Darlo Uncovered

Spyman wrote:Every time we've moved Ferguson to left back we've seemed weaker.

Why doesn't Gray see this?

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Short of players I guess. Ferguson is a great footballer and great at going forward but actually a poor defender.

Financial black hole here we come

1-0 Shields. Holy s***.

It's £4,500 prize money if we win on Saturday. Maybe the players could have a whip round and raise the money themselves if they keep up their tradition of losing cup ties.

Given that the fundraising for the seats appeared to have flatlined, and the chances of raising £25K in the next 19 days seems very remote, what do we do if we don't have enough money to build the extra seats?

Not bad for a team in the bottom half of NLN who haven't won in 6 games.

There were no plans beyond getting BM to meet the absolute minimum requirements for entering NLN. The thing is you know that isn't true but you have said it. It was quite clearly stated that the plans are there to get us to Category A which is I think 4,000 + plans for 5,000. What we didn't have wa...

I must admit to being a bit disappointed myself about the lack of corporate sponsorship that we're received since returning to town. Maybe I read too much into the optimism surrounding our return but I had this vision of a queue of local businesses waiting for us to return to town to take turns thr...

Or perhaps it could be looked at that we were working with the available funds? i.e. the ground was built to the minimum standard as that is all we could afford. Yes, that's a short-term plan. The long-term plan would be to wait until you had the funds to get BM up to a higher standard (or finding ...

Yarblockos, have you put yourself up for the board or a volunteer role, stop keyboard posturing ,and do something positive for your club. ;) You have no idea do what I do for the club. But its a great point you make, and people who dare to criticise should be silenced. From now on I'm going to do t...

Once we've funded the various ground improvements and the 5-year season tickets run out, I don't see why this has to be our ceiling. Our attendances are among the top end in the league - once we're on a level-playing field budget-wise without other priorities to finance then there's no reason we ca...

Judging by the facebook post today, the board have realised the need to publicise the push to increase funding before the deadline. It's also pretty clear from the post that sponsorship for the stand and extra funding from commercial sources has not materialised. I'm beginning to think Johnson has ...

There's hardly a rush until the ground improvements are fully funded and completed, as we couldn't go up anyway. It would make sense to just maintain our place in the division away from a relegation battle with any funds available used to ensure that when we're in a position to go up we actually ca...

Judging by the facebook post today, the board have realised the need to publicise the push to increase funding before the deadline. It's also pretty clear from the post that sponsorship for the stand and extra funding from commercial sources has not materialised. I'm beginning to think Johnson has g...

Don't know how much of that is true, but it is a bit concerning that Johsnon seems to have gone a bit quiet recently (has he?). New sponsors and investors don't seem to have appeared, although that doesn't mean no news is bad news of course.

Perhaps, Yarblokos, you could help with the filming and editing then you will get to see them before anyone? We seemed to be doing OK at filming and editing last season, they'd be up online the same day. It just seems like we are so determined to piss off the Vanarama league that we' don't care tha...

Yarblockos I suspect yerbollocks like the penny have not dropped yet. I'll write this slowly so you can keep up ....the league have sold OUR highlights to another company and are dictating when we must give them away and we are not allowed to use them until others have . Most of us , because we rea...

Perhaps, Yarblokos, you could help with the filming and editing then you will get to see them before anyone? We seemed to be doing OK at filming and editing last season, they'd be up online the same day. It just seems like we are so determined to piss off the Vanarama league that we' don't care tha...

Interesting to see that there are zero links up on the VNL website for video highlights of any of yesterday's games... in any of the three divisions. Don't give them the hits, let's all wait till Monday Is it just me that doesn't give a fuck about hits? I just want to see the highlights asap. Don't...

Didn't that also say at the fans forum that we had a surprisingly high percentage of concessions on a matchday? Something like 40%? I assume the "proof of concession rate entitlement may be requested" has always been in operation?

Still doesn't answer the football share question. If the FA say they needed the football share are we to believe that the club didn't ask for it? Also, why didn't Raj go to the papers at that time to state his side of the story. Also, if he was really bothered about clearing his name, he would have...

lo36789 wrote:pledges have already been taken on boost the budget. My first amount went out on 1st May.

Hmm, so how does it work? I thought you had to reach the target to take the money in these fundrasiers.

Can he build a squad on a shoestring? I've only ever seen him churn through signings 'til he finds one that fits and overspend on the budget. To be fair, the cut was 80k, now it's 55k because of the boost the budget. It's not ideal for him as it stands, but neither is it a shoestring either. And in...

So it was the fans' fault that Richard Cook resigned and now its the fans' fault that Raj Singh has withdrawn his investment. I'm not sure who put out these club statements but they are getting a bit predictable now.

I make absolutely no apologies that I am set on the club living within its means and the destiny of the club being in the hands of the fans. I aspire for us to achieve the highest possible position we can within that remit. I think that is beyond just existing. If to get external investment it mean...

You can't ignore 125 years of history. If you expect us to take the same approach as a team like Gainsborough or Curzon Ashton and be content just to exist in the lower leagues, then expect us to eventually have the same gates as they do. Or Chester City, Halifax Town, Woking, Dagenham & Redbridge,...

I've no idea what the format or how they are run as I've never been involved in them. I just hate the idea of the club doing a crap live video that'll hang around like a fart in a locked room for ages... like that Spenny forum video where they spent half the time talking about us. :? Would one of t...

but who is we? The club is fans ultimately and as things stand we only have 1700 of them. Why should we as a supporter base of 1700 expect anything more than Conference National football? In fact we are not even in the top 5 of attendances of NLN why are we entitled to be promoted from this divisio...

I support Darlington because I grew up in Darlington. Really? So why Darlington rather than Darlington RA? Because that is where I was taken when I was younger, but ultimately my continued support is because they are my club. They are the club that links me back to where I grew up. Yes, but I suspe...

they are just two clubs who perform in line with their crowds and their revenues. Darlington FC have no given right to be at a certain level of football. If our current position means fans leave because they don't want to support that level of football that is fine - they are no longer 'supporters'...