Quote: Fungus The Muffin Man "Whilst it would upset the majority of salford fans ( we've discussed it enough times and the forum has self destructed ) would being a manchester team attract all those Greater manchester residents who have gone to watch Wigan/ saints instead?
Does the name of Salford put them of coming due to the negative association of the city and it's residents?'"
This is a very sensitive issue for the few true Salfordians and I fully share their pride in Salford but . .
If you asked 100 people who live within the city of Salford where they are from how many will reply Salford and how many will say Manchester? I would say that over 90% will say Manchester, now ask the same question to people from Warrington, Hull or Leeds etc. The reasons that people from Salford would say Manchester is because it's bigger, more identifiable and Salford is a place that is viewed negatively by others.
The point I'm making is do people from other towns and cities have a higher percentage of folk who are more patriotic and supportive about where they are from? And does this hinder Salford City Reds when trying to grow it's fanbase?