I became a hardcore fan (home and away every game) in November 2007 when we were in the North West Counties League (level 11 of the football pyramid) having moved to Salford a few years earlier. I had actually been at the ground a handful of times during the late 80's / early 90's when I lived in Chorlton and also went to see the club play at Old Trafford in 1971 in a Lancashire Amateur FA Cup final against Aintree Villa when they were known as Salford Amateurs. I went as a neutral but naturally enough cheered for Salford not knowing then that 36 years later I'd amass hundreds of games watching them and not missing any games for countless years.