Man of Kent Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Rugby league needs to help save Salford 'The AJ Bell is used by Salford and by Sale Sharks, the Premiership Rugby team. In the past it has hosted 2013 World Cup matches and 2016 World Rugby Under-20s Championship games. Now Sale want to buy the stadium and kick out their co-tenants the Red Devil Make no mistake, this is huge to the future of the Super League club. If they lose their tenancy, they may become a dead duck. There is no other suitable venue for them to play in their area. They will be homeless. A petition, which you can read here, has been started to keep the AJ Bell Stadium in the hands of the Salford community and the Red Devils. It has more than 4600 signatures and has been sent to the local council.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 40 minutes ago, Man of Kent said: Rugby league needs to help save Salford 'The AJ Bell is used by Salford and by Sale Sharks, the Premiership Rugby team. In the past it has hosted 2013 World Cup matches and 2016 World Rugby Under-20s Championship games. Now Sale want to buy the stadium and kick out their co-tenants the Red Devil Make no mistake, this is huge to the future of the Super League club. If they lose their tenancy, they may become a dead duck. There is no other suitable venue for them to play in their area. They will be homeless. A petition, which you can read here, has been started to keep the AJ Bell Stadium in the hands of the Salford community and the Red Devils. It has more than 4600 signatures and has been sent to the local council.' This is really a local matter to Salford and I don’t know what relevance or influence someone 200 miles away signing it has, but I’ll do so anyway as I’d hate to see Salford made homeless. There are some other great petitions on there, I particularly liked Preserve the Cliff Swallow colony under the Argyle Bridge in Caledonia, Ontario, Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Rugby league needs to help save Salford I don't know why you imagine RL will help in any way. Also it's not as though the RFL or SL are renowned for rescuing anything, not even the half time oranges. The RL graveyard of clubs, initiatives and expansion would provide no evidence to suggest even a possibility. 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 4 minutes ago, Oxford said: Rugby league needs to help save Salford I don't know why you imagine RL will help in any way. Also it's not as though the RFL or SL are renowned for rescuing anything, not even the half time oranges. The RL graveyard of clubs, initiatives and expansion would provide no evidence to suggest even a possibility. I think people are suggesting that they could try to help, eg by fans signing this petition. This isnt anything to do with the RFL, it’s a matter for the club, Salford Council and Sale Union club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, Eddie said: I think people are suggesting that they could try to help, eg by fans signing this petition. This isnt anything to do with the RFL, it’s a matter for the club, Salford Council and Sale Union club. Fans signing a petition? And sorry I thought with the RFL & SL being in charge they might have been included in the suggestion. Also if it's " ...a matter for the club, Salford Council and Sale Union club. " it's probably already too late! 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Man of Kent said: Rugby league needs to help save Salford 'The AJ Bell is used by Salford and by Sale Sharks, the Premiership Rugby team. In the past it has hosted 2013 World Cup matches and 2016 World Rugby Under-20s Championship games. Now Sale want to buy the stadium and kick out their co-tenants the Red Devil Make no mistake, this is huge to the future of the Super League club. If they lose their tenancy, they may become a dead duck. There is no other suitable venue for them to play in their area. They will be homeless. A petition, which you can read here, has been started to keep the AJ Bell Stadium in the hands of the Salford community and the Red Devils. It has more than 4600 signatures and has been sent to the local council.' Haven’t they been a dead duck(financially) since they moved to the poorly located/serviced AJ Bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Oxford said: Fans signing a petition? And sorry I thought with the RFL & SL being in charge they might hve been included in the suggestion. Also if it's " ...a matter for the club, Salford Council and Sale Union club. " it's probably already too late! I’m not saying I think a petition will work boss, merely that it’s what people are being asked to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammo Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Has it been confirmed anywhere that Sale wouldn’t allow Salford to carry on as tenants if they did manage to buy the ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Just now, Eddie said: I’m not saying I think a petition will work boss, merely that it’s what people are being asked to do. Very useful that! 3 minutes ago, Davo5 said: Haven’t they been a dead duck(financially) since they moved to the poorly located/serviced AJ Bell Depends very much on who you ask? If financial criteria were applied to the whole of SL I'm not altogether sure anyone would be left. 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Sammo said: Has it been confirmed anywhere that Sale wouldn’t allow Salford to carry on as tenants if they did manage to buy the ground? I think it's more around SRD being charged far more for the right to play than they are at the moment. 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Prince Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Of course if the Stadium were indeed sold it would be sold for money... How much? How much of that could be spend to fund a new stadium etc for a new Salford/Swinton Eastern Suburbs Manchester team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin7094 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Maybe they could groundshare with Dewsbury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 of Us Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Have Sale actually said they want Salford out? http://www.wiganstpats.org Producing Players Since 1910 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Yeh they’ve a good track record at doing that . There’s quite a few clubs working full time to keep themselves afloat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Setter Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 26 minutes ago, Rupert Prince said: for a new Salford/Swinton Eastern Suburbs Manchester team Aren't Salford and Swinton west of Manchester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whippet13 Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 I don't understand how any new owner can kick Salford out or put the rent up if they have an existing tenancy agreement in place. Unless it's full of regular rent reviews etc which is poor foresight by whomever owned Salford when it was signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Saint Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 On the latest Forty20 podcast. Phil Caplan was stating that Salford City F.C. now also want to play their games there. Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor but because we cannot satisfy the rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumby Magic Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Irish Saint said: On the latest Forty20 podcast. Phil Caplan was stating that Salford City F.C. now also want to play their games there. Be a bad move for FC. Like poor jokes? Thejoketeller@mullymessiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Irish Saint said: On the latest Forty20 podcast. Phil Caplan was stating that Salford City F.C. now also want to play their games there. Could SRD move into their current ground then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Just now, Mumby Magic said: Be a bad move for FC. Hopefully they’ll do it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 16 minutes ago, Cheshire Setter said: Aren't Salford and Swinton west of Manchester? Yeah but they're on the East Lancs Road! Just now, Irish Saint said: On the latest Forty20 podcast. Phil Caplan was stating that Salford City F.C. now also want to play their games there. And they can afford what Sale are likely to demand in rent. It's hard to state the history of this as anything but SRD being shafted from day one of a stadium that was meant to be for them alone. 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumby Magic Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 Just now, Eddie said: Hopefully they’ll do it then. And Salford RLFC to their ground then. Like poor jokes? Thejoketeller@mullymessiah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tms Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, Irish Saint said: On the latest Forty20 podcast. Phil Caplan was stating that Salford City F.C. now also want to play their games there. That's true and SRD going to play at Peninsula stadium moor lane salford with a capacity of just over 5000 https://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=6264 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Aitcheson Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 I’ve signed the petition even though my team is Workington and this doesn’t affect me. I signed because you couldn’t trust Sale Sharks around the corner, they are a typical rugger outfit ( remember Solomona’s “retirement”?) and are the #### of the sporting world. Best of luck to the Red Devil’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Browny Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 I'm touched by the optimism of people who think Sale are likely to be benevolent owners, after the way they ground Stockport County into the dirt at Edgeley Park. The trouble in getting excited about this is that the AJ Bell is such a damp squib of a ground. I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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