Darlo Uncovered

"I'm prepared to walk away without a penny if it helps the club survive" or words to that effect printed in his programme notes and repeated in an interview on BBC Tees at the time. When that opportunity came along, he had a change of heart and was quite happy to see us die to try to recover some ca...

Wonder if he'll try this if he gets stick from the Tin Shed: "Wat u saying then we getting this popping or wat u meet me then or wat mush. Send ur number then u tell me where u are and we get it going then.Tell me where to meet you I meet you there today bring who ever ur bringing tools wateva cos ...

That's my recollection, yes. I was at all three games. Seems he wasn't much better at Aberdeen where he was sent off 3 times in his 15 games for them:

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There's another familiar name on that list.

quakersfan wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 07, 2022 10:05 pm

the club had to move out of Bishop otherwise we would have been demoted.

Is that correct? I don't remember that.

Based on the highlights, did Kettering only have one attack? It must have been windy-I'm pretty sure it's blown the rugby posts over!! Pretty sure it was their only attempt, as well as Cassidy's awful miss Lambert's was equally as bad, been very poor since Farsley. Sent from my moto g(6) play using...

theoriginalfatcat wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 22, 2022 5:37 pm

I’d like to rebuild Wheatley’s footballing brain! How many times has he been sent off whilst playing for Darlo?

Anybody ?

That's twice now. The other one we also conceded 5 at Kidderminster.

I don't buy this "gone as far as we can". At least not in a footballing sense, the ground situation is clearly holding us back. We already have a big enough budget to be successful in this league, it is temporarily tougher due to clubs with more dosh but they will either go up or go pop sooner or la...

It's Erico Sousa and Kevin Dos Santos, not a de in sight!

It looked like a penalty to me and seeing it on the replay doesn't change my mind much but the frustrating thing for me was that kind of physicality was going on throughout the game all over the pitch and was hardly ever given as a foul. Sods law he decides to give this one. Irritates the hell out o...

Got to be impressed with his use of the word 'obviously'. 49 times in a 5 minute interview including 4 times in one sentence. Premier League.

25% of the starting keepers left in the euros made their professional debut for Darlo..... :clap: :clap: In Pickfords case does playing for a non league club in 2012 count as your "professional debut" or am I just being PICKY....! His first team match within the football pyramid while employed by a...

Think you've always got to include Pawel Abbott, almost guaranteed to create something, even in games we were second best. I would also swap Gary Brown for Steve Foster.

Piggy_ wrote: ↑

Fri May 21, 2021 11:52 am

Was right behind that Appleby shot.. agonisingly wide!
Who was the streaker though?!

Got a photo of the streak somewhere, might try to find it.

It seems after 17 years with no connection to DFC AND now being dead, we are still named in his headline. Will we ever be free of him???

Darlo_Pete wrote: ↑

Wed May 05, 2021 7:29 am

Not surprised by Hunt's release, as he didn't dominate our defense like I'd hoped he would. Saltmer never generated much confidence & I'm sure there are better options out there. Never saw Hunt or Saltmer play, apart from on TV at Bristol Rovers.

Did you not watch Quaker TV Pete?

I like the idea that someone had the brainwave ; "You know what football needs more of? ...More money".

Got to be Robbie Painter's goal at Leeds in front of the packed away end. For Feethams noise, Steve Gaughan scoring the only goal of the game vs Hartlepool in 95/6, remember Radio Cleveland replaying the commentary and the roar actually sounded like a proper football match! And it was scored at the ...

I only got 2 options and everyone is campaigning for option 3.

Turn a page in the program into a football pitch and then divide into yard squares. Sell each square or number of squares at £1 or more per square and put fans name on them for the season, (or initials if too small to see name). Between the goal posts, centre spot, and penalty spots cost double. No...

How is it that we can play in the trophy and not the league? Surely if we are playing at all (and training) then the players are being paid in full. If that's the case then we might as well play league games as we're paying the players anyway. Yes away trips cost money but will limited income from s...

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/afc-fylde-owner-david-haythornthwaite-calls-null-and-void-season-2527706 Fair enough. Thought he'd have put that opinion on his own wesbite. Think we should throw these statements at Fylde..... “I think to continue trying to play when there’s no end...

This will be the same Fylde who wanted last season to be Null and void when they were about to be relegated :oops: I trawled through the news stories on the Fylde website and didn't pick up this vibe. They were unhappy about being relegated on ppg and considered legal action about that decision but...

Jamie Devitt just signed for Barrow having been at Blackpool.

I've been a bit of a moaner last couple of selections, 2 seasons ago when we chose the same design 2 seasons running (well I say we, I certainly didn't vote for it) and was it last time when an extra shirt was added after the first vote? I think these 4 are a refreshing change from the usual bland o...

Footifanreturns wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:07 pm

Anything but back to the horrible black & blue stripes that appeared years ago...but then again I am sure some on here would have even liked that monstrosity lol.

I'm wearing that shirt right now, I wasn't struck on it at the time but it's growing on me now 28 years later.

I like them all. Really.

Darlington under AA have always played their best football and won their most games with a solid and mobile 3 in midfield, a relatively mobile back 4 and a mobile front 3. The team playing this season have not consistently had anyway near this solidity, mobility or formation. Best team performances...

Not one I quite remember but the stand-out scoreline from new year's day fixtures is 1930, Darlo 8 - 3 South Shields, League division 3 North. A hat-trick each for Fred Laycock and Jack Hill. Jack Hill scored 9 goals in 7 games that season including another hat-trick in a 5-2 win at home to York in ...

Maurice_Peddelty wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:38 am

Excellent read. I would commend it to all 'owners'. So there you have it, Spen, in black and white: "thousands of pounds as a ‘signing on’ fee, plus a very good weekly wage" to play for the Pride of County Durham.

This for a 33-year old bit-part player, what were they paying their top players????