It's not that bad. More like moving from Wilderspool to the outskirts of Sankey/Westbrook.



Saints one is like building your ground at Morrisons. Walking distance from the town centre. Wait till you see the pedestrian bridge, it's going to be wayyyyyyy sexy.

The problem for Salford is that they don't have the largest fanbase to start with....Situating your ground in the middle of nowhere isn't particularly enticing to a casual local and as somebody already states, to reach the new ground for existing fans is going to take a decent car journey, which isn't ideal either.



A massive advantage for Wire and the HJ is, undoubtedly, the location.....A move to the outskirts of Sankey/Westbrook (Liverpool side) would have been a disaster.

Possibly. But with Salford, given their existing fanbase is tiny, the impact of damaging it will be lessened. Rather than lose 4 or 5 thousand and gain 1 or 2 like Warrington might have done in that example, they may lose 1,500 and gain 5,000.



It will be interesting to see how their crowds do there. It's certainly a much more vibrant, family friendly location. The Trafford Centre is close so the 'I hate rugby, do you have to go...' brigade would have something to do as well. But whether the football mad local populace are up for it is another matter. One would hope they've done some research on that.

The smell of the neighbouring sewage works at Salfords new ground will make quite an impact when the wind is blowing from east to west.

The distance that Salford are moving is around 3 1/2 miles. I actually think it will do them good to get out of their current area and to attract both home and away fans.



With our move to The HJ we moved a mile, but that actually moved us closer to our fans and the town centre.



St Helens move is around 2 miles and puts them closer to the town centre.

There is talk that once that whole site is redeveloped there will be a ferry link to the traf centre. Not many clubs can say that you travel to our ground by boat.

catalan?

True..but their real selling point is getting to it by air

Your making it sound like theyre moving to Bolton. Have you actually worked the distance out? Its less than 4miles.



IT actually might do them some good in promotions - the location is easier to get to. Parking will be better. The attraction of having something to eat and drink pre and post match at Trafford will help. What they have to do is have a good/solid season in the first one in there. If they get their marketing right I think it will help attract new punters as well as those who fill the shed they have at the mo - even the chunkier fans can walk 3.7mile.

.... on the warm summers afternoon.

I passed the site the other day its coming along nicely..

Is anything else being built on the site..Bars? Hotel? Cinema?

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