[5] He spent the early part of his career with Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers and came under the wing of John Docherty at the latter club.
[6] Despite being offered an apprenticeship, a fee and a guaranteed professional contract by Arsenal, new Brentford manager John Docherty convinced Salman to join the Fourth Division club on schoolboy forms in September 1975.
[9] Salman later revealed that he only found out he was playing the day before the match, when a reporter from The Sun arrived at his house and told him the news.
[7] Salman was a first-team regular until the 1982–83 season, when a mismanaged ruptured thigh injury restricted him to just a single appearance.
[7] Potential moves away from Griffin Park fell through, with Salman failing trials with Stoke City and Millwall in 1982.
[13] The match brought down the curtain on an 11-year career at Griffin Park, during which Salman made 371 appearances and scored eight goals.
[12] He made 36 appearances and scored two goals during a forgettable debut season, in which the Lions finished in the bottom half of the table.
As of July 2010, Salman was coaching youth players in the South West at his own soccer school and Plymouth College.