Darlo Uncovered

The part played by the ground share is 100% brand new to us - it was discussed at length in the Wembley meeting and no concerns were raised at all.

It only seems to have played a small part but it bizarre that it played any part at all!

There is no secret that work was needed, very confused.

I am awaiting a confirmation email but it would seem that part of the NL decision was based on the Shildon ground share despite their assurances that this would have no bearing at all on any decision. Combination of confused and furious at the moment. It is all fixable, and will be fixed but really ...

The application is in with Durham FA to be affiliated.

These things need to happen in time with other events unfortunately.

There are other bombshells about to land, we have now seen the confirmation from the FA about NL.

Press release to follow.

Any basis for appeal would not be solely based on the RS share issue.

I believe it may help any appeal but there don't seem to be any precedents of this so it is impossible to say for certain.
We are still exploring the options for appeal.

[quote="Quakerz"]Do we have the football share, signed off by Raj Strings, with NO conditions as he stated, now in our possession? Or are we still "trying to find where it is" ? Assuming we have it, is it a definite that we're now going to appeal?[/quoteA A simple answer to your simple question - No...

Fair point re MK'S questions, the fact remains the press release is appalling Appalling is a strong word, what aspect of the press release is "appalling"? We have to maintain a level of professionalism when communicating with the media, we have been mis quoted and mis represented in the media on nu...

Newport would have been a better comparison. Or Aldershot etc. Whoever said Wrexham, has made us look like we don't know what we are talking about. Yes they've had financial problems like a lot of clubs, but they are a traditional L1/L2 side playing in the BSP and have never been lower. Of all the ...

I think we should appeal. You know like Wrexham did. We're too big a city to have a Northern League club. The Wrexham reference was made in respect of a club who had fallen a long way from where they were and the fans had backed them at a level higher than they could have dreamed. We know they didn...

See above. This needs to be considered and discussed in depth and at the board meeting tomorrow. It is too soon to be certain one way or the other and although the gut instinct is to appeal we have to have solid grounds to base any appeal on. We are looking at all options including previous appeals.

It has been said that Monday will be the day of appointment of the new manager. Will this change if we decide to appeal,as I thought the manager depended on the league we were in next season? Thank you We are still aiming to announce the manager on Monday. My understanding is that it will be on the...

I can understand and appreciate the need for answers to the questions being raised on this forum and other channels and these questions will be answered in due course. Speaking personally I am knackered and need to take 5 minutes (possibly overnight) before I get stuck into answering these questions...

Hi. My question was moved to the answered section despite there being no response to it other than a pile of posts about a completely different issue on cc (the disclaimer). Here is the question again: My experience of this process was widespread initial publicity of the 1883 initiative inc CC. Mad...

Thanks Craig. I wasn't being off, just wondered. Really appreciate all the work you're putting in. The best way to make it come off is to get everybody pulling the same way, IMO, so if a potentially key group like Supporters Direct goes another way that's very disappointing. I know it's not all pla...

Hi. My question was moved to the answered section despite there being no response to it other than a pile of posts about a completely different issue on cc (the disclaimer). Here is the question again: My experience of this process was widespread initial publicity of the 1883 initiative inc CC. Mad...

Craig, why do Supporters Direct seem to be so dubious about everything that's going on? Surely they're not just getting pissy about not going down the Trust route? Even if it's not an actual trust, it'll be a CIC and basically the kind of buyout they encourage? Would it not be good to get them onsi...

I was at the Trust meeting tonight and there were two members of Supporters Direct in attendance. While we were discussing the investment process, and in line with the information published tonight (http://www.buydarlo.org/) there were comments around the complex nature of this process. Would appre...

...for those of us who are living too far from Darlington to attend meetings... Would someone simply and concisely give answers to the following, I can get it for £1 from companies house if i need too.....all the info below is in the public domain.: Darlington Football Club 1883 Limited is a Privat...

I think all points on this thread have been answered, drop me a message if I missed anything.

Question for Craig... I think I took from your explanation tonight (but I may be wrong!) that you can't approach us to buy shares but if we wanted to approach you and ask to invest in shares that would be looked at? Am I right? The Supporters groups approached us and agreement was reached, we would...

A figure of £270k has been quoted as being the overall annual running costs of Darlington Arena. Is this correct? If so, I'm not saying it is wrong but it does seem on the high side. Could you give an approximate break-down? I am sure we can put them on here. There was potential to find savings in ...

"Mr McKenna added: “Over the next couple of years there are going to be decisions made on how we get back to Darlington and how the budget is split between facilities and playing staff." Not a year then :roll: And here's me thinking that planning permission and financing, oh and a venue, must alrea...

Darlington hold a fun run each year (in August i think), could we get involved in that, i was thinking a different race for juniors, families, seniors, disabled, and one for the real raceing snakes, over the same course different distances ect, it would engage the whole community get people fit, sp...

Since no one from 1883 has replied yet I'll chip in to say that there are plans for a redesign in the pipeline, I'm hoping to speak to laura re this soon as have a few advertising/sponsorship ideas I want to integrate Laura has had to take a couple of personal days, apologies for the slow response....

cjwatson, you seem to have the knack of drawing me back into here. Do you not like using the ask1883 forum? I am happy to answer any questions put in there and do tend to miss ones in here. Or are you concerned that we might just have answers which stop your mischief making in its tracks? That discl...

the disabled seemed to have been missed out of this group and out of any thoughts regarding the stadium this needs to be addressed I know we said we wouldn't comment in here any more but clearly this quote isn't going to moved over to the ask1883 forum and I cant ignore it. We would include disable...

When will or when do interviews for the managers job take place? I expect that interviews will start at some stage next week. Denis has had a couple of informal chats this afternoon with people who have shown some interest in the job. These were by no means interviews but were valuable discussions ...

Craig A couple of seasons ago we visited Eastbourne to watch Darlo. We arrived early and went to find the ground and got talking to one of the directors (who was white lining the pitch!) he was explaining how they run the club on a shoestring and how they use volunteers etc for everything including...

Probably not number one priority but has someone got an action to secure the kits for next season? I know there have been some good suggestions on the board if this hasn't been looked at yet. I was told a little while ago that we were talking with Vandanel but this may have been put on the back bur...

Hi Craig, Below is from Virtual Feethams posted by secondteam. Is there any substance to this and if there was (at that time) has the necessary upgrading of facilities for the matchday officials been completed? now all the abuse has stoped against me the reason bishop where forced to move was that ...

divas wrote:Was there a difference in lease cost between the two? Not looking for specifics, just a yes/no answer.

To the best of my knowledge, no.
But I wasn't involved with the Bishop discussions.