I’m astounded people are sticking up for the club on this one, then again on this website nothing surprises me! The club highlighted the parking as one of the features of the stadium, leading people to believe that if you turned up on the day of the game you pay for parking! None of this booking on-line nonsense, I've never heard anything so ridiculous, so if there is only say 100 parks on the car park and people turn up and our refused permission to park yet there is ample spaces to park on. Nothing is ever black or white with this club, infuriates so many times I refuse to let it wind me up and just laugh and the club and how shambolic it really is. On a lighter note I hope Eccles / Irlam clubs profit out of this stadium, anyone who has been to the LSV to note the amateur club a stone throw away from the ground and I have to say I was very impressed by there facilities on my visit.

The problem is that it's not the club's decision and not something they control. The stadium company are the ones at fault as they've contracted it out and allowed Ticketline to operate the car park in this way. Yet again, it's one of those little things we've lost control of that could backfire on us.

On the other hand, the club are obviously the ones doing the £1 buses, which is something worth applauding.



The car park is free. The bus to the ground costs £1. Distinct difference. You could park for free and walk if you really wanted to.

Yeah i totally agree with you PT, the club seems to fail, or fall short in every department and the love fest back slapping brigade will always see a positive in all the board do. It is shambolic the way the club is run, and it all boils down to one mans love for paying the shortfall. I was very impressed with LSV, although i'll spare judgement on Barton until the 7th Jan. But as 1st impressions go, to me the Lsv looks a better stadium, our terraces are a lot shallow like the love fest brigade.

Christ on a bike, are you two stupid?

Repeat after me:

The club do not control the car parking. Ticketline do thanks to the stadium company giving them the contract.

It's no love fest, in fact it is an example of how the club have ballsed up in the long run by losing control of the stadium itself, but a bit of common sense and aiming the anger at the right people will go a long way.

BATTLE, A, FIGHTING, LOSEING.

Exactly. The world is a better sight, without red blinkers mate.

F**k all to do with red blinkers my uneducated friend. But, if Salford RLFC are going to get all your anger whilst you ignore the fact that the stadium company are the ones ripping us all off then we're never going to stand a cat in hell's chance of changing anything.

Who sold us out to the stadium company my well educated friend?

The club did. And if you look Jibmeister already says that if you actually bother to read the post.

Well vent your anger towards JW then for selling us out like some people have, instead of complaining about the stadium companie's pricing tariff's on here. Or do you hold him in such high regards like the rest of this forum do, with the exception of a few. You all seem to moan,complain about the failure's of this club in all thread's, but fail to see the overall picture that the chairman is the responsible for these failing's, but somehow he tends to get a heroe's welcome especially on ST. Its pathetic

and you really just don't understand the situation, in simple terms NO JW NO CLUB, is that clear enough.

Do the club try and have any influence on the booking fees/car park charges etc, or is it a case of bending over and taking whatever the stadium management company throw at us?

Ayyy I've got no anger and I'm in no way lording the chairman up as you seem to suggest, to be really selfish I couldn't give a flying you know what about parking prices. I'm not moaning about any prices in fact. I was just pointing out that the point you referred to had already been made.

In fact I think people moaning about it are going a bit OTT, its a new stadium and you expect to pay a fee. If you want your car to be safe and you want to but guaranteed a safe spot, book in advance pay the charge and get on with it, if you don't find a street to in park and walk.

Jeez. You wouldn't happen to be a greengrocer would you?

Many of us moan and complain about the club's failures, but - unlike you - recognise that it's the fault of the 200,000+ Salfordians who don't care about the sport and therefore don't bring money into the club, and not the fault of the handful of people who put substantial amounts of their own money in to keep Salford City Reds alive.

It's not that difficult to understand, surely.

So you’re blaming the people of Salford for the state of the club? Whose decision was it to sell the Willows? Did the club really have to move? Who put the clubs money into the original development then soon as the franchises where granted it folded! Suppose all those where the fault of the fine people of Salford? Anyone remember what the club was like before our previous owner? Since the change over the club has steadily declined. I know I moan allot and it baffling to why people on here can't see it, try looking from the outside in! Sometimes I don't know if people are saying stuff for the craic to cause I reaction I hope so because if you serious well.... Bless you

That would be Keith Snape . he it was who sold the Variety Centre to Greenalls so the club could ' reduce its debts' , but this meant that the club stopped receiving any bar takings which was an integral income for the business, the club had been recording debts for the previous 4 seasons , Keith Snape presided over the sale of our best players to other clubs ie Prescott to Widnes , and the season before Wilkinson took over the team were relegated from Division 1.

Yes I remember ...

In 1967 the club were the leading light in rugby league circles using the takings from the Variety centre and casino to pay for the team on the pitch and despite world known players such as David Watkins signing we still couldn't get more than 6,000 on average through the gates. When the variety centre was sold the revenue stream went with it, so when Snape sold the club were in debt, in fact in 1982 Salford had to raise money to keep going and so was born the SOS Save Our Salford campaign, that JW's first action after becoming Chairman, without that we may not have been on this site discussing transport and parking at the new ground. As foe staying at the Willows, Super League had already indicated that they won't shiny new stadia so no new stadia no Super league franchise.
But for some on this site they won't have to bother with getting to the new ground because they keep stating they are not bothering yet still come on here to moan, why not go and support Warrington or Wigan, these clubs might suit you as they begin with your favourite letter.

It is exactly as you state, no new stadium no SL, Leigh were put in a similar position, we were given an ultimatum, agree to sign up ' unconditionally ' to the LSV or Hilton park will have its safety certificate reduced to 1000 capacity , all this verbally of course , so if we had ' dug our heels in ' , the council would have acused the Leigh BOD of refusing a free state of the art brand new stadium because we wanted money as well , we were put in a no win situation

If the Salford board had turned Barton down and now been languishing in the Championship with Swinton i have no doubt the anger i

I will be bringing a coach load of supporters from Hull when we play Salford. Any idea if coaches are catered for with parking ?

There are coach parking bays just over the new access bridge so I' expect there wouldn't be an issue, had a mooch yesterday and they have started to level all the spare land and put some hardcore over it so I'd suspect that until all the retail unit construction work starts that they will ask you to lob your people off the bus near the new bridge and then have the coaches parked up on that land out of the way.

It would probably be cheaper to park a coach than it will a car

Hopefuly as might be a couple from Leigh next saturday there

plus makro which am sure would use there parking to some use .

Many thanks. any updates would be appreciated