New ground ..... how’s about £u&@ off

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A few weeks ago this Covenant thing abart areas of land in and around Oakwell being able to be only used for sporting/ recreational uses came up. I think it was Hodgey who worked in the Land Registry said it wo a five minute job forra legal clerk to find this Covenant so thad think the Consortium's legal people would ev picked this up before a multi million purchase. The Covenant is linked to the land, not to any person or group that established it, in other words if the originator died the Covenant carries on.

I remember at the time of purchase the Consortium saying they would take up their six month option to buy the Crynes 50% share of the Oakwell Stadium but this never happened for unexplained reasons. Two years later the Consortium are claiming there was a "third party" (could be Barnsley Council ?) who had first rights to buy the Cryne's 50% and they weren't told abart this at the time of purchase. If this was a legal right surely the Consortium's legal group would have unearthed this ? This is their justification for not paying the Crynes what they are owed for the 80% purchase of the club.

It's a mess with the Consortium now threatening to move elsewhere possibly in order to leave the Crynes and the Council with an asset (Oakwell) which would become on the way to being worthless with no club playing there. Radio Sheffield's Andy Giddings has said the reporter who broke the story abart moving is credible and the Chronicle's Doug O Kane has confirmed the Consortium have spoken to the EFL on at least two occasions abart moving. The EFL's permission is needed if there is an intention to move permanently outside the Borough following rules introduced following the MK Dons carry on. So there is obviously summat going on, Conway has previous for legal bluff and bluster (Sue the guys) or is it real intention ? Whatever's going on it dunt mek a good read.

The only conclusion there can be is that SUMMAT'S NOT REYT DARN THEEAR.