HISTORY

The original Salford Association was founded in 1912 and over the years most schools in the City have competed at inter-school level. The local government reorganisation in 1974 made Salford a much bigger area but it has continued to aim to provide as much schoolboy football as possible for boys in the City.The best boys from each school have been put together to form the Salford Boys teams which over the years have represented the City most honourably. Salford Boys has always been a great achievement for a schoolboy footballer. The main highlights have been the winning of the E.S.FA. Trophy in 1947 over a two legged final against Leicester. Unfortunately in 1989, again an appearance in the final here at Old Trafford, a 3-2 aggregate win saw the Trophy go to St. Helens. In 1933 and 1975 we were semi-finalists. Over the years many trophies have been won in the Greater Manchester and Lancashire competitions.A number of Salford Boys have become famous over the years. To play in school teams is an achievement, to play for your County and even England Boys is fantastic, to have a career in the world of professional football is the dream of virtually every young player. In recent memory or currently Michael Appleton, Simon Barker, Billy Garton, Dean Holden, Simon Ratcliffe, Ben Thornley, Michael Twiss and Jamie Wood have achieved that dream while Ryan Giggs (Wales), Mick Kennedy and Terry Phelan (both Republic of Ireland), and David White (England) have gone on to achieve recognition at full international level.Some of our more recent successes include Danny Livesey ( Bolton and Carisle) Jason Talbot ( Bolton and Mansfield) and Phil Bardsley ( Man. Utd) .

In the year 2000, after a 53 year wait, Salford once again became the English Schools Champions after defeating Cardiff 2-1 at Old Trafford.The City Boys almost managed to repeat the success two years later but unfortunately were beaten by Cambridge in the semi finals after extra time.