Darlo Uncovered

What happens if this total isnt raised by the end of tomorrow, totallisers still say only £20,600 has been raised There won't be any immediate issues, we have that covered. There is no room for complacency though, we do need more fans to get involved and back their football club. We can't make ever...

I'd love you to actually come up with some details on possibilities, rather than just repeating "we aim to be back for 13/14" well yeah, great, but HOW? Can't help but think the 1883 team have had a rather busy week as it is without worrying about next season. Once the very immediate issues are sor...

As Denis has said in the interview the main reason behind the re-consideration was concerns at safety levels at Shildon. Shildon have been fantastic throughout this process and they maintain that all necessary work would have been done in the right time scales but we had to consider the high number ...

Mr_Tibbs wrote:Some good news at last?

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What's the story there Craig?

It is true.

Three simple questions for DFC 1883 1:- Is the offer of a place in the Northern League on condition that the name of the club be changed? 2:- Does the name chosen have to be approved by the FA? 3:- What happens if DFC 1883 refuses to change the name from Darlington? I ask these questions because if...

seems to me that the FA decided to put us in the Northern league weeks ago.They then had to find/make up the reasons for doing so.. If we do not win our appeal and we have to stay in this league the FA and NL may yet rue the day. 500 plus away fans every week at grounds that are used to hosting 50-...

Quakerz wrote:

craig_mckenna wrote:That comment on NL site included like "maybe" and "inverted commas"

Nothing has been decided or recommended or dictated. as yet....

Think we both know it is the FA's way of asking us nicely, before telling...

I suspect they never will "tell"....that would be too easy....

I'd love you to actually come up with some details on possibilities, rather than just repeating "we aim to be back for 13/14" well yeah, great, but HOW? I am not working on that side of things Quakers, we have a team dedicated to looking at all the options and the objective is clear. It is too soon...

I am trying to clear all questions and its hard to work out what the question is in this thread.

If anything is unanswered please post again!

As far as we know it is just a coaching role but we have asked MG if SG will be playing and he hasnt come back to me yet.

The playing side is now MG call and we will not be interfering.

We are delighted with the team we have been able to appoint and the cost of the team is within budget and fantastic value.

That comment on NL site included like "maybe" and "inverted commas"

Nothing has been decided or recommended or dictated. as yet....

Time scales are very prohibitive of even considering this. Rightly or wrongly this isn't something we can consider just now....

The clear objective is to be playing football in Darlington in the 2013/14 season whatever league we may be in.

We have a team looking at all the options and they are fully up to speed on what the boundaries are for achieving this. I have every confidence that they will get this right

This is worth further investigation. Some good ideas for sure.

I may be simple but Mr Singh said it was of no value to him and I thought he said we could have it. Why write ? Just go and pick it up. I will walk from Scotland to RS office and collect the paperwork if it would make any difference. I fear the boat has sailed on this one but I refuse to accept tha...

I dont believe there any grounds to challenge HM, in fairness to him he could have binned the club on more than once and gave us time to try and find a solution. The idiosyncratic nature of the FA rules, the purchase, the morality of doing the right thing and the forces working against us are not HM...

on the subject of wages , would it be rude to ask how much the board of 1883 are getting paid ? At some stage I will be paid 10k for the work done on this project since January. I have received a small portion of that but there are more pressing needs just now. As I generally bill out at a minimum ...

IF and its an IF we have to change our name how about

Darlington Fans Club? Darlington FC

Just a thought!

The guy who was on the non league show was on the panel.

Loos like Raj and FA led us all a merry dance, thanks for trying to save us in current guise. Now lets crack on because we need to get on this now. Your were fighting a fight blindfolded with hands tied behind your back and the sneakiest bastards dancing around. Get the season tickets sales and let...

Quakerz wrote:Without wanting to answer 1883's question for them, Dean Street could seemingly be easily upgraded to C/D level by Chrimbo, Bishop already is graded, and that's before we look at Darlington.

We'll have options.

Thanks Quakerz, good response.

The share is the only way we'll keep our name It's uber important, please understand that. It seems the share is the only way to keep Darlington FC alive, which is the whole point of the exercise as far as I can see. Seems either an unlikely 180 turn from the FA, or getting back in touch with Singh...

Get it in writing before commiting £25k of our money and taking us out of town that Shildons ground would be acceptable in the Evo-stick? Didn't anyone think to get a written response from the FA detailing how we would be treat seeing as though our ex-chairman was extremely unlikely to transfer the...

al_quaker wrote:Why aren't we allowed AFC Darlington? I'm not saying I want that (I don't think we should have to change our name anyway), but have the FA given any indication why AFC Darlington isn't allowed?

I havent seen anything to say that is true so hard to comment....

It does seem rather unfortunate that 40% of board members personal circumstances have changed radically over the past two weeks. The Trust is cursed! Yes I'm pissed off lo36789, whilst I acknowledge that the remaining members are probably doing their very best. Hopefully the board will come up with...

Quakerz wrote:We soon will, we soon will.

Lets just get on, quit the blame game and take NL football on the chin.

I am inclined to agree Quakers, but we have to do things properly.

If an appeal is appropriate we will appeal, but the plans will continue for NL until an appeal is lodged or otherwise.

MikeinBlack wrote:Big question now - are we still going to appeal?

Can I hold answer that until tomorrow/ Wednesday?

How are the club not affiliated? We didn't fold, 1883 purchased the old club, albeit without a CVA. It's still the same club!! Re. ground share - if that's a reason to banish us to Northern League then 1883 have some answering to do. Same goes for the lack of the share. Pretty incompetent to be hon...

That's how I read it - a double whammy! The ground is not Evostick standard so we are placed in the NL, oh and because we're a new club (according to the FA) we can't be placed any higher. Basically they have two good reasons to turn down our appeal now. If it ends up as NL it is NL and we will sta...