Sponsors

Prior to him sponsoring Super League, Fred did help us out during our last season at The Willows when he sponsored The Shed for a season for around £25k.

The disappointing thing is that whenever Fred was approached by Wilkinson to get involved in the club. Fred always said he was a Football man and didn't want to get involved in the Rugby League, even though he made his initial money off sweepstakes on the Salford matches as a kid (watch The Betfred Story). Moving forward a number of years, now he's headline sponsor for the completion and whenever you hear an interviews around Betfred's partnership with Super League he always speaks proudly of his passion for the game, which is b**lsh1t IMO. At the end of the day, the Rugby League sponsorship is perfect for Betfred as it's such a working class game and most of his bookies are in working class areas. This lays the platform for him to profit from the most vulnerable people in society. It's still an excellent sponsorship for RL though and I can't think of many better companies to have as our headline sponsor. They are the largest independently owned company in the North West and one of biggest in the UK. If only we had similar partnerships in place instead of Foxy Bingo and Bahelors Mushy Peas!! lol

Finally, and as people have already mentioned, ultimately it's up to Fred what he does with him money and if he doesn't want to help the club or watch them at the AJ then that's entirely up to him. It's his money and his life he can do what he wants and he's done a good job of it. Personally, I'd rather have an owner who has a vested interest in the club as opposed to someone just putting money in willy-nilly. I have the feeling that someone will come in soon, especially now the club has somewhat stabilised and with Watto and Bleasey doing a fantastic job. There's got to be someone out there who fancies a crack at a RL club.