Re: Batley Chairman tells it like it is! : Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:16 pm  

DemonUK wrote:

Did I read somewhere that he created a 'charitable trust' with £1.8 million in, which was called on by the club? You spent 800,000, with the 1 million remaining as 'income' on the books and thus profit? Might be gonads I know

This was written by a Batley fan.

SOC said, when he took over the club that if he left the club he would set up a trust fund to ensure it will always have funds available to survive.

As far a I know this is not yet in place and no actual amount was ever mentioned. We’ll have to wait until the clubs’ accounts are made public before making any judgments on this. Any further speculation on this is likely to be wrong.

Re: Batley Chairman tells it like it is! : Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:47 pm  

Pepe wrote:

This was written by a Batley fan.

SOC said, when he took over the club that if he left the club he would set up a trust fund to ensure it will always have funds available to survive.

As far a I know this is not yet in place and no actual amount was ever mentioned. We’ll have to wait until the clubs’ accounts are made public before making any judgments on this. Any further speculation on this is likely to be wrong.

ermm no its not demon uk is a warrington fan , thats why it says still the newest stadium in rl , as his signature , ours is the oldest

Re: Batley Chairman tells it like it is! : Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:01 pm  

bulldog bob wrote:

ermm no its not demon uk is a warrington fan , thats why it says still the newest stadium in rl , as his signature , ours is the oldest

Leigh fan... ps best get onto Wakey they are claiming theres as the oldest

Re: Batley Chairman tells it like it is! : Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:06 pm  

J20 wrote:

Leigh fan... ps best get onto Wakey they are claiming theres as the oldest

ahh a leigh fan from warrington then not batley tho , we dont dislike you , as you lot seem to think

wakey are the oldest , were the 2nd , but there moving out , into a brand new purpose built facility

Re: Batley Chairman tells it like it is! : Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:15 pm  

bulldog bob wrote:

ahh a leigh fan from warrington then not batley tho , we dont dislike you , as you lot seem to think

wakey are the oldest , were the 2nd , but there moving out , into a brand new purpose built facility

Now that is funny love the way these clubs now getting grounds keep getting high praise when this time on last franchices they kept saying how important it was to own their own ground and others should be 'punished' in terms of criteria for not, how they already had funding in place fo for their own yet nothing actually happenes until someone offers to pay for it and then rent it to them it's a funny old world.

Don't worry we know you don't (mostly) and will enjoy next season i'm sure. It's just with all the franchise nonsense Widnes seem to be copping a lot of stick from various Championship sources and we fail to see how it's our fault

Re: Batley Chairman tells it like it is! : Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:02 am  

bulldog bob wrote:

ahh a leigh fan from warrington then not batley tho , we dont dislike you , as you lot seem to think

wakey are the oldest , were the 2nd , but there moving out , into a brand new purpose built facility

He wasn't saying I was from Batley, I wasn't sure where the quote had come from so he was telling me it was a Batley fan that posted it somewhere......I think. Either way my post had nothing to do with club loyalties etc.

Re: Batley Chairman tells it like it is! : Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:24 am  

Pepe wrote:

This was written by a Batley fan.

SOC said, when he took over the club that if he left the club he would set up a trust fund to ensure it will always have funds available to survive.

As far a I know this is not yet in place and no actual amount was ever mentioned. We’ll have to wait until the clubs’ accounts are made public before making any judgments on this. Any further speculation on this is likely to be wrong.

FFS get over yourself!

You are so defensive yet assertive on this subject while remaining spectacularly ignorant.

Your accounts for the period in question are already in the public domain. Steve O'Connor DID set up a charitable trust for £1.8M and you took the lot as income. Theres no shame in receiving such a windfall or even criticism levelled from other parties, you are acting like a spoilt child who has decided to take offense for reasons known only to yourself and is now demanding to be apologised to when its absosolutley F*&^ ALL to do with you!

If SO'C had an issue with anything said by the Batley Chairman, I am sure he would have addressed the matter, the fact that he hasn't publically refuted the claims of a large investment should give you an indication of how things are or at least demonstrated a level of dignity in the face of implied criticism that you are clear incapable of demonstrating.

Finally, if you are attempting to tell us that funds were not provided by the SO'C charitable trust and that Widnes made a £1M pound profit in the year 2008-2009 (in the Championship!) while posting a £700k loss the year before, your clubs Finance and Marketing staff should be snapped up by the government to address the national debt!.

Re: Batley Chairman tells it like it is! : Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:52 am  

How many times does the loss to profit thing have to be explained it's not frigging rocket science! One year includes paying debt off and a full restructure the 2nd is debt free with about 10 extra sponsors and also a cup win

I presume you bought the accounts from companies house? If you don't mind publishing them, that would be cracking!

Re: Batley Chairman tells it like it is! : Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:33 pm  

5 pages of non-rugby stuff - to go with the other 24,596 pages elsewhere on these boards.

I remember when we used to talk about how good a team was, who was going to win the league, that sort of thing. I know it's the off season but the crap doesn't stop when the season starts. Do "fans" really like this nonsense cos that's all they ever seem to talk about. I hope they shut the door and make it a closed shop because i can't take this crap every three years.

Red Hall - I fart in your general direction.

Re: Batley Chairman tells it like it is! : Fri Nov 26, 2010 1:40 pm  

Here Here Littlerich and I raise your fart to a follow through