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2 3 Enjoy expert HR and health & safety support to get you back to business HONOURS Whether you need to manage furlough, stay COVID secure, Eccles & District League Division 2 1955-56, 1959-60 or make tough HR choices for your business, Peninsula’s here to Eccles & District League Division 3 1958-59 Manchester League Division 1 keep you safe and successful, whatever challenge you face: 1968-69 Manchester League Premier Division 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1978-79 Northern Premier League Division 1 North • HR & Employment Law • Staff Wellbeing 2014-15 Northern Premier League Play-Off Winners 2015-16 • Health & Safety • Payroll Advice National League North 2017-18 National League Play-Off Winners 2018-19 Lancashire FA Amateur Cup 1971, 1973, 1975 Manchester FA Challenge Trophy 1975, 1976 Manchester FA Intermediate Cup 1977, 1979 All of our best wishes are with midfielder Darron Gibson for a NWCFL Challenge Cup 2006 speedy and full recovery from the injury he sustained at Port Vale. 05. Salford City vs Southend United CLUB ROLL President Dave Russell Chairman Karen Baird 5 9 Secretary Andy Giblin TAKE A STAND TAKE Kick It Out REPORTS Match Get Committee Pete Byram, Ged Carter, Barbara Gaskill, Terry Gaskill, Ian Malone, Frank McCauley, Paul Raven, George Russell, Bill Taylor, Alan Tomlinson, Dave Wilson Shop Manager Tony Sheldon Media Zarah Connolly, Ryan Deane, Will Moorcroft Photography Charlotte Tattersall, % Howard Harrison 10 Interim Head Coach Paul Scholes off any of the 17 26 VISITORS The LIONESSES Salford City GK Coach Carlo Nash Kit Manager Paul Rushton PENINSULA Physio Dave Rhodes Club Doctor Dr. Mubin Ibrahim Sport Science Youl Mawene services Performance Analysis Ross Duncan Director of Football Chris Casper Programme printed by MatchDay Creative 0808 145 3388 Quote: WATCH TODAY’S MATCH here peninsula-uk.comSalford City vs Southend United www.salfordcityfc.co.ukSALFORD01 4 5 Kick It Out - Take A Stand “As a Club we will #TakeAStand by tackling any incidents of discrimination that may occur on social media or at The Peninsula Stadium to make Salford a welcoming Club for all.” KICK IT OUT: We’re excited to announce the discrimination initiatives in UK football, ways to launch of our new campaign, Take A Stand. It is a report and changes you can make straight away. call to action initiative, encouraging people across the football community to take an action or make Twitter has also committed to being part of Take a pledge, in the fight against discrimination. A Stand, by continuing to support with campaigns and educational initiatives which combat online Take A Stand is a digital first campaign, driven hate, as well as delivering training sessions with largely through social media channels where we’ll football clubs and police authorities. It will also be inviting individuals and organisations to publicly continue to focus on proactively actioning hateful commit to their own pledge. content, where now more than one in two Tweets are identified and removed without reports. The initiative marks a new chapter in the fight against discrimination in football, which will give Sanjay Bhandari, Kick It Out Chair, says: “Our Take fans the confidence, the tools and the means to A Stand campaign aims to tackle discrimination, but confront discrimination and make a change. We also create a culture where everyone belongs and want Take A Stand to be an advocate for change - individuals take personal responsibility for being it is a movement which everyone can play a part in. part of the change. We have teamed up with a range of partners to “We can all do something to take a stand against launch the initiative, including Facebook and the hate and promote a more inclusive society. Our FA. Most football fans will have witnessed some ambition is to turn bystanders into activists and form of discrimination in football – on the terraces, to crowdsource solutions by capturing pledges in dressing rooms or on social media – but more of individual action. We want to use those needs to be done to move from awareness to pledges that we receive from the public and action. organisations, to turn them into insight and make anti-discrimination strategies better informed by Facebook is supporting Take A Stand by launching understanding more about what people are doing initiatives focussed on action, and centred on on the ground. reporting and education. It is building a new automated Messenger service, for when fans “We know that social media can be a battleground are back in stadiums, enabling people to report of hate, which is why we’re working closely with matchday discrimination directly to Kick It Out. Facebook and Twitter to improve that through Facebook is also launching a new education looking at better regulation and enforcement, as programme targeted directly at fans of all ages. It well as updated and new reporting methods.” is piloting this new training module with anti-hate charity, HOPE not Hate, delivered through clubs’ For those who would like to make a pledge, either community and fan engagement programmes. In individually or as an organisation, or want more addition, Facebook is also launching educational information on how to do this, please contact Kick resources available to all fans through a WhatsApp It Out at [email protected]. You can also make messaging service. By adding 07432 140 310 a pledge by joining the conversation on social to your WhatsApp contacts, and messaging ‘hi’, media, just use #TakeAStand and tag us in your fans will be sent information on the current anti- posts. Salford City vs Southend United www.salfordcityfc.co.uk 6 7 Frankly Speaking... So much for forward planning! Sunday evening of last week I was quite pleased with myself. 10 days to go before tonight’s fixture against Southend and I already had the subject matter for this programme article – or at least I thought I had. The EFL had just released its statement regarding is still in the pipeline. It should also go on record ‘Project Big Picture’ and thoughts surrounding it that Graham and Chris were decent people, always were beginning to form in my head. Early Monday approachable with a friendly word and who were morning reactions from other bodies were being willing to spend time after matches with supporters made public and I started to think I’m going to run having a drink and conversation about the game out of space to get all of it into 600 words. in the bar. But then, around lunchtime, everything changed. In our non-league days, like other members of the Another statement was released. This time club committee I was privy to a lot of appointments unconnected and emanating from Salford City. In a and dismissals of team managers. And, believe brief communiqué the club announced it had parted you me, it isn’t always an easy or straight forward ways with manager Graham Alexander and his decision. On one occasion I sat in on a selection assistant Chris Lucketti. Paul Scholes was to fulfil committee for a new manager and I was convinced the manager’s position on a temporary basis to be that the successful candidate whose interview (and assisted as soon as possible by Warren Joyce. playing credentials) had been outstanding was the person to take the club to new heights never before So, the ‘Project Big Picture’ article – seemingly reached by the Ammies. Three months later he was like the project itself - bit the dust. But at least I’ve sacked! got something to fall back on for next Saturday’s programme against Crawley. Many years ago, an acquaintance of mine was manager of a non-league side. One Saturday When a manager departs from a club each morning he was in his living room getting his gear supporter has his or her take on the decision. sorted for the afternoon’s fixture. His wife came Nowadays if seems if you feel strongly enough into the room and asked what he was doing. He you can get your opinion published on some social informed her of the obvious, he was getting ready media platform or other. In fact, it seems you don’t to head off to the ground. She asked him why and, We’ve been voted ‘Uswitch even have to be a supporter of the Ammies and can getting a bit irritated he replied he was the team Most Popular Broadband live in any location north, south, east or west of the manager and he had to be there. “No, you’re not,” Provider of the Year’ for Peninsula Stadium to offer up your penny’s worth! she answered, “you’ve been sacked. I’ve just heard the second year running. But, as supporters of the club we have to move it announced on the radio!” on and whether happy or not give our support to whoever next takes up the ‘hot seat’. So, we hope we carry on making progress. But we don’t forget and I think it only right to Saturday’s result at Port Vale wasn’t what we acknowledge Graham and Chris’ contribution to wanted but there’s always tonight! our ongoing success. As a club, with them, we were able to experience a fantastic trip to Wembley which ended in promotion to the Football League and, of course, they guided us to another Wembley Final in the Leasing.com Trophy which, hopefully, Salford City vs Southend United www.salfordcityfc.co.uk 8 9 Port Vale - 1 Salford City - 0 Vale Park 17/10/2020 Sky Bet League Two Every business Possession needs a 39% Champion 61% Shots Port Vale Salford City Against a backdrop of COVID-19, your accountant 10 12 1.

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