An acre, which is a common measurement of land area, is equal to 43,560 square feet.

This equals about 91% of a football field.

1,200 sq foot is enough to build 5 semi detached houses - a while back there was an advert selling land in Kirkby in Westvale for £200,000 for 1,200 sq foot. You can see the clipping here. (scroll down the page once you link to it)

Something doesn't add up!

The price of £1M per 43,560 sq foot (an acre) in Knowsley seems to not quite be the case in Kirkby. Liverpool FC paid a rumoured £3M (previous estimate was lower)for 56 Acres of land in Kirkby. The Liverpool FC academy in Kirkby has a total of twelve pitches, four of which are full size, but there's plenty more land, so much they sold off some and copped for 4 Million pounds after just forking out a rumoured £1M. Someone's not doing their sums right - could Liverpool FC's land really be worth £56 Million pounds? Well, that's actually beginning to look like a very conservative estimate. Going on the price of land in Westvale - Liverpool FC could be sitting on a Kirkby Land Asset worth way over £100,000,000 in a very short space of time. If this is so - Liverpool FC have been gifted the land bargain of the century to the detriment of the people of Kirkby for generations to come. David Henshaw should have been blacklisted by Councils - not taken on by the Idiots of Liverpool City Council. David Henshaw has made a massive mistake - and the fools who fell into his scheme, our local Councillors who stood by watching bemused, are idiots too.

The Scandal of the Northwood SRB £178, 000 Award to Granada.

There is plenty of unused land which is part of the Academy, part of which was promised to be set aside for a media/technical training facility of sorts for locals. (this story has long been on the website) This was supposed to be part of some 'deal' Knowsley Council made - along with Liverpool FC and Granada. £178'000 was apparently awarded out of Northwood SRB Funds to help Granada, yet nothing materialised. The land meant to be for us, is right by Sonae. Liverpool FC of course doesn't want that part, unless of course they can cash in and sell it one day. At £200,000 per 1,200 sq foot - they'd be able to afford a decent team maybe.

Northwood SRB - No Updates - No news.

Question to the people running Northwood SRB - Where is the £178,000 now? Why has there been NO update or attempt to inform local residents about this grave matter of locals being promised facilities then denied them despite funding being allocated?

Where's the Money gone?

Seeing Liverpool FC , Granada and Knowsley Council and the SRB committee pretend this promise was never made is a disgrace. Kirkby Times is simply asking the SRB committee to actually explain why it is they chose to throw almost £180,000 at Granada (not to mention 7 Million for a railway) whilst most locals have to volunteer their time, without being paid, to run much needed projects. People in Northwood are for the most part completely unaware that we have had Millions of pounds which were supposed to be meant for us. We've been kept in ignorance.

Thanks Liverpool FC for making a nice investment - you can sell us back the land in 20 years at £1M per 100 foot maybe. When Sonae eventually poison enough of us -they'll be off before the legal evidence mounts up. The land will then be prime building land. What a great fantastic investment - Even someone as useless at maths as myself can see this land was always going to attract a high price band.

Kirkby's political dimwits

Cheers as ever to Kirkby's political dimwits in the Council for letting this one happen. Our Councillors, especially in the Northwood area, could be chasing this up but they've got so many things to chase it seems they've given up the ghost and are still kidding themselves there's actually a political future in being part of the corrupt and discredited New Labourite party here in Kirkby. All the decent people ripped there Labour Party memberships up a while back, it's a Party headed by the Middle Classes - Labour has nothing to do with the working class anymore.

The 'cunning plan'

To Knowsley Councillors - I would say this - take a look around at yourselves- do you really think you represent the people? - do you really think there's anything to be proud of in selling 56 acres of land for a pittance? - It's your call - but as seen so far with the dodgy e-mails from Labour supporters - you are simply not clever or articulate enough to explain away the discrepancies like the Academy sale - St Kevin's being sold - Sonae - the Sonae railway - All Saints - School closures etc etc. The list goes on and on. Read the website if you have a few days spare. If any of our elected representatives care to inform us 'thicko's' out here of your 'cunning plan' or whatever it is - please do - we'd be really interested to know. Anyone out there who has a simple explanation of this great plan by Knowsley Council please email.

The School of thought, Huyton Snobs and Labour Party investigations

Some say St Kev's school weren't up to much - but it taught us all one thing - how to spot a bullshi**er. Politics is full of these people - and the labour party has been gradually eaten away by the cancer of self serving individuals who are not there to fight for the working class. Half these people are likely embarrassed to be called working class, Jim Keight and the Huyton Snobs who pull the strings are actually laughed at by the Middle Classes who use them, making dubious deals and assuring them they are the 'clever' ones. They are either thick or there's something in the deals for them. Keep your ear to the ground - Kirkby Times will never specifically accuse anyone or any organisation of corruption without proof - but given we've had Council members jailed in the past for corruption, and given that Blair's Labour big wigs in London were going to investigate Knowsley Labour Party at one point - it makes you think - doesn't it? - What's your thoughts on this matter?

What do YOU think?

Keep asking questions - no matter how daft they seem - as pointed out -our Councillors stay quiet, they pretend they know what's really going on, but they've been suckered by people who know how to pull the strings. They are embarrassed to ask questions. Furthermore they are scared to stand up to the people who plot and plan the changes which seem to be to the detriment of the local community. The Academy Sale proves beyond a shadow of doubt that we are being ripped off left right and centre - our heritage destroyed so that our Chief Executive Stevie 15% Gallagher can retire to some suburb a Millionaire and the already rich Liverpool PLC can be gifted a land portfolio at a bargain rate. It's the equivalent of stealing land off the Native American Indians for a few beads - they got compensated though - the Working Class in the UK will get nothing unless we get off our ar**s and fight back. Our councillors have basically sold us out to pay off the mortgage and for their sad little 5 minutes of political fame. Thanks for nothing.

To Liverpool FC - thanks for nothing also. I paid your wages for years and made the club great along with all the lads from Kirkby who have followed the Reds everywhere. We gave you everything - now we find that our children will be facing a housing crisis and that much needed land was sold off at a song. Stevie Heighway* and Brian Hall* were two of the Reds involved in the initial discussions with the community regarding this academy (they weren't behind the deal just front-men at some stages) - maybe they'd like to explain just how better off the community is knowing we've made Liverpool FC millions and got almost nothing in return?

Just like the communities in Liverpool were destroyed by breaking up families - so will Kirkby eventually see a lot of heartache as we realise the extended family based community, which has been part of our very culture, will gradually be broken up. You will realise one day that what we had in Kirkby was special. We still have that community spirit - were just struggling to rekindle it. I think we CAN succeed and turn Kirkby round. This is OUR community at stake here. Good luck.

*, Steve Heighway and Brian Hall are University graduates (with degrees in Economics) and Stevie was signed for Liverpool at the age of 22. Brian Hall was a team mate and played from 1968 to 1976. Stevie Heighway is the Director of Youth Football. Not sure of Mr Halls exact job but he is on the Red payroll and makes the raffle ticket draws at half time in Anfield.

Apologies for the lengthy article but locals will hopefully appreciate that it's an important issue and one which need raising.