The Future is League Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15232822/uncertainty-continues-over-salfords-stadium-future-amid-talk-of-a-sale/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Prince Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 18 minutes ago, The Future is League said: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/15232822/uncertainty-continues-over-salfords-stadium-future-amid-talk-of-a-sale/ The story adds nothing to what we know... which is bad enough. It's just repeating what we know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 I’d be amazed if Salford City FC sold their stadium that the owners have poured significant amounts of money into to move into a stadium as tenants, them buying it would make more sense, though £15m+ for an extra 7,000 seats may not be the most economical idea, though I imagine the corporate bits is where they’d make their money. Is there any indication then that should the not Sale Sharks or Salford City buy this stadium that they’d not want a tenant in Salford Red Devils? I suppose the issue would be the cost of rent, which may be different to what they pay now to the council. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henson Park Old Firm Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Real shame, if true..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 It'd be a kick in the knackers for Salford and the game if they did end up homeless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireBull Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 An oversized stadium with poor public transport links but yep, if none of the sale money gets used to build some joint facility for swinton/salford then the game in Manchester is effectively dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul hicks Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 slow news day even for a paper that's give given a negative value in its parent companies accounts. seems they have got rid of many of the rubbish journalist's but in this case they seem to have missed one if they cant add anything to the original story from last month 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josef K Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Bloody Kendal he’ll be involved in all of this i imagine. He hates the likes of Salford. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jroyales Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 So sad to hear of the plight of Salford. Two great seasons. Grand Final and last year at Wembley are what dreams are made of. Like Oldham and Swinton and Salford, once you've lost your "home". Watersheddings, Station Road and the Willows our clubs were on a downward spiral - some a lot faster than others. Do you remember when sooperdooperleague was first mooted that our three great clubs should merge to become Manchester - it makes you think "what if?2 All the best Salford hang onto the memories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelic Cynic Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 47 minutes ago, paul hicks said: slow news day even for a paper that's give given a negative value in its parent companies accounts. seems they have got rid of many of the rubbish journalist's but in this case they seem to have missed one if they cant add anything to the original story from last month That seems grossly unfair to me. The news came out and some supporters gathered to voice their concern. Here is a journalist,recently seriously injured,making a definite effort to elicit some facts and asking questions which supporters of the club would presumably want to be asked. If only there were more journalists who actually attempted journalism and seeked the truth. No further forward perhaps in gaining the full facts but at least the main protagonists are now aware that there is a great deal of interest in any developments and the supporters may not be the last to know. Many journalists seem to sit around waiting for snippets- this guy went to the effort of compiling relevant questions for the relevant individual. 3 No reserves,but resilience,persistence and determination are omnipotent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul hicks Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 2 minutes ago, Angelic Cynic said: That seems grossly unfair to me. The news came out and some supporters gathered to voice their concern. Here is a journalist,recently seriously injured,making a definite effort to elicit some facts and asking questions which supporters of the club would presumably want to be asked. If only there were more journalists who actually attempted journalism and seeked the truth. No further forward perhaps in gaining the full facts but at least the main protagonists are now aware that there is a great deal of interest in any developments and the supporters may not be the last to know. Many journalists seem to sit around waiting for snippets- this guy went to the effort of compiling relevant questions for the relevant individual. all he has done is publish the same story that was around 6 weeks ago not a new fact in the story . now if he had a new angle with something new I would have called it out as good journalism but just what is new in that news story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 So are Sale Sharks any closer to acquiring the ground from Salford City Council then? Maybe something is happening in the background to this story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 11 hours ago, Hela Wigmen said: I’d be amazed if Salford City FC sold their stadium that the owners have poured significant amounts of money into to move into a stadium as tenants Owner in the singular, in the form of Peter Lim, I’d have said. And the pocket money he’s thrown at the temporary stands at Moor Lane would be a fraction of how much the land would be worth for housing, I’m sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yipyee Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 13 hours ago, Hela Wigmen said: I’d be amazed if Salford City FC sold their stadium that the owners have poured significant amounts of money into to move into a stadium as tenants, them buying it would make more sense, though £15m+ for an extra 7,000 seats may not be the most economical idea, though I imagine the corporate bits is where they’d make their money. Is there any indication then that should the not Sale Sharks or Salford City buy this stadium that they’d not want a tenant in Salford Red Devils? I suppose the issue would be the cost of rent, which may be different to what they pay now to the council. Is Salford City all seating, their current stadium would not be premier league acceptable and as you mention the corporate side and media etc is in place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 11 hours ago, yipyee said: Is Salford City all seating, their current stadium would not be premier league acceptable and as you mention the corporate side and media etc is in place Moor Lane isn’t all seated, but there again neither is the AJ Bell. They can’t even get out of League Two at the minute (praise be) so any idea of the Premier League or even Championship is rather fanciful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yipyee Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 10 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said: Moor Lane isn’t all seated, but there again neither is the AJ Bell. They can’t even get out of League Two at the minute (praise be) so any idea of the Premier League or even Championship is rather fanciful. That is their aim though and they have the money to keep going like city did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 8 hours ago, yipyee said: That is their aim though and they have the money to keep going like city did They really don’t have that level of funding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yipyee Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Davo5 said: They really don’t have that level of funding. They do though, one of the investors is peter Lim, the others are all multi millionaires, Beckham has the miami franchise so theres already a mechanism in place to develop cheap american talent plus loanees each way aka new york with city. For now they are living within their means but for every division they are in they are signing players from the division above so will always be at the top end. Additionally the clubs at the top and bottom of the prem are far apart on capital, turnover, wages etc.. Wigan only had a small turnover as did Blackpool in comparison to Utd and city 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, yipyee said: They do though, one of the investors is peter Lim, the others are all multi millionaires, Beckham has the miami franchise so theres already a mechanism in place to develop cheap american talent plus loanees each way aka new york with city. For now they are living within their means but for every division they are in they are signing players from the division above so will always be at the top end. Additionally the clubs at the top and bottom of the prem are far apart on capital, turnover, wages etc.. Wigan only had a small turnover as did Blackpool in comparison to Utd and city Living within their means is a dubious claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 hour ago, yipyee said: They do though, one of the investors is peter Lim, the others are all multi millionaires, Beckham has the miami franchise so theres already a mechanism in place to develop cheap american talent plus loanees each way aka new york with city. For now they are living within their means but for every division they are in they are signing players from the division above so will always be at the top end. Additionally the clubs at the top and bottom of the prem are far apart on capital, turnover, wages etc.. Wigan only had a small turnover as did Blackpool in comparison to Utd and city If they had City’s level of funding,they wouldn’t be bothering “living within their means” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 If this thread is still about SRD, I don't think any of us will need to worry too much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Mead Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Mead Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, Oxford said: If this thread is still about SRD, I don't think any of us will need to worry too much longer. Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dallas Mead said: Why not? Oh come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 33 minutes ago, Oxford said: If this thread is still about SRD, I don't think any of us will need to worry too much longer. Are they folding then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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