Salford City Win Eighth Straight Game to Open Five-Point Lead

Salford City have moved five points clear at the top of League Two after their eighth straight win, a 1-0 victory over Exeter City settled by a goal from Will Aimson. The Guardian reported the result on Sunday.

League Two is the fourth tier of English professional football. It is a division where promotion is the prize and the table can change quickly, so a long winning run at the top gets noticed. Salford had spent seven seasons in the league before this campaign, and their form has been the story of the autumn.

Before the Exeter match, they had already won seven games in a row, including a 4-2 away win at Walsall. BBC Sport noted that Exeter, managed by Matt Taylor, had won four of their previous five, including a 2-1 win over Fleetwood. Salford were leaders going into the game, and they stayed there.

Aimson is one of the new faces. He spent the past two seasons in League One, the division above League Two, with Wigan before joining Salford. Striker Macaulay Langstaff also arrived from Millwall. The last time he played in League Two, he scored 28 goals in a single season for Notts County, which is the kind of record that makes defenders nervous.

The changes go further than the squad. Last season ended in defeat in the playoff final, a one-off match that decides the last promotion place, and it was a 2-1 loss to Notts County. Manager Karl Robinson was sacked after that game. His replacement is Peter Cklamovski, 48, who previously worked under Ange Postecoglou and most recently managed the Malaysia national team. A new manager usually needs time, but Salford have won every game since he took charge.

Off the pitch, the club is owned by a group that includes former England captain Gary Neville and David Beckham. They took over in May 2025. Beckham chose the shade of orange for the new kit, and the club badge was redesigned. After a vote by fans, Salford have now returned to orange, the club's traditional colour, which is a small thing that many supporters clearly cared about.

For the neutral, the appeal is simple. A club that has spent most of its recent history in the lower reaches of the league is now setting the pace, with a new manager, a famous owner and a striker who has done this before. Five points is a useful cushion in November, but a league table in November is still a long way from May. Salford's next games will show whether the lead holds.