Re groups/clubs/cliches: that infamous Groucho Marx quote keeps spinning through my mind.

To save Iain typing as his tired body recovers from holiday rigours: "Scarlet Turkeys" was the nickname given to Salford RLFC over a hundred years ago: it refers to our wearing a red shirt. If you think for a moment, can you think of another team in red only (i.e. not hoops of chevrons etc.)? One obvious answer is Hull KR and so they were nicknamed the Robins. A pattern methinks.
At least we avoided being nicknamed the Bourbon Turkeys.

I am an occasional contributor to this forum, I have followed Salford for more years than I care to remember, I never stood in the shed at the willows & currently have a season ticket in the east stand. I occasional use twitter & have followed some of the tweets regards Mk. I have been critical of some of his comments on social media, however I don't consider myself a stereo typical fan because I use this forum more than twitter, maybe its a generational thing. I am a Salford fan, & we all should be pulling in the same direction. lets hope whoever is selected to this panel can breakdown this stupidity that seems to be growing between the forum & twitter follows.

Middleman, I'm going to kick myself from the Wheatsheaf to the Exchange!
I am aware of the dyeing process and the name
and also that some Turkeys are thought of as being red.
Foolishly I kept to the latter instead of the more logical first!

When you think of the rarity of a single colour jersey in RL, some of the recent designs offend our history.

however I suspect the Groucho quote you were thinking of was:

" I resign. I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member "

which seems pretty appropriate for some of the bickering going on!!

I think some of this we're better than you are chat goes to prove that it should in fact be called Anti Social Media.

Shame on you for not buying Issue 1 in August 1998 when we explained it

As others have explained in some detail, it was an old club nickname. Me and a mate saw it in Darrell Platt's excellent History of Salford Rugby League Club book and thought it could be a fanzine name one day.

I actually have no idea what anyone else on this forum looks like, so I couldn't tell you who the Scarlet Turkey crew are either. It's all a bit bizarre this thread.

PS, am I in the crew now? When is my initiation ceremony?

Edit: I actually know who GT is.

On the pitch before tonight's game, look out for this fellahttps://warosu.org/data/cgl/img/0067/44/1365070100048.png" >

"Jester's hat? That's a paddlin'.
Banging a drum? That's a paddlin'."

Maybe this brilliant idea by the Doc will help bring the different factions together.

The main thing to remember is that the common denominator is we are all Salford fans.

Perhaps this is a good excuse for everyone to upload a picture of themselves.... I reckon I've probably spoke with most people on ST at the matches without even knowing it