blame the club for being unreasonable - again. And if it is another proposal to do up Belle Vue, IMO that's nothing but another red herring to get us off the Newmarket scent while York Court continue to gobble up the land.

No, I don't go with the redevelopment of Belle Vue thing either, its a bit too restrictive, its not the site you'd choose if you were starting from scratch.
Having said that, if its a choice between Belle Vue + a fair crack at income streams other than match days VS Newmarket and in hock, lock stock and barrel to a 3rd party, I'll take Belle Vue.

With where we are right now, I'd take a re-develloped BV all day long but, I dont trust Box and co on little bit.
How many times can they get away with the same delaying/non event tactics.

I just with that they (WMDC) would put as much effort into getting the thing moving as they do in thinking up crap to just delay, delay, delay.