How dare JJ have a reasonable explanation about how things go in the real world...

...I blame John Wilkinson. Postcodes are his bread and butter. This would not have happened if we'd have signed keith Senior...

Claybank Motors
White Reclamation
Macro Cash & Carry
Park House Barton Moss Secure Centre
Boysnope Park Golf Club
Every single business adjacent to the Stadium site all list their addresses as
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Two thingsSalford[/i and not just a suburb of Manchester - because Salford City Council pour tons of money into the operation. So as trivial as a postal address is, what the fudge are Salford City Council getting out of the new stadium if it doesn't rest In Salford?

2. I've always appended Salford rather then Manchester after Eccles or Swinton addresses just be an obnoxious bellend. Never did the relevant post not reach its destination.

Steve Simms, naturally.

At least we know why Parrish upped sticks now.

There is a slight problem that when you use that postcode in any of the search engines for bus routes and what have you it isn't recognised.

Just doing a bit of research and getting to and from games looks a piece of cake from Eccles and the Hope area as the 67 runs about every 15 mins both ways until 22:40 and then goes to every 30 mins.

Did you know that Manchester Airport has a WA (Warrington) postcode? Geographically the Manchester postcode area (Square Miles) is one of the smallest in the North of England and if you took Salford out it would be about only two thirds the size it is now. The simple fact is despite Salford being a city it isn't geographically big enough (37.5 square miles) for the Royal Mail to warrant giving Salford it's own postcode area.

Interestingly the Manchester postcode population is 498,800 and Salford makes up 229,000 of that figure. (46%)

Innit.

Plenty of individuals and businesses put Salford as their address, regardless of which part of the city they're in. Surely the address for one of the biggest assets the city of Salford has should be Salford, not Manchester?

Of course, it's a trivial fact, the club can do no wrong, it's moaning for no reason, etc. etc.

Dripping tap.

Fair points - you can write Salford rather than Manchester, as long as the post code is right it will get there. I do think there is a difference between postal addresses and talking about where something is though, it's the latter that is most important.

I do find more people from West Salford (Eccles, Irlam, Swinton, Clifton, Walkden) saying they live in Salford rather than Manchester and people are definitely becoming more proud of being associated with our city. I guess part of that is that it takes a long time to form an identity. I grew up being told that Salford Council had ruined Irlam by underfunding the summer fair and building the "new" estate (even then 20 yrs old!) for their overspill, yadda, yadda, yadda. I was one of the few who really associated with the city of Salford, mainly because I followed the rugby team. People tended to say they were from Manchester or Lancashire rather than Salford.

I think though with the improvements in recent years, the BBC, the stadium people are definitely more positive about the place. Even the magenta rebranding is part of that, giving Salford a distinctive image despite the controversy at the time.

Anyhow not sure what this has got to do with the original posting but just thought i'd share it with you

If anyone iinterested Stalybridge (Cheshire) has an SK post code - amazing eh?

As anyone who has even a slight contact with me will testify, I am a very proud Salfordian. Despite living in Rochdale for 20+ years, I cannot see myself as Dale-bound or similar. However, we need to realise that Manchester as an address is (sadly) older than even post-codes: remember Salford, Broughton, and Swinton used to contest the Manchester Cup (OK, almost 90 years ago).

I also remember well that olde persons in the Pendleton area never used Salford but Pendleton in their address: De La Salle, Pendleton for example.

But I do dislike Eccles, Manchester or Swinton, Manchester as we conquered these hamlets in 1974.

A few years ago, some Salford businesses campaigned for Salford to have its own post codes but the Post Office said no. Maybe with the development of Media City, the campaign will start again.