Nobody runs it as such. For the last few years Scarlet Turkey has been the name of the Salford forum on rlfans.com. One of over 100 forums on a network with over 120,000 users. Each forum has moderators to make sure posts stay within the law and within the rlfans acceptable usage policy (hence why I've just edited a post on the first page of this thread because it involved copyright infringement.) The Moderators here are myself, King of the Shed, Chico and Loyalfan.

Going back in time, the Scarlet Turkey was more. It was a print fanzine established by myself and a few others in 1998; some departed, some joined, and the last print edition was about 2005. Then there were a handful of online only issues until 2008 that are still available to view - issuu.com/scarletturkey/docs

In 1999, in response to the forum on the club's official site effectively closing down becasue people were getting critical of the declining Gregory era, we set up a forum to give Salford fans somewhere online to discuss stuff. The forum went from standalone, to part of rivals.net, and when that network decided to boot all the RL sites, we got together with the Rugby League Supporters Association and other fans websites to get rlfans.com going.

In terms of who sets the agenda on the forum these day, you all do. Whoever starts a topic sets that agenda. I'd echo middleman's comments in saying that the benefit of discussions on here is that they don't have to fit into 140 characters.



As I stated on Twitter, this "page" hasn't had a dig at anyone. The Scarlet Turkey hasn't said anything since the last online edition in 2008. You are correct that some users on here have criticised @SalfordFaithful and other individuals in posts on here, but they speak for themselves. They represent the views of rlfans.com or the Scarlet Turkey no more than a person on Twitter represents the views of Twitter Incorporated. The only people who could vaguely be seen as speaking for the Turkey are the four moderators, and you won't have read any of us having digs. I know a few of the posters who post on here, but there are plenty of users who I don't know (or at least can't match the username to the face).



The way I see it, as I've been accused on Twitter of things that are definitely not my doing, there is two perceptions. One is from Mike87, who I think does actually refer to either myself or people who I know (despite the fact that in 1992 I was a kid stood with my Dad and hadn't met any of the others) and I can only assume that either I or one of them have done something that he's taken offence to in the past. If it was me, I apologise, it wasn't intended, it may have been a bad day or I may have been worse for wear. People change, they grow up, they chill out. Dwelling on the past isn't really helping right now. I stand with various people at games and I feel lucky to have met so may sound people from different backgrounds.

The second perception is what I think people from a newer generation of Facebook/Twitter internet users refer to as "the Scarlet Turkey lot", which simply people who post on here. Two people have been named to me on twitter (one by their username on here and one by their real name) as being part of the Turkey lot and neither has ever had anything to do with the fanzine or website.


As has been posted elsewhere, people will support their team in different ways. Nobody is better or worse than another (caveat below), just different in how they want to act at games and support their team. Not everybody is going to be bessie mates, people will form groups who they hang out with, but we're all Salford fans and we all want to see a successful team on the pitch and a much improved club off the pitch. Caveat - the one supporter behaviour we've had at Barton though which I massively deplore is the fairly frequently chucking of things at opposition players and match officials - it reflects badly on the club, and it reflects badly on all of us - but surely nobody's going to condone that.

My comments on the fans board were posted last week on twitter - simply that I really hope that they can get a good cross section of supporters in terms of ages and experiences. I've been on holiday so I'm not sure how widely it's been publicised, but my concern would be that with it being announced and applications concluded between home games, then it may limit the section of support who is actually aware of it happening.

Hopefully at least 7 of them will disapprove of drums

Nobody runs it as such. For the last few years Scarlet Turkey has been the name of the Salford forum on rlfans.com. One of over 100 forums on a network with over 120,000 users. Each forum has moderators to make sure posts stay within the law and within the rlfans acceptable usage policy (hence why I've just edited a post on the first page of this thread because it involved copyright infringement.) The Moderators here are myself, King of the Shed, Chico and Loyalfan.

Going back in time, the Scarlet Turkey was more. It was a print fanzine established by myself and a few others in 1998; some departed, some joined, and the last print edition was about 2005. Then there were a handful of online only issues until 2008 that are still available to view - issuu.com/scarletturkey/docs

In 1999, in response to the forum on the club's official site effectively closing down becasue people were getting critical of the declining Gregory era, we set up a forum to give Salford fans somewhere online to discuss stuff. The forum went from standalone, to part of rivals.net, and when that network decided to boot all the RL sites, we got together with the Rugby League Supporters Association and other fans websites to get rlfans.com going.

In terms of who sets the agenda on the forum these day, you all do. Whoever starts a topic sets that agenda. I'd echo middleman's comments in saying that the benefit of discussions on here is that they don't have to fit into 140 characters.



As I stated on Twitter, this "page" hasn't had a dig at anyone. The Scarlet Turkey hasn't said anything since the last online edition in 2008. You are correct that some users on here have criticised @SalfordFaithful and other individuals in posts on here, but they speak for themselves. They represent the views of rlfans.com or the Scarlet Turkey no more than a person on Twitter represents the views of Twitter Incorporated. The only people who could vaguely be seen as speaking for the Turkey are the four moderators, and you won't have read any of us having digs. I know a few of the posters who post on here, but there are plenty of users who I don't know (or at least can't match the username to the face).



The way I see it, as I've been accused on Twitter of things that are definitely not my doing, there is two perceptions. One is from Mike87, who I think does actually refer to either myself or people who I know (despite the fact that in 1992 I was a kid stood with my Dad and hadn't met any of the others) and I can only assume that either I or one of them have done something that he's taken offence to in the past. If it was me, I apologise, it wasn't intended, it may have been a bad day or I may have been worse for wear. People change, they grow up, they chill out. Dwelling on the past isn't really helping right now. I stand with various people at games and I feel lucky to have met so may sound people from different backgrounds.

The second perception is what I think people from a newer generation of Facebook/Twitter internet users refer to as "the Scarlet Turkey lot", which simply people who post on here. Two people have been named to me on twitter (one by their username on here and one by their real name) as being part of the Turkey lot and neither has ever had anything to do with the fanzine or website.


As has been posted elsewhere, people will support their team in different ways. Nobody is better or worse than another (caveat below), just different in how they want to act at games and support their team. Not everybody is going to be bessie mates, people will form groups who they hang out with, but we're all Salford fans and we all want to see a successful team on the pitch and a much improved club off the pitch. Caveat - the one supporter behaviour we've had at Barton though which I massively deplore is the fairly frequently chucking of things at opposition players and match officials - it reflects badly on the club, and it reflects badly on all of us - but surely nobody's going to condone that.

My comments on the fans board were posted last week on twitter - simply that I really hope that they can get a good cross section of supporters in terms of ages and experiences. I've been on holiday so I'm not sure how widely it's been publicised, but my concern would be that with it being announced and applications concluded between home games, then it may limit the section of support who is actually aware of it happening.

Hopefully at least 7 of them will disapprove of drums