Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by MKDarlo » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:42 pm

Let’s make Barrow on Saturday a celebration of the life of Darlington Football Club, not a wake or a funeral or an attack of those who have dropped us into this position.

Go to Barrow and show people around the world how proud we are of our team and our lads. Let’s show people that we still care, that we are still proud of the club and our town. Let’s show people that Darlington Football Club stands as an ambassador for our town and our area and we will not just give it up and slope off home. We will fight on.

Let’s show the players that that shirt still means something, that that shirt still needs to be worn with pride and that it is worth putting on that shirt and running out on that pitch and representing all of us one last time. One last go lads, everything you have got, one last time, 90 minutes of life as a Darlo player left. s*** or bust, hero or zero. Go out with a bang and not a whimper.

Use this game to thank them and the legend that is Craig Liddle for everything they have done recently, against so much strife, unpleasantness and uncertainty and tell them that we are so proud that they are carrying on, lets get behind whoever takes a place on that pitch, regardless of opinion, past reputation or performance on the day. Because this might be the last time!

Lets show people what it means to be a fan of Darlo, celebrate those 128 years of existence. Celebrate everything that has gone before, the good, the bad, and the ugly, show people that we although we have been here through thin and thinner, that we have suffered blow after blow we are still not beaten ,we are still not broken, we are still here and we still stand proudly behind Darlington Football Club.

Show them that although we have been on knocked down and might be on the canvas right now we will get back on our feet and come out punching. It will be us who land the knock out blow. Use this day to shame all of those plastics and couldn’t give a damns in the town into thinking about what they could have been a part of, make them see what have been about, what we are about and what we will be about again.

Lets celebrate the good times, the 85 promotion, Boro, the Conference win in 89/90, Welling away, 90/91 champions, Rochdale at home, Knowles, Little, Hodgy Platt, Hodgy (again), Wembley in 96 and 2000 and that sweet moment in May when a little fella headed home from half a yard to win us the cup.

Make everyone who has knocked us or laughed at us over the years understand that today we embrace all of the crap players, the terrible teams, the rubbish managers and the crazy chairman who have afflicted us. Why? Because all of that makes the few good times even better. Because all of those things are what Darlington Football Club is about. Let’s show them what it means to call your self a Darlo fan one last time.

Lets also think of all those people in the Tin Shed in the sky who aren’t able to stand with us on Saturday, think about what the club meant to them and how they passed on that love for the club to you, think about how one day you want to pass that love on to the next generation so that they know what being a Darlo fan is all about. I am sure they will be stood leaning on that crash barrier under the Sunday Sun board with their scarf’s and flasks of Bovril thinking "typical bloody Darlo" - but they would still make the journey if they could! In fact I am sure they will be there with us. Sing that bit louder for them.

If anyone is unsure about going and is able to go they should make the trip, it could be your only chance to say goodbye to the team you love. It could be your last chance to wear the black and white and get behind the lads. Do whatever it takes to get to Barrow, wear your shirts with pride and wave your scarf’s one last time. Tell anyone you meet where you are going and why. Tell them you are proud to support the lads!

And should this turn out to be the last time then lets celebrate all of that, lets support the lads and the manager, lets keep singing up to the final whistle and beyond because this club means something to each and every one of us, it has been part of our lives for so long, it is what makes us who were are, it is what makes us better than everyone else and it might not be there for much longer. Let’s make this day one of the greatest moments for this football club.

If it is to be the end lets go out on a high, all guns blazing giving it everything we have got and not for one minute forgetting that we are Darlington Football Club and we will bounce back!

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by darlotoon » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:43 pm

gulp :(

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by MKDarlo » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:46 pm

sorry got a bit emotional there! think i have something in my eye

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by darlotoon » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:46 pm

think it's contagious

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by N.WEST QUAKER » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:50 pm

Wot a fucking post mate !!! Get that in the echo !!! It's a one last war cry to the town !!!

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by MKDarlo » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:51 pm

sorry! hope i havent infected everyone! :oops:

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by m62exile » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:52 pm

Beautifully done.

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by Robbie Painter » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:54 pm

Well said MKDarlo

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by Darlofan97 » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:55 pm

Excellent. :clap:

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by Mullet69 » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:57 pm

Well done mate, top post.

Mods, get this on the feature page.
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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by paulthequaker » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:58 pm

Brilliant! Starting to well up... Now to find a way to Barrow from Dorset...

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by Gazzadfc » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:01 pm

Permission to copy and paste onto Facebook?

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by MKDarlo » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:09 pm

just copy the url and facebook should do the rest!

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by mikkyx » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:10 pm

Possibly the best post I've ever seen on here. I'm not even kidding.

Just brilliant.
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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by quakersam » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:21 pm

Simply heartbreaking but thee best post I've ever read :(
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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by beatroute66 » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:29 pm

Brilliant.

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by we_8_poolie » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:32 pm

....I have a lump

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by al_quaker » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:34 pm

:clap: :clap:

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by TS3 » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:35 pm

Well said, that man.

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by Jamm » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:38 pm

Excellent post. :clap:
But why the picture of Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart on the main page?! The subject heading is from Henry V by Shakespeare.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG6IgF3I ... re=related

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by darlotoon » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:40 pm

Can we get it to the Echo and to Lidds and the lads , stirring stuff !!

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by ketton avenue » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:43 pm

Well done MKD. Barrow might just be my first away match this season. :clap:

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by mikkyx » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:46 pm

It needs printing out and sticking in the away dressing room on Saturday. It needs printing in the Echo. It needs to be EVERYWHERE.
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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by MKDarlo » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:50 pm

well i have twittered it - I think! New to all this twiting So that might help!

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by Darlogramps » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:53 pm

I've got fans of other football clubs retweeting it and telling me what a marvellous post it is. Excellent job good sir.
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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by paolo-di-shannio » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:57 pm

Post it, print it, e-mail it & tweet it, in short lads do whatever you can, it's not over yet !! Good luck from Boro fans everywhere :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by Loki » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:01 pm

I hope somehow, some way, it all works out for you all and Darlington.

Good luck and best wishes from Wrexham FC, we know how it feels.

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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by RUMPLESTILTSKIN » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:01 pm

Obviously spoken from the heart. Magnificent post. 11/10 :clap: :clap: :clap: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by Quakerz » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:03 pm

we_8_poolie wrote:....I have a lump
You might want to get it checked.
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Re: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;

Post by Quakerian » Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:07 pm

I was just deliberating whether after 43 years of supporting the team it would be too sad to go. After reading that - see you at Barrow.
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