Thanks and welcome aboard!





When are you throwing us a party in the flats then?!?



Oh and personally, I thought it was nice to see you post on here so i'd say keep it up or at least have a weekly blog on the official site.

I believe that when Mr Glover buys the Club the money he pays over will go to pay creditors (in part) and that will include HMRC so that debt will be paid.

Thanks Mr Glover.

thanks for that

What a wonderful to start a season without even touching a ball. Hopefully the club can now put this disasterous off season period to bed once and for all and concentrate on the rugby.

Thank you Mr Glover, and welcome aboard!

Welcome Mr Glover and thankyou

Gawd, nothing is ever straightforward with you lot!



What's the story about Parkin then?

Yes i concur - Thanks Mr Glover

Just like to say how good a press release from the club looks without Ted Richardson's name as chairman.

Congratulations Mr Glover and I would echo the sentiments of previous posters in thanking you for saving the club and hopefully taking us to a brighter future

I often wonder what it would be like if Wakey were as successful as your lot. I think I'd get bored. Silverware might be few and far between, but its bloody interesting being a Wakey fan!

yes agree with that...



will i now start to sleep properly, Not yet, need the stadium and franchise, then my dreams will be nearer reality

Superb answer ..so easy to follow a winning side - love Trinity & tonight feels like we've won the challenge cup . Might be the Northern Rail in a couple of years ....but so what , we're still alive

i have had a strange feeling tonight. in the back of my mind i always knew someone woud come in (and tbh i thought it would be steve parkin), but when i read the news that the spirit had bought wakey, i felt relieved and happy, like i hadn't felt for a long time.

i have now celebrated this fact with a few bottles of bud. long live the sprit of wakey and i am sure that the loyal (and new, and stayaway) fabs will now get behind the club.

rollercoaster on the up.....

Good news! Parkin wasn't interested in the club just wanted the land

Well done! It looked for a few hours there that come Wednesday it would be "Game Over"

The term "Consortium" has been mentioned a few times on this and other threads.

What consortium?

Spirit of 1973 is a limited company with only one director - Andrew Glover.

Who else is to come on board?

Anyone in the know?

See you all (well some of you) tomorrow!

What land are you referring to ? Belle Vue does not belong to us so he couldn't have that. I believe now that Tillion are in receivership it now belongs to the Bank of Ireland who provided the mortgage and has 1st charge on it. I think we are paying rent to the receiver of Tillion to play there this season.

I'm glad Wakefield have been rescued. Hopefully onward and upwards for your club.

I want Wakefield in Super League

I wonder if he was interested in buying Belle Vue off the Bank of Ireland.

He wouldn't need the club for that though.

Thanks for the support russ, its nice to know good feeling for this old clubs still around.

Don't want to go through this again-EVER.

In all probability Steve Parkin will have pulled out because of the inability of the RL to give assurances that the club will survive the franchise. Which leaves him with the decision of whether to buy a lottery ticket or not. Remember there will still be only one club receiving a contract in 3 years time as well and I'm sure Toulouse,Halifax, Leigh and maybe a Cumbrian club will also be pushing hard. We have had 10 years feeding at the top table and if we leave it could be a good while until we eat there again. We have one hope left and I'll let you guess on that !!!!

thanks for the happy post, made great reading. some people just love doom and gloom.

thanks mr glover , a real star. onward and upward. see you all tomorrow.

in cautiously welcoming Andrew to the club... my feeling - watching from 13000 miles away - is actually one of dissapointment. The resaon,? I felt the wealth of Parkin and his associates... where perhaps the only thing that could win us a franchise, for superleague...

I feel like we almost signed Wally Lewis but got Geoff Bagnall. (I hope you understand the analogy, i dont wish to denegrade either Glover or Bagnall)... once we lose the franchise I dont believe we will it get back... ever! maybe that was Parkins view also?


good luck Andrew I hope you work miracles.

Yeah ... but we could of been Blackpool !

ok... here's the problem. Christ, I hate doing this but there are more questions than answers here.

is Andrew Glover paying off all the debt?

If so why wait til it goes into administration to do this - there's no business sense is doing this

If he's not paying off all the debt and is going through the administration process, to get the best deal and accept a percentage, then surely the administrators should be announcing the new owners and also the creditors should be voting on whether they accept the reduced amount.

Am I missing something here, once the administrators have been announced then surely the dealings should be through them, not the website.

I guess what I'm asking is how finalised is this deal?