See you in Oddfellows Idle next time I am there with our friends I always wear my Hull F C shirt

Dont think it would be anywhere near last season if it wasn't for the 10k pledge?

You're correct, we wouldn't have had over 10,000 people in the ground if over 10,000 people hadn't committed themselves to leave their houses and go to games.

So all the RFL have done is taken over the lease??

I don't see the benefits????

What benefits have you had from selling CP twice?

has it got the North Stand built?

We've built a team capable of disposing of you at will now back onto Bradford

At what cost though......1st Beaumant and now Galea.......was it worth the win?

As for Bradford..Did they need the money?

They are the sort of injuries that you have no control over. If for instance it was muscles pulls or tears you can think it is due to poor preparation. Collision injuries are going to happen in this sport and we have been unlucky so far.


Maybe Bradford did need the money but what are the rfl getting out of having the leasehold? Fair enough of they bought the freehold as well but it doesn't appear they have.

If the previous leaseholder was about to sell to Tesco, would you be happy playing the Bulls on Tesco's car park after 4.00pm on a Sunday?

The RFL already has an established and constantly changing property portfolio which includes ownership and/or interests in many other professional and community Rugby League stadia. As a matter of course the governing body regularly sells on and redevelops stadia if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the current tenants and the game as a whole. So any guesses as to which other grounds the RFL either own or have invested in?
Could Headingley be one, they seem to get more than a fair share of neutral venue cup games and internationals

If Bradford chose to do that that' their problem isn't it. So what do the RFL get out of forking out a 7 figure fee to Bradford for the lease? In my eyes the details should be completely transparent to us all

Same as Humberside County Council got for buying back the freehold of New Craven Park perhaps when Rovers were in administration? Maybe Bradford were in financial difficulties and their survival was threatened?

It would make sense to buy the freehold though but in this instance the rfl haven't have they?

Is this confirmed? Started reading the thread on the Bradford board, but got bored. Adeybull, who is the font of all knowledge on this sort of thing, said it was unclear whether the council had sold the freehold to the RFL or Bradford had assigned them the lease which is 140 years, so effectively a freehold anyway.

I'm just going on what I read today all be it on the suns web page. www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... inner.html

I'm just going on what I read today all be it on the suns web page. www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... inner.html

No idea what went on, but it would seem reasonable to assume that Bradford were struggling financially (the Iestyn Harris thing nearly did for them, I think) plus compared to 5 years ago their commercial revenue streams must be hugely reduced. Perhaps, and this is pure and unfounded speculation/guesswork on my part (business as usual, then

), if they had perhaps not complied with some technicality of their lease maybe someone like Tesco were putting forward a compelling scheme (financially) to the council who are skint and maybe had a way to make the current 140 year lease with the bulls void. Maybe the RFL stepped in to stop this given Bradford's pivotal role in the early years of the SL era and potential from a fanbase perspective at least to be one of the game's biggest clubs. This is all made up, but probably some bits of it are reasonable supposition.

Would they have taken the pledge if you're passes were full price and not at £60-£100???

Their ground is owned by Paul Caddick i think?

Quote ="MrPhilb"I'm just going on what I read today all be it on the suns web page. www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... inner.html'" Shock Horror! Philb reads the 'Sun' On topic: Odsal Stadium has vast potential as a venue for the RFL. Internationals/semi finals/finals/exhibition matches all at a lower cost than the likes of Elland Rd and both the Manchester stadia et al. All very much local to the heartlands and the majority fan base. This isn't a "Sod expansion" rant btw it's just looking at it from a logistical point of view. Good move for all concerned Imo - Provided it gets some much needed TLC.

Quote ="MrPhilb"I'm just going on what I read today all be it on the suns web page. www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... inner.html'" Shock Horror! Philb reads the 'Sun' On topic: Odsal Stadium has vast potential as a venue for the RFL. Internationals/semi finals/finals/exhibition matches all at a lower cost than the likes of Elland Rd and both the Manchester stadia et al. All very much local to the heartlands and the majority fan base. This isn't a "Sod expansion" rant btw it's just looking at it from a logistical point of view. Good move for all concerned Imo - Provided it gets some much needed TLC.

Was that the first or second time they sold it?

Maybe Phil Lowe and Colin Hutton should give lessons on how to sell grounds

Makes you proud to be British.I presume he is wearing Jesus sandals with the socks pulled up?

This thread is hilarious.

The way some of you are going on you'd think we had merged with another club, taking with them a guarenteed place in Super League, extra TV money and a squad whiched finished far higher in the previous season.

I could almost understand the reaction had it been suspected that half of our team had been taking a banned substance and the RFL instead of telling this to the drug testers had decided to keep quiet.

Of course both of those scenarios are so far fetched that it would never happen.... WOULD IT???

Quite, its a shame the Bulls were too busy point scoring over Leeds by signing an Loiner reject old welsh rugby Union kid who was way past it, who actually raped your club to its knees, you are still paying for him now, i just hope he was worth it.

You actually think thats why the RFL bought the stadium???







The money is almost paid off and the clubs not on its knees as it's not spent upto the salary cap for last few years (as the seasons results have clearly shown).

Its actually (if you could be d working it all out) that companies are sniffing out Odsal and that the Bulls would be homeless if that was to happen.

There is a lot more behind this move than meets the eye but then again thats the case with a lot of things. Just making a point that those in glass houses should throw stones (even if i had to break a few windows myself).

Can't understand why so many on this board want to see Bradford go to the knackers.

The problem with that theory is that the Bulls own (or at least [iowned[/i) a 90-odd year lease on the ground, so no matter who owns it they couldn't have been thrown out.

Try again.