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wiganbythesea posted:
yea it true, bradford fans are first class, i got tickets when we played them in the grand final, i was in there end and in my loudest cherryand white, no one bad word was cast my way! many of them came and shook my hand and told us how it may be different next year, can`t imagine a saint fan turning that oppertunity to gloat down! just hope the boards keep a simliar relationship!

cpwigan posted:
Bradford Bull, do you think the debts actually exist?

I took the view from a Wigan perspective that had Caisley still been at the helm, Noble would nopt have left. However, he is clearly not impressed by the post Caisley board.

i spoke to somebody who works in the office's at bradford and aparently we are not in debt at all? who knows wot is goin on with the club. all i know is that the bradford fans are furious about the way the whole nobby thing has been handled. cant wait 4 the next home game theres gunna me murders!

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wiganbythesea posted:
Don`t get me wrong Noble is a great appointment, however the rift with saints had led us to a dissapionting situation with a refusal to deal with us. do you thing nobles appointment has started a similar rift with bradford.

Noble is class however, and i cant wait for tommorrow!!!

Will the Saints rift still be there, seeing as Millward isn't our coach anymore? Don't think there will be one with Bradford because I think part of the reason he left was because of a fall out with some of the Bulls staff, and the others wanted him to stay and probably have nothing against him. Also, I thought Saints broke links with Millward because he did something at the club (the reason he was fired) and it was never released into the public.

Actuallly, the Wigan - Saints issue is as much between Dave Whelan and the McChuckle brothers and the rest of their board. DW refused to allow a couple of members of the Saints board into the boardroom at Wigan for a derby game a few years ago, for reasons I can't quite remember now but I think they're ex-Wigan directors who were involved in the Tesco/CP sell-off....

Found it: http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/sport ... hammy.html

RL: Whelan's double whammy (3rd October 2001)

WIGAN Warriors owner Dave Whelan has imposed a lifetime boardroom ban on two St Helens directors.

Whelan will not allow Arthur Thomas, a former Wigan chairman, and Jim Hartley who were involved in the sale of the club’s former Central Park ground, to use the boardroom at the JJB Stadium.

The business duo were banned for an end of season Super League fixture and will be denied access at this Saturday’s play off semi-final.

Angry Saints directors boycotted the last game in protest at Whelan’s action and could do the same again this time.

Whelan said: ‘‘These two men are banned from my Wigan boardroom for as long as I live.

‘‘In my opinion they are not genuine Saints supporters - no-one goes from supporting one club and then starts supporting their arch rivals.

‘‘I must stress this lifetime ban only applies to these two men.

‘‘Everyone else with a genuine association to St Helens is welcome at the JJB Stadium boardroom - especially directors like Eric Ashton.

‘‘Thomas and Hartley will still receive first class hospitality and other things but they can forget even thinking about coming into the boardroom.

‘‘They were banned last time and this was not a one off - I’m telling them it’s for life with what they did.’’

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Saints are set to issue a statement towards the end of the week giving their response to Whelan’s action.

Director Jim Hartley also works with the Rugby Football League’s Great Britain set-up in a managerial role.

He is the stepbrother of controversial former Wigan chairman Jack Robinson who regularly clashed with Whelan after refusing to hand over control of the club and Central Park to the business tycoon.

Howver, Wigan’s crippling financial plight in the early 1990’s left Robinson with no alternative other than to quit.

He was briefly succeeded by Arthur Thomas and the sale of Central Park to supermarket chain Tesco was then completed.

Whelan stepped in to save the club by taking over the controlling shares and transferring operations to the JJB.

LooseHead posted:
The bulls debts do exist, I know someone in their financial set up and they're due to stump up £450,000 for the Iestyn Harris court case within a few weeks. Wait and see with the players ; it wont be just us that will be hovering like vultures.