The Salford City Gazette
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
Nobody could get near Christian Nwachukwu
Successful dribbles: 63. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
No sign of nerves from Sheldon Dinesh at 20 — 8.10
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Sheldon Dinesh did not need any: 8.10, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Zach Awe says Salford City went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Ben Osborn in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Salford City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match2 Sep 2028
Still nobody has beaten Salford City
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
The terraces4 Sep 2028
The crowd has taken to Sheldon Dinesh
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match2 Sep 2028
Ben Woodburn the difference as Salford City beat Tranmere Rovers
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ben Woodburn. 1‑0 against Tranmere Rovers, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Brandon Franco wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Salford City know it.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Brandon Franco falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Market Salford City sign Daniel Wright, one for the future
- Market Salford City sign Thomas Hall, one for the future
- Market Salford City buy the years ahead of Edward Hunter