Who'd want to waste an afternoon drinking with you and listening to you tell us how good union is and how we could utilize their kicking coaches and that we need bigger forwards

They could watch me kick your ar$e up and down the A57 you nonce

and then force you to go into chiipes and buy s.

All for £25 of not all of your own money its a steal really



Places are suppose to be filling up quick as well I was told yesterday so need to get on it before the 2nd of December.

If they get 1000 people I'll show my ass to the pope!

Judging what read about Catholic priests he'd probably like it and take you up on your kind offer

Be careful what you wish for people said we wouldn't get near 10k for the final game and we passed it easy in the end
what we are forgetting its not just open to salford supporters I heard Bupa and various other organisations and the council have promoted this event so you just never know how many people will rock up

I agree 1000 is a big ask but 50 from one organisation and 50 from another only needs a few and suddenly its within touching distance.
We shall see I surpose but its worth getting in the £25 in early to guarantee a spot by the 2nd December.

WTF!? fella the crowd was 146 over 10k, I wouldn't say easily passed it! I would expect them to say "tickets are going fast" it doesn't mean it's true, it's a very old selling technique, make people believe their missing out on something and hope they bite.

Reading between the lines (as I can't be d reading the whole thread or openning another window) is somebody seriously requesting people to raise £25.00 and walk to the new stadium to watch a non event, just so they can say they had the privilidge of attending the first openning and game of the new stadium?



I'm sure even Jeremy Beadle couldn't have thought that up or that indeed Dick Turpin is still alive?

Hope I'm wrong and I've missed something here, apologise if so



P.S. If I'm to assume the money is being raised for charity fair do's to the charity, I hope they get plenty. Sorry I won't be donating.

Are there two walks? 27th December: www.reds.co.uk/rugby-news/walk-t ... -this-xmas 28th December: www.salfordcitystadium.com/event ... dium-walk/

Are there two walks? 27th December: www.reds.co.uk/rugby-news/walk-t ... -this-xmas 28th December: www.salfordcitystadium.com/event ... dium-walk/

Quote ="Iain"Are there two walks? 27th December: www.reds.co.uk/rugby-news/walk-t ... -this-xmas 28th December: www.salfordcitystadium.com/event ... dium-walk/'" OMG You couldn't make it up!!!!! I'll give our club one thing. When they feck things up they really can feck things up. Perhaps the stadium people have changed the date and not told the club again

Quote ="Iain"Are there two walks? 27th December: www.reds.co.uk/rugby-news/walk-t ... -this-xmas 28th December: www.salfordcitystadium.com/event ... dium-walk/'" OMG You couldn't make it up!!!!! I'll give our club one thing. When they feck things up they really can feck things up. Perhaps the stadium people have changed the date and not told the club again

You will all probably end up lost anyway.

The salford foundation moved the date to the 27th FROM the 28th

I`m not doing the walk so it matters little to me,but besides the web site there are conflicting dates on the stadium fb page so some one needs to be pulling their finger out..

One also says that you need to raise £25 for one and the other costs £50, do you get a discounted BOGOF rate for both

Seriously, is this a joke?

No, its Salford.

Bobby your talents are wasted here, ever thought of working on death row ? as I'm sure you'd do your best to convince the blokes waiting for the chair that all will be alright in the end.

I think , £ 15 per single entry donation - £25 Family would have been reasonable ,

I've run 3 10k's so far this year for recognisable charities like MS & Alzheimers Soc and to be honest raising sponsorship for them was a slog .
I'm not looking forward to asking for money to wander down Liverpool rd. to watch an academy game I would normally see for free at the old place , I'd need to run it for anybody to sponsor me .

Also this begs a question , does the ground have undersoil heating ? how can they be certain it will be fit for play in December after the last two heavy winters we've had?

Worth emailing them if your serious about it, they will need markers around the route so its just a matter of getting enough people wanting to run it would anyone run it rather than walk ?

Well after mulling it over, I've signed up. The Foundation do a hell of a lot of good work plus it's a chance to get into a match with a load of other people paying for me.

I take a more pragmatist view, and then again, I could see this turning into a pub crawl and not getting to the stadium at all, I remember a number of years back we used to walk down Liverpool Road from Church Street having a pint in each pub and then try and remember how far we had got, I don't think there are as many pubs these days. But Eccles Cross for brekkie and see what happens, that is if I do it.

I regularly go on large walks up big hills, and also work for a charity, so I'm fairly sure nobody who knows me will sponsor me to walk a few miles of streets and watch a game of rugby. However, I'll probably support the foundation and take part by just stumping up the money myself.

Anyway, would anyone be interested in extending the scope and historical relevance of this by starting at Cavendish Street in Hulme, and heading to the Willows via the site of the New Barnes ground (Quays) before the Willows? Maybe also taking in Mile Field and Throstles Nest if anyone knows the locations.

Edit - Throstles Nest appears to have been between Ordsall Lane and the Irwell.

It'll be off due to insufficiently gritted pavements ...

How many miles do you think would that be?

Quote ="Iain"Edit - Throstles Nest appears to have been between Ordsall Lane and the Irwell.'" www.trafford.gov.uk/content/tca/ ... ageID=1729 Couldn't tell you whether [url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,site/id,6477/Itemid,292/Pomona Gardens[/url are one and the same in this context. (Probably not. Rather nearer Old Trafford.) So you're looking at going from Hulme via Moss Side, to near Old Trafford, up Trafford Road, down Broadway, and then towards The Willows. Unless you want to pay homage to The Crescent too. Using roads that were only available during those times could make it 'interesting'.

Quote ="Iain"Edit - Throstles Nest appears to have been between Ordsall Lane and the Irwell.'" www.trafford.gov.uk/content/tca/ ... ageID=1729 Couldn't tell you whether [url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/component/option,com_parksandgardens/task,site/id,6477/Itemid,292/Pomona Gardens[/url are one and the same in this context. (Probably not. Rather nearer Old Trafford.) So you're looking at going from Hulme via Moss Side, to near Old Trafford, up Trafford Road, down Broadway, and then towards The Willows. Unless you want to pay homage to The Crescent too. Using roads that were only available during those times could make it 'interesting'.