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Salford City Reds come the British professional rugby league club based inside Salford near Manchester. It were promoted to Super League in 2003.

Their nickname is 'A Red Devils', this title was late copied by nearby Manchester United football club. For this cause it is for instance referred to as 'A Original Red Devils'.

Salford were considered a leading club in a game when you took the 1930s, winning the Championship 3 times & with considerable profits in the Lancashire League and Cup.

Their todays habitat is referred to as A Willows, & is in the Weaste are of the Salford. the club is placed to move to a newly purpose-purpose-made 20,000 capacity bowl in the Barton area of the city in spring 2007. This move is subject to the club obtaining planning permission. A bowl might include terracing for fans world health organization like to could have (contrasting by owning numbers of newly stadia that come tons-seater), & is funded by an independent company install by club directors: Red City Developments.

Honours
Championship: 1913-14, 1932-33, 1936-37, 1938-39, 1973-74, 1975-76 (6 days) Challenge Cup: 1937-38 Second Division (including National League One): 1990-91, 1995-96, 2003 (3 days) Divisional Premiership: 1990-91 Lancashire Cup: 1931-32, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1936-37, 1972-72 (5 days) Lancashire League: 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1936-37, 1938-39 (5 days) BBC2 Floodlit Trophy: 1974-75 Arriva Trains Cup: 2003

Records

Player records

Virtually all seeks around the game: Hexad by Frank Miles vs Leeds, 5th March 1898 Virtually all goals around the game Fourteen by Steve Blakeley vs Gateshead Thunder, 23rd March 2003 Virtually all points inside the game 39 by Jim Lomas vs Liverpool City, 2nd February 1907 Virtually all seeks inside the year: 46 by Keith Fielding, 1973-74 Virtually all goals around the year: 221 by David Watkins, 1972-73 Virtually all points within the year: 493 by David Watkins, 1972-73 Virtually all career goals: 1241 by David Watkins, 1967-79 Virtually all career strains: 297 by Maurice Richards, 1969-83 Virtually all career points: 2907 by David Watkins, 1967-79 Virtually all career appearances: 496 (+2 when substitute) by Maurice Richards, 1969-83

Team records

Greatest attendance: 26,470 vs Warrington (Challenge Cup), 13th February 1937 Large triumph: 100-12 vs Gateshead Thunder, 23rd March 2003 Heavily kill: 70-6 vs Wigan, 14th March 1993

Salford City Reds Rugby League Club
The official site.

Scarlet Turkey
An unofficial Reds fanzine which includes away travel information.


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