Salford City supporters have voted in favour of reverting the club’s primary home shirt colour to orange ahead of the 2026-27 season.
In a landmark moment for the club 77.1% of fans chose to revert from red to orange, reversing the decision made by the Class of ’92 in 2014 when they first invested in the club.
The upgrades will take place once the 2025-26 season has ended, and they will be ready in time for the start of the 2026-27 season. These works will include replacing the cladding around the Peninsula Stadium and the seats, amongst other planned stadium infrastructure works.
A further consultation period with supporters about changing the club crest will commence in due course. The vote was run and verified by an independent body.
Salford City was formed in 1940 as Salford Central and competed in the local Eccles and District Leagues as a team for local boys to play football. Early success came in the form of two Division 2 titles in 1955-56 and 1959-1960, and the Division 3 title in 1958-59.
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In 1963 the Club changed its name to Salford Amateurs, which is where our nickname of ‘The Ammies’ (or the Ammeys as it sometimes appears) comes from. That change happened at the same time we made the step up to the Manchester League Division 1, which we won in 1968-69 to earn promotion to the Premier Division.
The club dropped its “Amateurs” tag in 1978, although it would take them 30 years to ascend to the heights of the Northern Premier League Division 1 North in 2008.
The club’s current ascendancy came to pass towards the end of the 2013-14 season, when Salford were heading for another mid-table finish on the pitch. Off the field the club was about to take a significant step forward after president Dave Russell was approached by members of the Class of ’92 about a takeover. On March 27th 2014 it was announced that Project 92, a consortium consisting of Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Gary and Phil Neville, and Paul Scholes, had completed a takeover of Salford City subject to FA approval. Later in 2014 it was announced that Singaporean businessman Peter Lim had also acquired a 50% stake.
