I wonder who the mystery investor is?

Quoted from ackomariner

What was the hotel called opposite side of the road to Loftus toy shop?

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I'd completely forgotten about Normans.

Amazing how many toyshops there were around. What do kids do these days?

Think Hewins has gone now? Although that fits more into the model shop category like Loftus. For boys of all ages.

Quoted from Sigone

Board games are making a bit of a comeback though..Have you seen the complexity of them, not just shake a dice and move round the board now.  I've just played 'settlers of catan' and loved every minute of it.

Quoted from scoregasm

Humberside hotel

Quoted from Mrs Doyle

it does not matter who the mystery investor is because we will NEVER get permission to build the darn thing EVER.

More stalling tactics by our useless councilors.

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  Fenty is a well-intentioned fan, living the dream of having the wealth to play a part in the fortunes of his team. In this respect, I salute him for putting his own money into the club. This is the point where the sympathy ends. Sorry John, but if your decisions directly increased the club's debt, that's your debt. The paid-up contracts, the sackings, the relegation. You're out of pocket, we're out of our minds. There comes a point when you've got to write it off. Your investment can go down as well as up, and all that.

Unfortunately – and perhaps unsurprisingly given his track record – he doesn't see it like this. The majority shareholder has ruled out all other stadium options and is set on Peaks Parkway. This isn't Neil Woods/Mike Newell vote of confidence certain. This is completely and utterly, hands-over-ears, Russ-is-never-worth-that certain. He says "common sense" rules out everywhere but Peaks Parkway.

Amid repeated mentions of "site masterplans", one master plan is apparent. One that enables the club to pay back £4million and some poxy mystery developer to afford another ivory back scratcher. The fans? We'll be left with a skip on a by-pass surrounded by concrete naffness while the town centre rots and the rest of GY along with it.

Politicians know that most of the electorate are lazy arses who don't want to think about complexity, to use their brain to make an informed choice. So they boil it all down to a couple of high-stakes, fear-inducing headline choices. Do you really want them immigrunts coming over stealing your benefits? Are you a terrorist sympathiser who wants to blow us up?

The club has done this with the stadium – do you want the club to survive? They don't need to provide most of the punters with the facts to back it up – hearing that question from a man in a nice suit is enough for the majority. In a moment of weakness I answered the club's rallying call last year and went with the trust party whip. All off a sudden we're told that 86 per cent want Peaks Parkway. You can uncount me now that we've seen the full facts.

Some might argue that Fenty has kept us afloat and he's entitled to favour the project that will get his cash back. I don't agree. The fans and the club's 137 years deserve a stadium built through a transparent process where the best site is picked for the right long-term reasons.

It's time for everyone concerned to do what's best for the long-term future of the club and the real community that it belongs to. Give the other sites a fair crack and ensure all funding options are fully examined. Identify every FSIF, EU, council, government, Young's Dockside Arena and supporter penny. For example, I haven't got it in my wallet (or my bank account for that matter) but I'd commit £1,000 a year for a season ticket for 10 years. Could we find another 1,000 loons willing to do the same? That's 10 million quid and we're halfway there. Crazy talk... but have we asked the question? There are other ways to do it (as Rapid Wien have found).

And I've said it before and will probably say it again – look at FC United. See if you can find "enabling development" in their stadium funding.

Luckily we have the trust and our two places on the board. They have toed the Peaks Parkway line to date, but I believe in the trust. Dave and Jon are our voices in the boardroom and if we shout loud enough long enough, the rest of the board will eventually have to listen.