FANS of the Salford Red Devils called on the Rugby Football League (RFL) and Salford City Council to save the troubled club yesterday.

The club’s owners were given a further two weeks to pay off their debts yesterday after a hearing at a specialist companies court.

The company which owns the team, Salford City Reds (2013) Limited, was issued with a winding-up petition by HM Revenue and Customs in May.

At a short hearing at the Insolvency and Companies Court yesterday — the third since the petition was issued — barrister Josh O’Neill, for HMRC, asked for the club to be wound up.

Lawyers for the club told the court that the debts were due to be paid off in full and asked for a two-week adjournment.

Chief Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Nicholas Briggs granted the adjournment for “payment in full” of the club’s debts by November 12.

Salford have been beset by financial problems all season, operating under strict salary cap restrictions after failing to pay players and staff on time, and seeing several star players leave throughout a campaign in which they finished bottom of the Super League standings.

Earlier this month, it was confirmed they had lost their place in next season’s expanded top flight, provisionally relegated to the Championship for the 2026 campaign, and head coach Paul Rowley has subsequently left to join St Helens.

Their troubled season came after a consortium led by Swiss businessman Dario Berta completed a takeover in February this year.

Meanwhile, fans group The 1873 launched a petition yesterday urging all fans to join their demands that council and RFL stage an “urgent intervention to safeguard the very existence” of the historic club.

“Supporters now fear that delays such as today’s adjournment are deliberately jeopardising any realistic opportunity for a new ownership group to restore the club and compete in the 2026 Championship season, which is now rapidly approaching,” the petition reads.

“We urgently implore the Rugby Football League to act immediately by revoking the club’s membership, removing this situation from the Courts and HMRC’s exclusive control [and for] Salford City Council to terminate the tenancy agreement with the current ownership, preventing further damage to the club and community asset.

“Salford Red Devils belongs to its community. It belongs to its history. It belongs to its supporters.”