Re: Belle vue bought : Fri Mar 29, 2019 4:47 pm  

Could there be room for trinity cafe' etc,

Re: Belle vue bought : Fri Mar 29, 2019 6:48 pm  

is anyone aware of what the Official Community Trust think about the way things are moving? Do they approve of The Club purchasing the ground? I've heard nothing on here, or anywhere, from any of the Trust members. It would be interesting to know their views.

Re: Belle vue bought : Fri Mar 29, 2019 10:59 pm  

Redscat wrote:

is anyone aware of what the Official Community Trust think about the way things are moving? Do they approve of The Club purchasing the ground? I've heard nothing on here, or anywhere, from any of the Trust members. It would be interesting to know their views.

Is it stupid question day?

Re: Belle vue bought : Sat Mar 30, 2019 9:56 am  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

Is it stupid question day?

Well I'd like to ask a genuine stupid question, who actually owns the ground, the club or the trust.

Re: Belle vue bought : Sat Mar 30, 2019 12:26 pm  

I’m pretty sure it’s all about the Trust. So nothing underhand could happen with it in the future. Eg. Selling it to some dodgy bank in Ireland.

Re: Belle vue bought : Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:04 pm  

So, have I got this right, the club buy it but the trust own it?

Re: Belle vue bought : Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:40 pm  

Kevs Head wrote:

15k at the Keepmoat. There for Dons v Coventry cup match, probably my favourite stadium for watching RL

Watched the Cas V Leeds semi final there a few years ago and was very impressed. Anything approaching that would be more than expected.

Re: Belle vue bought : Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:48 am  

MashPotatoes wrote:

I’m pretty sure it’s all about the Trust. So nothing underhand could happen with it in the future. Eg. Selling it to some dodgy bank in Ireland.

To clarify it wasn’t sold it was put up as security against a loan/overdraft, fundamentally there is/was nothing wrong with that in a business sence. Also the Bank of Ireland are hardly ‘dodgy’.

The use of the land as collateral may happen again though I suspect in a far more sustainable way.

I don’t know who owns the ground but so far it would appear to be the club not the trust though I may be totally wrong.

Re: Belle vue bought : Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:06 am  

vastman wrote:

To clarify it wasn’t sold it was put up as security against a loan/overdraft, fundamentally there is/was nothing wrong with that in a business sence. Also the Bank of Ireland are hardly ‘dodgy’.

The use of the land as collateral may happen again though I suspect in a far more sustainable way.

I don’t know who owns the ground but so far it would appear to be the club not the trust though I may be totally wrong.

Certainly the press release from WMDC stated that the money had been loaned to Wakefield Trinity, with no mention of the trust.
I'm not sure where this leaves the trust, in relation to any "community stadium".
For Trinity, in a way, this is better than it being a community stadium as the asset would eventually be owned by the club.

Does this mean that there will be some "token" facilities at Newmarket and how will this affect any access to grants, which may be harder to access ??

Re: Belle vue bought : Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:06 am  

vastman wrote:

To clarify it wasn’t sold it was put up as security against a loan/overdraft, fundamentally there is/was nothing wrong with that in a business sence. Also the Bank of Ireland are hardly ‘dodgy’.

The use of the land as collateral may happen again though I suspect in a far more sustainable way.

I don’t know who owns the ground but so far it would appear to be the club not the trust though I may be totally wrong.

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Ref. Dodgy bank in Ireland. It was a tongue in cheek comment. I’m sure I read somewhere that the Trust is in control but I could also be totally wrong.