Darlo Uncovered

Think we won 2-1 at their place last season, possibly on a Monday night but overall our record against them wont be good. Shouldn't have lost away to them this season with a last minute goal against us but we are much changed now and I fancy us to pick up another win tomorrow. Looking forward to see...

Injuries have absolutely ruined Rigg. As has been said he scored I think from memory around 35-40 one season for Penrith in the Northern league which got him a move to Carlisle. Did ok by all accounts but then injury struck and I will imagine he will end up back at Penrith or something similar. Ther...

Can't have Brown and Turnbull both playing leaving nobody on the sideline to make decisions but as said above Brown has already stated he will be on the touch line for Saturday. It's a free hit on Saturday for us. Whatever the result as long as there is effort from every player it's an improvement o...

Gray has done an incredible job with us and it's only natural that teams without a manager would be interested in a look at him who could potentially afford him and his demands. There is a lot of short term focus on gray with people maybe having their judgement on his time with us clouded by this re...

Not to bothered he's gone, Didn't get much of a chance in terms of game time but didn't exactly bust a gut when he was on the pitch. At no point when he was brought on yesterday did I imagine him scoring the winner. Hopefully Cartman is recalled and is sharp, at least you know what you get from Cart...

I like Cartman but if we want to progress up the leagues then at some point players that have helped to get us to where we are now will have to be replaced by players able to take us to the next level. Gray has a history of doing this and isn't afraid to do what is required and if that means replaci...

Danny Rowe was apparently on 1.5k a week with a £50 goal bonus on top at Fylde. That is from a lad I work with that played with him for a season a few years back but has kept in touch with him. It seems a staggering amount does 2.5k a week for a player at this level but with unlimited money to throw...

I put Singh in the same category of owner/investor as Venkys, Sisu, Oysten and Becchetti at Blackburn, Coventry, Blackpool and Leyton Orient. These owners are destroying the football clubs they own and when Raj Singh owned ours he left it to die and very nearly succeeded. Can you imagine when the na...

Sorry if my post came across like I was comparing yesterday to the 80s Princes Town, I wasn't, just using that period of football that changed a lot of rules that still exist today with regards to crowd segregation, alcohol, etc. I go to plenty of other sports like cricket, rugby etc where people (l...

I often see people saying the days of the 80s have gone and people who watch other sports can bring alcoholic drinks into the stands, why can't we at football? Well today proved why. Absolutely shameful scenes by not one or two youngsters who had one to many, there was a good sized group of middle a...

Had the chance to attend my first game at Blackwell Meadows yesterday, Il be honest it's not my sort of stadium. I prefer being right on top of the action, the drop off from behind the goal is not for me and I felt detatched from the game which maybe wasn't a bad thing with the performance yesterday...

Craig Stoddart has tweeted an article saying this transfer is the reason why they have left Shildon. Also says we have paid a fee for him...

Creates a problem for me with it being all ticket, I manage a football team in Cumbria and we play on Saturdays kicking off at 2pm. If my game is called off (frozen pitch, waterlogged, etc) its usually done around 11am on the Saturday and only then can I know I can attend the Darlington game (whethe...

Funny how seeing something sends you off around the Internet. I noticed AFC Rushden and Diamonds in the draw that surprised me and off I went and found them in an Evostik league. I never went to Nene Park but what a stadium that looks. It cost about £30 million and they're talking about demolition....

Cheers Ginge, always an enjoyable read. Although I was always confident in overhauling Blyth, to win it by 5 points from that table you first posted is a magnificent effort. Disappointed Workington have got into the playoffs after their behaviour over our 12 point suspended deduction, hope Blyth can...

A few teams in there that will travel in good numbers, a couple capable of bringing 1,000 fans + if played at the right time in FCUM and Stockport. Seen the question asked on other threads about where we will put these fans at Blackwell Meadows but no answers to it yet. Of course we aren't in that l...

A huge win. An absolute testament to our fitness levels and our lads and managements composure that we have had all this season. Stamford came for a fight and as a result an easy day was never going to be on the cards. Can't add anything more than what's already been said about the referee and lines...

Cheers for the replys, was just a thought I had this morning!
Really enjoyed last night so no complaints from me about moving the fixture as I said! Surely that can't have been the same Skelmersdale 11 that turned Blyth over at the weekend, I thought they were awful.

Just a quick thought and topic for discussion.. How would we feel if what we are doing was the other way round? Lets say we were in Blyth's position before last night, Their pitch was a quagmire so they moved their games to St James Park (for example) and won comfortably on a much better surface and...

As has been said already, we were the better team first half, they were the better side second half. Second goal was a huge one, if Army's shot the the keeper somehow got his leg to goes in, I think they cave in and we win by 3 or 4. They had offered nothing up until the point when the equalised whi...

It's getting very tense, for the first time I could feel it in the stadium yesterday when we were 1-0 up but Sutton, despite not really creating anything, kind of got a foothold in the game for 10 mins until Cartmans brilliant finish to see us home. Cheers for the reply Ginge, always a brilliant and...

Surprised you have reverted back to the final outcome with us finishing in 2nd Ginge this last week or so. We need to win 6 out of the last 8 with a draw and a loss to fit in. Yes we play matches every other day but our opponents are also doing this so I'm not having tiredness as a factor, we are on...

Down at our level the away team wont be bothered about switching ends as we can just move down to the other end anyway. The only reason it would happen is if there is a setting sun that will be in the keepers and defenders eyes or a strong wind that they want to play with/against depending on which ...

Tough game against a team who came for a point from the start today. The pitch didn't help us today, looked very bobbly and extremely difficult to pass the ball on. We were very direct today, particularly second half but completely understandable in the circumstances. What pleases me is we seem to f...

Have you been beaten up outside Brunton Park or something Pete?! Living 30 mins south of Carlisle I can assure you that although they have a few idiot fans (like any club has), the vast majority are decent fans and miss their games against us have only ever wished Darlo all the best in climbing back...

Its looking good for us, No doubt about that. I disagree with Blyth (or anyone) having an easy schedule though. The one thing I have noticed since leaving the northern league behind is there is rarely an easy game. Even the teams struggling have a bit of resilience about them and decent organisation...

Routine 3 points without breaking sweat. Could have done with this game on the Tuesday before the Thursday game. We bullied them first half and I thought we were going to score every time we were anywhere near their goal. Could be picky and pick faults for the second half performance but not any poi...

Have only ever brought myself to watch some highlights of this game, In my top two games with how sick I felt leaving a football stadium, The other being Barrow away when I thought I had watched us for the last time. Think that team from 99/00 was my favourite ever Darlington team. How we never went...

Always an enjoyable read Ginge, top work as ever. Blyth are doing what champions do, grinding out scrappy wins and as frustrating as it is, fair play to them. However so are we. Since the turn of the year we have come back a different animal, our front 4 are the envy of anyone else in this league an...

Making my way over from Cumbria for this one, Its bloody freezing here with snow on the ground but I presume its clear and a bit warmer in the north east?! Looking forward to hopefully getting to see a game!