BTW - Bought one pack of trolleys and got another 1/2 price. 6 Pairs of M&S boxers for a tenner! Not bad to me:-)

How did the real reds go on? Read on...

MATCH REPORT

Salford City Reds 24-22 Celtic Crusaders
The Willows, Salford
Thursday 15 May 2008, 7.30pm
National League 1 - Round 7

The Reds just had enough to scrape past a gutsy Celtic Crusaders side who have already shocked Halifax and Widnes this season. Despite cruising into an early 0-12 lead, the Crusaders were eventually pegged back by Salford who grabbed the points courtesy of two long-range Paul White tries.

Tempers flared towards the end and a brawl erupted that led to Reds' Captain Malcolm Alker heading to the sin-bin and the incident put on report, but the Reds had enough to hang on and take all three points on offer.

Preparation had been affected with the loss of influential Aussie prop Craif Stapleton who has had to dash back to Australia due to a family bereavement and that gave young Adam Sidlow a chance to make his mark which he took gleefully with a sprightly performance showing he was always keen to offload.

If White's pace turned out to be the difference mentions should be given to Paul Highton and Stuart Littler, scoring his 98th try for the club, as well as a monumental performance for Phillip Leuluai at prop.

Does anyone else find the 'sin bin' bit significant? Imagine Renaldo or Rooney going for a quiet sit down in the corner on the refs say so?

Me neither.

D.