The Salford City Gazette
Squad24 Sep 2029
Cameron Dawson keeps Salford City in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match19 Sep 2029
Salford City bow out of the cup
Stevenage go through and Salford City go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad24 Sep 2029
Ryan Graydon 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.
Squad24 Sep 2029
Samuel Silvera 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.
Player ratings24 Sep 2029
Samuel Silvera was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market24 Sep 2029
One of our own: Jacob Phillips joins the Salford City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jacob Phillips is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Sep 2029
One of our own: James Wilson joins the Salford City first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Wilson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Sep 2029
David Young steps up from the Salford City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Young has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market24 Sep 2029
Matthew Foster steps up from the Salford City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matthew Foster has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Match Port Vale take the points off Salford City
- The dugout Steven Howard answers for it
- The dugout Robbie Brady knocks on the manager's door