Today the club were represented in court to contest the winding up petition that HMRC have lodged. The petition has been adjourned until the 27th January. The club have applied to put Keighley Cougars (2001) Ltd in to administration and this will be heard in court on the 18th December. Cougars General Manager Helen Carter said ‘We are still exploring every avenue available to us but we need to take precautions to safeguard the future of the club. I feel confident that the club will continue to strive for success both on and off the field.’

Sorry but I doubt if many others feel that way now and that is a tragedy!

I think in that one sentence lies the problem.

We should be striving for stability, not success.

Looking at the bigger picture, the success is of Keighley Cougars is, and always should have been, measured it's long term survival.

If there are any new directors on board all I would say to them is your job is not to bring trophies to Cougar Park (although it would be nice) it is primarily to be guardians of the club and to preserve it for the future.

When I was one of the consortium that took over at Leigh back in 2002 , we had a press conference / fans forum , All I stated was that if in 10 years time we still had a club to support then we would have been a success , things will not change until all the owners/directors of the lower league clubs start to work together

Good on ya!

If more people in Rugby League had that attitude our game would be in a much better state than it is now.

Thing is I only lasted 4 years before I had to get out before it bancrupted me

Which is where we have another problem with our game.

People like you shouldn't have to be putting money in.

Why can't clubs exist off their own revenue streams?

Are they so incompetant they need sugar daddies or are they obsessed with success?

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