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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Aaron Bower

Salford stumble on in crisis with their future on the line and fans demanding answers

Salford’s players look on as Leigh's Bailey Hodgson celebrates scoring a try.
Salford’s players battled hard against Leigh, but still lost 38-6. Photograph: Nigel French/PA

The notion of Salford walking out on Friday night to play their game against Leigh may seem to casual observers like a positive step, given they failed to fulfil their recent fixture against Wakefield and seem engulfed in a perma-crisis.

In hindsight, the Salford warning signs were there last winter when the club requested an advance of £500,000 on their central distribution to survive the off-season. “We should have seen the wolves were at the door then,” one Super League chief executive said this week.

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