Salford City F.C.
Football club in Greater Manchester, England
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- Salford City Football Club is a professional football club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
- The club was founded as Salford Central in 1940, and played minor local league football until winning a place in the Manchester League in 1963.
- The club joined the Cheshire County League in 1980, which amalgamated into the North West Counties Football League (NWCFL) two years later.
- The club survived in the league on the final day of the following season, an achievement known in club folklore as The Great Escape.
- In August 2024 Gary Neville acquired Lim's stake in the club, and on 8 May 2025 the Club announced it had been acquired by an ownership group led by David Beckham and Gary Neville, including US-based businessman Declan Kelly and Lord Mervyn Davies.
Salford City Football Club is a professional football club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
The club was founded as Salford Central in 1940, and played minor local league football until winning a place in the Manchester League in 1963. Salford were winners of the Lancashire Amateur Cup in 1971, 1973, and 1975 and the Manchester Premier Cup in 1978 and 1979. The club joined the Cheshire County League in 1980, which amalgamated into the North West Counties Football League (NWCFL) two years later. They changed their name again in 1989, to Salford City, and secured promotion into the Northern Premier League (NPL) in 2008. The club survived in the league on the final day of the following season, an achievement known in club folklore as The Great Escape.
In 2014, Salford were taken over by former Manchester United players Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, and Paul Scholes, with Singaporean businessman Peter Lim owning the rest; David Beckham purchased a 10% share from Lim in 2019. In August 2024 Gary Neville acquired Lim's stake in the club, and on 8 May 2025 the Club announced it had been acquired by an ownership group led by David Beckham and Gary Neville, including US-based businessman Declan Kelly and Lord Mervyn Davies.
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