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Kyrell Malcolm: the youngest player to make an EFL League Two debut for Salford City

16-year-old Kyrell Malcolm became Salford City’s youngest league debutant in a 1-1 draw against Colchester United last night. The teenage midfielder started for his team before being subbed off in the 57th minute for Ethan Ingram, being 16 years and 260 days old. Salford City manager Karl Robinson said: “From my point of view I […]

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Train passengers’ outrage over ticket price hike as staff fear backlash

Rail commuters face are facing a new setback amid delays, cancellations and strikes as ticket prices are set to rise by almost five percent. On March 3, train tickets across the UK will increase by 4.9 percent, the highest possible increase allowed under the government’s cap, announced in December 2023. The move was reportedly an […]

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Love Island stars line-up for charity football match in aid of Manchester Arena bomb charities

Celebrities and football legends will join forces at Oldham Athletic for the third Manchester Remembers charity football match, with Tom Clare and Kai Fagan signed up. The event, which takes place in July at Boundary Park has raised over £117,000 for charities which were set up by the families of victims after the Manchester Arena […]

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Salford fans hope new “investment opportunities” change Manchester United ‘sister club’ image

Photographs taken by Joseph Hillier Days after Salford City cited new investment possibilities, Ammies fans tell Quays News they hope to see a shift beyond the Class of ‘92 connections.  It’s been ten years since the club was bought by former Manchester United stars Gary Neville, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes, and […]

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Manchester tram fines hit record levels after fare dodging “crackdown”

Penalty fares on Manchester’s tram network have soared by more than 60% after transport bosses launched a crackdown on fare dodgers. Transport for Greater Manchester has today (February 21) hailed the success of anti-fare evasion measures after tram penalty fare revenue increased by £230,000 in one quarter. The measures include increasing penalty fares from £100 […]

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Celebrating Manchester’s cycling roots ahead of the National Track Championships

This weekend sees the return of the National Track Championships to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester for the first time since 2020. Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls will go head to head against the future stars of the sport ahead of the summer games in Paris. The Velodrome became the home of British cycling in 1994, […]

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Manchester City fans deterred from new bus service by ‘steep’ prices and ‘confusing’ departure times

Manchester City fans have welcomed new match-day buses but say price and timing tweaks must be made to make the service a long-term success. The club, in partnership with Transport for Greater Manchester (TFGM), is trialing 17 new bus routes to travel to and from the Etihad Stadium on match days from areas on the […]

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Salford’s new £300k futsal centre will “revolutionise” the city, says sports boss

The launch of a £300,000 futsal facility which has just opened in Salford could “revolutionise” the sport, says a leading councillor behind the project. The centre, which is the first of its kind in the North West, was given the get go after receiving £190,000 from the Government’s Football Foundation and a further £127,000 from […]

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Salford Red Devils offer schools free tickets for Wigan Warriors clash

Credits: Alamy Salford Red Devils are offering schools free tickets for their game against Wigan Warriors next month as part of an ongoing initiative to bring ‘the spectacle’ of live rugby to children. The club is returning with their ‘Building the Future’ initiative which offers schools from Greater Manchester chance to attend Betfred Super League […]

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Rochdale AFC facing liquidation by “end of March” as search for buyer goes on

Rochdale AFC is facing liquidation by the “end of March”, bosses have said, as the desperate search for an investor continues. The 117 year-old club reported a loss of more than £1m last year, and has been seeking a buyer for the last 14 months to resolve their longstanding cash problems. The Dale were also […]

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