Wembley defeat, another manager sacked - what's going on at Salford City?

Wembley defeat, another manager sacked - what's going on at Salford City?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Salford co-owner David Beckham (left) and football director Paul Scholes sat either side of chief executive Gavin Fleig at Wembley for the play-off defeat by Notts CountyBySimon StoneChief football news reporterPublished8 minutes agoPaul Scholes was as stony faced walking through the mixed zone at Wembley as he had been sitting close to former Manchester United team-mate David Beckham in the Royal Box as Salford City's 3-0 play-off final defeat by Notts County unfolded.Scholes had just been into the losing dressing room to offer what condolences he could after such a shattering loss.'Time for a word, Paul?' Scholes was asked as he walked past reporters on his way out. The former England midfielder turned, scoffed and continued on his way.What was there to say?"We were beaten in every area of the pitch," said manager Karl Robinson when he stood in roughly the same place a few minutes later."I apologise to the supporters that we couldn't give them what they wanted."Salford's defeat triggered the expected sarcasm on social media around co-owner Gary Neville offering blunt opinions on Sky Sports about how other clubs should be run, while failing at his own.Former joint manager Anthony Johnson was among those to offer his view.Johnson - together with Bernard Morley - led Salford to promotion three times. They starred in the popular Out of their League series on the BBC, which charted the early years of the new ownership, before being released following promotion to the National League in 2018."We left Salford City eight years ago after winning three promotions," he wrote on X. "Since then they've won one promotion, and that was the season after we'd left with the majority of the squad we put together. I do sometimes wonder…"Nine days later, Robinson was sacked. In an eight-line st...