The club have made great strides over the last couple of years and developed from a position of serious vulnerability in terms of the future, into one where the future appears more optimistic. This development, the club feels, has been put into jeopardy by forced promotion into the Premier League and requiring us to play at a level we have not naturally earned through on field efforts.
Efforts have been made to meet with the League to further emphasize our position, thus far those approaches have met with no response. Brighouse and Halifax Irish also find themselves in a similar position and like ourselves feel that fulfilling 1st team fixtures at this pint in time would be an acceptance of the league realignment.