Darlo Uncovered

Blyth and Curzon relegated. Does anyone think there will actually be relegation from our level this season? There will be if South Shields get their way - saying you should use 46 games over 2 seasons to get a final table They also say no relegation and increase of number of clubs to 24 at NLN of y...

EDJOHNS wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 15, 2021 3:55 pm

Blyth and Curzon relegated.
Does anyone think there will actually be relegation from our level this season?

There will be if South Shields get their way - saying you should use 46 games over 2 seasons to get a final table

If you go onto the NLN table on Football Web Pages at https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/national-league-north/league-table/predicted This is their predicted final table and at the bottom of the page are the predicted match results. https://i.ibb.co/y53KhK0/Annotation-2021-01-15-104937.jpg I'm sure ...

all All NLN clubs didn't sign because those who did benefited from the funding once proved they may have to pay back the amount over what they should have been given had the management distributed the funds as everyone expected and were told, that was by lost revenue the turnstiles for each club, w...

Not necessary to have 2 drivers with an overnight stay. At this rate, one driver in front with the snowplough, the other in the bus :o We hear about football matches postponed because of unfit pitches etc, but wonder how many matches have been postponed because away team couldn't get there owing to...

all All NLN clubs didn't sign because those who did benefited from the funding once proved they may have to pay back the amount over what they should have been given had the management distributed the funds as everyone expected and were told, that was by lost revenue the turnstiles for each club, w...

You are correct Spen in that NLS and almost 50% of the clubs in NLN are not included. Doesn't exactly present a united front to the Government does it? I Don't understand why all clubs didn't sign this. It seems to be for benefit of all clubs. Get the money first then argue over distribution later

See statement below, we along with 11 other Clubs, have signed. Intriguing that 10 Clubs have not signed this. Seems strange as the statement is well written and thought out, and is non confrontational. https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/please-dont-betray-our-trust I thought the same and can't work o...

Premier inn at Weymouth is only £35 per night this friday - dont understand why £3800 is needed. Hotel costs for c30 players, management & officials Meal costs (Friday evening & Saturday morning) Coach hire, including fuel for 700-mile round trip & a coach driver (that will have to be paid for over...

Interesting development that Scotland have suspended levels below the Scottish Championship for 3 weeks. I am sure all EFL games and above require an ambulance in attendance. Not sure about NL and NLN. An ambulance which could be used by the health service - it is paid for - but at the same time th...

However sensible this sounds to match going football fans - we are irrelevant - TV companies dictate what happens. Just as Premiershit is going on behind closed doors because TV companies insisted on getting what they had paid for - so the TV companies will decide whether the Euros go ahead. But yo...

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... I’m struggling to see what pausing now and restarting in a month or two would actually achieve. To me you either end the entire season now or carry on but with stronger enforcement of measures. A several-week break feels more symbolic than achieving anything tangible. ..... I agree - pausing th...

.... I think we need to accept a few things. 1) Cancel Euro 2021. It's unfeasible to delay it any further because of the world cup, the uniquely stupid format of this tournament makes things difficult, and it's unfeasible we can have full crowds by summer. We should also not be encouraging huge num...

Could the National League be in a position to agree?

The Laws of the game require 2 x 45 minute halves. I think it may need approval from the games law makers & so not be something the National League or the FA alone could sanction

Question is, will Quakers be halfway through their backlog of fixtures by April? The lads will be getting a taste of full-time soccer as we will be doing 3 games a week at this rate. Now getting worried about FA Trophy final getting squeezed in ahead of the Euros. Mind, now we have done Brexit and ...

Vodka_Vic wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:28 pm

Don't think there will be any relegation from the NLN and NLS this season as I think the same will happen as last season to Step 3 and below after today's announcement that the majority of the country is now in Tier 4.

Don't tell South Shields that - they will be instructing lawyers as we speak

Proved me wrong on what?

I've not so far as I can recall expressed any views on the ability of Oxford University to produce a vaccine.

Danny & Nicky Cowley were teachers. Ainsley is a decent manager but I would be interested to see him manage a team in the Evo-Stik / Northern League that doesn't have the pick of players at that level. ….. I don't sign up to the you have to have been the best footballer to be a good manager - .... ...

Shearer did his cruciate in 1992. I remember this was on Championship manager - at start of the game Shearer was out with a cruciate :) I also remember Shearer being injured at the beginning of CM 1997/98 as well, sure it was cruciate Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk It was an ankle ligaments, ...

I was on this message board years ago but had computer/email address issues and never got round to sorting them. Glad to be back. Is this the first time we've been live on BBC? Apologies if it's a daft question but can't think of another time we have. And in celebration of being back- fuck off spen...

Vodka_Vic wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:30 pm

Is there a Virgin channel for my non-technically minded parents?

Channel 991 I think is what they need

Probably still get some funding, as limits are going to be in place. its a good question about funding. Depends on how they deal with it. If its the 2000/4000 limits, then virtually no club who can have fans in will lose out. If its the sort of limits they were talking about at start of season, the...

If teams are allowed more subs, then inevitably they will need bigger squads, which means less players available as you go down the pyramid. Thus the standard lower down the pyramid decreases and costs to clubs increase as they have to have bigger squads. Would be good if we have 5 subs, if say 2 ha...

Realistically the league are within their rights to suggest we play the final 4 minutes + injury that were left. If they did would we bother? I'm not sure the rules allow for restarting/ finishing a game after a referee has abandoned a game. My understanding of abandoning is that brings the game to...

It wasn't a cup match Law 7 provides similarly for all football matches. IE a game is of 2 halves of 45 minutes However there are examples of matches being deemed complete going back at least as far as the infamous Man U 0 v 2 Man City match in 1974 where after Dennis Law put City 2 up near the end...

Are the rules about no replays still in place for the First Round ? If so is it extra time and penalties or straight to penalties after 90 mins. Purely an academic question as I believe we will win in normal time of course. THere are no replays this season Rule 10 (e) (e) In the Competition Proper:...

probably bring a midweek game forward It is likely that at least one round of the Trophy is likely to have to be played mid week in any event to make up for the round "lost" in lockdown. It is to be hoped the National League are on the ball and act proactively to bring a round of fixtures forward t...

With the news that Steps 3-6 are suspended for the duration of the lockdown, this will mean a delay in the FA Trophy. We currently have no game scheduled for 5th Dec as it's the Second Round. I'll be amazed if we're out of the lockdown by then anyway, but even if we are, the first round is this wee...