there is a very good reason why we could not do this for the Park and Ride, it is an Olympic thing, we are not an Olympic sponsor, therefore unless we pay over £1m we would not be allowed.

Would be good if something like this was set up during the off season actually. Could be done via forever reds or the club sticking something on their facebook page and see what the take up is.

Some of the events targetted might be out of office hours though. Lo and behold any club staff giving up a couple of hours of their own time on sporadic occasions to promote the club. It must all be done during their normal working hours.

Yes, say a volunteer pool. People could agree to donate a couple of hours worth of work before a particular month. Then the club could draw against it.

Should`nt the club be up for that themselves,jesus this is supposed to be a proffesional set up.

Yes but if people are also offering to help out the odd hour here and there, best get a decent system sorted out.

I'd be up for a few hours a month. Maybe the club could look at offering a reward for people who put in over a certain amount, possibly a discount on a season ticket, couple of free pints at a game that sort of thing - would show they appreciate the effort.

This is about Salford.Not you taking money,Total Tosser.

Ha ha, would love to know what you typed for that for it to be filtered!

The club might balk at the idea of having a stall on a car boot sale but its probably not a bad idea. Whether its promoting the club lottery, flogging tickets/ merchandise or just raising awareness of the club, it's got to be worth a try if 1,000s of potential customers are standing on your doorstep.

Yeah would be good if soemthing like this could be sorted. Could even be the first step towards a proper dialogue between club and fans.

any one know how many people turned up for this car boot sale that nobody knew about, as fo the volunteer think, last Friday I decided to use public transport from Wardley to get to the ground, I set off at 11.30 first bus 37 into swinton, than just after 12:15 got the First Bus 22 to Eccles in Eccles for 12.55, got some Lunch and then onto the 1.20 67, got as far as the Unicorn just as the Police were closing the road, the bus detoured down to the Trafford Centre, got stuck in the traffic for a bit before getting onto the motorway. Arrived at Barton at 2.25. Not bad nearly 3 hours to get there, I got a lift back 15 mins.
So unless I can get a lift the volunteering thing is out of the window,
Mr M Mouse, what professional club uses volunteers? have you noticed something called the Olympics
( bigger than Salford City Reds) going on at the moment are using 30,000 volunteers.

Are we all going to donate our old shirts and programmes and flog them at car boot sales too? The event last week was a charity event that had publicity on a local radio station that attracted thousands. As it was held at the site of our stadium it would have been a good idea to have a presence.

Im sure we had a stall at Salford Precinct years ago but I dont think club shops or stalls have a great value and certainly dont make a profit. There was a period in the 90s when a lot of sports clubs set up shops in retail units but they didnt last long and its now only the clubs with significant retail sales that still have the stores.

The idea of volunteers is a good idea. Whats the latest with the Junior Reds, anyone know? We need to target the fans of the future, weve got the facilities and with organisation and offering the right product it can work. My 6 year old girl has been to games and enjoyed it. She wanted a shirt, but the smallest replica shirt was way too big for her. She now has a football shirt she wears every other day and has got a Man City membership pack with stuff like City water bottle, cap and stickers. Kids are growing up quick these days and we need to get them interested in the match day event.

Peel Green was grid locked at 6.30 am on sunday morming , the boot sale was more than busy from what I can gather.£10.00 for a car and £15.00 for a van was the going rate so a profit could have been made for very little out lay.

Are people genuinely talking about the club selling merchandise at a charity car boot sale?

I did`nt go myself but a mate mentioned that there were traders selling new stuff there, so why not.