this 'its the FA cup semi final today' excuse for a lower than what might be expected crowd is a load of horsecrap. any true salford supporter who really gave a stuff would still watch salford. I support Liverpool FC, but if Widnes are playing the same day there is no contest, im watching Widnes every time.
im sure the same is true for the overwhelming majority of true supporters of rugby league teams.
everyone doesnt suddenly stop going to widnes games just because there is a big football match on. and widnes is full of mancs, scousers and evertonians.
i doubt very much widnes is unique.

I presume this match was on SKY tv

Surely Salford wouldn't have planned to play there game at roughly the same time as the areas biggest sporting event for a number of years

Good win BTW , Also good to see the ground taking shape (must admit its a fair trek from the Willows though, are there plans to put on transport during the 'bedding in' period from the Weaste area to Barton).

you are from widnes, so support widnes first and football second. Most Salford fans will be football fans first and rugby fans second, the timing of this game was a disgrace

well then the only reasonable conclusion to draw is that the people of salford have lost all capacity for reason

In answer to the title of the thread , correct they don't but they will get one , and we'll let you off today about the attendance because of mitigating circumstances beyond you control , but don't let it happen again

Giant catapult for all the lazy barstewards who can't make that trip! You're in Super League and will be playing in a brand new stadium - but you still want the locals to be able to trip out of their terraced houses and through the turnstile?

On yer bike and think yersen lucky!

JENKY is not a Salford fan....

Ah right - my mistake. Doh!

Barton will be full to capacity in a few years as old trafford will be half empty as city will have taken over the football kings of the area!

Wondering how many of the Reds fans are wishing they had attended today .

being honest our die hard hardcore nucleus of home fans is prob 3200,att 2800 today with say getting on for 800 from bratfud so there was at least 1200 who made the wrong choice,bet they was gutted switching channels and seeing us ripping the bulls apart while manchinis millionaires spoilt there day!

salfords average of 5000 is good enough in their old ground and a team devoid of any real success

ive little doubt the new ground will turn the club around with crowds reaching 10k, revenues growing and the club being able to field a strong side on the park

in addition theyll improve junior development in the area

the RFLs faith in sallford is most certainly justified

despite numerous setbacks the new stadium will soon be a reality

Wow what's happened to the VT these days? I fully expected a 9 page thread by now demanding that not only Salford be banished from Super League forthwith but additionally the public beheading of every citizen of Salford for not attending the match. Instead I find a few grumbles mixed in with some sympathy about the horrific scheduling for the match, come on VT'ers you're better than this!

In all honesty I think all Salford fans feared the worst for the attendance yesterday as soon as the dates of the respective FA Cup semi's were announced. On the back of 2 abject performances & the continuing off-field shenanigans of the last few weeks it was only going to get worse. Also I dread to think what the following to Huddersfield will be like next Tuesday given ANOTHER clash with a Man Utd semi-final.

Salford won't get 10,000 on a regular basis. That's just fantasy talk. They'll hovver around the 5,000 mark which is OK for a nice little club like them. Looks like it's going to be a nice tidy stadium too with Sale being the principle tenants at some point in the near future.

lol