Re: Homeless in 2015 : Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:56 pm  

meliferra wrote:

Good to hear 2015 re-confirmed by the Bronco management again. Interesting piece of information I've just heard from someone who spoke to David Hughes on Saturday is that they are trying to get a 20 year lease at the Hive so it sounds like both sides are looking at a long term agreement.

Fingers crossed that the two sides come to an agreement for Broncos long term future.

Would bloody love this if this is true. Thanks for some Good news Meliferra!

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:55 pm  

20 years!?! Jeeze, unheard of levels of stability

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:40 am  

In a stadium with temporary planning permission and Barnet FC committed to a return to Barnet?

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:53 am  

Halfdan of t'wide embrace wrote:

I've heard a whisper some of our new players have been advised to look for digs in the same sort of area our players lived this year. Indirect source but usually reliable. Seems to add some weight to the previous posts.

I can tell you that one player who is going there next season told me he is going to live in Edgware, so he and his other half looked up Edgware road on a map... til I told them where Edgware was.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:40 am  

nkpom wrote:

In a stadium with temporary planning permission and Barnet FC committed to a return to Barnet?

The planning permission isn't temporary, it's permanent.

Yes Barnet FC are committed to moving back to Barnet, but the stadium won't be coming with us and will remain for London Bees and international teams training for Wembley games plus Broncos if they stay. Also regardless of whether Barnet FC get a new stadium in Barnet, the Hive will remain our training facility and there is no way TK will want to dismantle what he has already built.

The Back2Barnet campaign has slowed from it's original push 12 months ago so I don't expect Barnet FC to be going anywhere in the next 5-10 years. There are a lot of hurdles to overcome before South Underhill can be turned into a new stadium for Barnet FC, both political and practical.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:57 am  

meliferra wrote:

The planning permission isn't temporary, it's permanent.

Yes Barnet FC are committed to moving back to Barnet, but the stadium won't be coming with us and will remain for London Bees and international teams training for Wembley games plus Broncos if they stay. Also regardless of whether Barnet FC get a new stadium in Barnet, the Hive will remain our training facility and there is no way TK will want to dismantle what he has already built.

The Back2Barnet campaign has slowed from it's original push 12 months ago so I don't expect Barnet FC to be going anywhere in the next 5-10 years. There are a lot of hurdles to overcome before South Underhill can be turned into a new stadium for Barnet FC, both political and practical.

Yep to all of that.

A 20-year (or similar) deal would be great for all concerned, I think.

Would love to hear an announcement and then a membership push for 2015 asap.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:53 am  

Colly2 wrote:

Yep to all of that.

A 20-year (or similar) deal would be great for all concerned, I think.

Agreed.

And this thread could then be renamed to "Homeless in 2035", and we could all stop worrying about it for nearly 20 years which would comfortably see me out.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:49 am  

It would be great for London community rugby league if that 20 year deal included the U19's playing at the Hive too.

Plus maybe the London junior & senior grand finals / representative games?

Would continue to strengthen the great gains that Joey has made with community clubs in 2014?

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:12 pm  

SWL Chargers wrote:

It would be great for London community rugby league if that 20 year deal included the U19's playing at the Hive too.

Plus maybe the London junior & senior grand finals / representative games?

Would continue to strengthen the great gains that Joey has made with community clubs in 2014?

Let's hope so, used to really enjoy the U19 games at the Stoop a few seasons back - often they were more enjoyable than the first team ones!
Would be a great idea to hold the community finals at the Hive too

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:27 pm  

BroncOnIon wrote:

Agreed.

And this thread could then be renamed to "Homeless in 2035", and we could all stop worrying about it for nearly 20 years which would comfortably see me out.

Speak for yourself - I'll only be 83 and looking forward to having more years of whining, wingeing and complaining ahead of me