2009 Salford City Reds season explained

Salford City Reds competed in their eleventh Super League season in their 137th year. They also competed in the 2009 Challenge Cup.

Transfers

Transfers for 2009 (in)

width=5%	Nat	width=25%	Name	width=35%	Transferred from	width=45%	Date released
	Ray Cashmere	North Queensland Cowboys	October 2008
	Jeremy Smith	South Sydney Rabbitohs	October 2008
	Mark Henry	North Queensland Cowboys	October 2008
	Luke Swain	Gold Coast Titans	October 2008
	Willie Talau	St Helens R.F.C.	October 2008
	Rob Parker	Warrington Wolves	October 2008

Transfers for 2009 (out)

width=5%	Nat	width=25%	Name	width=20%	Transferred to	width=45%	Date released
	Mat Gardner	Harlequins RL	October 2008
	Steve Bannister	Widnes Vikings	October 2008
	Andrew Brocklehurst		October 2008
	Paul Highton	Oldham R.L.F.C.	October 2008
	Chris Borgese		October 2008
	Andy Ballard		October 2008
	Luke Ambler		October 2008
	Daley Williams	Keighley Cougars	October 2008

Full squad

width=5%	Number	width=5% class="unsortable"	Nat	width=20%	Player	width=20%	Position	width=30%	Previous Club
1		Karl Fitzpatrick	Full back	Widnes Vikings
2		John Wilshire	Wing	Leigh Centurions
3		Mark Henry	Centre	North Queensland Cowboys
4		Willie Talau	Centre	St. Helens
5		Paul White	Wing	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
6		Jeremy Smith	Stand off	South Sydney Rabbitohs
7		Richard Myler	Scrum half	Widnes Vikings
8		Ray Cashmere	Prop	North Queensland Cowboys
9		Malcolm Alker	Hooker	Wigan St Patricks
10		Craig Stapleton	Prop	Cronulla Sharks
11		Ian Sibbitt	Second row	Warrington Wolves
12		Rob Parker	Second row	Warrington Wolves
13		Luke Swain	Loose forward	Gold Coast Titans
14		Jordan Turner	Loose forward	Salford City Reds
15		Stuart Littler	Centre	Leigh Miners Rangers
16		Phillip Leuluai	Prop	Cronulla Sharks
17		Robbie Paul	Half back	Huddersfield Giants
18		Lee Jewitt	Prop	Wigan Warriors
19		Stefan Ratchford	Hooker	Salford City Reds
20		Luke Adamson	Second row	Leigh East
21		Andrew Thornley	Wing	Salford City Reds
22		Stephen Nash	Prop	Widnes Vikings
23		Adam Sidlow	Prop	Widnes Vikings
24		Dean McGilvray	Centre	St. Helens
25		Jason Walton	Loose forward	Salford City Reds
26		Marlon Alker	Centre	Salford City Reds
27		Lewis Palfrey	Prop	Salford City Reds
28		Jack Spencer	Half back	Salford City Reds

Fixtures and results

Competition	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Home/away	Venue	Attendance	Date
	1		Win	28-16	Home		4,026	14/02/2009
Super League XIV	2		Loss	29-10	Away		6,578	22/02/2009
Super League XIV	3	Castleford Tigers	Loss	52-16	Away		7,052	28/02/2009
Super League XIV	4		Loss	18-48	Home	The Willows	3,367	06/03/2009
Super League XIV	5		Loss	38-12	Away		9,723	13/03/2009
Super League XIV	6		Loss	12-38	Home	The Willows	7,016	20/03/2009
Super League XIV	7		Loss	48-12	Away		8,104	29/03/2009
	4		Win	18-22	Away		8,945	05/04/2009
Super League XIV	8		Win	18-16	Home	The Willows	6,150	10/04/2009
Super League XIV	9		Win	20-30	Away		14,381	13/04/2009
Super League XIV	10		Loss	38-6	Away		8,327	18/04/2009
Super League XIV	11	Hull FC	Loss	14-18	Home	The Willows	4,165	25/04/2009
Super League XIV	12	Harlequins RL	Loss	16-24	Neutral		29,627	02/05/2009
Challenge Cup 2009	5		Win	4-66	Away		1,298	10/05/2009
Super League XIV	13		Win	4-24	Away		6,903	17/05/2009
Super League XIV	14		Win	18-10	Home	The Willows	4,383	23/05/2009
Challenge Cup 2009	QF	Wigan Warriors	Loss	28-6	Away		9,466	29/05/2009
Super League XIV	15	Wigan Warriors	Loss	34-18	Away	JJB Stadium	11,550	05/06/2009
Super League XIV	16	Catalans Dragons	N/A	P-P	Home	The Willows	N/A	12/06/2009
Super League XIV	17	Hull FC	Loss	14-12	Away	KC Stadium	11,218	19/06/2009
Super League XIV	18	Huddersfield Giants	Loss	10-34	Home	The Willows	3,721	26/06/2009
Super League XIV	19	St Helens RLFC	Win	20-10	Home	The Willows	4,808	03/07/2009
Super League XIV	20	Celtic Crusaders	Loss	25-12	Away		3,009	11/07/2009
Super League XIV	21	Castleford Tigers	Loss	12-18	Home	The Willows	3,487	17/07/2009
Super League XIV	22	Warrington Wolves	Loss	62-20	Away		8,906	26/07/2009
Super League XIV	23	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Loss	24-30	Home	The Willows	3,151	31/07/2009
Super League XIV	16	Catalans Dragons	Loss	16-18	Home	The Willows	3,475	07/08/2009
Super League XIV	24	Harlequins RL	Win	22-26	Away		2,612	15/08/2009
Super League XIV	25	Hull Kingston Rovers	Loss	10-14	Home	The Willows	4,224	21/08/2009
Super League XIV	26	Bradford Bulls	Loss	44-18	Away		8,167	06/09/2009
Super League XIV	27	Leeds Rhinos	Loss	24-30	Home	The Willows	6,101	11/09/2009

Note A: Match between Salford City Reds and Catalans Dragons was postponed to 7 August 2009 due to a test between England and France in Paris over the same weekend, in which ten Catalans players were involved.^[1] ^[2]

External links

Salford City Reds' official website

Notes and References

News: Salford's Rob Parker fractured skull during defeat by Wigan, say club. (guardian.co.uk). 2009-06-11. London . 2009-06-10.
Web site: France 12-66 England. news.bbc.co.uk (BBC Sport). 2009-06-14. 2009-06-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20090614012919/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8093909.stm. 14 June 2009 . live.