Hi All. I'm not sure who's aware, but Hull City have given a months notice to all the community clubs based at the Airco arena, one months notice. They're planning on turning it into a Hull City training academy. This isn't about black n white or red n white, this is a community facility being commandeered by the Allams. A good friend of mine is being forced to look for new facilities for their team, and I'm sure alt of you know someone who uses the arena. There's an online petition for those who'd like to sign it (and please share too): https://www.change.org/p/hull-city-a-f- ... ing-no_msg

Hi All. I'm not sure who's aware, but Hull City have given a months notice to all the community clubs based at the Airco arena, one months notice. They're planning on turning it into a Hull City training academy. This isn't about black n white or red n white, this is a community facility being commandeered by the Allams. A good friend of mine is being forced to look for new facilities for their team, and I'm sure alt of you know someone who uses the arena. There's an online petition for those who'd like to sign it (and please share too): https://www.change.org/p/hull-city-a-f- ... ing-no_msg

Don't the city council own the thing? I thought that the SMC just ran it on thier behalf. If it comes about then the whole farce of it being a comunity stadium is nothing but a farce. City get £60 millon a year from TV, can't they build thier own 3G pitch. I will certaily support the petition (even though i am not from the city) It just looks to me that Hull folk have lost control of £45,000 000 worth of assets.

Allams' sporting village vision ... terminate other sports/clubs that don't conform to their agenda.

Ultimately the Council have to take blame for agreeing to let Adam Pearson buy the SMC way back then.

Forgive my indifference but I won't be signing or sharing this petition. I do however recall a couple of quotes from a wanabee mod only a few days ago who reminded us all " If it's not on the Hull board, it's on this board about Hull" and " Just that a small number of supporters are more concerned with what them lot are doing, really grinds my gears"
I am sure however that the Hull fans were grateful that you posted the online petition on their forum yesterday evening and likewise I am sure any remotely interested fan could pop over to sign it.

You really are an edit - MR.

Using a thread like this, which is aimed at trying to drum up more support for our local clubs, to score points is pretty low.

Sign it or not, share it or not, that's fine. The rest of your post is snide garbage.

Your opinion of me matters little to be honest. If the original aim was to 'drum up more support for our local clubs' it would seem a post on a Hull City forum would be the place to start, rather than a Hull FC forum, with our own forum as an after thought hours later.
Must up the effort to make a moderator and kick start this forum 1/10.

Structured is correct

Bit strange that you follow my movements on these forums so keenly. I'm flattered.

As a sports enthusiast and member of the community, I've been interested in what's happening at the stadium & have been following that thread on the Hull board for some time. I assume you noticed that they were already talking about it before I posted the link to the petition?

This morning when I had time, despite this forum being on it's Iestyn Harris, I thought it worth posting here, for those who unlike us two don't visit their forum, in an effort to inform more people & like I said, garner more support for it.

It's already on Hull City's forum on 606, and also linked within the comments section of the HDM article. But thanks for the 'advice'.

I know people who are effected by this, who are faced with potentially losing their clubs after years and years of voluntary hard work and dedication. Support it or not, state arguments for and against - that's your prerogative. You're just making yourself look like a bell attacking me personally.

Has there ever been a time when a petition has changed anything

Yes.

When

Seriously Frankie?

Plenty of legislative, decision & policy changes have been driven by petitioners. They add pressure, inform, gain attention and help get issues spoken about, hopefully like this one will.

I'm not here to educate you mate, you're capable of using Google I'm sure.

Are you really of sound mind.

On one post I get slated by you for making reference to derby tickets, which involves our two local teams for making a reference to Hull FC, yet you feel free to post a topic of no significance whatsoever to HKR, turning the matter into 'it involves all the community' malarkey.
without even O/T in the title, because it is certainly that.
Don't be offended about me not 'following' your movements, I didn't even know of your existence until you decided to play the wanabee moderator role on the above mentioned post.
Please feel free to post anything which attack you personally but I believe the terms odious cretin and bell have only been mentioned by yourself. Perhaps you are a little light weight to become a moderator, maybe try again when you grow up.

ive signed it.

at the end of the day its about local amateur clubs not Rovers or Fc.

Bit of an awkward one this for me. As much as I'm a KR fan I'm a Hull City fan too, and they need the 3G pitch to develop their academy up the rankings. A higher grade is worth big big £££ for the club.

Without wanting to sound too blase about the issue of sports clubs being forced out, surely there are adequate facilities around Hull for them?

You might be led to believe that but in reality if you think a petition is going to change things your deluded just my opinion and for what it's worth I think it's totally wrong what's happened here and the council should explain

We will soon find out how much influence a petition has on any particular issue when the BBC decide on Jeremy Clarkson's future.lol

I have no idea what's going on here, I've never heard of the place.

I like the argument though.

Might join in.

Does anyone play Quiz Crack? I'm ace at it me, no one off here would beat me.

Weird. Just weird.

Was, what you really intended to say.... quiz quack?

Shoulda been, poor form from me when I miss my own gags.

Or gaggles. (Groan from audience).

Did a bit of quick research.

This is unbelievable.

A premiership football team gets to throw a whole load of community teams out of their own facility (hyperbole, I know)?

In some areas of the country we managed to get back to decent facilities for normal people prior to five years ago, I grew up in an era when the team I played for didn't have a pitch, (because it had been sold) despite being Yorkshire cup winners, National nines winners, National Champions and some sort of Union sevens winners against a load of rah rah's.

Actions like this makes me wonder why any of us are confused at the inability for Hull to produce sporting talent, it's their, it always has been, but by the time our kids get past the local stages they're four years behind the rest of the country.

It's a damn shame.

That guy will be the worst thing that ever happens to this city. In years to come David Lloyd will be viewed as a saint in comparison.
Just the whole 'Tigers' crap drives me insane and I'm not even a City fan. Everywhere you look in Hull at the moment its 'Tigers this' 'Tigers that' rather than 'Hull City'. Even the official Facebook page is now called "Hull Tigers' - what part of You cannot change the name doesn't he get?! Using a false name on social media to represent a sports team must be breaking some kind of law surely.
I also hope his million pound 'gift' doesn't come back to haunt Rovers.

First up, just a reminder for everybody to try to use moderate language and tone in their posts. Outrage begets outrage and we get a heated discussion rather than an enlightening one.

On the issue at hand, a commercial entity will pursue what it regards as being it's best commercial interests. A true community facility, whether it is a hospital, a school or a sports facility needs community control as well as ownership. Especially with the last - but itbrings political risks as well as benefits. When core services are under threat, shelling out for the new pitch at the KC mightn't have been universally popular, for example. And a council run SMC, with detailed accounts presumably available under freedom of information legislation, that ran at a loss would put pressure on Hull City and Hull FC. The unlikely arrival of an independent white knight to run the SMC apart, there's no obvious palatable solution.

Did anyone do that?

You're like the tedious uncle in a cardigan, smoking a pipe that reminds everyone of the proper rules to Pin The Tail On The Donkey.

And you'll view that as a compliment.