We are pleased to announce that official travel will be running to Featherstone for the Northern Rail Cup Quarter Final on Thursday 22 May, 2008.

Seats are available for 10 pounds on a first come, first served basis from the club shop either in person or on 0161 736 6564 and will not be held in lieu of payment.

Please try to book as early as possible to avoid disappointment - it is very unlikely that if you leave it until the day of the game (or even a day or two before) that there will be any spaces left. If people book early then we have the opportunity to book additional coaches, but this cannot be done after the weekend prior to the game.

Shirley will be running the travel again for us, so everyone should be on their best behaviour!

We would like to urge as many fans as possible to resist the urge to watch this match on TV - get down their, support the lads and help send us all on our way to Blackpool for the final!

Don’t forget tonight, Salford City Radio 94.4FM, Rugby Roundup with myself and Paul Parkin 6-7pm (repeated Friday at the same time). In depth interview with Shaun McRae after last week’s draw at the Don Valley. Well worth a listen… Catch it online at www.salfordcityradio.org if your wireless is rubbish….

Email any questions or your talking points to studio@salfordcityradio.org this afternoon or prior to that send to paul.mcnally@reds.co.uk

Plus we’ll be discussing Chambers (again ;), Millennium Magic, International selection hoo-ha and whatever else takes our fancy…. it’s a rugby talk show, but not as we know it….

Oh an we’ll also be joined by John Thomason from Swinton Lions and it was good last time he was on so be there!

Cheers

As of 4pm the coaches to Sheffield have sold out - we are currently looking into whether we can source further coaches, but it isn’t looking too good at this stage.

We will update the blog as soon as we have any further information. We would like to apologise for any disappointment, but we have been taken by surprise by the high level of demand for travel to this fixture.

FURTHER UPDATE

We have been unable to source any additional travel, so unfortunately (for those not booked on yet) supporter travel to Sheffield is now officially SOLD OUT.

Due to significant demand for an easy way to get to this trickily timed fixture next Friday night the club is providing affordable coach travel to the Don Valley Stadium.

Places are available now for the bargain price of ten pounds, with coaches leaving The Willows at 5.15pm for an 8 o’clock kick off - this should arrive in time despite the Friday night traffic. We have attempted to make the leaving time as late as we can comfortably allow it to be to give everyone chance to get there from work, but are concerned that departure any later than 5.15pm leaves the possibility of late arrival, so the coaches will not be hanging around past that time - it is your responsibility to make sure you are there before they leave.

Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis and cannot be held in lieu of payment on the day - call the shop on 0161 736 6564 or visit personally to book your space.

One final reminder - strictly no alcohol is allowed on the coaches. Anyone behaving less than well will be ejected from the coach and left to find their own way home. There will be children on the coaches so bad language will not be tolerated.

I’m sure you will all be pleased to know that the coaches will be stewarded on this occasion by the one and only Shirley Bradshaw of Forever Reds chairperson fame, and Shirley doesn’t stand for any messing

It should be a good trip - Sheffield away is usually a good one and hopefully all Reds should arrive back home safe and happy with another three points in the bag.

Aloha, radio tonight folks…Joining Paul Parkin and myself on the telephone tonight will be Malcolm Alker and Robbie Paul.

We’ll be analysing all the results and happenings from the past seven days as well as looking forward to Friay’s big clash with Widnes Vikings.

So join us at 6pm on 94.4FM Salford City Radio or listen online at www.salfordcityradio.org

Email us your questions to studio@salfordcityradio.org

Prices are as follows for the televised game against the Wildcats on Sunday 20th April, kickoff 5.30pm:

Adults 10

Concessions 6*

Juniors 2

Tickets are on sale now. Make sure you get yours for the start of what will hopefully be a decent cup run, and your first chance to see the new City Reds of ‘08 take on Super League opposition!

*As ever, concessions apply to seniors (over 60s) and students on production of a valid I.D.

Dry yet?

Quick post to apologise for the lack of info on the blog lately. We haven’t forgotten about it! It’s just all hands to the pump at the moment, and there aren’t enough hours in the day.

Loads going on. We’ve got 5 home games in quick succession coming up over the next month (Featherstone, Warrington/Bramley, Widnes, Wakefield and Whitehaven) so there’s plenty to do there, the Golden Angels promotion is a huge, huge time sink, there’s the small matter of the Super League license application which has to be in before 5pm on March 31st and on top of that we’re a man down as Paul is off doing the baby thing. Somehow the blog has (temporarily) been squeezed out in the shuffle, but normal service should be resumed within the next week or so.

As far as the license application goes, all we can say is that everyone within the club feels that our bid is exceptionally strong and it is a very impressive submission when you sit down and look at it. It makes you realise that the club is in very good hands, and stronger now in all departments than it has ever been. We’re just giving it a final polish in the time remaining and then we have to leave it in the hands of the RFL Board of Directors to make their decision. July can’t come soon enough. If anyone has any questions about the process or our submission feel free to leave them in the comments and someone will answer them asap (assuming they aren’t asking us to post the budgets, or Board of Directors salaries that is!)

Also, well played to the lads on Friday night - an exceptional effort - and well done to the fans who braved the driving rain! Legends all. Same again on Monday would be nice (hopefully without the downpour). See you all there!