Salford City
| Salford City | ||||
| Basic data | ||||
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| Surname | Salford City Football Club | |||
| Seat | Salford | |||
| founding | 1940 (as Salford Central ) | |||
| owner |
Peter Lim (40%) Phil Neville (10%) Gary Neville (10%) Nicky Butt (10%) Paul Scholes (10%) Ryan Giggs (10%) David Beckham (10%) |
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| President | Karen Baird | |||
| Website | salfordcityfc.co.uk | |||
| First soccer team | ||||
| Head coach | Graham Alexander | |||
| Venue | Moor Lane | |||
| Places | 5106 | |||
| league | EFL League Two | |||
| 2019/20 | 11th place | |||
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Salford City (officially: Salford City Football Club ) - also known as The Ammies - is an English football club from the city of Salford , Greater Manchester, in north-west England . The club, which was founded in 1940, played for decades in lower-class amateur football, before being taken over by several former Manchester United professionals in 2014 and making four promotions and the club now plays in the fourth-class EFL League Two .
history
The club was founded in 1940 under the name Salford Central and played in local amateur leagues until 1963. In 1963 the club was accepted into the Manchester Football League and renamed itself to Salford Amateurs ; the nickname Ammies , which still exists today, is a belittling form of the word amateur . In 1978 the club moved to its existing venue Moor Lane and joined the Cheshire County League after its renovation in 1980 , and two years later this league merged with the Lancashire Combination to form the North West Counties Football League . In 1980 Salford Amateurs merged with Anson Villa to form Salford FC , and in 1990 the club was renamed Salford City .
In 1990 they took part in the FA Cup for the first time on the occasion of the 50th anniversary , but failed in the pre-qualifying round at Warrington Town . 2008 succeeded as second in the table, the rise in the Northern Premier League , in whose division One North one held the following years. After the club was taken over in November 2014 by businessman Peter Lim and five former Manchester United professionals Phil Neville , Gary Neville , Nicky Butt , Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs , further sporting successes soon set in.
Under the coaching duo Bernard Morley and Anthony Johnson, who were signed up in January 2015, at the end of the 2014/15 season they were promoted to the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League as relay champions , and in the following season as play-off winners they made it through to the National League North , the second highest division in non-league football . In the 2015/16 FA Cup , they also qualified for the first main round of the competition, in which they beat fourth division Notts County 2-0 and only failed in the second round in the replay after extra time against Hartlepool United , another fourth division club. From 2016 to 2017 the stadium was completely renovated and expanded to a capacity of 5,000 visitors, the stadium, which was renamed Peninsula Stadium through a sponsorship agreement , was opened by Alex Ferguson in October 2017 .
After the club Ground surrounded in the summer of 2017 Vollprofitum succeeded in the season 2017/18 as champions of the National League North promotion to the National League . There they made headlines in advance with the engagement of goal scorer Adam Rooney , who moved from the Scottish first division club and European Cup participant FC Aberdeen to Salford. Previously, Graham Alexander was introduced as the new coach in May 2018 after the club split from the previous coaching duo following promotion.
In January 2019, David Beckham , another member of the Class of 92, acquired shares in the club. The team occupied third place in the table at the end of the 2018/19 season . In the promotion play-offs, the team first prevailed on penalties against FC Eastleigh , in the final at Wembley Stadium in London , AFC Fylde was defeated 3-0 and thus made it through to the EFL League Two .
Squad for the 2019/20 season
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successes
- National League play-off winners: 2018/19
- National League North Champion: 2017/18
- Northern Premier League Premier Division play-off winners: 2015/16
- Northern Premier League Division One North Champion: 2014/15
- Manchester League Premier Division champions: 1974/75, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1978/79
- Runner-up (and promoted) of the North West Counties Football League: 2007/08
- Manchester Premier Cup winners : 1977/78, 1978/79
- North West Counties Football League League Cup Winner: 2005/06
- Lancashire Amateur Cup winners: 1972/73, 1974/75, 1976/77
League affiliation
- 1940–1963: local amateur leagues
- 1963–1980: Manchester Football League
- 1980-1982: Cheshire County League
- 1982-2008: North West Counties Football League
- 2008-2016: Northern Premier League
- 2016-2018: National League North
- 2018-2019: National League
- since 2019: EFL League Two
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Shaun Tyas: The Dictionary of Football Club Nicknames in Britain and Ireland . Paul Watkins Publishing, Donington 2013, ISBN 978-1-907730-25-2 , pp. 33 .
- ↑ Mike Williams & Tony Williams: Non-League Club Directory 2017 . Tony Williams Publications, 2016, ISBN 978-1-869833-69-5 , pp. 98 .
- ↑ bbc.com: Salford City: Class of 92's takeover alongside Peter Lim is approved (Nov. 12, 2014) , accessed on September 30, 2018
- ↑ burytimes.co.uk: Former Ramsbottom United joint manager Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley join Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes at Salford City (3 January 2015) , accessed on 30 September 2018
- ↑ manchestereveningnews.co.uk: Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson unveils Salford City FC's Peninsula Stadium (Oct. 19, 2017) , accessed September 30, 2018
- ↑ mirror.co.uk: Salford City to go full time from next season as Class of 92 club close in on Football League (March 7, 2017) , accessed September 30, 2018
- ↑ telegraph.co.uk: Adam Rooney forfeits European football with Aberdeen for pay rise at non-league Salford (July 19, 2018) , accessed September 30, 2018
- ↑ theguardian.com: Gary Neville and Salford City accused of trying to 'steal' Football League place (July 20, 2018) , accessed September 30, 2018
- ↑ bbc.com: Graham Alexander: Salford City appoint ex-Scunthorpe manager (May 14, 2018) , accessed September 30, 2018
- ↑ telegraph.co.uk. Salford City part company with promotion-winning managers due to 'irreconcilable differences' (May 8, 2018) , accessed September 30, 2018
- ↑ theguardian.com: David Beckham buys Salford City stake and makes Class of 92 majority owners (Jan. 23, 2019) , accessed August 3, 2019