Backer ready to step in if Wakefield get stadium go-ahead

A wealthy individual promises to pay the outstanding 164,000 they owe HM Revenue and Customs if Wakefield Council this morning grant outline planning permission for the 19m development of a 12,000 capacity ground near Stanley. Trinity are anxiously awaiting the decision given the enormity of its bearing; the financial offering – while greatly appreciated – pales into insignificance compared to the actual need to move away from their Belle Vue home.

If Wakefield fail to gain a positive response for their proposed stadium on the site of the former Newmarket Colliery, hopes of securing a Super League licence for 2012-2015 will be jeopardised.

"It is a crucial date in the club's future both in terms of planning for the new stadium and for the very generous offer we have received from a private benefactor who has asked to remain anonymous," said Trinity managing director Diane Maskill.

"We hope that with a positive outcome from the planning hearing we can look to a bright future with the threat of the HMRC petition being removed."