{"id":394558,"date":"2025-09-03T12:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/394558\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:41:14","slug":"salford-red-devils-winding-up-petition-adjourned-for-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/394558\/","title":{"rendered":"Salford Red Devils: Winding-up petition adjourned for second time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This positive outcome is a vital step forward and allows Salford Red Devils to complete the remainder of our fixtures this season. It reflects the resilience of the club and the ongoing efforts taking place behind the scenes to secure its long-term future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We also want to acknowledge the continued support from everyone connected to the club. Your backing &#8211; whether in the stands, in the community, or beyond &#8211; remains an important part of what keeps Salford moving forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Salford&#8217;s fortunes are in stark contrast to an impressive 2024 campaign, during which boss Paul Rowley steered them to a fourth-placed finish and a play-off spot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Financial troubles during the off-season led to the club requesting an advance on their 2025 distribution payments, while a consortium led by Swiss businessman Dario Berta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-league\/articles\/cglypdx7pk3o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">completed a takeover<\/a> of the Red Devils on the eve of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Things have gradually got worse for the club this term, however, with chief executive Chris Irwin resigning less than three months into the job while Salford City Council also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-league\/articles\/czj43mpll2xo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled out of negotiations<\/a> with the Red Devils over the club&#8217;s attempt to buy their Salford Community Stadium home in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;This positive outcome is a vital step forward and allows Salford Red Devils to complete the remainder of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-394558","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115140420196515162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}