Samuel Cunningham

Central Defender - Salford City U18
12 May 2029
Saturday
Process

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The Salford City Gazette

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Nobody wins at Salford City

22 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Market

Brandon Cooper asks to leave Salford City

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Player ratings

A defender's goal wins it for Salford City — 7.54

1 for Kallum Cesay, marked 7.54, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

The dugout

Kornel Miściur keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Salford City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Words exchanged at Salford City

George Tanner and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Salford City

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Transfer targets

Liverpool tell Salford City: Josh Sargent is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The terraces

Salford City supporters have found a favourite in Kelly N'Mai

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Kelly N'Mai has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

The dugout

Daniel Udoh gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief