Great to see the cup back in the fold. Although there is a couple of divisions seperating the two clubs it should be a competitive game and Irlam have a good chance of winning.

Good to know what going on/coming up in the local amateur game.

Any chance of a thread on this (like the non-league footy one) that we can keep going for a number of weeks?

if a mod can change the title to amatuer rl, then i'm sure it can run for a bit...

there are a few folly lads who post on here, a few bury lads i know too, and there must be some from the other clubs...

Will do after tomorrow's game.

Iam ex langworthy reds, do i still count? I think i will give it a viewing with my colours nailed to the Irlam post

I wonder if in future it would be worth running different age group versions of the Valentine Cup to raise interest and competition between the city's clubs. We could then hold a finals day at the Willows each year (on a weekend), with several games on the same day which would hopefully feature a mix of the clubs and work as a bit of a Salford RL festival. With that then maybe we would see some future talent on display as well and the local amateur stalwarts.

thats a great idea!

What a crap idea, get people in Salford Interested in Rugby League never

That is a fantastic idea.



We could even host a Presentation Evening in The Willows at the end of the weekend, or the following Friday.

Folly Lane won an entertaining game 22 20.

Well done to both teams.

Excellent game. Irlam came out fired up for the second half and Folly did well to absorb the pressure when they spent 20 mins with twelve men. Folly had that extra quality in attack but the game could have gone either way. Both teams didnt help themselves by failing to find touch on two occassions from penalties!

Cracking game, i thought that the stand off for Folly had a cracking start to the game but Irlam did well to come back into the game. i thought that irlam snatched it at the end. Dodgey reffing. what is it with the willows and refs?. Also i thought that Ave it had a shocker, Fancy starting a song and forgetting the words half way through. DOH

Well what can I say

it wasn't a bad attendance either, more than the willows expected leading to long waiting times at the bar.
well done to both teams.

planned my trips to the bar to avoid queuing.
Great game, from where I was stood Irlam snatched it at the end but both the ref and the touch judge could not see the grounding, if the lad would have kept hold of the ball after touching down it would have been a try.

Was he not signed up by Salford a few years back?

MY BROTHER WAS LINESMAN AND SAID IT WASNT A TRY, HE INTERVENED FOR THE PENALTY WHEN THE REF DIDNT SEE IT WAS A HIGH SHOT

good to hear people enjoyed it and found it entertaining.... ...and don't forget, there are games right throughout the winter and games are always worth going to hope these are up to date: reds.originalreddevils.com/found ... o-play-rl/

good to hear people enjoyed it and found it entertaining.... ...and don't forget, there are games right throughout the winter and games are always worth going to hope these are up to date: reds.originalreddevils.com/found ... o-play-rl/

actually, looking at that. some definately aren't up to date!!!

Bury Broncos is right though - sure people from other clubs can say whether their's are right or not

I wasn't sure why the ref, who was 4 yards away, with another touch judge 10 yards away, then had to ask the touch judge 50 yards away to make the call.

I was stood on the barrier right at the grounding and it was a try IMO. The ref said try to the players but after consultation with the touch judge, changed his mind. Irlam should have gone for the two earlier anyway. Cracking game though.

That was farcical.

TBH i think the best team won.

your probably right over the 80 minutes, but considering the hornets are a 'new' set-up they did very well, i was expecting a whitewash.

so did most people outside of the irlam set up, we have got a good squad and i dont think we played to even 80% of our potential last night, and regards to the referee decision at the end

he said to us at the end of the game that he saw the ball get grounded but he wasnt sure if there was double movement or not... so he gave held up over the line???



it should of either been play of the ball on the line, or a penalty he got it wrong and there is no denying it, but we cant complain about decisions, we made it hard for ourselves during the first 40 and we came out second half like we should of in the first, all the lads, (including folly) are a credit to the amatuer game for performing so well on what is a huge pitch (15m wider than the hornets home pitch)