Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:59 pm  

bulls2487 wrote:

Staff up at Odsal who know more than any of us have been quite vocal regarding our future

Staff have been keeping talk positive, probably to orders from above. They are not going to say "we are no closer to getting a new owner than we were last week" are they?

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:02 pm  

If he took over he would only have to pay HMRC and forget his money and re-own the club with just a 6 point deduction. If that is the case why didn't he just pay, unless he was buying time to get the money together. But then he would still own a club he doesn't seen to have the money to improve and make profitable.

To me he want to walk away and get some money back.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:23 pm  

el red wrote:

Staff have been keeping talk positive, probably to orders from above. They are not going to say "we are no closer to getting a new owner than we were last week" are they?

The staff from this admin are mainly the same and the attitude is totally different, the sale agreement goes out over the weekend and if no issues with it new owners next week. Your just here to cause trouble.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:27 pm  

bulls2487 wrote:

The staff from this admin are mainly the same and the attitude is totally different, the sale agreement goes out over the weekend and if no issues with it new owners next week. Your just here to cause trouble.

No, just trying to give an alternate view. I'd be looking at it with rose tinted glasses if it was my club also, and I suspect some would try and give the other view then also.

Hope it goes through smoothly for you, after all... it is Christmas

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:33 pm  

Gareth Roberts is over from Dallas----read into that what you want

Copied from BPA website

In addition, with the club’s main benefactor Gareth Roberts over from the States this coming week, he has decided to arrange an informal social evening in the clubhouse for CBS members only for this coming Thursday (December .

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:44 pm  

redeverready wrote:

So to get his original money back he has spent more money how would that work.

TBH I think he got sucked in a bit thinking we'd bounce straight back up and put extra money in to fund that and credit to him for doing that. Suspect he's now out of his depth and would quite happily break even and walk away.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:33 pm  

dummyrunner wrote:

Gareth Roberts is over from Dallas----read into that what you want

Copied from BPA website

In addition, with the club’s main benefactor Gareth Roberts over from the States this coming week, he has decided to arrange an informal social evening in the clubhouse for CBS members only for this coming Thursday (December .

Who is he?

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:33 pm  

Tweet from Richard Lamb an hour a go. Sounds like he's bid in to me.


"Final bids for Bulls to be made by Wednesday next week. The club has huge potential but it is a long road."

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:35 pm  

debaser wrote:

Who is he?

Owns Park avenue and is a oil billionaire orignally from Bradford but nowoves in Dallas. He bid for us in the last admin.

Re: Administration 3 - now in technicolour : Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:59 pm  

debaser wrote:

Who is he?

BRADFORD Park Avenue have confirmed that wealthy USA-based businessman Gareth Roberts is the club’s new owner after buying out majority shareholder Bob Blackburn.

Blackburn has been in charge of the club for eight years and he will leave his current role of chief executive officer but has accepted a position as honorary vice president.

Roberts is currently in Texas and will make a statement after he passes the FA’s fit and proper person’s test.

It is understood that Roberts was part of the Avenue consortium that launched a bid to take over Bradford Bulls.

Outgoing finance director Kevin Hainsworth said: “Gareth will take over and appoint his own board members so this takeover will not affect anything that is happening at the club at this present time.

“However, I have promised to work alongside the new people during a takeover period to allow a smooth transition. Gareth lives in the States and he will probably be there over the Christmas and New Year period so I don’t think there will be any more statements coming out of the club until after the holidays.

“I think he will be bringing two people onto the board, one of them is based in Leeds and the other in Knaresborough but, like Gareth, their roots are in Bradford.

“I have sent them all the forms they need to fill in regarding the FA’s fit and proper person’s test, which they must fill in and return.

“Once that’s done I think we will be able to move on, although it’s difficult to put a timescale on things, purely because of the logistics of it with it being Christmas.

“It will be good for the club because Gareth is in a position to take the club forward.”

Blackburn said in a statement that he had enjoyed his time at the helm and that even though it had been a rollercoaster ride it had marked a successful period for the club.

Hainsworth added: “Without Bob’s involvement the club would not have got this far and without getting this high in the pyramid we wouldn’t have got people like Gareth coming along.

“All in all the club it is very promising news. Me and Bob have had a positive influence on the club in our time and will both enjoy being supporters in the coming years.”