Robthegasman

I agree it would be an ideal venue to build a stadium. But two big issues. 1 It was formerly an education venue and it is very hard to gain permission to change either the venue or land for alternative use. 2 Residential area.Residents would oppose it very strongly and the opposition would be too great,and as such they would win the day and any plans would end up being quashed. Realistically Moor Lane is the only place Salford can play at.But as a non Salford fan myself I don’t think it is really the best place for them because of the size of the stadium and it is not Super League standard certainly capacity wise.

Though it will never happen because of money and local residents,the ideal place to put a stadium of Super League quality with a capacity of say 9000-10000 that BOTH Salford and Swinton could use would be where Swinton Park Golf Club is. And that is bang on the border of both Salford and Swinton.It would be accessible. But the chances of that happening are a big fat zero.No money to build it and the residents of Runnymede and streets that surround it along with Barton Road and roads off it would no doubt oppose it.

I am not a Salford fan myself but if I was then yes in all honesty I would have to agree with your last paragraph. Moor Lane is NOT a Super League stadium,certainly not as it is right now. And yes I absolutely agree that stadium wise at the very least there should be minimum standards for the relevant divisions,and if Salford can’t afford to play at a Super League quality stadium be it their own or rented then yes they should relinquish their place in Super League and default to the Championship. And they should allow either Fev,Leigh or Widnes(I say those as they have SL quality stadiums)to take their place assuming of course they earn the right to do so on the field. And frankly if I was a Salford fan I would be feeling disappointed at moving to Moor Lane.Moving to Moor Lane frankly is failure.It is a failure of senior management over a period of many years. And in my opinion as a non Salford fan the previous senior management team of the likes of John Wilkinson the so called”Mr Salford”and others should be hanging their heads in shame.

It wasn’t really sarcasm tbh with you,it may have sounded that way but was not sarcasm. The reason is money. To build The Emirates or a New Old Trafford stadium(I think that is the best option for United)the figures add up. And the lenders ie the banks would be desperate for the business as they simply cannot lose. Whereas a 5000 plus capacity stadium for either Salford or Swinton,despite it being far cheaper it just wouldn’t be feasible financially in a worse case scenario.

You are right that they will never return home.It doesn’t take 30 years nearly to build a small 5000-6000 capacity stadium. So why hasn’t this happened for them? Indeed a much bigger stadium,The Emirates took about 6 or so years from initial planning to it being approved by Islington Council,built and opened. And why was that? And if Manchester United(my football team)decide to build a new stadium next to the existing one,that too would be planned,approved(which Trafford Council would do)built and opened well within 8 years. Again why? Why?

So I gather that Salford City FC will not be moving to the AJ Bell this year but have put it back another year? And we assume that Salford Red Devil’s will not be moving to Moor Lane at the end of this season? So I wonder what will happen to Moor Lane from May 2023 when SCFC season will end until Feb 2024 when in theory Salford Red Devil’s would start to play there in their new era?7 months as near as damn it the stadium will not be used? And I wonder if Moor Lane will be made bigger to comply with Super League minimum requirements? Or I wonder if Salford City FC are going to have 2 RL clubs play there namely Salford Red Devil’s and Swinton Lions from 2024?

Shocked to hear of Shane Warne’s sudden death.A tough and hard competitor on the field but a good genuine bloke off the field. Cricket and sport is poorer with his passing. A true legend. As a bowler he was as the Tina Turner song says”Simply the best”and he was better than all of the rest. R.I.P Shane

Personally my ideal sort of place is somewhere that is within a drivable distance from the city centre but on the outer side of Manchester.

I think you may be right that they(Salford City Council)own the land.

I am not sure.I do know that the refurbishment of Moor Lane which has been a good job overall was paid for by the owners of Salford City FC ie the”Class of 92”and Peter Lin.

No.

I voted to leave the EU. And I don’t regret it for one second.

As a Council Tax payer who has the misfortune to pay my Council Tax to Salford City Council I don’t think one single penny of public money should be spent on that ground.Besides Salford RLFC have had quite a lot of public money given to them and either none of it or very little of it has been paid back.

If they did do that then I would say a maximum of 2 years and no more. And in my opinion it should be on their dime or the dime of the owners of Moor Lane and most certainly not the Council Tax payers. And in my opinion Salford City Council should not end up the owners of Moor Lane.

I have read an article about this on the Manchester Evening News website. And it seems that in order to get Moor Lane up to Super League standards will cost a bit of money which I thought was the case regardless.It seems that the floodlights aren’t SL standard, and that the advertising hoardings aren’t high enough which would reduce capacity to make them bigger along with the TV gantry not being good enough. Who would pay for that to be rectified? How much would it cost?And would it be worth it? Now reading the article and reading between the lines,it suggests that Salford as a Super League club is simply not going to be sustainable. And the article suggested that they may have to look elsewhere for a Super League quality Stadium ie the Manchester arena next to the Etihad,Middlebrook,Bolton or Gigg Lane Bury.But that means leaving the area and they only need to look at Swinton to see how that has effected them. It certainly looks to me as an outsider looking in that they are facing an existential issue now.Very much at crunch time.