Even though we made the final last year I have lost a lot of interest in the cup. A couple of nice draws and you are in the final without much effort. The nearest we had to a "shock" this weekend was the manner of Dulls thrashing at Huddersfield, who are not exactly great at the moment. I still thin...
Think my first port of call would be Sunderland to see if we can keep Young for the entirety of next season. He and they may prefer him getting a full season in men's football rather than go back to kids games. I know they think he is their next number 1 but I doubt he will replace Patterson just y...
Shutty was brilliant with my lads when we travelled to Feethams for them to be mascots. He has a first division winners medal too. Fair enough - I might have been confusing him with Tom Kack. I am 1 of the admittedly few who actually liked Tom. Built up by our revered chairman as the next Jimmy Gre...
Think my first port of call would be Sunderland to see if we can keep Young for the entirety of next season. He and they may prefer him getting a full season in men's football rather than go back to kids games. I know they think he is their next number 1 but I doubt he will replace Patterson just ye...
The threads about Asante are like his time on the pitch - elusive and easy to miss. This new soccer ombudsman could look at this one. Has there been a bigger waste of money at Quakers? Even Bernie Slaven jogged around a match and scored sometimes. Nick Pickering? Biggest disappointment ever for me.
Not sure cash reserves will touch the sides on the capital investment we need. All the more reason to use them wisely e.g. by leveraging grant funding and/or making targeted investments with a view to increasing revenues. This discussion has certainly given me some food for thought as to whether it...
I wonder who from Darlington they talked to, ( I hope it wasn't whoever told South Shields there would be 200 travelling, which is what the stewards told me while waiting in the long queue to get in :D ). The Darlo must have given Rushall a fairly high number are going to travel? I personally didn'...
Either way I think he is done, especially if Watson stays. Moke and Sukar will be gone at the end of the season. We do need a big clear out. Not so sure it will be that massive really. During the end of AA's reign and Gowlings mess we all thought that, but since the new management got their feet un...
accounts out Not my speciality, but I've just been having a look. A couple of pieces of good news amongst it - well done to those who've contributed to increased commercial revenues, which is no mean feat given the constraints down at BM. Also to Quaker Retail (up by a similar percentage) and to th...
I think that they relaxed the Saturday embargo but that this was only a temporary move and stopped some time at or near the beginning of this month. I know that it does not have the same profile as an FA cup game but for me it is beginning to feel a bit like the trip to Walsall in terms of importan...
Yes, we should be able to be competitive in this division. What didn't help was the previous policy of lowering of expectations by the powers that be - talk about shooting yourself in the foot. :( It reminds me of that Ratners jewellers thing, when Mr Ratner said that his products were total crap. ...
Only disagreement is I think Kings Lynn will drop instead of Blyth. Hi EDJOHNS, It's a good place we are in when we're deciding who we think will be fourth bottom at seasons end, and Darlington isn't one of the teams. 100% agree. I don't want Rushall to drop for personal reasons, and always back No...
I've had a couple of ropey ones but on the whole its been OK although not Quaker TV standard. Anyone know how much we've made from it? As we make just under a fiver per buyer I would not have thought it would be much, but every little helps. I doubt it would have many people stopping going to games...
How could an individual do that)?The FA could simply have issued a replacement, but it suited their issues with our 3 trips to the begging bowl in 10 years to ignore that fact. Strange terminology. The fans help keep the club afloat, there's nothing bad about this, nothing secret about it. How abou...
Ask any Rochdale fan who are currently in dire financial trouble e.g. need £2M to avoid liquidation. There are now 2 interested parties after an EGM decided to dilute the fans ownership by issuing 9 million new shares but seeking to retain the "golden share" which would allow them to protect the na...
I wish these meddlers would leave the game alone. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it! We’ll have Ghost on next advocating free kicks for throw ins. About 25 years ago the diadora League (isthmian league) trialled roll ons instead of throw ins for a season...all it did was encourage long balls in the bo...
You know what, when I was looking at Matty warming up, windmilling his arms and flinging them from side to side I thought I was watching Tony Moor! That used to be what he used to do before every game.(Note to younger readers, he was our keeper in the 1960s and quite a good one). Good enough that E...
Isn't that pathetic. Why do they bother? They are putting out and subsidising a service that the locals don't want. If the people running the club can do so without massive losses, are enjoying themselves running a club, and have pride in it, what right has ANYONE to say it is "pathetic"? Ashton UL...
What was the crowd, and how many Darlo fans? Anyone Crowd as 283 - I would say at least half of that was Darlo fans Isn't that pathetic. Why do they bother? They are putting out and subsidising a service that the locals don't want. If the people running the club can do so without massive losses, ar...
I'm confused. Can you clarify the last team and the last to win something?!! The West Ham cup win in 1975 was the last all-English side to win a trophy in first-class football. GK 1 Mervyn Day DF 2 John McDowell DF 3 Lampard Sr. MF 4 Billy Bonds (c) DF 5 Tommy Taylor DF 6 Kevin Lock FW 7 Billy Jenn...
What was the crowd, and how many Darlo fans? Anyone Crowd as 283 - I would say at least half of that was Darlo fans Isn't that pathetic. Why do they bother? They are putting out and subsidising a service that the locals don't want. If the people running the club can do so without massive losses, ar...
Looking at the survival fight, I noticed that Rushall are getting by with loads of loanees. They currently have seven loanees, all aged between 19 and 20, and all from clubs around the Midlands like Derby, Wolves, Walsall, Birmingham and Stoke. Not sure how many of them can feature together in a ma...
Yesterday marked the 25th aniversary of the last all-English Premier League side. "Not Darlo related, do-one" you scream? That team contained two players with Darlo connections. Who can guess who they are? And the last "All English" side to actually win anything were" ? I thought it was West Ham......
Do they honestly expect us to believe this is a completely unrelated groin injury to the groin injury that has seemingly plagued him forever. He does seem like a nice bloke so I really do hope it turns out well for both him and us but it might be best for us to just wrap it all in. And how would we...
As I said we were lucky with a couple of decisions that went our way, but you do make your own luck. I also agree that a different referee should have been appointed. The gap between the top clubs and the bottom clubs has never been so big as it is now. You may get to a point were Championship club...