I just reading a good article on the star about the new stadium and stuff that come out from the East Salford community committee www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=1114. Some council worker saying it has to wipe its face. I hope the club doesn't get tarred with this as it the councils' policy. One thing i dont get is if the council are running the stadium to "wipe its face" are we payin full rent. I always thought we were only paying a token amount. It seems a bit daft if they are charging kids teams a lot to use the outside pitches etc whilst we are paying peanuts.

I just reading a good article on the star about the new stadium and stuff that come out from the East Salford community committee www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=1114. Some council worker saying it has to wipe its face. I hope the club doesn't get tarred with this as it the councils' policy. One thing i dont get is if the council are running the stadium to "wipe its face" are we payin full rent. I always thought we were only paying a token amount. It seems a bit daft if they are charging kids teams a lot to use the outside pitches etc whilst we are paying peanuts.

How do you draw that line from the pointless scare-mongering story linked to above?

By the way, food and drink are expensive in most grounds. It's not a shock to anybody.

Shock, horror!!!!! Bigpev unable to get beer due to hugh price, gets his mate to buy one solution

Shock, horror!!!!! Bigpev unable to get beer due to hugh price, gets his mate to buy one solution

You said it twice, does that mean you have two mates

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I would hardley class the warm can of froth for £2:50 that we used to get at the Willows as brilliant value for money, as long as it's palletable and cold I'll settle for it every couple of weeks. The price of the food on the other hand is daylight robbery, do feel sorry for anyone taking nipple nibblers and having for fork out for frozen chips at a massice price only for said nipple nibblers to eat a few and then dump the rest and demand something else. Can see when the retail aspect of the site is finished that a (or possibly more than one) fast food type place will open.
Still think that a beefeater or something of that nature offering say 20% discount to season ticket holders on site would be a massive hit both on match days and at other times.

Salford Reds have kindly allowed community/charity matches to be played at the Willows free of charge over many years. I'd have thought that this will continue at Barton for special events such as Salford School Cup Finals and fund raising events etc.

Salford Star's notion of free use of the artificial/grass pitches is totally impractical and would inevitably discriminate against many citizens within the community. Can you just imagine the fall out from hundreds of sports teams in the city all staking a claim to train or play at Barton for free?

Occasional free use of Salford Sports Village to my knowledge is for training and matches for kids who represent Salford sports at School level. If Barton was free it would set a very dangerous precedent for all the schools/colleges who charge for evening and weekend use of their sports facilities. Just because something isn't free doesn't mean it's not a community facility!