Darlo Uncovered

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... r-pressure

Nice to read a DFC article in the national press that doesn't trot out the usual stereotypes

It may be something that everyone knows but just in case, BBC red button is channel 601 on freeview. Starts at 1.20pm. Think we have a chance to pull this one off and into the next round. "Up the Quakers" Also Channel 981 on Sky (unhelpfully described as "BBC RB1"), it's on the Schedule Thanks for ...

50 years wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:23 am

It may be something that everyone knows but just in case, BBC red button is channel 601 on freeview. Starts at 1.20pm.

Think we have a chance to pull this one off and into the next round.

"Up the Quakers"

Also Channel 981 on Sky (unhelpfully described as "BBC RB1"), it's on the Schedule

jjljks wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:17 pm

Bristol Rovers have sacked their manager after being hammered 1-4 by Fleetwood. Is this an omen?

Caretaker Boss is former Poolie Tommy Widdrington

A Darlo manager who has scored for England ...

27 March 1991, England v Republic of Ireland, Wembley - Steve Staunton scored a tenth minute own goal

theoriginalfatcat wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:06 pm

Pickford"s saved for England

He's a bit off his head these days though....

Pickford did score a penalty v Switzerland Nations League 3rd Place playoff in 2019 - but in a penalty shootout

They have put out a tweet tonight to rally Poolies to big them up them on social media

Evening @JeffStelling
, trying to recruit some @Official_HUFC fans to support us on social media as we prepare to take on Darlington in the #EmiratesFACup next week - you up for helping? Winking face

According to the FA, playing in front of fans may be possible; this was the comment below the draw: "Following recent Government announcements, we are currently working with Government on arrangements for Emirates FA Cup ties (including spectators). We will hopefully be able to provide an update to ...

Andy Lonergan, experienced goalkeeper and a sort of full circle for his career. :thumbup: Haha now there is someone quite happily accepting a final pay day... I wonder if when the PL created the rule around eight home grown players they envisaged that clubs would bring in ageing English goalkeepers...

He wasn't the worst manager we've had & not the best but as he lasted over 3 years I wonder how many mangers following him lasted longer than Madden. I'm assuming Hodgson & Gray did, but not even Little, Penney or Knowles lasted that long. Billy Elliott was manager from June 1979 to June 1983. What...

Sorry Clive Natrrass or Neil Hague would definitely not be anywhere near my best eleven. A really classy defender I remember from the 1970s is John Stone who came from York City. Also must mention Barry Lyons who was an excellent midfielder in the 1970s and also came from York. My memory of Clive N...

Couple of names not mentioned so far - Alan Walsh and Fred Barber

I don't really know if there is an easy answer. If you make the Northern Premier League go straight into Conference North you give step 3 Northern sides a 1 in 12 chance of getting to Step 2 whilst giving the rest of the county a 1 in 36 chance - not sure that will be interpreted as fair. There isn...

Also, we've repeatedly shown we can compete with full time teams in individual games. Taken over the course of a season we may not be able to maintain the standards we set in some of those, and we may be relegated again, but we wouldn't be embarrassed by any stretch. Of course we should aim to go u...

At least Alty fans will only have to pay £10 when they return to The Field. Spennymoor surcharges other visiting Co. Durham fans 40% - £14 for the visit of Darlo and Gateshead but back to £10 for everyone else.

Oh i remember it well,uriah Rennie being accused of brown envelop acceptance at the time think it was Rennie,s first season in the football league.one hell of a lot of controversy over where 12 mins extra time came from .i believe his first game in the league was at Darlington, might have that wron...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... lsall.html

"Darlington's players celebrate after forcing a replay with a 97th minute equaliser" - looks suspiciously like the opening goal

Not seen it mentioned earlier - their manager is ex-Poolie Darren Clarke who brought his Salisbury side to the Arena in the FA Trophy Quarter Finals in our FA Trophy Winning season 2010/11. He was open about how he would use his Poolie contacts to get inside information for the match.

There's a great stat in Craig Stoddart's Echo report; this is the first year that Darlo have won 3 FA Cup ties since 1988/9. That year we had three home draws and saw off Runcorn 4-2, Northwich 6-2 and Halifax Town 3-0 (featuring Les McJannet's classy backheeled goal). What makes this year's run all...

Match report from the Daily Mail - starts by claiming we took only 50 fans and carried on in with similar accuracy (Phoenix Club, three consecutive promotions) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7543811/ON-ROAD-Bermudan-boys-help-Quakers-quest-Darlington-aim-banish-ghosts-troubled-pa...

TKOA wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:19 am

Did we take a good following that day? I see Gabbiadini was in the Sunderland team!

We had half of the terrace at the Fulwell End (or was it the Roker End). Played well enough but the gulf was too big.

Great performance today, that is after the first half hour when Leamington were on top and missed a few chances. New keeper was MoM for me. As a southern based fan who has seen the Darlo games at Leamington for the past three seasons, today's team were a step up from our previous two unbeaten visits...

Anybody seen Darlo play twice in two days? I remember two away games in two days at the end of the 85-86 season. Derby and Brentford I think, both defeats? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Brentford (a) 5th May 1986 (lost 2-1) then Notts County (a) 6th May (lost that one 5-0). Line up v Notts was...

Seems to have made an excellent first impression - scored from 40 yards (did he ever do that for us?)


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loan_star wrote: ↑

Fri May 24, 2019 11:50 am

Wycombes old ground had a side to side slope, one touchline was about 6' higher than the other.

First away game of the Conference season 89/90; Smudger led the team out and gently tapped a warm-up ball which disappeared across the pitch down the slope to the far side where the Darlo fans were

Isn't there a rule that you don't have to move divisions within 3 years of your last move? Worcester were given such an exemption preventing them being moved back to the North a few years ago. Gloucester went from North to South in 2017-18, so they might be within their rights to refuse to move. Gl...

Coming from 2 down at home to Hartlepool to win 5-2. McClean in the tin shed end before half time then 4 from Alan Walsh in the Polam end in the second half. About 1981 I think. Also coming from 3-1 down at Salford to win 4-3 has got to be worth a shout. The Pools 5-2 was the first one coming to mi...

. . . Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister. How the country needs her back right now. Mrs. Thatcher hated football and its fans. Compulsory Identity Cards for football fans (including Division 4) were legislated for and ready to go when Lord Peter Taylor of Gosforth published the Taylor Report a...

Moved again. Semis tomorrow, final Monday. By my reckoning that's the fourth different set of dates. And Stourbridge have had to cede home advantage in the semis. Indeed - Stourbridge finished 3rd so were at home in the playoffs, but because of 4 days of faffing around by the Southern League and FA...