I was under the impression that it was related to Image Rights, only to find out later that it wasn’t. It was still historic, apparently the case officer was going through the accounts after the first winding up order in 2009 and found extra liabilities. The bill which finally undid the club earlier this year was from not paying any tax in the run up to the winding up order in the autumn.

Regardless the new administration will not have to face the Image Rights tax bill.

Ill defend Mr Glover, the tax thing your just plain wrong about. The flats if you want people to whoop at the fact the club went into admin, and ripped of a creditor for the flats then your have no class.

As for the other changes, Ted had income for umpteen years to pay for those few changes, and in most cases will have done so begrudgingly after pressure from health and safety or the RFL.

Oh and also how many of Teds improvements did he actually pay for, and how many were written off with the administrations.

Where as MR glover will have had virtually no income yet, and is already starting to make improvements so I can not see how you can compare the two.

To sum up GLOVER = PROACTIVE TED = REACTIVE

You sound like somebody still in love with a girl friend who has just sh*g%ed your best mate. Yours so much in love you still want to see the good in them.

And Mr Glover doesn't have to pay Richardson's family wages either!

And Franny and the girl who did the accounts. So when are Benji Marshall and Billy Slatter arriving

Ha ha Vasty you are just jelous your beloved Ted isn't number 1 anymore. Its quite clear now how Ted ran us into the ground. New fresh ideas by Mr Glover ais certainly helping us and its clear how stale things had become under Ted. Its ok Vasty you still belong on Teds loveboat he hasn't replaced you yet even for a new suit at M&S.

You sound like what you are, a silly bitter Featherstone fan who has made up the facts to suit yourself.

The Tax bill that took us down was to do with image rights - end of.

Your lack of knowledge is staggering.

Ted Richardson took the club over just before it collapsed after the previous owners the Duncan family finances collapsed. Unlike AG he did take over the clubs debt.

Even more stupid and ignorant of you is the FACT that Ted didn't sign the deal for the flats, it was a certain Mr Pearman (remember him) who did that. It was the same Mr Pearman who took the club into a CVA. He was the great saviour of the club and Ted was all set to step down. Oh the short memories.

It was Ted who structured he CVA that saved the club and gave the creditors some return.

So jog on.

You really are clueless.

True but it doesn't really matter what order they all arrived in, it was the image rights bill that we couldn't affford and didn't expect - still we won't be the last.

Se it's stupid gossipy crud like that that just devalues what you say. That's not debate it bar room banter.

It had nothing to do with the image rights bill, that figure for any club will not be known until the conclusion of the test case between the HMRC and Leeds Rhinos. What took us down was a historical unpaid tax bill. The image rights issue would have been still to come.

Results on the field are poo, but who cares, the bar staff are now wearing waistcoats, and the beer queues aren't quite as long as last year.....

Welcome to Wakeyworld!

Correct. Its great innit?!

TBH Billy, results are a lot better than we hoped for in light of our off field shenanagins over the past few months, so added to the matchday improvements that have been applied, we're relatively happy in wakeyworld. A few signings and some good news on the ground and we may reach critical mass!!


Now looking at the back page of my League Express and six points from 10 and down in 6th position, hows everything in "LoinerLand"? Steadily slipping backwards if you ask me!!

As far as I'm aware Leeds is a different Tax office. Leeds have chosen to contest it, we didn't. Our problem was that we couldn't get terms from HMRC when we were hit with the last bill which we simply couldn't pay it in one go. That is why we were wound up.

Clearly the image rights is only a part of it but it's the part that sent us over the edge. Of course the people who told me are almost certainly liars whilst your source is beyond reproach.

The tax bill that finished us off had nothing to do with image rights. No rugby league clubs have paid or will pay this bill until the test case involving the Rhinos is resolved. Due to our administration we do not owe any of this image rights tax anymore.

Where have you got this from - it's not what I was told. However so many of you seem to think it's the case I'd like to know then I can question my source just to be certain.

Also, not saying for certain it was that particular bill, it's an accumulation of tax bills that did it. As far as I'm aware we knew the figure and simply couldn't pay it in full when it was due. Hardly matters whether we ever paid it or received the actual bill, once Newmarket went to enquiry there was never a chance. That was the gamble and the club received some very poor advice on that or perhaps like folk on here they believed what suited them.

However the fact remains that the new club and Mr Glover have no such worries so replacing a few bulbs is hardly up there with Abromovich.

I think you should question your source. It is a fact that it wasn't the image rights bill.

I'm pretty sure it was from TRB Vasty. I too was lead to believe it was for the image rights and pretty much defended the clubs position. Turns out I was wrong.

So if the final tax bill that took us over the edge was to do with image rights, why were there references made to it including unpaid VAT (James Elston made reference to that in the last few weeks before the end of Ted). Explain to us not versed in accounting, tax issues and business as you so clearly are. How does an HMRC bill incurred by none payment of taxation on image rights (your words Vastman) come to be subject to unpaid VAT?

Oh dear, he's the one I'm quoting as well - over to you TRB.