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Salford City vs Barrow AFC CLUB ROLL President Dave Russell Chairman Karen Baird 5 9 Secretary Andy Giblin WELLENS Richie REPORTS Match 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 13 23 First Team Manager Richie Wellens VISITORS The TEAMS Youth Assistant Manager Warren Joyce GK Coach Carlo Nash Kit Manager Paul Rushton Medical Team Steve Jordan, Dr. Mubin Ibrahim, Dave Rhodes Football Staff Youl Mawene, John Shannon Sporting Director Chris Casper Programme printed by MatchDay Creative WATCH TODAY’S MATCH here 4 We’ve been voted ‘Uswitch Most Popular Broadband Provider of the Year’ for the second year running. Salford City vs Barrow www.salfordcityfc.co.uk 5 Richie Wellens “i’m really pleased with the boys’ attitudes and the way that the new players have come in and settled down, we are looking like a really potent side.” Hello everyone and thanks for joining us for we just have to take that into tonight now, and then tonight’s game against Barrow. onto Saturday and as I’ve said before we need to get on a run of 10-12 matches and we can be right Firstly I’d like to thank Barrow for their cooperation in amongst it. and efficiency in arranging this fixture which wasn’t supposed to be played until March, but because We know what Barrow are about, they’ll make it of the EFL Trophy Final was postponed. The last difficult for us and try to take what they can as they few weeks have shown everyone how important it try to stay up in the division. In the game against is to get as many games played as we can so we them earlier in the season it took a wonder goal aren’t falling behind, or facing a backlog of games from Ash Hunter to win the game but both squads in April-May time. have changed a bit since then. It was of course frustrating that Saturday’s game at I’m really pleased with the boys’ attitudes and the Bradford City was postponed, but I think if you look way that the new players have come in and settled at the division there was only two or three games down, we are looking like a really potent side and that were actually played because of the below in the last couple of games we’ve started to show freezing weather and player safety is obviously that. really important. Enjoy the game, and to our visitors we wish you a Again it’s another game gone when we would have safe journey home afterwards. liked to follow on from last Tuesday’s win against Cambridge, a night I thought we were very, very Come on Salford! good and thoroughly deserved the three points, but We’ve been voted ‘Uswitch Most Popular Broadband Provider of the Year’ for the second year running. 6 Every business needs a Champion Against a backdrop of COVID-19, your accountant should go beyond just compliance to deliver a complete advisory role. At Champion, we are one of our clients’ greatest assets, supporting individuals, businesses and their teams in a collaborative partnership. Speak to one of our 0161 703 2500 experts today. www.linkedin.com/company/ Offices in Manchester (HQ), Chester, champion-accountants Blackpool and Preston @ChampionAccount [email protected] www.championgroup.co.uk Salford City vs Barrow www.salfordcityfc.co.uk 7 Frankly Speaking... I see the Twitteratti brigade were out in full force after the postponement of the Bolton Wanderers fixture here at the Peninsula Stadium 10 days ago. Judging by the limited range of vocabulary used up with enough benefactors and money raising Every business there is a suggestion the vast majority of posters schemes to provide the manager with a playing went to the same Twitter seat of learning or else budget while at the same time keeping playing there’s a booklet doing the rounds ‘How To Be facilities in line with league requirements. needs a Abusive Online In 10 Easy Words’. At the full-time level your task isn’t just about In reference to Salford City FC ‘tinpot’ was a getting a team on the pitch. There are a variety Champion favourite – and modest - adjective used. But it of activities called for at, what is now deemed, beats me why you would bother wasting time and the ‘elite level’ – youth development, community energy having a go at an organisation your choice involvement, fan liaison, training facilities to of descriptive word regards as inferior, worthless or mention a few. And, yes, a good quality playing unimportant? Surely there are more worthy causes surface. But when you’ve come from the Northern to vent your anger at. Premier League First Division North to the Sky Bet League Two in the space of six years all of Against a backdrop of COVID-19, your accountant We were also called leaches, tramps, scruffs, and these things cannot be achieved overnight. We’ve scabby – another favourite - as well as some more always had a good draining surface here at Moor should go beyond just compliance to deliver a obscene terms. I take even stronger objection to Lane but there is no doubt the development of the some of the language used however. 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I would think you are unlikely to have developed So, it was encouraging last week to see that the into a keyboard warrior. Simply because you will EFL along with the Premier League, the FA, the understand that running a football club is not Women’s Professional Game, the PFA, the League always a bed of roses whatever the level. 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