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There's no harm in keeping track on how old players are doing, is there? Am I the only person who watches MoTD and the FL show (torture!) with half-an-eye on those with at best tenuous links to the club/city (e.g. Patrick Van Aanholt, McGoldrick etc. etc.)? I always thought Cody was half-way...

I read it as the men's and women's Cov United side. I don't follow CUFC, but I think it makes good sense for them. As a CRFC fan, I can only hope that they get a decent 3/4G pitch in place, 'cos this is going to give it some hammer!

More and more, Cap'n, I can only think the end game is a big punt on getting damages from the various court cases. In the meantime I honestly don't think there's enough left now to interest any potential purchaser. I'd be delighted to proved wrong - one day SISU will bugger off, and assuming...

I believe the only route open to challenging approved planning decisions is judicial review. I think both OSB abd CD make valid points here, and my personal opinion is that whichever way Sport England went, there was room for challenge by the other side. Having thought about it in more general...

No real surprise. I think Sport England might just have had sufficient grounds to maintain an objection, but the truth is that they're not there to protect CCFC's academy and they've made their decision on this basis. Wasps, of course, could have chosen another location, but like the Ricoh...

Blinded by your hate of SISU into giving the Council and Wasps a free pass? It's patently more than just the owners who are responsible for the mess here, but it's a lot easier to just rail against them than to consider the facts I guess.

Entirely possible, but I think it's also undeniable that neither the Council nor Wasps are exactly acting in a way that supports the ongoing provision of the academy. The questions placed by Fisher seem legitimate enough to me, we can only speculate on the motives. But it's a bit hard blaming...

In truth, I think there's more to Sport England than we're perhaps giving them credit for. Again going back to that link they've got a wide brief, and as statutory consultees the council can't ignore them. The point of referring to Sec of State is (as I understand it) related to the...

Yep, I think that's a legitimate concern OSB. Personally I get the impression that all sides are playing this game to a greater or lesser degree. However it is the council that need to come up with something that satisifies Sport England, and it's fair enough for other parties to point that...

Let's be careful that opinion doesn't trump facts here. Sport England are a statutory consultee for this kind of development. This means that the council are legally obliged to take into account their comments with regard to awarding planning permission...

I can't really think of a single thing here I'd disagree with. I'm tremendously sorry for all of the loyal fans that Wasps left behind, and I'm amazed that the RFU simply waved it through. My personal opinion is that both association and union codes have governing bodies that are barely worthy...

Absolutely. And if I could ever afford it again it would be cheaper for hotels too. But it won't do much for Oakland, a not particularly well off, working-class kind of town loses a core part of its identity and a big income stream. Sounds familiar somehow.

Raiders, my other chosen team. I've even been to see them. I can pick 'em, eh. :)

To finally finish,I can't but point out that the council's last offer is to demand £325k before they do anything to 'help'! I'll leave it at that chap, appreciate we differ. :)

Agree entirely. Woodlands would absolutely make a great site for a football academy - but it would be even better as a school. But apparently we don't need any more schools, even though the City's population is growing. I'll bet dollars to doughnuts it goes to housing, even though the unbuilt...

SBK mate, I know SISU are crap. We all know that. You've heard the phrase 'pushing at an open door', right. ;) What I'm highlighting here is how bad the council have been in return. The council is, quite rightly, supposed to hold to a higher standard than a hedge fund from Mayfair (or a...

Which again, has nothing to with the clause which the council wanted to put in. We all know SISU are crap, but I'm not having that the Council have been in any way 'helpful' to CCFC. There's precisely zero evidence of that since they decided to bring in a franchise rugby team.

All of which has nothing at all to do with what the Council said when CCFC moved back to the Ricoh. All I've done here is exploded the embarassing pretence that the council have been in any way helpful since deciding to sell to Wasps. You can fish back as far as you want, but nothing you've...

Indeed. Undoubtedly the original clause was to stop unscruplous developers buying the rugby club, getting shot of the team, and then developing the land for other purposes at a significant profit. That was to protect the rugby club. The clause the council wanted to add was nothing to do with...

There's something extremely satisfying about waking up at 8:30 and knowing that some daft bugger has been up for three hours already just to push around some heavy weights. :) (Sorry mate, couldn't resist)