I ENDORSE Mr P Dacre's stance in his letter in Sports Mail (May 20).

I, too, admire the tremendous efforts put in by supporters to save League football in York but I think things are moving ahead without the proper checks and balances.

The thing that needs to be discussed is why are athletics and rugby considered subservient to the needs of football?

I am beginning to suspect that Mr Bachelor's original plan for a massive new stadium with all the lucrative add-ons is what is actually being proposed for Huntington. Far from using Huntington Stadium as a temporary stop-gap to save the club, which is what I thought was the proposal, we are now talking of investing millions.

If this is the case, then let's have an open discussion about which site these millions should be invested in. It is time for the people of Huntington to be consulted about whether they want a full-blown Football League ground in their village. Perhaps no one has asked that question because they already know the answer.

Anthony Munday,

Forge Close,

Huntington,

York YO32 9LX.

Updated: 10:32 Thursday, May 22, 2003