Theyd better get busy withthe brushes at half time or theyll have to call this off

Think you're right there.

Lines arn't clear at all.

But what if someone else is using the wheelbarrow?

@GarrySchofield6 Just noticed Steve Simms on the Salford gantry next to Phil Veivers. If you want to keep your job Phil, push him off.

Did Rangi Chase really just donate the £100 to the RSPCA..?

edit: typo corrected.

RSPCA, yes. Wonder if he meant to say RSPCC?

I want to know who the bloke was interviewing him! He sounded like a right toff. A sort of early 80s chat show host, trying to sound a bit cool but still with the old fashioned BBC plum in the mouth accent.

Or even the [url=http://www.nspcc.org.uk/NSPCC[/url?

I reckon he meant RSPCA - good on him!

Match Report: northernsportsreport.com/2012/02 ... rd-tigers/ Feedback welcomed! Thanks.

Match Report: northernsportsreport.com/2012/02 ... rd-tigers/ Feedback welcomed! Thanks.

Sounded like Graham Beecroft-used to be on radio merseyside years ago then talksport.

very disappointing crowd of just over 4000, with 1500 of them from Castleford.

I appreciate the weather will have put a few off, but realistically even if it was a fine day i think Salford would have only got 5500 to 6000 which must be a big worry for them.
They need to get 8k into this new ground, otherwise they are goners

I expect Sale Sharks to wait in the wings then in 12 months time when Salford have gone belly up they will come in and take over the lease of the stadium.
It will then become SHARK PARK

Have to agree. I know the weather this evening is the worst we've had this winter, but this was meant to be Salford's biggest game in years, the dawn of a new era etc...if this is the best they can do they are a Championship club at best.

Quote ="tombojombo"Match Report: northernsportsreport.com/2012/02 ... rd-tigers/ Feedback welcomed! Thanks.'" Good report. Salford need a new fullback and to replace Holdsworth. With another bruising prop as well they would do ok. But Patten and Holdsworth struck me as pretty useless.

Quote ="tombojombo"Match Report: northernsportsreport.com/2012/02 ... rd-tigers/ Feedback welcomed! Thanks.'" Good report. Salford need a new fullback and to replace Holdsworth. With another bruising prop as well they would do ok. But Patten and Holdsworth struck me as pretty useless.

Anyone else find Salford's firework display a bit, well, crap? Such a good idea to leave the players standing in the freezing weather for 5-10 mins

They had to tone it down for 'health and safety', due to fears that the smoke could cause a repeat of the big motorway accident last year. Not really sure how much bigger in scale it was supposed to be.

Should've used flames like Widnes. Simple, but more dramatic.

According to Sporting Life the crowd was 5,242

and BBC.

I'm not usually one to bite, but the attendance was actually 5242, so over a thousand more than you assumed. Given the horrendous weather, I'd say that it was a fairly good attendance. I'm aware of many fans who had been planning to go but when the snow fell, decided to stay at home and watch it on TV in the warmth and spare themselves driving to the game in hazardous conditions and sit/stand about in the cold watching the game for 80mins.

Sky reported the attendance as around 4,500.

I assume the Stobart trailers in the area were covered in snow so nobody could see the SL ads? Hence the disappointing turnout.

I assume the freezing temperatures and the fact most people were covered in 4cms of snow had something to do with it. Being stuck in a RL ground isn't fun.

It was, Eddie Wighead mentioned his name in commentary IIRC.

The fireworks were massively toned down... and I know that the ones in front of me developed a fault... Apparently due to the snow fall... I'm not sure how well snow and fireworks mix... But they couldn't then be moved until they had activated by all accounts.

Fair weather support isn't real support.

Any "New Stadium, New Era" pretentions Salford had of emerging as a big club with healthy support and a force to be reckoned with in SL was ruthlessly exposed as complete bollox tonight.

They should be in the Championship. That's their level.

Bad support looks even worse in seater stadiums with the rows of empty seats. it never looks too bad when most the ground is terracing and people are spread evenly. hope there crowds improve but it looks like theyll be getting the same old mediocre crap as at the willows.