Darlo Uncovered

Can't get on the Echo website so what is the comment? There are two that need to be seen to be believed.... Contestant #1 doesn't appear to see how they've contradicted themselves: mrrealist 21st April 11:05 am User ID: 201988 Hey-ho, here we go again. Blame George Reynolds. Face reality, Darlingto...

Bottom line, not good enough, not even close. It comes to something when you don't want your team to get promoted, but that shower out there today would get slapped daft in the National League, we're not ready to step up on or off the pitch. At times today we were made to look very average in our ow...

A dull match which matched a dull afternoon. The first half was like watching paint dry, neither side looking like scoring but credit to Chester who were well drilled and well organised, they almost completey nullified us Blyth, Hazel and Nelson were all next to non existant. We never looked like sc...

A dull match which matched a dull afternoon. The first half was like watching paint dry, neither side looking like scoring but credit to Chester who were well drilled and well organised, they almost completey nullified us Blyth, Hazel and Nelson were all next to non existant. We never looked like sc...

They must have been aware that we would bring several hundred fans, and it looked like they were quite happy to sell them as much beer as they could, but took no steps to ensure that there were no incidents as a result of allowing alcohol to be consumed inside the stadium. The solution is simple th...

Nelson got 2 against Fylde. Also, everybody knows that stoppages in play doesn’t always correctly correlate with time added on. Yesterday was a prime example. There were only 3 added minutes despite their being a couple of goals, injuries and a raft of substitutions in the second half. So he did, I...

No need to worry he explained in his post match interview that he knew he was coming off so decided to milk it and waste a bit more time. We will need him on Tuesday, especially if Lambert isn’t fit, but it might be expecting too much for him to play most of the game. By the way I make 3 goals in 2...

A big win for us today but it will be meaningless if we don't build on it at Farsley on Tuesday night, we could give ourselves a bit of breathing space over eight place with games still in hand, consistency is going to be key between now and the end of the season. A great goal from Rivers, as Andy G...

You cut the rest of my post saying effectively if work is underway on new ground . If nothing done on new ground, there is no basis fir FA not to apply it's rules I did indeed, as I was responding to that particular sentence regarding a site being found, funding & planning permission being obtained...

It could give Darlington another 12 months to get site of ground resolved, funding sorted and planning permission sorted. I suspect the FA may want to see actual shovels in ground before they granted any extension If the deadline comes around and no work at all has been done at Blackwell Meadows an...

I'm not sure how long we are given to upgrade our stadium to conference standards, but the hope of using a "new stadium in the pipeline" as a special mitigating circumstance are receding as there is no news on progress on that front. We would have until March 31st next year to bring Blackwell Meado...

I make it 24 points so far(based on 3 points per game)!

Flyde home and away, Banbury, Brackley, Kettering and Scarborough at home and Leamington and Alfreton away.

AA is clearly getting frustrated with the defensive performances, so what’s to be done? A total overhaul. Unfortunately no amount of tactical tinkering will overcome a lack of quality/abilty, and we've certainly lacked one or both in defence this season I've said before had it not been for Mark Bec...

For fielding an ineligible player along with another club in NL South. Does anyone recall us being fined (not deducted) in the NPL season? How did we get away with a fine and no deduction? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk If memory serves,it was a lad called Robinson ??. We signed him from a Brit...

May 3rd this year will mark the 20th anniversary of the final match at Feethams, who would have guessed back then we'd have ended up in non league ground sharing at a local rugby club with dodgy floodlights?

Yesterday's match was one we probably would have lost last season (and incidentally we did!) which shows how much progress we've made this season, it was like the perfect away performance at home keeping it tight at the back and hitting them on the counter. Kidderminster had more of the ball as you ...

The National League's general manager, Mike Ives was in attendance so it was only apt that the latest floodlight failure at Blackwell Meadows should happen tonight, in his programme notes David Johnston said he invited him as he wanted him "to see what what our club is all about, and what we're tryi...

When I enlarged the map I zoomed in on the home of Mowden Park where it looks like a concert was in set up mode. If I knew nothing of the history I'd think why don't Darlington FC play there, looks like a proper football ground with good access, loads of parking and great sightlines. It probably ha...

However, it is only 10/15 minutes walk from the town centre and close to a main line railway station. Not saying it is a possible site for us, but it does have some advantages over an out of town development. It could be an ideal location but unfortunately the infrastructure to support a venue fit ...

I realise this facility will not be developed to the standard we need but curious if we were ever interested and could have made it a bit bigger to suit us? It is situated in a residential area hemmed in by houses with limited access and limited parking, it would be an absolute nightmare on matchda...

Just watched the highlights as if being there and seeing it live wasn't punishment enough! First off the Mark Beck penalty incident, at the time it looked like a blatant penalty but on second viewing I'm no longer convinced he seemed to hit the canvas rather easily after making contact with the defe...

I don't usually play the Darlo blame the ref tombola after we get beat but some of his decisions undeniably had an affect on the outcome yesterday. I thought we played some good stuff in the first half hour, Hazel caused them plenty of problems Jack Lambert had a good chance early on but went for gl...

BREAKING NEWS! This is not news. Skerningham and Faverdale have been touted as potential sites along with Amazon from the start. The timing with the comments from Ben Houchen re being top of the league suggest to me that the club / council are keen for this to go public at a time when the club is to...

I disagree about Feethams OldGit. The key thing at football is height. Can you get above the people in front of you? At Feethams, even before the construction of the new modern stand, you could get height on both sides and at the Polam Hall end - I’m not sure about the original Tinshed because I’m ...

I got in at two, and it wasn’t long after that people bunched up behind me, and they were there most of the game and couldn’t really see the action, I know this from what they were saying - and here lies the problem because these are the people who we want to come again, it is these extra people th...

Southend are a full time outfit with a budget several times bigger than ours so it will be a tough ask. Southend are currently facing a winding up petition which has been adjourned until January 18th and are under a transfer embargo, despite their problems off the pitch they seem to be going well i...

super_les_mcjannet wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:02 pm

Also some rumours of looking for a groundshare whilst stadium is being built.

As has been discussed previously, groundsharing may not be an option.

Of course it's all conjecture, promotion is far from assured but it would be nice not to have this hanging over us!

Or you have definite plans in place to build a new stadium and a temporary ground share arrangement to bridge the gap. That is why it is imperative that we can demonstrate that we have a realistic and deliverable plan to be at a new stadium in 2 years time. The thing is having plans for a new groun...

What I'm not getting is when 'seat-gate' happened wasn't the criteria met to allow us to play at National League level? If not, then why are we even attempting to make a promotion challenge knowing that potentially we'd be demoted without a ground meeting just the bare minimum? Blackwell Meadows re...

If we can not bring Blackwell Meadows up to scratch, but we have firm plans in place for a new stadium that meets the requirements, would we be able to ground share on a temporary basis? FA rules state a club cannot enter a groundshare arrangment to cicrumvent ground grading, so having plans for a ...