Star date: 17th October 2020

A TICKET, A POEM AND HOPEFULLY A CHALLENGE CUP WIN

While there won't be any Salford Red Devils fans at Wembley today to see them play Leeds Rhinos in their first Challenge Cup Final for 51 years, the Club has put on sale 1,000 virtual Cup Final tickets, and there are still some left.

Meanwhile, Salford poet Simon Williams has penned a special verse to celebrate the occasion, called This Is The Day.

Full details here...

Today, Salford Red Devils play their first Challenge Cup Final for 51 years, against Leeds Rhinos at Wembley being screened live by the BBC at 3pm.

Two players, Dan Sarginson and Jack Ormondroyd, will miss the final after testing positive for COVID-19 but Niall Evalds is back from injury.

While there will be no fans present at the game, the Club is selling special virtual Cup Final tickets, in a limited edition of 1,000 at £25, 'a special edition memento of the historic occasion'...

To purchase a virtual ticket – click here

Meanwhile, Salford poet extraordinaire, Simon Williams, has penned a special verse to mark the occasion, called This Is The Day...

This is the day
I have waited all my life
This is the day I have even traded in a few wives
This is the day
What can I say
The day, we finally walk out at Wembley
This is the day, to make up for all the years of hurt
This is the day, there is pride in our shirt
This is the day, for all the legends of the past
Watkins, Kenny Gill, Fielding,Dixon, Coulman, it ain't going to be our last
This is the day, for all our lost fans, watching down on us from heaven
This is the day, we forget about any recession
This is the day, our team, graces that hallowed ground
This is the day, they will hear a Salford sound
This is the day, for all us fans
This is the day, to stock up on your cans
This is the day, we are only eighty minutes away
This is the day, where the team will go down in history
This is the day, when we lift the cup
This is the day, when we need a bit of luck
This is the day, when we will bring it home
This is the day, not to be alone
This is the day, to scream at the telly
This is the day, the players will give it welly
This is the day, we all have to agree
This is the day, everyone will see
This is our day, when n it will be said...

This is the day, Come on you REDS

The Salford Star will have photographer Gareth Lyons at the match and we will provide a report and loads of pictures, hopefully, of Salford parading the trophy...