They put a Salford flag up in parkers and it kicked off a bit

I know, I was stood right next to the bar when it happened. It was one of my friends they went for but it was a stupid thing he did. The reaction he got was also stupid and I tried my best to try and calm some of them down.

playing Bye Bye Baby when Lee was binned was brilliant, first time I've felt like it was actually our home ground for a long time.

you'd think floodlights were part of a standard user agreement that has not changed

Yeah but floodlights have changed. One of only a few of them in the country

Floodlighting will be part of the deal, in use they will be on anyway. New LED ones use less juice.

so how can it COST a FOUR FIGURE sum to have a spud press play on a laptop each game??

What it actually costs the SMC is less the point than what the SMC charge us for the privilege of using their equipment. IIRC they altered the deal terms to start charging us for putting pictures of Johnny Whiteley on the walls, the direct incremental cost of which to the SMC was probably less than what they charged us?

It obviously doesn't cost a four figure sum, just like it doesn't cost anywhere near the amount the SMC wants to start charging to open up The Dugout for the Disabled Group to meet for one hour every 3 months. They are pulling figures out of thin air and loosing custom for it. If they used a realistic figure then they may actually make a profit because we would use the lights more and the Disabled Group could afford to use the Stadium for meetings.

The Parkers trouble was down to a Hull fan pinching a Salford flag. There was no need for it. The Salford lads were great, just wanted to talk rugby and wish us well, then enter the idiot.

I think they have the same sort of power consumption as standard lamps when run at full brightness (from the initial press releases) but last longer, have better light coverage and have instant on/off. You also don't get the flicker on TV that you get from lamps running at 50Hz.

I wonder if City pay £2k if they want to use the special lighting effects?

It always makes me smile a bit when you study the media, because on another thread there is talk of Gwilym cheering on air when Rovers scrapped a last minute goal and then here we all are talking about a greats night of entertainment and a deal of innovation and a fantastic pre match at the KC and yet it commands around 3 lines in the mail while I just had a look at the Mail web site and a washed up rock star appears at Craven Park and gets a full story pictures the lot!!

C`mon Wilf. Give a little respect!

I can't understand why they invited him. That song just rekindles memories of the most humiliating day in the clubs' history.