Why not contact the tory office for Leeds and get them to confront mr Wakefield about wasting tax payers money on this and ask him why is he stopping 2000 jobs in Wakefield after all people from Leeds may apply for these jobs too..??

That would be the same Ted Richardson who found the site, got Yorkcourt and the Council on board is it. It's sickening enough to hear no nothing clots like you destroy a mans reputations for the mistakes he did make. It's way beyond the pale to attack him for the one thing it is universally accepted by any fair minded and knowledgeable fan that he got right - Newmarket = Ted Richardson like it or not.

For all his faults I think I prefer Richard Wright to know nothing gob offs like you.

[size=200You are back to defend your lover [/size . Your blind love for Ted you cant see the real argument here you are pathetic !

What made you judge jury and executioner?

Ted struggled with this club for years in very trying conditions. Sure, he got many things wrong and I disagreed with him often, but most of us who went to his meetings came away pacified each time.

Love him or hate him, he did put this together, and if this is the only thing he got right (which it certainly isn't), then it is enough that we should at least offer some gratitude for. No Ted = No Newmarket!

You are the only blind fool around here.

Ted was responsible for alot of things that were bad at this club but he was also responsible for the chance that we might have a future.

You accuse Vasty of bias but can't see that you are worse. Most of us can see both sides, the positives and the negatives. You refuse to accept that there were some good things done.

Thursday must be day release.

I dont believe it Ted couldnt put a box of lego together !

Im certainly no Ted lover.

However, without his "tenacity" Wakefield would never have been allowed in Super League in the first place.

If Ted sorted out NM good on him, I have seen no proof to prove or disprove it, but i am minded to believe he did.
Its a shame he was so disastrous in other areas, and he will not get the chance to bask in his glory (other than personal reflection), but thats been done to death.
NGB4C is a clot and by answering his ramblings you are only fueling his madness, ignore him and he will disappear or enter the real world.
The ONLY thing that matters and that even includes the RW debate to an extent is for us all to remain together and hope for a good result at the end of this.
Let them that can, sort it out, and use what ammunition has been launched at us, to our benefit and those with all the facts and skills to convince the PI that NM is our future.
At this moment in time NOTHING else matters, including idiots like NGB4C and RW et al.

Am another on the side of Ted in this one. He was the driving force behind Newmarket .

Its a shame we even have to bring Ted's name up now but ironically NGB4C seems to have focussed us back on the good things he did.
Unfortunately for him he will be remembered for the collapse at the end of his tenure but he clearly did good things before then.

However it turned out for him, I do know he wanted the best for Wakefield Trinity. He has paid the price for his mistake by losing his job and a lot of credibility. Lets leave it there. We are now in a new age, why look back?

Ted Richardson had his faults and I had many a disagreement with him but on the Newmarket issue I can categorically confirm that it was Ted who found Newmarket and YorkCourt.

I know that because it was myself who unknowingly put him on to Newmarket. I happen to have a bit of knowlege about old colfield sites in Yorkshire and after Thornes Park collapsed Ted was speaking to me about possible old coalfield sites. I told him there were none available for development but mentioned the former Newmarket Silkstone Colliery site at Stanley which was in Private ownership. I did not know that we were looking at Newmarket until the official announcement.

Ted Richardson found Newmarket and YorkCourt - FACT. If you dont like that that fact then its tough but you will have to accept it.

If we get a possitive outcome for Newmarket I for one will raise a glass to eveyone who has been involved with bringing the project together - including Ted.

Back on topic.....under the Freedom of Information act, are we not allowed to specifically request how much this is actually costing LCC ????

Not for another 500 years.

Ehh...???

Edited. Grow up.

WT.

A bit more infor from the enquiry:

Sir Rodney Walker said at the public inquiry they have a 106 agreement in place for Yorkcourt to build the stadium prior to any work starting on the units. When the inspector asked to see the 106 agreement, they didn't have it. Why?? Because it's not been put together yet (bearing in mind that this should have been put together back when Wakefield Council approved the planning application a year ago, and it should have gone in with the evidence to support the application)! The inspector has said he wants to see this by the end of the inquiry.

If the 106 agreement doesn't state this and Yorkcourt say they need to build units to fund the stadium, can you see them keeping their promise?

Another funny anecdote from the inquiry. Sir Rodney said the stadium would cost £16m, and the Leeds barrister referred to Sir Rodney's autobiography which in that he stated the stadium at Newmarket would cost £19m. When quizzed about the £3m has difference, Sir Rodney responded with something along the lines of, he know's a "guy" who can knock them some money off!

The biggest fudge of all time??

Perhaps if you practiced what you preach then we could all get along!

Apparently the section 106 agreement is due to be signed before the end of the PI

It will or the rest of the development won't be able to commence either. Signing these things long after the event is fairly common practice. In fact the section 106 agreement for Glasshoughton wasn't signed until about 3 years after initial outline pp was given. Just the way these things happen.

Ted did what he could with in his ability for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. Its a crying shame he became a victim of the recession, and he left a club which he loved with all his heart in an undignified way he deserved a better exit. Should the Newmarket development be successful it would be quite fitting if the ban from attending any games were lifted for him and Teds family.

Ted caused most of the issues himself by not paying up the bills that were due. He then sold the ground =#FF0000EDIT: Please don't make comments of this nature that you can't substantiate. RR Yes I think we have loads to thank him for. He did find yorkcourt and nm as this was his way out for free. As wt didn't have to put anything into a community stadium. It was his last throw of the dice before time caught up with him

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about - ignorant trash picked up through clueless gossip. This level of idiocy is why so many top posters no longer bother posting - what's the point.

Seeing as I was one of the folk he didnt pay then I think I deserve my view!!