Darlo Uncovered

Another gem from the NLZ......... My understanding of the situation is that West have made the decision to discourage large numbers attending the game. Their committee are nearly all in their 60's 70's & even 80's and do not want the hassle or responsibility of a large crowd. They are a NL CLub tha...

I agree I'll be there with my son. I reckon 750 will go it's 5 minutes on the train it's our closest game along with Aycliffe plus there 1 point of 3rd place which makes it more attractive to anyone who's not on here. You'll have a long wait for a train. West Auckland railway station closed in 1962!

Mullet69 wrote:Me and a group of real ale swilling heathens.

Well you'll either have to dance with the devil and drink keg or go thirsty because real ale is in very short supply in Billingham!

I'm aware the shop is currently closed and is moving to another unit within the market. Does anyone know when it is expected to re-open? There is no information on the old unit nor on the official website to explain what is happening. I'm concerned that regulars will be turning up and expecting to b...

mikkyx wrote:Ray Simpson's just tweeted that the CN v Darlo game is now in place of Shildon on November 17

mikkyx,
Is it clear from Ray's tweet whether we will be at home or away to Celtic Nation? It would be a shame to lose a home slot before Christmas.

According to No-Brain-Zone, Dicky Ord has resigned from Durham City. Hope it wasn't due to something I said last week

I'm surprised that it hasn't been mentioned before, but I've heard that Joe Tait signed a contract for Darlo over the weekend

If you think of England as a right-angled triangle, then the centroid is 1/3 of the height up from the base, which is about where the split between the Conference North and South sits.

If the bus is becoming so popular, it may be worth considering putting on a second bus for home games. Pete, Our margins aren't big enough to make the leap to two buses on the number that was turned away on Friday. We've had a Wednesday match, a Friday match and this will be our first Saturday matc...

I would have thought the sight of 1500 Darlo fans around him at a match would make him think twice about writing his fictitious hate mail. I put DFC first and I intend to go to every match. I agree, nothing would give me more satisfaction than hearing 1500+ Quakers fans singing "Norman, Norman, giv...

The away match at Shildon should be interesting. Indeed, so could the home match on 17 November assuming Miserable Norman will be amongst the party of visiting directors.

On Friday there was a mad rush for seats on the Trust/Supporters Club bus for the Dunston match, to the extent that the Club Shop had to turn quite a few away. This Saturday (and from now on) we have a slightly bigger bus with seats 80 (previous bus had 73 seats) but standing will not be allowed und...

As Quakerz says there's bags of room but the stadium is only has a safety certificate for 2004. So one reason I wouldn't go all ticket is that once you make this decision you are stuck with a capacity of 2004. Whereas, pay on the gate the stadium could easily absorb 3000 and nobody would be the wise...

Anyone able to tell me what time the quiz starts and confirm the venue - I'm presuming the bar in the Dolphin Centre. Ta

This is why im slightly worried about the other bus. For Saturday just gone it was fine because there was no other bus on offer, but hearing that there are now 2 buses being put on (although the Trust / Supporters Club bus is £1 cheaper). Wouldnt it be better putting all of the effort into getting ...

Can we get close to that sell out figure? i dont think so, but it would be great to see double the season ticket sales say 1400.What do you think? Sorry to say it but Saturday was one those days when the town turns out for the 'big' occasion and many of them won't be back until the next. The good t...

Whoever organised this bus - many congratulations ... The Atmosphere in Aspire was great upstairs bar, footy on tv, cheap drinks and a double decker waiting patiently outside for our short journey. Much better than drifting round Bishop Auckland or whatever. Disappointed that it was just a one off ...

I hope amongst all of this people don't forget Marske on Tuesday - a game where we'll take the gate receipts unlike the Bishop game where we get zero. Do you know if anything has changed transport wise for midweek games Divas? Or is it still only a 21:10 train after midweek games? Supporters/Trust ...

Would it not be easier for everyone to use the Supporters Club / Trust led buses? Those are only running midweek though aren't they? Ah right, apologies. Didn't read the post fully. In this case, I'd hope the Supporters Club / Trust could put buses on for Saturday home games too. Which even as I ty...

I thought we played well today and we are definitely a threat going forward. For the first goal Emms took down the ball and hit a right foot shot, only to see it pushed away by the 'keeper but then the ball fell kindly for Dowson who had the simple task of heading the ball into the back of an empty...

To be far the shop was manned by predominately the supporters club who are just looking after away travel. Hopefully things are still being looked at by the club to put something in place. Rob, The home travel is being run jointly by the Trust and Supporters Club. Away travel is the Supporters Club...

DFC Shop wrote:We've now sold 993 and that's £4383 cash we have to hand to Bishops.

I wouldn't advertise the route you're taking to Bishop!!

Panic over, I've found it!

Anyone know where my post about buses to home matches has gone?

Darlington Supporters Trust and Darlington Supporters Club are working together to provide transport to Darlington Football Club’s home matches at Heritage Park, Bishop Auckland. The first home match is against Marske United on Tuesday 21 August and a double-decker bus has been booked to take fans f...

If you live in travelling distance of the Civic, make the effort to go. You'll not regret it. Great show. If you can get of 9 mates to go with you, the group discount reduces tickets to £15 each - bargain. In fact if there's 8 of you, buy 10 tickets and you save a tenner!

hoppers wrote:what about those of us unable to get to the shop? Is there an option to send money in for tickets to be posted out? Even putting in a stamped addressed envelope?

Tickets will be on sale upstairs in the 'Hole in the Wall' pub on Wednesday evenings between 7.15pm and 9.15pm.

I read 'Far from the Massive Crowd' on holiday. Very funny. Loved the 1st prize in the Seaham Red Star raffle - laughed out loud on me sun bed!

The other half and I went along and thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Again, well done to Dave Cadman and everyone else that was involved in organising the event.

dfc1883 wrote:Just bumping this as a reminder for tomorrow night's event

Mrs P & I will be there.