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by shildonlad
Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:59 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Scunny... s*** hits fan
Replies: 63
Views: 20313

Re: Scunny... s*** hits fan

Echos of george Reynolds at scunthorpw where folk have been banned for speaking the truth. Was the guy who runs this site not banned for soeaking out against reynolds? https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2023-09-27/fans-banned-from-stadium-for-criticising-clubs-owners He was indeed. One of a few fans...
by shildonlad
Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Scunny... s*** hits fan
Replies: 63
Views: 20313

Re: Scunny... s*** hits fan

Echos of george Reynolds at scunthorpw where folk have been banned for speaking the truth. Was the guy who runs this site not banned for soeaking out against reynolds?
https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2023- ... ubs-owners
by shildonlad
Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:39 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Scunny... s*** hits fan
Replies: 63
Views: 20313

Re: Scunny... s*** hits fan

The Scunny board say tough, unpopular decisions are having to be made to put the club on a stable financial footing. There is speculation that this may include giving up on the eviction battle at Glandford Park and moving to be tenants of Gainsborough Trinity, shedding players or going part-time, a...
by shildonlad
Thu Sep 21, 2023 10:12 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Scunny... s*** hits fan
Replies: 63
Views: 20313

Re: Scunny... s*** hits fan

Southend and Scunthorpe look right on the edge at the moment. Southend have a threadbare squad and the tax man is circling again. Not sure what their ground ownership situation is like. Scunthorpe have a lot of liabilities and doesn't sound like they have the revenues to meet them...who is going to...
by shildonlad
Thu Sep 21, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Scunny... s*** hits fan
Replies: 63
Views: 20313

Re: Scunny... s*** hits fan

jjljks wrote:
Wed Sep 20, 2023 2:27 pm
And now beaten 3-1 in FA Cup qualifying R2 replay by the mighty Brackley Town.
To be fair brackley are a decent team
by shildonlad
Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:35 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Josh Gowling...
Replies: 115
Views: 27887

Re: Josh Gowling...

Mario wrote:
Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:32 pm
Josh is a columnist for the Non-League Paper.

So one would guess that he knows the non-league circuit quite well and is familiar with our league.
Writes a good column too and i used to like him as a pundit on bt sport
by shildonlad
Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Josh Gowling...
Replies: 115
Views: 27887

Re: Josh Gowling...

His assistant is our former midfielder and coach, Danny Rose. Well known to all Darlo fans, not the former England International who quite publically fell out of love with professional football. Thankgod for that. What a useless waste of space he was He also had depression. He was also un-fit. Seem...
by shildonlad
Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Josh Gowling...
Replies: 115
Views: 27887

Re: Josh Gowling...

Seemed to do ok at hereford, not sure what went wrong towards the end. I take it his assistant is another danny rose. Not that useless one who stole a living in the premier league and was nicknamed weighrose. Where is josh gowling based these days? Dont think hes ever been based near the north east...
by shildonlad
Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Josh Gowling...
Replies: 115
Views: 27887

Re: Josh Gowling...

Will josh and his assistant be full time in there roles. Seems a hell of a hike for them for 2 evening sessions of training and home matches. Even alot of lower league managers of pro teams are either from the area or move up there
by shildonlad
Tue Sep 19, 2023 5:40 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Josh Gowling...
Replies: 115
Views: 27887

Re: Josh Gowling...

Seemed to do ok at hereford, not sure what went wrong towards the end. I take it his assistant is another danny rose. Not that useless one who stole a living in the premier league and was nicknamed weighrose. Where is josh gowling based these days? Dont think hes ever been based near the north east...
by shildonlad
Tue Sep 19, 2023 4:01 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Josh Gowling...
Replies: 115
Views: 27887

Re: Josh Gowling...

Seemed to do ok at hereford, not sure what went wrong towards the end. I take it his assistant is another danny rose. Not that useless one who stole a living in the premier league and was nicknamed weighrose. Where is josh gowling based these days? Dont think hes ever been based near the north east
by shildonlad
Thu Sep 14, 2023 4:51 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Next Manager - Vote!
Replies: 33
Views: 18690

Re: Next Manager - Vote!

Got to say I'd still be surprised if Ian Watson was interested. It's surely approaching time when he and Mike Williamson will be offer FL jobs based on what they've achieved at Gatehead. At that point he can either be a FL No.2 or potentially stay and take up the Gateshead managers job. Both seem r...
by shildonlad
Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:04 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Scunny... s*** hits fan
Replies: 63
Views: 20313

Re: Scunny... s*** hits fan

The article in The Athletic makes for uncomfortable reading for any football fan. https://theathletic.com/4844776/2023/09/11/investigation-football-club-owner-convicted-fraud/ Whether former owner Swann wins the litigation or current owner Hilton/ White/ Anderson/ Mellors neither is someone you wou...
by shildonlad
Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:56 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Alun has been sacked
Replies: 330
Views: 68064

Re: Alun has been sacked

Gateshead benefit from a group of local business people (who are also fans) who are willing to bankroll the club along with a fan group that owns 20% of the shares. It seems to be working for them and they benefit from sympathetic and supportive use of local authority owned Gateshead Int Stadium. H...
by shildonlad
Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Alun has been sacked
Replies: 330
Views: 68064

Re: Alun has been sacked

Gateshead benefit from a group of local business people (who are also fans) who are willing to bankroll the club along with a fan group that owns 20% of the shares. It seems to be working for them and they benefit from sympathetic and supportive use of local authority owned Gateshead Int Stadium. H...
by shildonlad
Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Alun has been sacked
Replies: 330
Views: 68064

Re: Alun has been sacked

The more I look in to it, the more I am edging towards a Steve Watson appointment, if he is interested. He did a good job at Gateshead in the National League, with a PPG of 1.37 over 60 matches, under trying circumstances. His record at York City over two seasons was also impressive, with a PPG of ...
by shildonlad
Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:28 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Alun has been sacked
Replies: 330
Views: 68064

Re: Alun has been sacked

Anyones guess who could come in, surely got to be someone either from area or living in a 60 mile radius
by shildonlad
Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:32 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Buxton v Darlo
Replies: 180
Views: 37475

Re: Buxton v Darlo

We need spens views, the forums legal guru. I was on gardening leave once a few year ago whilst i had redundancy hanging over me, it meant sat at home doing nowt whilst the outcome of my move elsewhere within the firn was decided which eventually happened. Gardening leave was put in place for me to...
by shildonlad
Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Buxton v Darlo
Replies: 180
Views: 37475

Re: Buxton v Darlo

We need spens views, the forums legal guru. I was on gardening leave once a few year ago whilst i had redundancy hanging over me, it meant sat at home doing nowt whilst the outcome of my move elsewhere within the firn was decided which eventually happened. Gardening leave was put in place for me to ...
by shildonlad
Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:24 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Buxton v Darlo
Replies: 180
Views: 37475

Re: Buxton v Darlo

If alun armstrong went who would the club bring in, some fresh young manager like chester and spennymoor have or some old hand? Defo does not seem like a big pool of experienced nln managers in the area.
by shildonlad
Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:22 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Buxton v Darlo
Replies: 180
Views: 37475

Re: Buxton v Darlo

Last season would not be relevant if we had changed managers in the summer, but we didn’t and the lack of momentum we endured then, has carried on into this season. If on the other hand we had finished last season strongly and perhaps lost in the playoff final, then no question Armstrong would have...
by shildonlad
Mon Aug 28, 2023 8:22 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Blackwell Meadows’ floodlights
Replies: 23
Views: 6712

Re: Blackwell Meadows’ floodlights

They the DRFC are using the cash cow Darlington FC for updating their structure., End off Absolutely. The annoying thing is before we came, the DRFC were in dire financial straits and may have gone bust then we could have bought the ground from administrators and become owners not just tenants. Cou...
by shildonlad
Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:18 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: End of the road for match programmes?
Replies: 9
Views: 2143

Re: End of the road for match programmes?

Sadly i agree with all the above. It will hack off the ground hoppers but they are a whingeing lot anyway who dont seem to grasp how much of a waste of money programmes are. Maybe clubs could do them on a ad hoc basis like big cup games, title deciders etc and make it more of a collectors mag Showi...
by shildonlad
Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:27 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: End of the road for match programmes?
Replies: 9
Views: 2143

Re: End of the road for match programmes?

Sadly i agree with all the above. It will hack off the ground hoppers but they are a whingeing lot anyway who dont seem to grasp how much of a waste of money programmes are. Maybe clubs could do them on a ad hoc basis like big cup games, title deciders etc and make it more of a collectors mag
by shildonlad
Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:03 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Darlington united
Replies: 58
Views: 14545

Re: Darlington united

Completely bizarre and while its obviously a shame for those involved in the club, you have to wonder how on earth they were sucked into something like this. None of it made any sense. Exactly. For anyone daft enough to buy into this crap which had gone sour before the first game i struggle to have...
by shildonlad
Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:10 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Darlington united
Replies: 58
Views: 14545

Re: Darlington united

Who was the person behind this and what was the scam exactly, trouser a load of sponsorship money and money from merch orders? Cant think of anything else to be gained. And why were folk going along with this farce, moving a 11th tier team to a town with 3 non league teams already at a premier leagu...
by shildonlad
Tue Aug 08, 2023 4:18 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Marcus Maddison interview in the Non League Paper
Replies: 49
Views: 10877

Re: Marcus Maddison interview in the Non League Paper

Jailed for 20 month. Thankgod for that and good to see the mental health card aint been played to let him off with community service Dog whistle bull$hit. Wouldn't you be more comfortable on the Daily Mail's forum? People convicted of serious crimes do not get "let off with community service", what...
by shildonlad
Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Marcus Maddison interview in the Non League Paper
Replies: 49
Views: 10877

Re: Marcus Maddison interview in the Non League Paper

Wholly deserved. I’m not sure I like this ‘mental health card’ stuff btw. Lots of people do have very genuine mental health problems. Marcus Maddison may even have at different stages. It’s not really related to this thuggery though. The guys an absolute cretin. Most young people would kill for the...
by shildonlad
Tue Aug 08, 2023 11:51 am
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Marcus Maddison interview in the Non League Paper
Replies: 49
Views: 10877

Re: Marcus Maddison interview in the Non League Paper

Jailed for 20 month. Thankgod for that and good to see the mental health card aint been played to let him off with community service
by shildonlad
Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:12 pm
Forum: Virtual Feethams
Topic: Players on radar
Replies: 53
Views: 10525

Re: Players on radar

Old Git wrote:
Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:35 pm
shildonlad wrote:
Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:18 pm
Aaron martin gone to south shields
Is Martin instead of Beck?
Not sure. They have got another player from Gateshead on loan too. Martin tried not good enough but national north is his level