Re: What Is The Problem? : Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:12 pm  

Realist Shay wrote:

It is worth more than the debt-ridden Rugby Club can afford. If the Rugby Club think they can get around that by trying to purchase it through a company registered in one of the directors names they will find themselves legally challenged.

Er for the hundredth time it is NOT Halifax RLFC who are looking at buying the Shay it is Reactiv Group who are looking to develop the east Stand corner for offices and around 100 jobs but don't let that bother you, you keep your anti HRLFC specs on.

Re: What Is The Problem? : Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:13 pm  

He can't. He's obsessed. It's embarrassing.

Re: What Is The Problem? : Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:14 pm  

Why do you all respond to him?
Ignore him, littlerich gave the best repost yet.
Personally I couldn't give a flying French Connection UK whether we owe rent or not.
With the board behind us we have a very good future, lighten up Faxfans.
Can any sports club in the world say they don't owe money?
Check out Barcelona FC's debt.

Don't forget the poor woman who walked into the mighty Halifax with a ten pound note in each ear, the cashier called the manager and said, "there's a woman at my till who says she's £20 in arrears and that's all she can pay"
Old and not funny? just like the Town fans claptrap.

Re: What Is The Problem? : Fri Oct 11, 2013 8:45 pm  

Tony Abbott just tweeted - everything is in hand. Cool your boots footy fans.

Re: What Is The Problem? : Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:03 pm  

The Reactiv Stadium.

Has a nice ring to it.

Home of real Sport, Home of Rugby League.

Re: What Is The Problem? : Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:46 pm  

It does have a nice ring to it, but I'd genuinely prefer to refer to it as the home of sport in Halifax.

I used to follow both teams in the past, but getting hitched and having kids meant I had to make a choice. I chose Fax, but I still follow the results of our local footie team (who have done incredibly well over the last few years) and wish them well.

The animosity (and large chunks of misinformation and conjecture) is, to be honest, really childish and immature.

Good luck to both clubs. In the end, this is "just" a game that's played by talented players on a (manicured) field.

Re: What Is The Problem? : Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:01 pm  

Fax Machine wrote:

But, whether you care to admit it or not, any comments on here aimed at FCHT are in retaliation to the continuous bile aimed at Halifax RLFC. There is never a time, even prior to the Shay purchase business, when there aren't several strings on their forum about the rugby club. They are uobsessed with us whereas FCHT is a matter of supreme indifference to most Fax fans. The last time I remember there being a thread on here about FCHT was last year when we were wishing them good luck in their quest for promotion.

Very well said.

Re: What Is The Problem? : Fri Oct 11, 2013 11:26 pm  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

Very well said.

I agree Hudd -Shay

Re: What Is The Problem? : Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:46 am  

I still fail to understand as to why its become a hate campaign from the Football club's followers (not the club themselves, they've been relatively quiet, at least in the press) against the Rugby Club.

If the directors of FCHT were in a position to buy The Shay from the council, I doubt many Rugby Fans would begrudge the football buying the place back. But its been a council owned property for a generation. Its not the football clubs to sell and as tenants they have little say in the matter.

One of the reason's been given against Tony Abbott buying The Shay through Reactiv Media is that if Reactiv was to go under, The Shay could be sold to the highest bidder. Has everyone forgotten that when Abbott brought his shares in Fax he did so through the same company? No one was worried about that?

Re: What Is The Problem? : Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:23 am  

Brew wrote:

I still fail to understand as to why its become a hate campaign from the Football club's followers (not the club themselves, they've been relatively quiet, at least in the press) against the Rugby Club.

If the directors of FCHT were in a position to buy The Shay from the council, I doubt many Rugby Fans would begrudge the football buying the place back. But its been a council owned property for a generation. Its not the football clubs to sell and as tenants they have little say in the matter.

One of the reason's been given against Tony Abbott buying The Shay through Reactiv Media is that if Reactiv was to go under, The Shay could be sold to the highest bidder. Has everyone forgotten that when Abbott brought his shares in Fax he did so through the same company? No one was worried about that?

The thing that worries me, Brew, is the direction in which FCHT fans are going. They keep stressing that Reactiv are trying to buy the Shay on the cheap. What they don't seem to realise is that the Shay has 2 values:

1. As a stadium with a stipulation that it can only be used for sport.

2. As a piece of land with no restrictions.

The latter obviously carries a far higher value and, if the council are determined to unload it I would much rather they sold it to Reactiv under option 1 but the FCHT fans, in their hatred of all things Fax, will end up with option 2 and then both clubs will be stuffed.