[quote author=FoxForceFive link=topic=38421.msg1363198#msg1363198 date=1310380304]
They see LFC as a cash cow mate, they want to milk us for all they can.
They honestly believe we should fund a shared stadium & redevelop the old rail link & buy trains for it at our expense, plus new park & ride systems too.
Elsewhere in the country you have councils pulling strings to allow you to bring in valued income as much as possible. If we moved to Speke the council & city would lose shitloads in revenue yet the greedy arseholes seem to be doing everything in their power to push the club that way by demanding more & more.
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Yes this is true. Although its on a mere fraction of the scale of course, in the town where I live the council bought our local club a new stadium, routed a dedicated bus line to stop there and put in a subway to walk to it from the town centre. After that the council sold the stadium to the club for a quid!
Result is the club didn't need to worry about money at all, has had great attendances and 2 promotions in 4 years, while the stadium has won numerous awards and has been selected as a 2012 Olympics Training venue.
So ultimately, although the council took a big hit, the town will ultimately benefit. Now I don't know what Liverpool Council have done, or haven't done, to support the club in their new stadium plans but if they are just trying to get as much as they can out of the club whilst putting nothing in themselves then not only are they missing a trick but they are also not really doing their job