The domain is still registered to the same company (as it has been since 96) but they're with a different hosting company. Not ukfast any more.

Prof Tony Collins never had any issue with the Bulls claiming honours won by Northern and by Bradford as part of their history.

If it's good enough for him then it's good enough for me.

With the same company, not to the same company. Doh.

That is excellent news.

If you are kidding - the, expect me to call you a very naughty name.

The only 2 club officials to have made public comments about this that I know of are the Cougars coach & the Fev chairman. They both are of the opinion it would be unfair to bring a C1 club up at short notice. But it would be interesting to get the opinion of Haven & Worky...

Does anyone know if Green has a son & if so, what company he is a director in?

And Barrow.

The earliest records have the our club playing at Little Horton Cricket Club’s ground just off All Saint’s Road near to St. Lukes’s Hospital and then having what can only be called a peripatetic existence until moving to Park Avenue in 1880. In 1885 Bradford Rugby Club is listed as one of the inaugural clubs in the Northern Union which was the precursor of the Rugby League.

This all leads to a debate about just what constitutes a ‘club’ and as to how certain aspects of it can fall by the way side, whilst the ‘club’ itself seems carry on ad infinitum and to the question of exactly how do we define ‘ a club’.

It’s perhaps easier to say what it isn’t. It isn’t, for instance, the players because they change constantly nor is it the directors for similar reasons. It isn’t just the supporters either because eventually we die or lose interest, it isn’t the ground or any set of buildings either since they can be changed too. It isn’t any commercial aspect either since we still regard any new company formed to run the club as still being ‘the club’. It isn’t even a combination of any or all of the above.

It seems that the ‘club’ is some kind of spiritual link, in which the baton is passed through the generations but which has no logical link to earthly considerations like businesses going bust or changes in circumstance. Since this is so, can we disregard the 1907 decision to play soccer and the 1963 playing and financial disaster and indeed our most recent brushes with demise, which killed a few companies but which clearly didn’t end the ‘club’ and we can stick to the Bulls/Northern being born in 1863?

For those who made it to the end, I thank you for your patience!

Pettit was appointed by Green. As previously explained, his job is NOT therefore to "do his best for the creditors", but to do his best for Green. His duty to other creditors is not to unnecessarily harm their interests in the process.

Is it just me, or is there a family resemblance? I think we should be told, but provisionally much kudos to him if this comes off

A Bradford club in the championship, provided there's the decent nucleolus of the side and the current unbalance doesn't strip us of ever decent player, coupled with owners who can meet the RFL's criteria for being able to ensure a minimum of 3 years financial stability, should still be able to pull in similar crowds to what has been over the last two years.

Very likely the travelling support would still remain as strong as it has been too, so that means Championship clubs will have budgeted for a big payday when the Bulls come to town. Dropping Bradford down a division while brining back Workington or Whitehaven would not help anyone. Both clubs don't really attract the biggest away followings and the long trip up to Cumbria does put the majority of visiting fans off.

At the end of the day, money talks and hopefully if there IS a buyer (personally I'm still sceptical of the whole thing) they'll have the money to meet the needs of the club.

Point well made!

I agree it's potentially worrying. But, we don't know what discussions have gone on between which parties. There is too much guesswork going on. For all we know the rfl are in the loop with the Richardson bid. The list of items the rfl need satisfying by Monday by any potential owner included a detailed plan of staffing and playing squad capability to start the 2017 season, a meeting with the ex current squad is the best starting point for that, without such a meeting how could any other party hope to convince the rfl they could field a team in 3 weeks time?