Darlo Uncovered

Got to admire the boldness of Mowden Park wanting £17m from the council :lol: I don't think it's partcularly good news for our club though - it removes leverage we potentialy had to get a better deal with DRFC. Now they can sit and play hardball as we have no other options, like they seemingly did w...

I was queuing for a haircut this morning & I was talking to a chap who's been going to watch Darlo for years. He said that we are trying to get a keeper from Wigan, who was born in this area, but he didn't know his name. Also no surprise to hear that we are after O.Neill from Boro. They don't have ...

He had 5 in 10, and we were awful. He only had a few games back after being away on international duty before being sold. 3 of those were in one game to be fair. That game didn't half provide false hope for the season :lol: Styche was a good player and played a huge role in us staying up that seaso...

lo36789 wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:28 am

EDJOHNS wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:03 am

put our 2000 attendees in and social distancing would be no problem.

2,000 attendees? I thought we were averaging about 1,300 these days.

1471 last season

Orange better win - I've been after one for years

divas wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:51 pm

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That's quite a jump from last year - great to see ever increasing number of people buying into the scheme

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Mon Jun 01, 2020 8:42 am

al_quaker wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:21 am

To be fair, I'd imagine 1000 seems a big crowd for a Gateshead fan

Im sure darlington would struggle to get 1000 had they not been in the football league in there previous incarnation

3/10 for effort, 1/10 for execution

To be fair, I'd imagine 1000 seems a big crowd for a Gateshead fan

I think the dilemma for York is that they are already losing a load of money (£900k per year apparently) that McGill covers out of his own pocket. Well, until Bootham Crescent gets sold then he gets it back. Offsets Yorks losses against his packaging co profits saving a fortune in tax. Will he pay ...

Darlofan97 wrote: ↑

Tue May 26, 2020 2:13 pm

I think the dilemma for York is that they are already losing a load of money (£900k per year apparently) that McGill covers out of his own pocket.

Well, until Bootham Crescent gets sold then he gets it back.

Darlofan97 wrote: ↑

Tue May 26, 2020 9:31 am

I think it was £104,300.

£104,301 in there now

We are in a better position but Andy Holt at Accrington has basically confirmed that the EFL aren't able to offer any contract extensions at the moment due to that uncertainty. That means you have potentially 50% of players who do not know if they have a future in full time football. Are we really ...

Wheatley has signed a new deal

Ridiculous

Rivers too now

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/jarrett ... -new-terms

An early announcement. Wonder if that means we have plenty of news coming today?!

90k up!

Superb news - probably our most valuable asset, and a great player to watch too!

Excellent!

One thing I’ve never understood with certain Spenny fans is why they’re so keen to deny they’re bankrolled. I don’t get it. It’s actually more effective to just admit it, as it shuts down that line of attack much quicker. “We’re bankrolled, so what?” There’s not actually any issue with them living ...

One thing I’ve never understood with certain Spenny fans is why they’re so keen to deny they’re bankrolled. I don’t get it. It’s actually more effective to just admit it, as it shuts down that line of attack much quicker. “We’re bankrolled, so what?” There’s not actually any issue with them living ...

One thing I’ve never understood with certain Spenny fans is why they’re so keen to deny they’re bankrolled. I don’t get it. It’s actually more effective to just admit it, as it shuts down that line of attack much quicker. “We’re bankrolled, so what?” There’s not actually any issue with them living ...

Which complete numpty said this after Brad publicly admitted a seven-figure Spendy bankrolling: "I would be interested to see where you get this from Brad has not personally put anything like that in as he has set up club finances in the way I referred to above so that the withdrawal of any sponsor...

Thompson, Trotman and Ainge all off the books. Considering only Thompson contributed last season, and even then he wasn't a key performer, that gives Armstrong plenty of scope to really strengthen our team. Maybe it's freed up enough cash to go get that other striker we needed.

There's an assumption here that it's about money. Where he ends up might give a clue to that being the case. Phrases like "he was on double the money of some other players" are meaningless. We will always have a player who is on double the salary of another player. Yes, but if the player who is on ...

If he's good enough for Spennymoor then he's good enough for us. This is a classic case of a Manager favouring players that he has brought in over inherited personnel. He's definitely better than one lightweight winger from Blyth (for example) and he's certainly not over the top due to age or fitne...

Having initially thought it unlikely, I now wouldn't be surprised if he ends up at Spennymoor. Other than the reputational damage Thompson will suffer with some members of our fanbase, it probably ticks a lot of boxes for both parties

I'm not surprised - he was no longer first choice for us, and I get the impression he wants to play regularly. Probably the right time for both to move on. One of my favourite players to watch in a Darlo shirt ever, particuarly in those first few seasons where he was often so far ahead of everyone e...

Blimey that's a tiny target to be raised compared with ours & it goes to show what fantastic fans we have for our level of football. The difference between fan ownership and ownership by a businessman. As owners, it's our responsibility to fund the club, but in other ownership models fans are just ...

It would be interesting to know the risk of death from coronvirus of a fit, healthy man in his 20s with no underlying health conditions, and the risk of serious head injury for the same player. You can't of course transmit head injuries to vulnerable or elderly friends and relatives who are at a hi...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... pfa-to-act

An interesting piece by Tranmere's chairman - not directly relevant to us as a semi-pro team, but highlighting some of the problems facing EFL teams.