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- Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Alun has been sacked
- Replies: 330
- Views: 68064
Re: Alun has been sacked
You are still quoting the article and saying it proves your point, then admitting things may have changed in the time since it was written. Sorry I do not get that logic. I was not, until recently, at all interested in going back to the arena, but, and your comment agrees with this, time, (and the ...
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:02 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Alun has been sacked
- Replies: 330
- Views: 68064
Re: Alun has been sacked
First line, "and intend to reveal the location of their preferred site for a new stadium in the town before the end of the year." Simple question, Which year? Here we are 3/4 of the way through the following year. When was the last time we were actually told anything? From what I have read on here ...
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:17 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Alun has been sacked
- Replies: 330
- Views: 68064
Re: Alun has been sacked
I am going to come straight out with this, I have totally lost faith that we are going to get a plot of land and be able to build a new stadium in what is left of my lifetime. Simply no way will we ever be able to afford it. The only possible way we could have any sort of chance of a return to the ...
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:51 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Alun has been sacked
- Replies: 330
- Views: 68064
Re: Alun has been sacked
Regardless, we're not going back.Yarblockos wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2023 10:48 pmPrimacy of tenture was defeated in court as a restriction of trade. It does not apply anymore and is a complete red herring in this discussion.
It is not a red herring in this discussion, as there is no discussion.
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 9:58 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Alun has been sacked
- Replies: 330
- Views: 68064
Re: Alun has been sacked
What reasons? We don’t have to spend £5-£7m on a new stadium at the edge of Darlington is Faverdale or Skerningham and the Arena is a Football stadium that could take Fan standing what’s not to like. The operational running costs and proposed commercial arrangements (at the Arena) do not create a s...
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:24 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Alun has been sacked
- Replies: 330
- Views: 68064
Re: Alun has been sacked
The writing has been on the wall for Alun for a while now, his body language and his demeanour in his post match interview last night said it all he knew what was coming, it's a shame but not entirely unexpected. I expect more difficult days will lie ahead, avoiding relegation is the be all and end ...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 4:05 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Buxton v Darlo
- Replies: 180
- Views: 37476
Re: Buxton v Darlo
Having had chance to finally sift through the myriad of nonsense in this thread there a few things I would like to address.... 1. We are not owed an explaination for Armstrong's absence on Saturday, it has been cited as personal reasons and that's the end of it, neither the club nor the manager are ...
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 11:10 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Scunthorpe Away 15/08/23
- Replies: 50
- Views: 11322
Re: Scunthorpe Away 15/08/23
Enjoyed the atmosphere back at a proper old ground I know it's now 35 years old but I struggle to see Glanford Park as a "proper old ground". That phrase always makes me think of Feethams, Bootham, Edgar Street etc rather than Glanford, Bescot etc It's in better nick at 35 than the Arena is at 20!
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 2:01 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Armstrong not up to the task
- Replies: 66
- Views: 15517
Re: Armstrong not up to the task
While I'm far from "Armstrong Out", I'm not sure that any of what you're saying particularly shifts any blame from the management. While we might not have been beaten "tactically", all of the reasons you give for us losing can be put down to the way the team is prepared for the game. Fine margins, ...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 10:51 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Armstrong not up to the task
- Replies: 66
- Views: 15517
Re: Armstrong not up to the task
I thought I would leave it a few days - so my post did not look like a knee-jerk reaction to the result on Saturday. However, once again we have been beaten tactically by a team we should have secured all three points against. it was the back end of last season all over again. why 'should' we beat ...
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 10:46 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Curzon crowd
- Replies: 104
- Views: 23712
Re: Curzon crowd
I have mixed feelings about yesterday to be honest, we saw the good, the bad and the ugly all rolled into one. Losing at home to Curzon isn't particularly shocking as they do have a knack of beating us, especially at home! In some ways it was a re-run of last season's home game with them in April we...
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 8:09 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Hatfield
- Replies: 60
- Views: 16127
Re: Hatfield
Heard similar murmurings myself a while ago, naturally took it with a pinch of salt.
Apparently a sticking point was Fylde wanted us to pay half his wages which we weren't able to do, this then changed to us paying a % of his wages while Fylde pay the rest.
I'll believe it if/when I see it.
Apparently a sticking point was Fylde wanted us to pay half his wages which we weren't able to do, this then changed to us paying a % of his wages while Fylde pay the rest.
I'll believe it if/when I see it.
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:21 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7093
Re: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
Unfortunately for some, I’ll prepare for an eternity at Blackwell (which 20 years at Blackwell will almost certainly feel like) before I’ll vote Tory ;) To be honest the 20 years since we left Feethams feel like a millennia, it's crazy to think we've had more seasons away from the Arena than when w...
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:30 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7093
- Fri Jul 07, 2023 6:57 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7093
- Fri Jul 07, 2023 5:13 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7093
Re: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
That's what happens when its done t'cheap!theoriginalfatcat wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 4:30 pmTo think any building is starting to fail after about 20 years is appalling - to put this into context I stayed in a hotel the other week that was built pre 1600s
- Fri Jul 07, 2023 3:56 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7093
Re: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
Managed to dig out a couple of pics I took there back in February, it's a shadow of its former self!
https://imgur.com/a/tfq8619
https://imgur.com/a/X732gWx
https://imgur.com/a/tfq8619
https://imgur.com/a/X732gWx
- Fri Jul 07, 2023 3:39 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7093
Re: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
Must be a good 5 year since i passed the arena and even longer since i went inside but is it just a case of looking little tired or been so bad it wont get a safety certificate? Surely the rugby club need one regardless of what level they play at I was there earlier this year and went past it last ...
- Fri Jul 07, 2023 2:28 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7093
Re: Echo casting doubt on plans for new ground
The thread title is somewhat misleading as doubt is being cast over the prospect of a new ground being built at Skerningham which, lets face it, shoudln't come as a surprise as Faverdale was almost always the more realistic option out of the two. I see there are the usual ignoramuses spewing their i...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 3:29 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Club ownership
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3861
Re: Club ownership
Is that you, Ted?thewanderingquaker wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 1:07 pmWho do you contact as a supporter, about buying a share in the club and what is the cost? TIA.
- Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:33 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Make or break season for AA
- Replies: 89
- Views: 20124
- Sat Jun 24, 2023 2:18 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Make or break season for AA
- Replies: 89
- Views: 20124
Re: Make or break season for AA
I feel that you are in for a big disappointment.Darlo_Pete wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 8:47 amI feel that we must make the playoffs this upcoming season
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 9:12 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Aaron Martin wanted from Gateshead
- Replies: 82
- Views: 13746
Re: Aaron Martin wanted from Gateshead
It's June and the infighting has already started?
This season is going to be fun.
This season is going to be fun.
- Tue May 09, 2023 10:43 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington united
- Replies: 58
- Views: 14545
Re: Darlington united
In hindsight for Reynolds probably the only decent decision he made building that stadium… knew he wouldn’t be there in 20 years or if we did make the prem we would have the money to update it I agree, building a 25,000 capacity stadium for a Third Divsion club regularly struggling getting gates of...
- Tue May 09, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington united
- Replies: 58
- Views: 14545
Re: Darlington united
Just wait for the complaints when the concert is on in the summer about the sound, its like buying a house next to a cricket club and complaining aout the noise of bat on ball :) :lol: This amused me as well, how one could fail to notice the Cricket Pavillion as you enter the estate is beyond me! :...
- Tue May 09, 2023 10:11 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington united
- Replies: 58
- Views: 14545
Re: Darlington united
I heard that the Arena may not get a safety certificate in the near future, so where do they play then? You’re totally wrong DP, the Arena needs a lick of paint and a deep clean, inside facilities are still very good. Danny Brown gets totally fed up with this narrative. You're also totally wrong. I...
- Thu May 04, 2023 1:20 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: 20 years ago today
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2153
Re: 20 years ago today
So am I right in thinking we've had more 'post-Arena' seasons now than we actually had at the Arena? Yes. We had nine seasons there between 2003 - 2012 and it's been eleven years since we left, including the two seasons that were disrupted by Covid next season will be our twelfth post Arena season!
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 6:28 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: AA has to go now surely
- Replies: 98
- Views: 12748
Re: AA has to go now surely
Alun literally said in his interview yesterday "but I knew what I'd signed up to", so we need to put to bed this "if he's unhappy he should do x, y or z" stuff, as it's dragging out the feeling of malaise and it's almost like some fans want it to be like that. A good week off to recharge the batter...
- Sun Apr 30, 2023 3:24 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: AA has to go now surely
- Replies: 98
- Views: 12748
Re: AA has to go now surely
No point in creating a new thread so may as well bump this one. Whilst I do sympathise with Alun, at the same time I do believe he should be held responsible for our embarassing capitulation this season as much as the players. Yes, it is frustrating to lose your better players to other clubs but two...
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 6:43 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Peterborough Sport v Darlo
- Replies: 89
- Views: 13554
Re: Peterborough Sport v Darlo
Taken from the Tin Shed FB page.
Make of that what you will.We told Alun we’d finished a point off the playoffs. His response was ‘well the chairman of the supporters group will be delighted by that’ …no need for that response