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BBC News
21 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Bradford sign Salford defender Tilt
Bradford City have signed Salford City defender Curtis Tilt on a two-year 33-year-old will join the newly promoted League One side on 1 July when his contract with the Ammies who has had spells with Blackpool, Rotherham and Wigan, made 82 league appearances in his two seasons with Salford."Curtis is a player who we have admired from playing against us and has attributes we know will help us with our way of defending and playing," boss Graham Alexander told the club website., external
BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Turnbull signs new deal at Tranmere
Tranmere Rovers defender Jordan Turnbull has signed a new two-year contract with the League Two 30-year-old joined Rovers after leaving Salford City in the summer of 2022, and has since made 131 new deal sees him extend his stay at Prenton Park until the summer of manager Andy Crosby told the club website securing Turnbull's immediate future at the club was a positive step."We as a management staff think Jordan is coming into his best years and we look forward to helping him improve," Crosby told the club website, external."I am delighted that Jordan has extended his stay at the club. He played a prominent part in our strong end to the season."
BBC News
3 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Skipper Threlkeld leaves Torquay United
Torquay United captain Oscar Threlkeld has left the club by mutual 31-year-old former Plymouth Argyle, Salford City and Bradford City defender had been placed on the transfer list following the conclusion of the played 47 times for the Gulls after joining as a free agent last summer. He led the club to second place in National League South before the club lost out in the play-offs to Boreham Wood."Everyone at Torquay United would like to take this opportunity to thank Oscar for all his efforts and leadership during his time at Plainmoor, and the club wishes him all the very best for the future," read a Torquay statement, external.
The Sun
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
David Beckham enters Gary Neville stadium ban row with brutal dig at Nottingham Forest
DAVID BECKHAM weighed in on Gary Neville's stadium ban with a cheeky dig at Nottingham Forest's expense. Forest sensationally BANNED Neville from commentating at the City Ground on the final day of the season. 7 7 7 The East Midlands outfit - who could still clinch Champions League football - blocked Sky Sports' media accreditation request for Neville. The bombshell decision came after the former Manchester United defender criticised Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis. Neville labelled the Greek businessman's public row on the pitch with manager Nuno Espirito Santo after the 2-2 draw with Leicester as "scandalous". In a shock response, Forest refused to allow Neville to take to the gantry for the crunch clash with Chelsea in their Premier League finale. Neville, 50, took to Instagram to break his silence and express his "disappointment" at the "unprecedented action". And his close pal Beckham could not resist piling in on Forest. Becks, who co-owns Salford City with Neville, replied to the Instagram post with a brilliant comment. The ex-England captain, 50, quipped: "Must of been something to do with that 7-1 game back in the day," followed by a laughing emoji. The comment undoubtedly referred to United's thumping win over Forest at the City Ground during the Treble-winning season in February 1999 in which both Beckham and Neville played the full 90 minutes. Incredibly, though, the result was actually 8-1 - as Beckham appeared to lose count of the score. Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole scored two each before a sensational late quadruple from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Beckham's comment racked up 26,000 likes by Saturday lunchtime. Jamie Carragher also got involved, simply typing a series of laughing emojis on the post while one fan joked: "Gary Neville and Bonnie Blue both banned from the City Ground," in reference to the controversial adult content creator's lifetime suspension. Neville added in his social media statement: "I was informed yesterday by Sky Sports that Nottingham Forest would not give me an accreditation or access to the stadium as a co-commentator. I've had no choice but to withdraw from the coverage. "I've dished out my fair share of criticism and praise in the last 14 years of doing this job and have never come close to this unprecedented action. While Forest have every right to choose who they let into their own stadium, it's symptomatic of things that have happened over the last 12 months Gary Neville "Personally, I think it's disappointing that a great club like Nottingham Forest have been reduced to making such a decision. "Whilst they have every right to choose who they let into their own stadium, it's symptomatic of things that have happened over the last 12 months with the club. "I wish the coaching staff, players and fans of the club all the best in their quest to achieve Champions League football." Sky chiefs are furious and are standing with Neville following Forest's decision, and have totally revised their coverage plans for the final game of the season. A spokesperson told SunSport: "Sky Sports was subsequently informed by Nottingham Forest that Gary Neville would be denied accreditation to the match. 'This was an unprecedented and unwelcome step. "As a result, Sky Sports has decided to revise its production plans and has taken the decision to present the game from Sky Studios in West London." 7 7 7
Daily Mirror
24-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mirror
Beckham and Neville refuse to copy Ryan Reynolds after buying out Man Utd icons
David Beckham and Gary Neville completed the takeover of Salford City this month, but their spending will be vastly different from the amounts Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds has put into his club Gary Neville has admitted that his and David Beckham's approach as Salford City owners will be different from that of Wrexham's high-spending duo Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. The iconic Manchester United defender-turned-pundit completed a takeover of the League Two side earlier in May alongside Beckham as part of a new consortium that includes banker and LTA chair Lord Mervyn Davies and businessman Declan Kelly. Neville, alongside other Class of '92 icons Paul Scholes, Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt, arrived at the club in 2014 and held stakes, and were joined by Beckham and billionaire Paul Lim in 2019. However, a new ownership group has bought them out after Lim's departure last summer, though the collective of other ex-Red Devils will still be involved with the club "across technical, football, commercial, recruitment and the SCFC foundation." Wrexham were not long ago battling it out against the Ammies in the fourth division after their meteoric rise under the stewardship of Hollywood star Reynolds and fellow actor McElhenney, but now find themselves Championship-bound. This has infamously come after a heavy injection of cash from their owners, who took over in 2021, though Neville has not promised such purpose or capital supply when it comes to his venture. "Me and Becks [ David Beckham ] decided that we would put money in for the next four or five years, which is a commitment we've all made. There's been quite a lot of money been promised over the next four years," admitted Neville, speaking on The Overlap Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet. "[But] we won't change the budget, and to reverse out of the model we already have, you need two or three years. You can't just go from investing to becoming sustainable – you've got players' contracts for three years, and you've generally got a model that you've built which you can't get away from. "I think it's very different from Wrexham and Birmingham, where you're talking about hundreds of millions going into those clubs, particularly Birmingham. That's not what we're looking to do with Salford." Both Reynolds and McElhenney completed their takeover of the then-National League side for just £2million four years ago. However, this investment has since snowballed as the ambitious pair sought to raise their club through the English football pyramid, and did so. They were promoted to League Two in 2023 and League One in 2024, and now, in 2025, they'll grace the Championship after finishing second in an automatic promotion place behind Birmingham City. The Blues are another club that has seen significant investment from new, determined North American owners. Financier Tom Wagner, co-founder of Knighthead Capital Management, fronted a 2023 takeover for US-based Shelby Companies Limited and now acts as chairman, with NFL icon Tom Brady a co-owner. While Birmingham broke countless transfer records with their summer spending in 2024, including the £15m signing of Fulham striker Jay Stansfield, smashing the previous League One record transfer by roughly £12m, Neville and Beckham's Salford journey will not be one of such extravagance. "We want it to be a good football project," continued Neville. "The money we spent on our football club, we could have easily bought a League One club. The reason we didn't is that we wanted to build a football club from scratch. We had 100 fans at the time, Salford. "Every fan that comes to Salford we respect enormously, but they're there because of the things that actually we've done in the last 10 years, which is a great position as owners to be in. "We can't be accused of lacking spirit or fight or not putting money where our mouth is. We can never be accused of that sulphur because we didn't. We haven't got 10,000 fans that have been there for a long time that have an opinion that's based on the history."
