Darlo Uncovered

The Tuesday night before at home Blackpool beat us 4 nil. We got beat by Blackpool on the 1st May. We were beaten by Chesterfield on 23rd March and we played Torquay on the 14th May. Bit different today when all games need to be finished by May 4th and we played Torquay on the 14th. I remember the ...

Look at the state of the pitch, that'd never be played in the modern era. Anyone remember the Torquay promotion match from that season? Puddles all over the pitch, torrential rain, the match was a farce. I remember the Torquay match. I was standing at the Polam End as usual, however was soaked to t...

Didn't look like Joe got anywhere near that last goal?[/quote]


He didnt.

I was right behind the goal and it definately was an OG. Asked keeper who it was and he said it was Scroggins who got the last touch.

Just came across this on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNZ2pmlf5kU I cant believe its 10 years since this game!!! This was one of those special moments watching Darlo away games. My mate was as nervous as hell as he kept saying 'Its only a matter of time before they score', however I just ...

Dave_from_London wrote:I might pop along to this as its only up the road from me. Can you buy tickets on the door and if so how much?

Yes you can buy on the day and the price is £15.

I have been down to 3 of the last 4 finals (only missing the year we won the trophy) and I always purchased a ticket on the day.

Anybody heading up for it Tommorow? Thinking about going up myself. Yes, I am planning on going along. Probably do the Darlington RA game at 11 then over to Spenny for the 3 O'Clock kick off. I really think that this is the game that turns the advantage over to us. I really fancy Whitley Bay gettin...

Went along after our game. Spenny were worthy winners. Guernsey did not have a shot on target for Dean to save, until late in the game and then that was a weak effort. If Darlo had been in the Vase, going on what I have seen this year at other clubs as well as our own performances, we would be at We...

Also, however much is collected during the year, we don't need Einsteins coming and going and suggesting that we can buy a new striker if we just turn over the money now, a new printer, a new whatever, pitch covers - the money is collected, given directly to the club on an agreed with everybody pre...

I will volunteer.

To be fair, at the meeting when this individual commented on the Echo, there was only a couple of people agreed and applauded, whilst the vast majority groaned and where I was sitting, comments of ' what's he on about?' or 'where has that come from?', could be heard. Lets not get carried away by an ...

Further to my previous reply, Ray Simpson keeps up to date stats for the season and so far the Vase prize money won by NL teams are as follows: FA Vase prize money £11,600 (first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth rounds) Spennymoor £12,300 second qualifying round, first, second , third, fourth...

Are the round prizes for the cup competitions cumulative, or do you only get paid for the last round you won in? e.g. we get knocked out of the Trophy in the second round proper, do we get £5k (first round proper winners) or £17.1k (prize money for all previous rounds we won in, assuming we start a...

Mr_Tibbs wrote:They've got Whitley Bay away on the 11th April according to

Where's the final of the Challenge Cup played?

It was scheduled to be played at Eppleton FC

I have a financial services background and have been involved in many committees, chiefly as treasurer, including a sports club and a credit union.

Although my time is split many ways, I would like to be involved with ideas

Thought we could`nt play in the trophy until we had played in the vase?.Either way some decent money to play for next season,and after our games against Spenny and Shildon we would have to be pretty confident about geting to the later rounds. The Vase is for teams up to NL Div 1, the Trophy for Evo...

Are the round prizes for the cup competitions cumulative, or do you only get paid for the last round you won in? e.g. we get knocked out of the Trophy in the second round proper, do we get £5k (first round proper winners) or £17.1k (prize money for all previous rounds we won in, assuming we start a...

Next season we will be in the Trophy as we will be in the Evostick North Prize money for that is as follows: Preliminary Round winners £2,300 First Round Qualifying winners £2,550 Second Round Qualifying winner £3,250 Third Round Qualifying winners £4,000 First Round Proper winners £5,000 Second Rou...

Last Season: 1st Division Champions -- £2000 Spennymoor Town Runners Up -- £1500 West Auckland Town 3rd Place --- £1000 Dunson UTS 4th Place --- £750 Sunderland RCA Winning the Vase, or even having a good run can earn the club a lot more. First Round Qualifying winners £500 Second Round Qualifying w...

Went along tonight to cheer on Shields. Spenny huffed and puffed their way through this match, with some wayward finishing. Shields keeper had a great game as well as the two centre half's. A better side than Shields may have taken something from tonight's game as they offered very little up front, ...

Durham were worthy winners today.
Also watching the game was Martin, Brian and the lads. Apparently when Martin knew the game was off he arranged a training session at the Soccarena behind Durham City's ground. They then watched West soundly beaten.

I reckon Saturday's game against Gusiborough must be a major doubt, as the forecast is continuous rain from now till kick-off. If that happens then our next game on a Saturday will be at the end of March, around 4 months after the previous one. Considering that its not raining in Bishop now and has...

The Northern League has always done this to allow their teams the best chance of progressing in the national cup competition. The Northern League has been involved in all the finals over recent years and I believe that they would rather sacrifice league games than not have clubs progressing to Wembl...

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Tori_Gill wrote:

Ingleby wrote:

Tori_Gill wrote:I believe we may have covers.

Really?

Someone should have put them on the pitch perhaps.

Clearly they aren't very big covers :-/

The covers are only big enough for the goal mouths and a little bit more. There is not enough to cover the pitch entirely.

Darlo_Pete wrote:Lets hope Spennymoor's game is called off, as it would then have to be played next weekend, haha.

It cant be played next Saturday as its FA Vase day.

It's no coincidence that our crowds have dipped since the Quakers came down to the Northern League this season. Might just come along. Is that actually true the crowd thing and why? There are a number of Darlo fans in Aycliffe. When Darlo were away at the likes of Torquay, Exeter etc... fans would ...

I am planning on going with a mate. Thats the good thing about a 12 o'clock kick off - 2 games in a day.

However I would much prefer Darlo to kick off at the usual 3pm. Any way, for what ever reason we are kicking off early, means I can have a day of football.

I have just posted on the Echo's website. I was clearing snow on both Thursday and Friday (When their was just 4 and 8 of us) and at no point was I charged for my cuppa. Unfortunately, some people will read the paper and not look at the comments online and we will find this malicious gossip will gro...

princes town wrote:

Fibonacci0112358 wrote:Probably not, but a game can be called off because of wind.

Are you sure about this?

I went to a Tow Law game about 4 years ago that was called off because of high winds.

Darlo Till I Die wrote:Surely if we get a 3G pitch, that means we can not enter the FA cup? Surely we'll make more money if we have a decent FA cup run, than hiring the 3G pitch out?

This was the case, however the FA have changed the rules and Durham are now allowed to play FA Cup games.