It's balls from people who know little of the Salford/Manchester dynamic. There are loads of Salford fans who support City, and vice-versa.

This. I was just playing devils advocate earlier.

The club must keep the reds.co.uk domain, it's short and easy to spell and appears highly ranked on page one of a google search. It would be an absolutely crazy decision to change it.

You could create a mirror on a seperate domain to achieve this under a new URL.

Alternatively you could use a http redirect from the reds.co.uk index page. If you want to get really smart you could do a http redirect on your DNS Server.

SCR, there was only ever one Red Devils and that was/is Salford I must applaud Ming in this instance for reverting back to using the clubs previous nickname.
I can also see that it will assist and divert attention away from the dead duck which is the City of Salford Stadium company following yet another hand out from the council. The more he moves away from a connection with the council the better it will be in terms of public relations.
Incidentally for all those who have had City Red Tattoos I can supply some tipex .......in Blue.

What's the point? reds looks easier on the eye in the address bar rather than salfordreddevils. I've always thought the shorter a domain name for marketing purposes the better.

It's a recurring nickname in Francophone countries.

The point I was trying to make was that you could have the web data stored at reds.co.uk but host the mirror at salfordreddevils.co.uk to ensure that you stay high in Google search requests. But yes, I agree that reds.co.uk is much better.

Eh? LOL! A bit of getting used too?????????????????????????????????

We've been known as 'The Red Devils' throughout the sporting world since the 1930's! Get your head out of the sand!

Red Devils on back of shirt around the early 90's.

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Yes, because we're [ialways[/i referred to as the Salford Red Devils aren't we? Bit of an exaggeration that we're known throughout the sporting world by the name. Yes we were the original team to be called that and had boom periods during the 30's and 70's, but the average person wouldn't have a clue about the team's existence and its historic association with the name.

We might have had the nickname since the '30s and we might have it on banners etc, but I rarely, if ever, hear anyone actually refer to us explicitly by the name (bearing in mind I've not been watching as long as most on here). We've been called Salford Reds/City Reds for almost 20 years now. Of course it'll be a bit strange at first changing the actual team name and being officially referred to as Salford Red Devils.

We also have used the name "Salford Reds" before ... in the 30's.
Baseball.

Risman was good at it.

Now the majority,if not all,are fully behind the name change and rebranding would it be a good idea to make an offer to the school pupils in the city,to come up with a modern Devil logo ? The previous ones,and the one used by the Old Trafford club,are a bit old hat when compared with the imagery now used on computer games etc.
It would involve the schools,pupils,teachers,parents and lift the profile of the club and involvement of the locals.
Could also consider asking what wording to put around the new logo.For example 'Salford Red Devils' above or below the new figure;with or without pitchfork and whether a motto should be adopted.Having the date of when they last won the top division or Challenge Cup may inspire some players wanting to achieve.
I quite like the motto used by Everton FC - "Nil Satis Nisi Optimum", meaning
"Nothing but the best is good enough".
As Latin is no longer taught or known,a motto based on the area or history may be relevant.

Not that I'm getting involved but my limited knowledge of a devil leads me to think a devil figure breathing fire may be
a modern take on an old idea/belief.