: Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:28 pm  

I'll be honest and say I do not understand what is going on exactly.

Is there a chance that we are screwed here? I know the statement says not to be "alarmed", but I am naturally worried here.

: Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:42 pm  

Connor wrote:

I'll be honest and say I do not understand what is going on exactly.

Is there a chance that we are screwed here? I know the statement says not to be "alarmed", but I am naturally worried here.

Conner don't be.
The club will be in a much better position after this is sorted.

With the new directors the club will go in the right direction.

: Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:35 pm  

Don't be alarmed but .... they don't just owe money to the tax man.

: Fri Nov 27, 2009 6:47 pm  

"Never again will the club get into this position" is a famlier cry over my long years of the various guises of Keighley RLFC

I find it sad that it has happened yet again, if what I have read so far is true.

No doubt the club will survive AGAIN in perhaps yet another guise yet I really think that Colin Farrer and Neil Spencer had done an excellent job so it really is a bit odd.

If it's any consolation I doubt if the club are the only ones "feeling the pinch" and are probably more "financially stable" than a lot of clubs.

Let's just hope this is a minor blip (if true) and that the club continues on to success.

: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:37 pm  

The best thing that we can do as fans is to come out and get behind the club.

If you haven't got your season ticket yet, get one.

If you're one of those fans who went to the grand final but doesn't turn up to home league games (except Jeronimo) get your backside down here.

At the end of the day it is our money that decides whether this club survives or not.

: Sat Nov 28, 2009 12:41 am  

collecting tins in the pubs, then? Now is the time that we need the town to get behind it's team!

: Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:01 am  

It says dont panic. But this has come as a big shock. Will this jepardise our place in the championship. Will players walk when they get wind of this. Questions need to be answered.

Having seen the company I work for go into administration. Whats the chances of that happening here?.

: Sat Nov 28, 2009 3:03 am  

Leaguefan wrote:

"Never again will the club get into this position" is a famlier cry over my long years of the various guises of Keighley RLFC

I find it sad that it has happened yet again, if what I have read so far is true.

No doubt the club will survive AGAIN in perhaps yet another guise yet I really think that Colin Farrer and Neil Spencer had done an excellent job so it really is a bit odd.

If it's any consolation I doubt if the club are the only ones "feeling the pinch" and are probably more "financially stable" than a lot of clubs.

Let's just hope this is a minor blip (if true) and that the club continues on to success.

It does seem odd that attendances were up by a quarter but we couldn't afford to pay the taxman.

It would be nice to see the club elaborate as to why we're in this situation.

After all there are fans like myself who have bought season tickets who are now wondering if they'll lose out.

There are fans who want to buy season tickets who'll be thinking shall I bother?

However, I don't think now is the time to point the finger of blame. Until we know the truth (for all we know it could be a sponsor or creditor that has gone bust on us) we should all get behind the club.

KEIGHLEY 'TIL I DIE

: Sat Nov 28, 2009 7:28 am  

I really am having to bite my tongue on this one. And have to be very careful in what i say in public, on this forum.

As far as i understand.

We will still be in the league we are in now.
We will not lose the players we have.

The reason the tax people took action is, standard practice in these type of situations, but the club wasn't really in a lot of trouble.

As daft as it seems, it really is just one of those things that happens to a company.

Lets look at it a different way.

The company, Keighley Cougars is restructuring. And because of this some things have to change.

: Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:58 am  

jim,i for one appreciate the information you are allowed to give us, don't leave yourself open,people will get to know the full facts when the club are ready to make official announcments,i understand your situation.