Shocking, the club brings in a company to prepare for new investment and they in turn issue a winding up order, I'm guessing they've not been paid for the work they've done.

It really is shocking - I wish we as fans could set up a breakaway club or buy this lot out - Salford in the conference is better than no Salford.

This may not be for a large amount - but its the second one in the last 12-18 months (after the revenue brought one)

so it costs over 2K to initiate the court proceedings , the club has had a week to settle the claim but has chosen not to or was unable to .

so we're so flat broke we can't settle a ' small matter ' , or the club is disputing the monies owed to S.G..


the negative publicity is far worse damage than the money , in public confidence & credibility at a time when they should be basically collecting cash from season ticket sales ....

www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=1546 You've got to give it to the Star, they've got this up quick

www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=1546 You've got to give it to the Star, they've got this up quick

Really do hope it's not a small final straw on the camels back ...... and agree with most - if RFL don't put the same effort into saving Salford as they did with Bradford, then they can shove their SL up their double standard backsides ..... the league has enough problems without further splits based on perceived size/importance ......

Really hope you avoid everything we went through. I certainly don't recommend the experience.

Is this a wind up?

I am very close to the point of not really giving a s#it anymore about Salford and RL in general but this is what I heard several weeks ago.

SG was initially brought in by the club as consultants. The club agreed in advance to pay them a set figure for this work. The consultants then took it upon themselves to do additional work on behalf of a third party. SG then incorrectly assumed they would be paid despite having no formal agreement to undertake the extra work.

Following a disagreement or refusal of payment SG then decided to invoice the club for the additional work despite having no written/verbal agreement with Salford RLFC.

Like I said in an earlier post, these consultancy firms are often very quick off the mark in going to law as they have no other levers. If what redshed says is right, then clearly the club should fight their corner - if SG cannot show a purchase order for the work allegedly done then they cannot expect payment - simple.

So who is in the right here? Will we ever find out?

If that is the case then the club are justified in not paying and fighting this order?
I don't fully understand what a winding up order is but if the club were found guilty and wound up would that then allow someone new to walk in with no debts attached? if so could possibly be a blessing in disguise and make the possiblity of buying the club a much more attractive proposition.

While anything of this nature is not good news, there is no immediate danger of Salford going out of business. As aluded too, the amount is small in relative terms and in general terms (without direct reference to this case) any dispute can relate to a principle or refusal to pay based on the nature or quality of the work provided, as well as an inability to pay, or any number of other reasons.

Not quite as straight forward as that, any new company would have to apply for a rugby league licence depending on which division they applied for. it would then be up to the other clubs to vote them that licence, before they can even operate as a club. Yes the debts would be clear but the new company would need to build trust within the RL community.So whilst it could be a good thing it can also be bad.