[quote="Faxlore":6hyjv7id]Why would there be excessive resistance? If we had an owner who wants to take the club away from a shared stadium and build their own stadium and facilities, who would complain about that. Many FC supports would cheer about such a proposal and so would I.[/quote:6hyjv7id]
I was talking about the move for them out of Huddersfield to the Shay which although being described as temporary would likely be for some considerable time whilst everything to do with finding a site, planning permission and then building a new stadium involved got sorted out.
If we did it I would be concerned about us ever going back to our home town, loss of identity and or being swallowed up in some sort of a merger with the home ground being out side of Halifax with a different name and ceasing to exist as a club or in the Giants case that applying to them and remember the reaction from Fax fans when the proposed merger with Bradford to Tony Gartland.
The days of the Shay ever just being the home of FC Town are over with and everyone needs to move on to the reality of 2025.
The council are losing too much money and they have to get rid and if Fax left it would only hasten the departure of FC Town as well.
If that's a reason for anyone to cheer bearing in mind it's the ones fuelled by hatred that would be the cheering the loudest, well enough said and they need to careful what they wish for or their dream would soon become a nightmare.
[quote="Listenup94":2ktx096h]Maybe he'll turn the skircoat stand into an old people's home and a crematorium.[/quote:2ktx096h]
I'd be first to sign up..
[quote="Listenup94":1fyqeg36]Maybe he'll turn the skircoat stand into an old people's home and a crematorium.[/quote:1fyqeg36]
Or thinking of the reputation of the rugby club maybe dig the pitch up as required.
Davy could be first with a little sign saying “please keep off the Ken.”
[quote="faxcar":1ma7tmza]Or thinking of the reputation of the rugby club maybe dig the pitch up as required.
Davy could be first with a little sign saying “please keep off the Ken.” [/quote:1ma7tmza]
He'd be turning in his grave , literally .
[quote="faxcar":6vp0u9un]
You mentioned Ken Davy and history that upset some Huddersfield Town fans.
Do you know the full circumstances and details of what the issue was, do you know his side of the argument?
It’s just that looking at our own history as a rugby club just taking FC Town Shaymen fans assessment would hardly be the place to get a fair and accurate view.
On the other hand what we actually do know the last time I looked Huddersfield Town were still in their stadium as majority share holders with the opportunity to become full owners and when Davy sold his shares they didn’t pay over the odds or get ripped of in anyway.[/quote:6vp0u9un]
He moved the shares in the stadium company owned by Huddersfield Town to one of his companies (Huddersfield Sporting Pride Ltd) for a nominal fee of £1. His reasoning was to "safeguard" them for the future and would sell them back once the football club was stabilised.
He kept them within his ownership, and after selling HTAFC to Dean Hoyle, then tried to sell the shares back for a lot more than the £1 he paid for them, presumably to recoup some of the money he'd spent on HTAFC. There was a lot of uproar in the town and he eventually transferred them back for the same rate I believe, But his reputation had gone from saviour to villain and while the current ownership at Huddersfield Town have no beef with him, many of the fans do.
[quote="Brew":29q8svwh]He moved the shares in the stadium company owned by Huddersfield Town to one of his companies (Huddersfield Sporting Pride Ltd) for a nominal fee of £1. His reasoning was to "safeguard" them for the future and would sell them back once the football club was stabilised.
He kept them within his ownership, and after selling HTAFC to Dean Hoyle, then tried to sell the shares back for a lot more than the £1 he paid for them, presumably to recoup some of the money he'd spent on HTAFC. There was a lot of uproar in the town and he eventually transferred them back for the same rate I believe, But his reputation had gone from saviour to villain and while the current ownership at Huddersfield Town have no beef with him, many of the fans do.[/quote:29q8svwh]
Being from Brighouse when I was younger, I and the group I associated with at the time were all Huddersfield Town fans and is pretty close to what I heard, overhaul though what he put into HTAFC was far more than he took out and there was never a time they were at any risk whilst he was involved.
He might not even go through with it but if he doesn’t no one else with the resources to make a difference has or is coming forward so then what happens then because the council are desperate to get shut one way or another.
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