the chairman is clear in his vision for the club off the pitch. he wants to create a sporting village at the stadium encompassing all sports including ice skating gymnastics squash hockey boxing swimming tennis and indoor football. this is his vision, a sporting village being used by the whole sporting community of the east riding, not just a football and rugby stadium. this is a fantastic ambition for the city of hull and one that was very similar to our original plan when we first moved here although we needed to finance it by having a casino and hotel development not from private family funds at that time. obviously it only works with a successful and well funded football club underpinning the whole concept,but it is a worthy dream for mr allam to have. the stadium would be buzzing every day with sporting use of many different cultures. the vision includes an ice rink, swimming pool, squash courts and indoor football pitches and would be totally open for the use of the wholesporting community of hull. mr allam needs the council to sell the freehold of the kc stadium to him so that he can invest in the infrastructure through the usual development loans and financing routes, which is the way to develop the site properly. the feehold is key to mr allams dream as he cannot raise the required funds without it. the nature of the present forty-two year lease means the counsil dont get a financial return annually from the rent anyway, which cant be right for the long term health of the stadium and city. here the council could make a financial return so badly needed and unleash the dream of a sporting village really putting hull ay the forefront of national sporting facilities. im not sure how the council coul lose and hopefully they will see they have a perfect opportunity to make the city some money and enable private development to create a public facility that will bring great pride to the region. believe me mr allam will not make money from a sporting village, it will be a massive financial commitment but one he believes is necessary to create the huge sporting legacy he wants to build for the city of hull. mr allam doesnt want to move away from the kc, he wants it to become the thriving centre of regional sport creating opportunities for many sporting stars of the future. if he doesnt get the freehold we cant move the vision forward and we will just stand still in a 25.000 capacity stadium and a real opportunity will have been lost. adam pearsons hull city programme notes. doesnt seem like he is singing of the same hymn sheet as the old faithful.

I've read some garbled nonsense in my time on here, but this is priceless. One question. If the detailed plans for the "philanthropic sporting village" are so compelling, why haven't they been shared with the council?

Are they really Adam Pearsons words?

You actually read it? I got about five words in and decided it wasn't worth it.

taken from adam pearsons column in a hull city programme.

When was this, exactly?

08-03-11 v burnley. adam could find himself between a rock and a hard place.

So, 4 months before he bought FC then? Next.

Could be worse. He could find himself wedged between Mike Smith and Rob Crossland on a flight to Australia to pick up the coaching scraps left over now Gentle's signed for FC . That would be a tight spot indeed. Not a pleasant one either.

Surely if it is something that Pearson believes in, and judging by these comments it certainly is, then him now owning the rugby club will make no difference to his views.
I would imagine that it must be quite reassuring for the owners of Hull City knowing that the rugby club are behind their plans.

He's a bit pre-occupied with our chairman. I think he's me in reverse.

To be fair to the Rovers fans they're all aware that the only reasons they've been competing with us was our coach and our BoD. That's all changed now, and it must be rather frightening for the poor things.

Possibly a bit of truth in that. A club our size shouldnt be able to compete with a club that has your facilities, spectator base and revenues. I bet we do though..

By God! That sock was whipped off pretty quick. I can smell sweaty feet from this side of the Hull.

An article written 4 months before Pearson claimed a vested interest by buying the other tenants? What do you expect his angle to be?

He was representing, as a paid employee of Hull City Football club, the Owners - the Allams - in their own football programme.

At that time the "Philanthropist Allam" smokescreen was billowing across the City. The local elections were looming, the old Council were so keen not to to jeapordize their chances the fence was cutting ever deeper between their fat buttocks. The Mail and Humberside were drooling and blinded and couldn't question the bogie on the end of their noses. Assam was waving glossy architect's pictures as evidence and everyone thought an offer had been put in.

The election has now happened. The shrewd - mainly working class - councillors, many of whom had actually lived in Hull for most of their lives, and not commuted in for a political career, have taken control and have swept any lingering flies away. There is no offer from Allam. His glossy photos appear to have no business plan (at least, not one that can be presented with any credence to the council) behind them. Sensible folk are now seeing the wood behind the trees.

But when that article was written, things were viewed differently. Hysterically, as it turns out. But, Pearson works for, and is paid by Allam. What would you expect him to say differently [iat that time[/i?

Next you'll be saying that Rule should have spouted off each week in the Hull Programme that, actually, Agar was stifled and the old board were more than stringent with the cap. Or Hudgell should come out in his programme and make unprofessional and childish digs about his more professional neighbours, completely at odds with his real views as CEO. Oh, hang on.

I'll drink to that !

Any lack of revenue can be offset by your millionaire backer, Parasol. Plus you have the Allams money. In terms of facilities we have a better ground but not sure how that benefits us in playing terms. In fact a smaller, less accomodating ground can be an advantage.

You are no longer this little guys you like to portray yourselves as, you're a SL club and should be competing with the other clubs in that division.

ditto

There must be a paranoid-schizoprhenic smiley out there somewhere.

I'l ask my other self if he knows where it is

LOL

No, you are right.

Personally I'm papping my pants at the thought of Hodgson, Gray Horne, Taulapapa and Griffin.

So are Rovers fans !