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Accoring to Sir Gledhill BG & CC have held a meeting today at non other than the famous place that is..........Spoons in Ilkley?!

Fordy wrote:

Why were your Supporters Trust not doing everything in their power to be that body? That is one of the main aims of Supporters Direct of which I assume your Trust is a member.

Having been through this with Wakefield 18 months ago, the Wakefield Trinity Supporters Trust was not set up and established at the time and by the time we were, Andrew Glover had rescued the club. Your Trust has been up and running for quite a while hasn't it? Surely they should have been liaising with Supporters Direct to help them achieve this aim.

It's difficult to appreciate the extent to which we were presented with a fait accompli and just how manipulative the management of the information has been. We were told we literally had days to save the club and if we managed to achive this aim then all was well. Obviously when a business sells its lease for £1.25 million and still can't pay the wages that is palpably nonsense but how do you get that information as a fans group without the time, expertise, mandate or money when the club itself is saying something completely different. Into this scenario comes another group of former directors/shareholders (with more inside knowldege than the fans group) saying they have investors etc. The previous board gets the message out their removal from the board is a stitch up irrespective of the mess they've left and blah blah blah.

It's a minefield of lies, egos and possibly fraud with some saying the administrator is part of a broader deception. To say Bullbuilder should step forward and sort out a mess this long in the making is unfair.

Registered yesterday:

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vbfg wrote:

Registered yesterday:

http://www.whois.net/whois/bradfordnorthern.com

Domain name:
bradfordnorthern.co.uk

Registrant:
Chris Hallas

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Bulls 4 Me wrote:

Domain name:
bradfordnorthern.co.uk

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Chris Hallas

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Im sure he's a leeds fan on twitter

Bulls 4 Me wrote:

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bradfordnorthern.co.uk

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Chris Hallas

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Could be just someone eagle-eyed enough to try make a quick buck if that particular scenario does happen!

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ex Bull Dog wrote:

Im sure he's a leeds fan on twitter

It is.

I'm sure his intentions are pure. #rugbyleaguefamily

Adeybull wrote:

You were. And you were one of the very very few across the fanbase that I saw putting forward considered proposals. Which is why I would suggest readers might wish to pay particular attention when you post on here.

In response to the speeches being given from the top table last night about setting up a supporters trust to be the vehicle of the fans, some will recall I pointed out to the chair and to the meeting that we already had an existing supporters' trust - already empowered to do pretty well what they were looking to do, and set up under the auspices of and backed by Supporters Direct.

I questioned why they would seek to start from scratch (if indeed SD would sponsor a second trust), and pointed out that all that would be required would be for interested fans to join Bullbuilder (The Bradford Rugby League Supporters Society Limited) and elect/appoint directors and other officers/helpers who could then take their campaign forward. I must admit, I am unsure why they had not sought to talk to the BB board before - maybe they misunderstood what BB was - but at least now everyone should be aware. Indeed, when they contacted SD last week, Jacqui there rang me and asked permission to forward to them our contact details (see website) as she saw little point in people trying to start all over again and result in fragmentation of fans' efforts.

We always knew that we could make no progress with acquiring a stake in the club under the previous mad shareholdings - something Supporters Direct fully concurred with at the time - but the vehicle was then there for if and when something maybe circumstances changed. In the meantime, we concentrated on something we COULD make a difference by doing.

I can only reiterate what MDF said above - Bullbuilder is the sum of its members, and the board is elected/appointed to carry out the wishes of the membership. At the AGM in January, I asked the specific question was the board pursuing the wishes and intentions of the members, and were they happy with what we were doing? A clear yes. But that was then and this is now. Bulls supporters already have a supporters trust established and empowered to do most of what was put to the meeting (a full takeover might require some amendment to the Society Rules, probably in conjuction with SD). Although I am not speaking for them here, I believe none of the existing board would have any hesitation in making way for a new group seeking to pursue a new prime objective - I certainly would not, and will stand down at the earliest opportunity once the next secretary is appointed.

So its over to the fanbase.

Still seems to be signs of movements in Ilkley today then - but if it all ended in a fight over who picks up the bill rather than PG saying "oh let me pay " - thinking "I bill him back later" - and we really are left looking over the fence at a big empty hole next week then maybe a Bullbuilder general meeting might be an idea. I might even shave off the facial hair to avoid being mistaken for CC and set upon!!
If the BUlls do carry on then even with BB's current remit it is likely there will be the need to replace a lot of our current young players?

Northernrelic wrote:

... I might even shave off the facial hair to avoid being mistaken for CC and set upon!!
..

Aaaaaargh! There are few enough moustachioed Bulls fans as it is (though I detect the number is on the up, especially since Movember, and can only increase following the fine example of the locals at that weird event in Poland and Ukraine). Have some moral courage man!