Quote ="Bigpev"I assume that DI and MM are total idiots you spent all winter saying you were giving up and not wasting your money and then go and spend £12 today. I went along today to a friendly that was designed to be a further test of the new stadium as far as i was concerned and see how the team might practice a few things. Thats what friendlies are for, alright most of the team did't turn up, removing the captainacy from Holdsworth hasn't improved his game but he has only been here a week so there is time. I don't read too much into friendlies in any sport eg in August United beat City in a friendly a couple of months later City put 6 past united.
It is a testing time but by the start of the real season they might be playing as a team, I will still be there but from your posts DI and MM you two will not, only to re-appear when the team starts winning.
So to sum up today Salford were very poor Leigh played very well, the floodlights failed (possible victims of some far east betting syndicate) you get a really good view from the west stand.
I won't be there for the next two games because of clashes with other appointments, but i will be there for the first league game, and just for the record we lost our opening game at the willows back in 1901.Oh and just got back in after a Saturday night out, unlike DI and MM who sit in front of a laptop all night adding friends on Facebook but never seeing them. Good night ladies.
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Not that I'm looking for an argument but you may be wrong.
20th centuryIn 1900, Salford received notice to vacate New Barnes as the Manchester Ship Canal Company had purchased the land. Salford's agreed a 14-year lease on 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land belonging to the Willows Estate Company, named after the abundance of willow trees in the area.
Salford made their début at The Willows on 21 December 1901, beating Swinton 2–0, the official attendance reaching 16,981. James Lomas became rugby league's first £100 transfer, from Bramley to Salford in 1901
On another note, it's a shame that sort of attendance isnt possible today given the improvement of certain general communications
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