The Salford City Gazette
Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Salford City's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Salford City has to find a result from somewhere.
Market16 Aug 2027
Fabio Borini hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Salford City can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Matt Butcher: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Salford City have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Giacomo Corona is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Jake Bidwell 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Matthew Marshall is a Salford City player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market16 Aug 2027
Richard Murphy is a Salford City player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market16 Aug 2027
Benjamin Stewart comes home
The shirt still fits. Benjamin Stewart is back at Salford City, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A late step up for Kallum Cesay
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
In brief
- Boardroom Salford City beat the market to Daniel Carrasco from Accrington Stanley
- Player ratings Ben Woodburn was the difference for Salford City
- Match Salford City share the spoils with Newport County