Darlo Uncovered

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/jamie-o ... the-season

terrible news for him

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/20 ... gue-clubs/

excellent news

- Estimates the national leagues would need 30 million to keep all clubs afloat for the season I wonder how this would work with clubs that are subsidised by a benefactor, i.e. not viable proposition without major backing? Should the government be chucking taxpayers money at a rich mans play thing?...

The interview is superb

A huge thanks to DJ, Chris Stockdale and everyone else involved. The amount of work which must have gone in to try and prepare us for this season, as volunteers, is staggering.

Tbh I can’t see why we can’t have a support package and allow in an albeit reduced, small crowd. It’s the same as supporting any business limited with low capacity at the moment. No me neither, but it seems thats the way it is heading at the moment. And even that seems unclear based on the governme...

I will be buying the game this weekend anyway. I do hope we get a season for obvious reasons, but also to ensure our players get paid. While I’d imagine most have other jobs, this will be a significant amount of their income. We need support from the higher levels, obviously, but I still think we s...

So we're starting the season, hoping that there will be financial support from the government (or Premier League) forthcoming. It was always a hope that fans would be allowed back in from the 1st October. Surely some financial package could have been arranged weeks ago in case that wasn't allowed an...

Probably shouldn't be a surprised based on the where the power lies in the voting. Let's hope there's some bailout money coming

Announcement at 4pm today, which will include details on the trial events

https://twitter.com/Ollie_Bayliss/statu ... 59744?s=20

Don't have a particularly good feeling about it to be honest

I see BetVictor have some odds up for the National North https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/sports/240/meetings/120837110/events/1289069300 York 3/1 favourites, Fylde 4/1, Boston 10/1, us, Brackley and Chester 12/1, Chorley and Spennymoor Town 14/1. Kiddy are 50/1 - has something happened there?! York ...

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Tue Sep 08, 2020 12:10 pm

Kidderminster was the very first game at the Arena.

What goes around, comes around!

Although could be an FA cup game though I guess - which of course might well be Kiddy too

Most of the good away trips are towards the end of the season, which could be good if things have eased a little by then. Could be an easier start though

Were blocks 1 to 15 the main stand?

Not a surprise Sad sad day Arena worshippers paying back handers were always gonna win. As they will when we conviently never leave the Arena. Darlington fc ceased to exist today Oh we'll stagger on for a couple of years but in the end it's gonna kill us again. Watch this space fools Are you accusi...

Not a surprise Sad sad day Arena worshippers paying back handers were always gonna win. As they will when we conviently never leave the Arena. Darlington fc ceased to exist today Oh we'll stagger on for a couple of years but in the end it's gonna kill us again. Watch this space fools Are you accusi...

Glad the league agreed. Not ideal - but far better than only being able to get 600 fans in at BM for the forseeable.

Looking at the kiddy website, it seems squad numbers are optional

What that squad has in that first season was momentum gained by steam-rollering the divisions below. That carried us to victories we probably never should have had. We’re slowly starting to build some momentum again with as settled a side we’ve had since that season. Mad to think we’ve been in NLN ...

On paper looks like the strongest squad we have assembled in our time in NLN. I dunno about that - that first season in the division we were very good. We had some excellent players- Beck, Thompson, Gillies, Turnbull, Falkingham. Going forwards we were exceptional -we scored 89 goals in the league....

Do you reckon he’s signed instead of a midfielder, as Hedley or Atkinson can move into the midfield. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 100% So that's a selection of Hedley, Atkinson, Wheatley, Hatfield and Reid. Not sure how much guile there is in there, but a pretty decent selection of midfielder...

Interesting signing. I wonder if he's Academy coach first and player second, or if he's going to be pushing to play every week. Can't seem to find any stats for 19/20 for him so no idea when he last played regularly, but either way, having him in and around the squad will be a huge benefit. Between ...

I seem to remember once when we are at HP, possibly our first season in Div 1N, the Northern League released their fixtures before the NPL, and then of course when our fixtures came out, some Bishop matches had to be rearranged as we had priority.

But I thought it was posted the other day the league have asked for the same dispensation as the rest of football. Effectively our league has asked for us to all be capped at 30% of 3000 regardless if capacity - it may be they were asking for the sake of friendlies mind. I’d assumed that was for fr...

https://twitter.com/Ollie_Bayliss/statu ... 71200?s=20

NPL chairman already lobbying for a change to stadium specific limits.

https://twitter.com/Ollie_Bayliss/statu ... 13153?s=20

Well it looks like the National League want the same rules as the rest of non-league. Maybe this is just temporary for friendlies, considering the season doesn't kick off until October when fans returning to 'elite' sport is planned.

I never saw the offending FB posts but assume they were triggered by a (now removed) Twitter thread from a former director who really needs to just fook right off? Yes I saw that now deleted thread too. Did wonder what it was all about. Maybe it didn't refer to DFC, but if it did it's been firmly s...

Step 2 and above seem to be classed as 'elite' sport. I wonder if the FA decided that for non-elite football (ie step 3 downwards), it was easier as a flat % of minimum capacity for the level. Calculating exact capacities of each stadia will take a bit of work I would imagine, which would fall on in...

Is there any logical reason that some people hate the Arena . Obviously there were bad times there due to unscrupulous characters who had no interest in the Football Club . The Arena in itself was not and is not the problem . The place is not jinxed or haunted . To state that you would never go the...

It's peter.gibson.mp@parliament.uk according to his website

not '@parliament.co.uk'

Fair play - all you can ask for is an MP who responds to constituent requests