Class Of '92 Plot Salford Revolution

Four of Manchester United's youth team graduates were spotted watching Salford City FC on Saturday afternoon. Ryan Giggs, Paul Schools, Nicky Butt and Gary Neville were part of the 175 there to witness Curzon Ashton's 2-0 win over Salford, thus increasing substantial speculation Giggs and Neville are preparing a takeover bid. Talks with the club's current board are believed to have taken place last month.

Plan's for the Evo-Stik Northern League Division 1 side to rival FC United Of Manchester (based 5 miles away at Gigg Lane, Bury) are premature. This being said, a £300,000 instant investment in stadium facilities has been rumored to be on the cards should the ex-United stars takeover.

The neich that FC United had (and still do have) was their dislike for both modern football's corporate image and the Glazer family's takeover at Old Trafford. Support for the splinter club began instantly with an average attendance of 3,000 in their first season, making them the 87th best supported side across England in 2005/06. Incredibly, their average home gate has decreased ever since regardless of 3 promotions in that time! Building work on a new 5,000 capacity stadium for FC United has recently begun with the belief support for the team is set to stablilise.

The city's rugby league club have seen heavy investment over the last few year's, giving reason for sporting optimism to local people - which for once doesn't come from Manchester United. Obviously, the clear difficulty for Giggs and Neville would be attracting the crowds to Moor Lane, which as discussed have been tough to reel in even for FC United. Sources close to the pair suggest that their intention is for Salford to one day win promotion in to the Football League, which would highly simulate the achievement of Fleetwood Town.

Liam Sephton, @Sephton_wafc