Quote Originally Posted by pass_and_move View Post
Thanks very much mate. It's a real positive knowing that things can work out as your story proves. Take care mate. Feck the football, SL is grabbing me much more
The one thing I've realised about Matt Ellis is that whilst he's put a huge amount of his own money in to Trinity he's definitely no Sugar Daddy and this comes through in the Rugby League Express Podcast .

The money he's put in to the stadium improvements for instance are designed to reap a return on investment , the ?200k he put in to the south stand boxes and new terracing have already paid for itself this season and will deliver a profit on investment .

The return isn't going back in to his bank account but back in to Trinity which then means he's not having to fund absolutely everything and going forward we aren't going to be totally beholden to Matt .

The plan is clearly to have Trinity at the very top of Super League but eventually it will have it's own revenue streams to do so .

He's very much initially building the club up out of his own pocket with the projects he's delivering but eventually Trinity will be self sufficient .

The investment he's put in so far has totally transformed the clubs turnover , the corporate side of Trinity's income is monumental , there are literally hundreds and hundreds of corporate guests - fans at every game spending bloody good money .

The impressive thing is that he's created this without changing the club , it's still Trinity in a way that Manchester City aren't really Manchester City anymore since the big money arrived .

Trinity tickets aren't the dearest but they aren't the cheapest either but at no stage do you feel you are getting exploited , we get an event at Belle Vue on match days and the quality of the players we are seeing makes it a really value for money experience .

I don't mind spending money on beer and food at the stadium because I'm seeing an excellent product in ever improving surroundings .

I don't mind spending in the club shop , the merchandise is proper decent but the main thing is that my money is going towards getting us competing for Challenge Cups and hopefully Grand Finals and we are signing players we couldn't even dream of in the majority of the time I've gone to Belle Vue .

There aren't any guarantees of course but you know what it doesn't matter , the ambition and the journey is where I'm at .

Get to a game mate if you can , you'll love it .