Darlo Uncovered

Isn't it fairly standard to pay an extra fee when buying tickets online? If I was to go to a concert or the cinema and bought my ticket online, I'd be charged an admin fee that wouldn't be there if I bought it from the box office in person. I appreciate in an ideal world it wouldn't be there but it...

As I typed this Allan Quatermain posted. His benefits are all for the football club and none for the customer. There is no incentive for customers to pay extra unless its a potential sell out game But most people who frequent this board see a benefit to the football club as being a benefit to them ...

Unless there is a potential for a large crowd, would there be many people that would bother buying online and just pay on the gate? Making people pay extra to buy on line ( ie the 25p admin charge) is going to put people off unless a game is likely to be a sell out. I would suggest the club either ...

A figure of £1m per annum would be easily reached. If you want full time players, you need to pay them a sufficiently high salary to encourage them to give up their "day jobs". Realistically, it is unlikely that the average player wages at the club would be less than £30k. With players, manager, coa...

Are people reading too much into theses remarks. They were at an awards ceremony and were not a statement of policy I am sure what MG was doing was bigging up the club and how far it has come back towards regaining league status. I am sure it was said more to try to make potential sponsors see the c...

I normally like your posts Spen but please no more "soccer", its football, let the Americans use that term. Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk Well then we are talking about football and football and it gets confusing No it doesn't. Because we are talking about football and rugby. It's not hard Spe...

Darlo_Pete wrote:I'd far prefer losing a home game than an away game, it will somewhat be a novelty to have a midweek home game.

I'd rather not lose at all, whether its a home game or an away game. You get nothing for losing

I normally like your posts Spen but please no more "soccer", its football, let the Americans use that term. Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk Well then we are talking about football and football and it gets confusing No it doesn't. Because we are talking about football and rugby. It's not hard Spe...

I normally like your posts Spen but please no more "soccer", its football, let the Americans use that term. Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk Well then we are talking about football and football and it gets confusing I was using soccer to distinguish between rugby football and association football...

.... If as is now evident that if codes share the same pitch (not part of the early plan mooted by M.Jesper) then we need to be cautious on the shared cost. This could be a double edged sword as the requirements of a soccer team are more than those of a rugby team - eg want flatter pitch, shorter g...

On page 10 of the Club accounts it shows we received £11,583 in "Transfer fees". Below this it shows we paid £24,000 in "Signing on" fees. Does this mean we paid out no transfer fees in that period, which would appear a bit odd in that the selling club received nothing but the players did? Having n...

I suppose because Hardy never really established himself it can be seen as a waste, but Cartman and Armstrong did so 2/3 isn't bad. Of those we've paid fees for, there's been very few who haven't made a significant contribution to our progress on the pitch and like was said above, I guess some calc...

All the groundshares here in Essex/ East London have signs like this for tenant club as well as host clubs. Can sort of understand why the rugby club wouldn't want photos of their games in front of it but not that much... At the same time I thought signs of that sort could just be cable tied to the...

With regard to the sign that the club already have, its a Vanarama sponsored sign paid for by Vanarama as part of their deal with the league. I'm sure they wont be happy about a sign that every club is meant to display is gathering dust where it gives them no exposure at all. .... Is it a planning ...

With regard to the sign that the club already have, its a Vanarama sponsored sign paid for by Vanarama as part of their deal with the league. I'm sure they wont be happy about a sign that every club is meant to display is gathering dust where it gives them no exposure at all. .... Is it a planning ...

Thank you once again Spen for your endless words of wisdom, haven't you a job to do or your own club to support/comment on? Given he's libelled various people on here in the past, demonstrated that he has very little knowledge of the world of law he claims to work in and only posts to wind up Darli...

I am sure that DFC want to pay the minimum possible £££ to DRFC and obtain the maximum co-operation. That is normal in any relationship Not in a happy marriage it isn't .... and not in some of the more important business issues I've had and have. Mutual cooperation, fairness, value for money, respe...

... Some of the issues have been discussed on here, others I've heard about privately, and all of them point to the fact that the rugby club wish to take the maximum possible £££ from DFC but at the same time offer minimum cooperation. .... I am sure that DFC want to pay the minimum possible £££ to...

Puts all the disputes on forums into perspective when you hear sad news like that.

RIP

There seems to be some talking at cross purposes here re insurance. If player has insurance, it will pay him out. If for example Portas had an insurance policy that paid him £1000 per week when injured, this would in no way benefit Darlington who would still be contractually bound to pay his wages,...

There seems to be some talking at cross purposes here re insurance. If player has insurance, it will pay him out. If for example Portas had an insurance policy that paid him £1000 per week when injured, this would in no way benefit Darlington who would still be contractually bound to pay his wages, ...

But thats the point, both clubs say we are a partnership, but its clear that largely speaking it isnt. I would be interested to know if we do get some revenue from food/drink purely because I've been told ever since we took back our club that every single pound counts, but it seems that it only cou...

It's pointless deliberating over it as a point if the gain is minimal. That is ultimately what this discussion has been above. Some folk have said they must know what percentage of the beer and food sale are going to DFC, as it has a huge bearing on whether the football club have rushed into a deal...

... .... I'm of course happy to be wrong on this occasion, and in light of Quakerz doing the figures, we'll probably lose money on the beer tent! Let Joes bar take the pittance offered. Its not as simple an equation as that. No beer tent/ facility to get alcohol will put some people off coming to g...

sada8022 wrote: ...
People keep saying we are going to average big crowds but people wont keep coming if the cant see. I know there will be a long term plan but short term crows wont increase if they cant see.

The crows will have no problem finding a viewpoint above the crowds

We should have just sent them 100 tickets - then there would be no argument. The trouble with saying 100-110 available on the day but get there early to avoid missing out - is that it will put some fans who believe they'll bring 100+ off travelling. I wouldn't fancy a 7 hour round trip to be turned...

Now this has the potential to go wrong: taken from the Nuneaton website "SUPPORTERS attending Saturday's Vanarama National League North fixture at Darlington will be able to purchase tickets at the away turnstiles at Blackwell Meadows on the day of the fixture. Approximately 100-110 tickets will be...

That's what MJ stated at forums anyway - but not in a bad way as at the same time confirmed there isn't much money in it anyway. If there is not much money in bar sales, why are clubs so keen to have clubhouses serving alcohol? No idea. I am just repeating what was said elsewhere. I didn't do the a...

lo36789 wrote:
That's what MJ stated at forums anyway - but not in a bad way as at the same time confirmed there isn't much money in it anyway.

If there is not much money in bar sales, why are clubs so keen to have clubhouses serving alcohol?

£16 seated, £15standing, £13 concessions, £5 under 12s how many are making the shortish trip New years day, I'll go for 500/600, Took this today from spen666 website All Areas Of The Ground (including the away section): Adults £17 Concessions £13 Under 17's £6 Under 7's £3 It's not my website. It's...