The smell of the neighbouring sewage works at Salfords new ground will make quite an impact when the wind is blowing from east to west.

The distance that Salford are moving is around 3 1/2 miles. I actually think it will do them good to get out of their current area and to attract both home and away fans.

With our move to The HJ we moved a mile, but that actually moved us closer to our fans and the town centre.

St Helens move is around 2 miles and puts them closer to the town centre.

There is talk that once that whole site is redeveloped there will be a ferry link to the traf centre. Not many clubs can say that you travel to our ground by boat.

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True..but their real selling point is getting to it by air

Your making it sound like theyre moving to Bolton. Have you actually worked the distance out? Its less than 4miles.

IT actually might do them some good in promotions - the location is easier to get to. Parking will be better. The attraction of having something to eat and drink pre and post match at Trafford will help. What they have to do is have a good/solid season in the first one in there. If they get their marketing right I think it will help attract new punters as well as those who fill the shed they have at the mo - even the chunkier fans can walk 3.7mile.

.... on the warm summers afternoon.

I passed the site the other day its coming along nicely..
Is anything else being built on the site..Bars? Hotel? Cinema?

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I'm not saying its a huge distance, but its certainly a significant enough move to make an impact on their current fanbase.

I'm certainly no expert on this but I'd imagine that most of Salford's current fanbase will be based around the Willows and the residential area that surrounds it - If so, that's a fair trek for a Rugby fan who may consider a day out at the match to include a 10 minute walk and a few pints with his/her mate .....I'd be particularly interested to know what percentage of their support is from the Eccles/Irlam area which the new stadium is being built in?....Yes, that is potential support, but at the same time its a huge job to convince a currently uninterested public to take up a sport in the current financial climate.

I think the move can work, but I do feel that the club may end up with a new identity before it realises its full potential.....It could be possible we end up with a 'Manchester' titled club that the authorities have always wanted?

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Thatll never happen, not prior to me having to putting elastic bands round my pants to stop the wee dribbling out and I sit in my chair verbal abusing random things such as fine china plates on the wall of my OAP home.

If current fans can't be *rsed making the 3 1/2 mile trip to the new ground they won't be missed. A lot of Salford fans live in & around the Eccles & \worsley areas anyway so virtually no difference in travelling time/distance for them. I get 2 trams to the ground on matchday as I now live in Sale & doesn't bother me one bit, just means I have to take a couple of cans for the journey . There'll be plenty of parking for anyone driving and there are plenty of bus routes to the TC and it's only spitting distance from there. As for the Manchester thing it won't happen. It's more likely to drive fans away that attract them IMO.

Not the best location but would imagine we will be targetting the more family orientated fanbase who we can't pull in at the willows. Will still need a good first season there to pull in a significant increase in crowds imo.