Salford City Reds
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Salford Red Devils Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Red Devils |
| Short name | Salford Red Devils |
| Website | salfordreddevils.net |
| Colours |
 Red, White and Black |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Current details | |
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| Chairman | Marwan Koukash |
| Coach(s) | Ian Watson |
| Captain(s) | Michael Dobson |
| Competition | Super League |
| 2016 season | 10th |
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| Records | |
| Championships | 6 (1914, 1933, 1937, 1939, 1974, 1976) |
| Challenge Cups | 1 (1938) |
| Other honours | 13 |
| Most capped | 498 - Maurice Richards |
| Most points | 2,907 - David Watkins |
Salford Red Devils R.L.F.C. is a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the Super League. Formed in 1873, they have won six Championships and one Challenge Cup. Their home ground since 2012 has been the AJ Bell Stadium in Barton-upon-Irwell, before which they played at the Willows in Weaste. Before 1995, the club was known simply as Salford, from 1995-98 Salford Reds and from 1999-2013 Salford City Reds.
On a 1934 tour to France, the press described the team as playing like devils ("Diables Rouges"), hence their nickname.
The club was founded in 1873 by the boys of the Cavendish Street Chapel in Hulme, Manchester. Using a local field, the boys organised matches amongst themselves before moving to nearby Moss Side.
In an attempt to recruit new members, the link with the school was broken in 1875 and the name Cavendish Football Club was adopted. They moved to a new base on the Salford side of the River Irwell at Throstle Nest Weir in Ordsall. Two seasons later, they moved again to the west side of Trafford Road to a ground known as the Mile Field where they spent the 1877–78 season. Their next home was a field north of the former Manchester Racecourse, New Barnes. Their first season there, 1878–79, was the last to be played under the Cavendish name.
Cavendish became Salford Football Club in 1879. The first match as Salford was at Dewsbury on 4 October 1879. The following week heralded the first home match at New Barnes against Widnes, on 11 October 1879. The result was a draw with one try each.
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