Darlo Uncovered

Darlington RA FC survive with crowds of under 50 , so yes Darlington FC can most certainly survive with crowds of 1,500. What a load of rubbish is that for gods sake, no comparison whatsoever between the 2 clubs. Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk You're quite right, the RA actually live within the...

Martin stated at the FF that he needed a budget of £400K this season because of extra competition which would have been an increase on last season, nevermind just staying the same.

There's not exactly a long list of alternative investors waiting on the sidelines. Right, and? If we reject Singh then we simply cut our cloth accordingly and the club will end up at the level it ends up at. As long as it doesn't go out of business, that's the important thing. I've no problem with ...

He was shite in the games I watched and to be fair I wasn't fully serious about Thomas but the point was to highlight that one of the ways we'll make cash is to develop players. Given MG has his academy it's always struck me as odd that he doesn't put more of them in the shop window. I guess they're...

I see Nathan Thomas is on the verge of a £300K move to Boro. Maybe if our manager had prioritised bringing some younger lads through to sell on and taking the cups seriously we might be able to generate some funds to push us on

Very disappointing

BUSHEAD wrote:Would you take an hours free baby sitting off Ian Huntley ?
Or perhaps a free medical check up off Harold Shipman ?
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It could also take 3 or 4 years, who knows. The floating fans disappeared after the Nuneaton game but there will always be a few attractive fixtures every season that will pull in bigger crowds and next season against Blyth, Spennymoor, York, Salford, FCUM will do exactly that. We've rarely ever bee...

Every team has to consolidate and even struggle at some point regardless of investment. That's not to say I don't think we can progress but the way some are going on it's as if once we stop progressing we're doomed.

So you're agreeing then that's crowds won't dwindle away

its gona be tough competing against Blyth and Spennymoor next season for players, never thought I would ever say that, at least the extra derby games should hopefully bring a few more bumper crowds in, we need it, we need at the very least 2000 every game next season IMO, doubtful we will get it th...

The problem is that the playing budget has always been £50K higher than it should have been since day 1. If it had been set correctly and gradually increased there would have been no need to now get it under control with a fairly decent chunk taken off. I'd imagine that when all said and done it'll ...

darlo reborn wrote:We can`t get shafted as we have no assets only the team and if that goes pear shaped then the investor will gain nothing

And we will be left with nothing

Make sure you forward the details onto the relevant people

Craig09 wrote:Its a 4 row seating modular and can be extended at anytime

With probably a different rake to the existing stand so couldn't be positioned next to it. In addition we need to build as far back as possible so as not to waste space - 4 rows doesn't do that...

Interesting re Salford's capacity for the playoffs. The Halifax fans have been given 600 tickets (same as us) and been told that the capacity for tonight's game at Moor Lane is around 2,100. I thought for the ground grading deadline a stadium had to have a capacity of 3,000? I realise it will event...

Ok so the 150k the club have been quoted does that include moving that floodlight ??? Has the club actually said it needs moving and that the price is in with that. This is what is confusing me but instead of just saying we need 150k for seating stand it should be broke down into what actually does...

The golden Share is 10% of the voting rights and nothing to do with the football Share

What I am saying is strictly speaking there isn't really an issue from the club perspective. There is however a problem from the DFCSG as majority shareholder - it cannot vote for something which could detriment its shareholders. Ultimately if the DFCSG cannot fulfil its loan repayments then it goe...

Also depends on who's in the league next year. At Exeter they have a specific working group which forecasts attendances by game and Day/date to inform the budget
http://m.devonlive.com/exeter-city-supp ... story.html

What do I need from our directors and Darlington FC: 1) an ambitious and realistic plan of where Darlington FC will be at the end of the 2022 season. 2) the basics upon which we will be budgeting for next season. eg average of 1750 fans + [advertising revenue + DFCSG contribution]*. *I don't requir...

It's probably worth looking at the games that were played at BM versus HP as we had some of the bigger games at HP - Salford, Fylde, Stockport just off the top of my head. Probably only Halifax and FCUM at BM I think in real terms we're probably another hundred better off at least. As mentioned at t...

Where does the fact he could have written the debt off and transferred the football share come into it?

By this stage of the season a club must have a pretty close to finalised playing and general budget for the following season - maybe a few alternatives if promotion/relegation is a possibility. The manager would need to know by now what his scope for maintaining/enhancing/reducing his squad for nex...

I think we have a stable future at BM alright, but not the kind of stability you'll like. If we ever got promoted to the FL, we would have three seasons by which we would have to reach a capacity of 5,000 which must include at least 2,000 seats. Where are we going to fit 2000 seats at BM? I know it...

I think we have a stable future at BM alright, but not the kind of stability you'll like. If we ever got promoted to the FL, we would have three seasons by which we would have to reach a capacity of 5,000 which must include at least 2,000 seats. Where are we going to fit 2000 seats at BM? I know it...

The Club want your money but it's all via community shares which are repayable, they want to loan it

I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to count safe standing as seating and it's cheaper to build a normal terrace

Darlo_Pete wrote:If we just drift along next season, then crowds will drift away.

If we spend beyond our means next season then we put the future of the club in jeopardy

There's plenty of sympathy for us on the Salford forum with comments like this.... "One holds very little sorrow for our friends up in the north east. All clubs have a budget to work with, Darlington 1883's is larger than most. They've chosen to pay sujbstantial wages and purchase players for sums ...