How much of a difference will a giant billboard over the M60 make? Even if that bumped attendances by an astonishing 10% (which it clearly won't) that would only be an extra 500 people through the gates. That's nothing in financial terms.

It's a shame, but without a big-time investor they're doomed.

Not been there in a while is the land all around it still not been developed. It could have attracted more people and it also needs better access in and out, have heard the horror stories of people try to get away after a game. All the little things help to add up to poor attendance etc.

Also as it come to late with the council now taking full ownership. I hope they can get it sorted but you just can’t keep going back to the well.

Just over the bridge is Urmston, Flixton, Davyhulme, Sale. I worked these areas for years after Salford moved to the new stadium and never did you see any advertisement for Salford, nothing in the schools, nothing in the local papers, it's an area prime for rugby league to be promoted. I took a colleague who lives in Urmston to a match at Salford and they loved it, so much so they are now season ticket holders along with her two sons and husband, so it can work. Salford definately need to speculate to accumulate.

Can he play prop?

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It’s maybe why the other clubs have gone away to think about it and delayed the decision.

I think Salford would find a fat investment and blue chip sponsors if they rebranded as Manchester.
Salford is always going to be that scruffy little cousin down the road to Manchester.

The location of their stadium is a major issue in getting people through the turnstiles. It's just too much trouble parking, getting to and from etc. Compare that to the HJ, especially on a Saturday afternoon when fans pack the nearby town centre pubs and eating places. Thank God we didn't go for the out of town option in 2002 with the horrific Limekiln plan.

Ooohhh i'd never heard that before about the out of town location.

Yes, the club was talking about a site on the edge of the old Burtonwood airfield as close to St Helens town centre as Warrington's. Nothing around it, just a massive car park. 99% of speccies would have to drive or take two or more buses. We would have been the new Salford.

That was a bullet dodged.

We should be incredibly thankful for initially fantastic support from the council and subsequently support from Moran and latterly Middleton.

But the council fostered this growth in the club, land given by Tetley Walkers, Planning Permission for the supermarket and stadium given by the council on the condition Tesco paid for the stadium. Fit out of stadium then paid for by sponsorship through Martin Dawes I think? Look at other deals for council built stadiums and we’ve been very lucky to end up with a facility that is owned by us when you look at Hull FC, Leigh, Salford, Saints etc etc.

I'm sorry but this is complete nonsense.

For all there are 'unsavory' areas, every town has them and Salford is a city btw, there is wealth in Salford, Fred and Peter Done are perhaps best known in that category, the trick is finding one that is interested in the sport and their hometown club.

Salford has a strange demographic, yes it does get over shadowed by its conjoined twin and does suffer with its identity to distinguish itself from Manchester particularly as an evening there would be classed as going uptown. But it does have a Cathedral, a proper University, two Rugby League teams, a Football Team in the old Fourth Division and the area around the Docks is impressive

For all the limitations in numbers Salford do have a group of diehards and I'm not sure they would relocate and accept a rebrand and I don't see 6,000 Mancunians waiting in the wings to take their place.

They missed the boat IMO with the ground location and its design somewhere like Agecroft, or as part of a redevelopment of Littleton Road sharing with Salford City and Swinton might have made more sense

Make your mind up, it’s either complete nonsense or it’s not.