Trivia
- During the period before signing for Salford, Gus Risman was also courted by Association Football clubs. Tottenham Hotspur offered Risman terms. However, in those days football did not have the huge initial gravitas it enjoys today. During the 1920s, signing for a rugby league club was more financially rewarding. Signing-on fees were restricted or capped in football, whereas in Rugby League such fees could be a year's worth of work and playing wages combined. Risman went on to be one of the game's legendary players and was one of the inaugural inductees into the Rugby League Hall of Fame.
- On 11 March 2006, David Hodgson scored a club Super League record 8 successful goal kicks – despite having never kicked a goal before the start of the 2006 season.
- The Salford chairman, John Wilkinson, is the longest serving chairman in the British game, being at the club since 1982. A 25th Anniversary celebrating John Wilkinsons time at the club was arranged for the Super League game between Salford and Harlequins RL on 15 June 2007.
- Super League XI marked Salford's first and only appearance in the top six play-offs, in which they lasted just one game – a 52–6 rout at the hands of Bradford Bulls.
- The Reds first Super League game under Shaun McRae, on 15 June 2007 broke two Super League records in one go; at a 5–2 win for the Reds over Harlequins RL it was both the lowest scoring Super League game in history (just seven points in total) and also the first Super League game in which no tries were scored.
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