Not the same as mingling inside the ground, though, is it?

True but wouldn't you already have had a discussion with the people you mingle with to find out where they will be situated in the ground so then you can decide where your going to be situated?

Would have thought there will be a fair few doing what the people I go to the games with will doo.

IE meet up in Eccles and grab a cab between them, 5 of you in a blackcab from the rank in Eccles will cost a lot less than buses and i'm pretty sure that the black cab lads will soon suss that if they hang around at 10:00 pm on a Friday near the ground on game days they will get return fairs. Cheap beer in Wethers or the old Finn McCouls with good company is much more prefereable than look warm cans of pi$$ squeezed (only half of it mind) out into plastic pots that we've all had to put up with over recent years at the Willows.

Bobby what the f*ck has most of that post to do with fans mingling at the ground ? lots of Reds fans have people they go to the game with and then meet people they know but generally only know them through being Salford fans. Thats the mingling bit.

But I guess your idea is looking at the outside facias and keeping tabs on your flock !

I was going to say can you blame them but I think that one might just might be wasted on you.

Other people rule the roost these days and rightly so as hell or high water they get there to watch salford week in week out unlike me at present doesnt.

I believe in that kind terrace etiquette.

I'll probably see what the plan is where everyone is going then decide who and where to go but gone are the days I could dig my heels in and dictate where we drink.

Anyway its all about adapting to change and not being scared of new ways, I'm excited about moving I will have to meet new challenges like making kickoff as I work longer than I ever have but I'm not going to have a winge about it ill just find the best / quickest way there.

its sad but I do feel that some reds WANT the club to fail and the stadium to fail why I don't know but its far from the spirit of 2003 when the fans and club worked together to keep us full time and bring us back from the edge.

perhaps the spirit of salford rugby has finally flipped over and won't be happy till its destroyed itself.

we will see...

Salford may have faced a similar issue when they moved to The Willows. In 1901, there wasn't much around it at all in the way of roads or life and was very much on the developed edge of West Salford (bar the odd manor house and Salford Royal). Yet as generations of supporters who remember the old ground pass, this becomes a non-issue. I might write something for the heritage blog about this.



There has actually. Oh sorry mate, I thought that said consolation.

Blimey, I never realised you used to be some sort of terrace general...

just been to the ground
the scoreboard is up in the North stand
the lounges ate called
Barton
Irlam
Cadishead

and the ground looks great

This thing about getting to the ground,when I first watched Salford in !955 I used to walk from Sutton Flats , top of Fitzwarren Street and back, not a massive distance but took about 15 minutes.
My Dad told me he used to walk from Slater Street, which was the bottom end of Fitzwarren Street near to today's Clarendon Rec, through all the fields with the ground practically on its own, similar to the new ground

Drove up to the very front of the stadium last night with my Dad. The main stand looks impressive, there were people still on the front desk and other people still working about the place. We crossed the bridge and the gates into the stadium were open so we could see right into the ground. The car park needs finishing off, the only problem is it has a very isolated feeling, with nothing, but mud and rubble around it. I know that will take time before the trees start growing and the other units go up around it, but for me it didn't feel like home hopefully that feeling will come.

Collected tickets from stadium earlier today and along with four other fans was given a guided tour into the stadium facility including dressing rooms,tunnel on to the pitch,officials room etc,etc.

Take it from me and the others we now have a fantastic facility that we should all be proud of and we should all sit back and enjoy it.

The stands look great, the views are outstanding, the playing area seems a lot bigger than the Willows and the surface is magnificent.

Not very good panorama off my phone... www.teliportme.com/view/8012

Not very good panorama off my phone... www.teliportme.com/view/8012