Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Thu Jul 14, 2016 7:24 pm  

"Asset of Community value?????" Tell WMDC that!!!

Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Thu Jul 14, 2016 7:59 pm  

Look stop bloody dreaming it's Dewsbury ,bv,Newmarket and thornes it's all bullshit ,mad mile turn right and your left

Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Fri Jul 15, 2016 12:10 am  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

The council own the ground and a condition of the lease is that it goes to arbitration if there is a dispute. It was MC supporting the club that interested me, with the other party being the council.

As I understand it Slugger, the Bank of Ireland own the ground.

Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Fri Jul 15, 2016 12:29 am  

JINJER wrote:

As I understand it Slugger, the Bank of Ireland own the ground.

No, I meant the Halifax ground (unless they own a few of the grounds!)

Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:53 am  

I've been reading the thread on TotalRL (don't know how to link) & I was further sickened by claims on there stating that the council (Box) had blocked 3 attempts by Trinity to secure training facilities including the empty Westgate facilities. I thought it was bad enough that WMDC weren't offering any assistance whatsoever but this states that they are actively obstructive against us!

In all honesty I can't see any way out of this other than the move to Dewsbury but I'm up for some kind of demonstration even if it's just to make us feel better. Next time 'El Supremo' is up re-election maybe someone should stand as an Integrity candidate against him?

Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Fri Jul 15, 2016 8:45 am  

Slugger McBatt wrote:

No, I meant the Halifax ground (unless they own a few of the grounds!)

Sorry, jumped in in without reading the full thread.

Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:58 am  

Lockers700 wrote:

I've been reading the thread on TotalRL (don't know how to link) & I was further sickened by claims on there stating that the council (Box) had blocked 3 attempts by Trinity to secure training facilities including the empty Westgate facilities. I thought it was bad enough that WMDC weren't offering any assistance whatsoever but this states that they are actively obstructive against us!

Won't that be part of the new Lupset Fields development? WMDC have recently sold 20 acres off Milton Crescent to a Leeds based developer, to build 300 houses. I imagine that includes the pitches that comprise the Westgate facilities - so they won't be there any more.

Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:02 am  

bren2k wrote:

Won't that be part of the new Lupset Fields development? WMDC have recently sold 20 acres off Milton Crescent to a Leeds based developer, to build 300 houses. I imagine that includes the pitches that comprise the Westgate facilities - so they won't be there any more.

Some poor bugger down south will be thinking what a nice development that sounds

Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:18 am  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

Some poor bugger down south will be thinking what a nice development that sounds

I'll have nowt said about Lupset - I grew up there. And from a purely financial point of view, it will be a nice development - 300 affordable homes in an area that has excellent transport links to the whole of the region. I can't see it taking long to be sold off and construction to start.

It's interesting that WMDC are suggested to have blocked the use of the Westgate facilities; I happen to know that there have been talks about this for a couple of years, so it would seem they've had it earmarked for this purpose for quite some time - so not so much actively working against the club, but actively working to back-pocket the proceeds of the sale - probably to top up the paltry settlement given to LA's by central government as part of Osborne's austerity agenda.

Re: Moving From Belle Vue.. : Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:48 am  

Not sure if I'm making this up, but, didn't Wakefield council sell their shares in Leeds Bradford airport a few years back and earmarked the money for our "new" ground, or was that just speculation by fans?