nice ground but i dont think they should of put us at the corner..Well annoyed with the police - put a complaint in how they through my mate out.grabbed him by the neck and through him on the floor kicking him out. yet saints fans were just as bad and nothing was done till the last 2 minutes

I think you fell 'victim' to three things: first of all, it was our official opening night and Saints sensed a decent turnout from home fans. Secondly, Salford never bring many (which I always think is astounding given we are just a straight trip down the East Lancs from each other) and so it was easy to relocate your fans in order to facilitate the sizeable number of Saints fans anticipated. Thirdly, the club had its knuckles rapped because the West Stand got overloaded at one end during the Widnes match and so a further capacity restriction was placed on attendance. It was much easier, therefore, to relocate Saints ticket buyers (as opposed to season ticket holders) to the away end given the previous two points (low attendance from Salford fans and it being our opening night).

As for the rest of your post ... unfortunately Salford fans, like Hull fans (and previously Warrington fans although not so in recent years), have a reputation for trouble which preceeds them, whether or not there was actually any trouble on Friday night. As an away fan it is poor form, not to mention stupid, to wind up the home support, especially on their stadium's opening night! So if those you know who were thrown out tried to do that then IMO it is always going to be the away fans who get the treatment. That would be the same if it was Saints fans winding up Salford fans at Salford.

Having watched Saints since 1975 I must admit I have never been aware of Salford fans having a reputation for trouble, not sure where that has come from. Personally never had any trouble at Salford over the years.

As for being stuck in the corner the fact is most of the rest of the ground bar the terracing in the EAST is sold out with season tickets. Given the volume of travelling support was c 300 it wouldnt have made sense to put Solly fans anywhere else .

You are, of course, joking, aren't you?



Give over. Winding up opposition supporters is part of what goes on at a sporting event. I've always enjoyed the fact that, at RL, you can give each other stick with no need for any police or stewarding intervention and then end up in the pub afterwards having a drink together. The same happened on Friday - aside from the dibble and stewards deciding to act like it was a football match. We'll be getting locked in after the final whistle, next.

KC more of a trek out of town and it's in Hull.

On the plus side...
Good views (even from the corner where the Salford support was, apart from not being able to see the Sky TV screen)
Easy to get to / get away from after the game.
Like at Warrington, there's a mix of standing or seats.

On the minus side.
Not sure about the stand roof being on stilts. If the weather blows in from the North, I reckon that the North Stand concourse area would be decidely cold and wet.
Not enough toilets. (Only one block of gents for the whole of the North stand).
Turnstiles not particularly well marked.

I was sat next to you lot on Friday and I thought you were brilliant, you never stopped singing all the game. I would like to appologise for the odd idiot who tried to goad you, they were an embarressment to our club.

I walked out of the same entrance as you and I thought the line of stewards were a bit much. One of your fans in front of me wanted to turn left to use the toilet but was not allowed through, disgusting, its rugby not wendyball.

I for one look forward to you visiting again.

I believe plans are in motion to put panels up to rectify that.



That was all very pointless since there weren't any stewards stood outside, you could just walk out and then back in to the ground further up so it's not like it even achieved the objective of keeping the Salford and Saints fans apart. I walked straight through them without any issues but I wasn't wearing colours which might be why. That sort of stewarding isn't required at an RL game at any rate (maybe the Dull derby or Warrington/Widnes at most) and just risks winding people up and creating a problem.

Was there a big queue waiting to use them? ,

Yep, noticeably so at half-time. Does seem to be under-provisioned for a 4000+ stand.

Never having been there , how many toilets do your stands have and whats the capacity?

Not too sure about the others, but the South Stand (behind the sticks) holds 2,500 apparently, and has two sets of toilets, I'd presume the North stand is the same.

Two small sets of toilets at that. The toilets at Barton are a bit too small in my opinion and I thought Saints' were fine to be honest. I didn't have a problem when I went in before the game nor at half time.

thanks , didnt think we had a problem but wanted to ask