It should be Sunday in my opinion,I think more away fans will come.

The name's King of the Shed and I'm here all week. ; )

Will you have a tram station close to the ground?

Look at it this way.



The club need to maximise the corporate incomew from a bright and shiney new stadium so Friday is the best option.

The club generate much more income from the corporate Dollar in the new stadium, thus allowing greater funds to be released for player recruitment.

Better playing staff creates a winning team.

A winning team creates more interest in followers we now know exist (10000+ the othe week wasn't a fluke).

More fans on site generates more income thus meaning the club don't need to relly on the corporate dollar therefore the club then maybe look to playing on a more fan friendly day.



It's a circle, anyone who thinks that playing all home games on a Sunday would generate anything like the sort of revenue Friday nights does without a massive increase in fanbase has thier head stuck in the sand. Long gone are the days where it was soley about the fans I'm affraid.



On a personal note if they did play all games on a Sunday I know a fair few who wouldn't be able to attend because of family comimitments in the summer.

own goal! how can we stay playing on Friday nights when we need to generate fans, welcome to the congested car park called the M60, Trafford centre, just shows how important us fans are! you would doubled the away fans attending, all paying top price.



What we need to do is generate as many fans to the ground as possible & there is no doubt Sunday generates more paying fans into grounds. Own goal!!!!very disappointed.

FFS the traffic is not bad on a Friday on the M60, rush hour finishes earlier than any other night of the working week.

Think if anyone trys the M60 anti clockwise from the Whitefield side they will find they hit one hell of a lot more traffic from the M61 interchange through to the Barton high level at 14:00 on a Sunday than they would do at 19:00 on a Friday. Total rubbish that the M60 near the Trafford Centre is busy on a Friday at any time other than Christmas and seeing the playing seasons starts Febuary that is irrelevant.

MR: I understand your point but Sunday will generate more families, more away support ! more fans.

A few have mentioned walking from the Trafford Centre, but how do you get across the river? I know of the motorway which is obviously out of bounds for pedestrians. Upstream is the swing bridge, a bit of a trk. Downstream I think you can get across Irlam locks on foot, again a fair trek. Is there another crossing that I don't know about?

The swing bridge is not that far from the Trafford Centre and that would be the crossing, going over the locks is illegal.

Wouldn't fancy going over the locks at Barton, I'm not particularly keen on the Irlam ones where there's a proper bridge. Big drop into pitch black water, with them old wooden gates, no thanks

good job it's illegal





What's the crack with that planned second bridge over the canal, with the new slip road from the motorway?

There isn't as yet. As far as I know, any new bridges are at least a couple of years away from completion.



There is a potential short cut. Over the bridge, turn left down Peel Green Road, onto Langland Drive. Langland Drive leads onto a private/emergencies only road which leads under the flyover and onto the stadium. Not sure about the legalities of taking that route though and you're still talking about a 20 minute walk.

Not yet although there's potential for one in the future:







As the map shows, a new line from Pomona to Port Salford including stops at The Trafford Centre and Salford City Stadium is being proposed. However, it's all subject to funding etc. I think there are public consultations regarding this line in the next couple of weeks or so.



You're talking a good 5-10 years away from fruition.