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Leeds United have failed in their bid to buy back the Thorp Arch training ground.

The club will continue to rent the site for the next 20 years.

A statement on the Leeds United website reads: “The council were not able to provide the club with an unconditional letter of commitment to purchase Thorp Arch and then lease it back to the club.

“This meant that, if the club was to have exercised the option, the club would have been at risk of completing the transaction in 28 days’ time without the guarantee of funding. That was a £6m risk the club was not prepared to make.

“It is the club’s belief that the conditions that the council sought to attach to the offer could all have been satisfied before the expiry of the 28 days. However, as they were not all in the gift of the club, therefore it was decided not to proceed.”

Leeds City Council leader Andrew Carter told the BBC: “We note with some regret that Leeds United felt unable to exercise its option to acquire Thorp Arch before the deadline.

“Both parties have worked hard to remove the uncertainties surrounding the deal and only a small number remained outstanding.

“We concur with the club that given more time these uncertainties could have been removed. Unfortunately, the two parties didn’t have that time.”

The loss of Thorp Arch will be regarded as negligent by most Leeds fans who will not be able to fathom how a club that is now solvent, that has a dedicated support that half the Premier League envies, cannot raise a six million pound loan on a property worth more than that given they have had two years to prepare for it.

Frankly, there is something the fans are not being told.

I’m not surprised Leeds City Council missed out on a deal that would have backed the city of Leeds in its bids to host matches in the World Cups of football and rugby. I mean, when did you last meet a politician who could find their own arse in the dark?

My friend Dave Evans sent me this: it claims to be a copy of an actual letter sent to the, then, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister, The Hon Alexander Downer, MP and the, then, Australian Immigration Minister, The Hon Amanda Vanstone, MP. I really do hope it was sent… be sure to use an Aussie accent in your mind as you read it… (and yes, I know it has nowt to do with Leeds United)

Dear Mr. Minister,
I’m in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe
this. How is it that K-Mart has my address and telephone number, and
knows that I bought a TV set and golf clubs from them back in 1997, and
yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on
what date? For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand?
My birth date you have in my Medicare information, and it is on all
the income tax forms I’ve filed for the past 40 years. It is on my
driver’s license, on the last eight passports I’ve ever had, and on all
those stupid customs declaration forms I’ve had to fill out before
being allowed off the damn planes over the last 30 years, plus all
those insufferable census forms that I’ve filled out every 5 years
since 1966.
Also….would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my
mother’s name is Audrey, my Father’s name is Jack, and I’d be
absolutely f****** astounded if that ever changed between now and when
I drop dead!!!!
I apologize, Mr.Minister, but I’m really pissed off this morning.
Between you and me, I’ve had enough of all this bullshit! You send the
application to my house, then you ask me for my f******address!! What
the hell is going on with you mob? Have you got a gang of mindless
Neanderthal arseholes workin there?!
And another thing…..look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin
Laden? I can’t even grow a beard for god’s sake! I just want to go to
New Zealand and see my new granddaughter. (yes, my son interbred with
a Kiwi girl). And would someone please tell me, why would you give a
shit whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever
got the urge to do something weird to a sheep or a horse, believe you
me, I’d sure as hell not want to tell anyone!
Well, I have to go now ’cause I have to go to the other end of the
city, and get another f****** copy of my birth certificate, and to part
with another $80 for the privilege of accessing MY OWN INFORMATION!
Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same
spot, to assist in the issuance of a new passport on the same day??
Nooooo…..that’d be too f****** easy and makes far too much sense.
You would much prefer to have us running all over the place like
chickens with our f****** heads cut off, and then having to find some
high society w***** to confirm that it’s really me in the goddamn
photo! You know the photo…..the one where we’re not allowed to
smile??…..you f****** morons.
Signed: an irate Australian citizen
PS: remember what I said about the photo, and getting someone in
high society to confirm that it’s me? Well, my family has been in this
country since before 1850! In 1856 one of my forefathers took up arms
with Peter Lalor. (You do remember the Eureka stockade?)
I have also served in both the CMF and regular Army something over 30
years – I went to Vietnam in 1967 – and still have high security
clearances. I’m also a personal friend of the president of the RSL…
and Lt.General Peter Cosgrove sends me a Xmas card each year.
However, your rules require that I have to get someone ‘important’
to verify who I am: you know….someone like my doctor……WHO WAS
BORN AND RAISED IN PAKISTAN !!!….a country where they either
assassinate or hang their ex-prime ministers, and are suspended from
the Commonwealth for not having the ‘right sort of government’.
You are all f****** idiots.

Well, I feel better now too. Just remind me not to be critical of Patrick Kisnorbo on this site, wouldn’t want to upset an Aussie…

11.30am deadline – today – to enter our Leeds United fans’ fantasy football league (it’s free), run on the Premier League’s website.

Go here http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ and create your team (takes about 15 minutes if you’re choosy about the players)

Then enter our league code: 348529-197592 to join us.

We have more than 40 members at the moment.

You may enter more than one team if you wish.

If you miss the 11.30 am cut-off you may still join our league but you’ll receive no points from game week 1 (today)