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- Mon Jan 08, 2018 11:35 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington FC v York City FC
- Replies: 129
- Views: 47444
Re: Darlington FC v York City FC
Just watched the highlights from the York game. As many have said, in not only this game, but most of our other recent games we have pretty much matched our opposition - we've just given away badly timed and sloppy goals and not been able to get back in to games. The list which has been put together...
- Wed Aug 30, 2017 9:17 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Funding required for renewal of tinshed board
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8350
Re: Funding required for renewal of tinshed board
Have sent you a contribution Scott. Cheers
- Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:42 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington FC V Spennymoor match thread
- Replies: 60
- Views: 37491
Re: Darlington FC V Spennymoor match thread
First half Spenny played some decent football and Chandler looked like he was completely bossing the game, however second half we seemed to pull our socks up and I thought we probably deserved the draw, could have taken 3 had the referee given a couple of the penalty shouts. Ferguson is playing incr...
- Fri Aug 11, 2017 9:52 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: how was it for you
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9088
Re: how was it for you
Pitch looked great for the stands, and seemed ok for playing decent passing football on - but on a few occasions huge clumps would get kicked up, or if someone went for a slide tackle it would really churn up. No idea what will happen once the rugby starts being played on it. Ground was the same as ...
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 10:03 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Cartman available for loan
- Replies: 65
- Views: 39704
Re: Cartman available for loan
I'd personally keep Carts, at least until the new forwards we've brought in find their feet with the club. If anything goes tits up with them, we still have Carts. Some of the players we've brought in to play upfront over the last 2-3 seasons haven't always been exactly what they said on the tin and...
- Fri Jul 14, 2017 5:55 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Seating Phase 2 of 3
- Replies: 25
- Views: 21854
Re: Seating Phase 2 of 3
Does anyone know if whilst the ground work is being done for the new seats, will it reduce BM capacity temporarily? Presumably no-one can stand where the works are being done?
- Mon May 15, 2017 8:21 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Darlington Building Society
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5639
Darlington Building Society
Does anyone know what happened to the clubs relationship with the Building Society? They sponsored the club for 10 years and then disappeared after the Houghton admin season.
With the current situation, wondered if there scope to reach out to them for sponsorship opportunities?
With the current situation, wondered if there scope to reach out to them for sponsorship opportunities?
- Fri May 12, 2017 12:26 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Falkingham
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15059
Re: Falkingham
Central midfield is an area we have a lot of players/cover and I'd imagine he was quite a high earner given where he came from. He was a great player and it's a shame he's gone but i'd prefer Portas and Turnbull in there if I had the choice.
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:14 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Fundraising the new seated stand
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6864
Re: Fundraising the new seated stand
Even if the rugby club do get a share, that is incentive for them to allow us to build the bloody stands. Essentially they are just getting a payout for just agreeing to something.
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:13 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: BBC story
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15633
Re: BBC story
I don't think the line "in each season" is very clear. That should say that the club should achieve cat.B in THAT season or before the end of the season. I think a lot of clubs (like us) are under the impression that providing they have planning, they have until 31st March (the next season) to do th...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 5:22 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Fundraising the new seated stand
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6864
Fundraising the new seated stand
Here's an idea similar something Singh did a few years back for shirt sponsorship. Get local businesses to pledge £5k For opportunity to have name rights to the new stand on the far side for 5 years. A raffle is held and the drawn out business gets the name rights, the others as runner up get 7ft ad...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:42 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Other Alternatives
- Replies: 200
- Views: 112217
Re: Other Alternatives
I think this would be a plan heading towards FL status https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/6donq132H.jpg 1. Build up the seated stands and add sections to either side. We know we can do this, as the stands are similar to those on the Stadium Solutions site, which states they allow for adding additional secti...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:50 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Other Alternatives
- Replies: 200
- Views: 112217
Re: Other Alternatives
The original approved plans for BM did have 500+ covered seats as this image shows - towards the open end of the ground. https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/68jf2zRVO.jpg Presumably, to get out of this league - we just need to buy and install this second block. I don't have access to the finer details of thi...
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:07 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Other Alternatives
- Replies: 200
- Views: 112217
Re: Other Alternatives
https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/5L32U0l5d.png Version 2 with terrace at the open end similar sized to old Polam Terrace. You've got some of the figures wrong. Tin shed holds 902 with 8 rows. The seated stand holds 269. So that's 112 people per row in a terrace. You only have half the open end to develop...
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:19 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Other Alternatives
- Replies: 200
- Views: 112217
Re: Other Alternatives
https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/5L32U0l5d.png Version 2 with terrace at the open end similar sized to old Polam Terrace. You've got some of the figures wrong. Tin shed holds 902 with 8 rows. The seated stand holds 269. So that's 112 people per row in a terrace. You only have half the open end to develop...
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:55 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Other Alternatives
- Replies: 200
- Views: 112217
Re: Other Alternatives
Version 2 with terrace at the open end similar sized to old Polam Terrace.
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:20 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Other Alternatives
- Replies: 200
- Views: 112217
Re: Other Alternatives
Don't know why we'd go for 3,000 seats like? The difference is the type of structure we have. Old Trafford / Anfield are purpose built stands. We have an off the shelf module of seats, fixed to the ground with a roof over the top. I suspect the next stage of development is the extra seats alongside...
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:35 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Other Alternatives
- Replies: 200
- Views: 112217
Re: Other Alternatives
Here is my attempt at how to develop BM without knocking down the club house, moving the pipe, or moving the tinshed. I have had to guess on the hard standing by working out people per row in the tin shed and using 3-4 people deep on the standing areas. People say you can't extend rows on to the sea...
- Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:01 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Other Alternatives
- Replies: 200
- Views: 112217
Re: Other Alternatives
I don't understand people saying you cannot remove the roof of the current seats and extend them with more rows. Surely this is only what most Premier League clubs do - Man Utd, Liverpool, Man City - all added tiers and new roofs to existed seating stands?
- Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:30 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Poole Town Play Off Issue and Darlo
- Replies: 563
- Views: 268036
Re: Poole Town Play Off Issue and Darlo
http://darlingtonfootballclub.co.uk/statement-by-the-board-of-directors-of-darlington-fc-relating-to-the-national-league-north-play-offs/ Well, firstly that is a much better statement than the one a few days ago, and answers a lot of questions. Clearly the mistake was not working to the correct gro...
- Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:36 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Poole Town Play Off Issue and Darlo
- Replies: 563
- Views: 268036
Re: Poole Town Play Off Issue and Darlo
Some people on here really ought to have a think about what they are saying. Owners of the past were 'incompetent' and idiots. People like Houghton and Singh who shafted this club well and truly - all whilst taking a hefty wage and driving around in flash cars and pretending they cared for the club ...
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 7:38 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Poole Town Play Off Issue and Darlo
- Replies: 563
- Views: 268036
Re: Poole Town Play Off Issue and Darlo
Is the 500 seats a new requirement brought in or was this an oversight by us? I'm sure someone would have spotted this when it was decided not to install the second bank of seats?
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:40 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Poole Town Play Off Issue and Darlo
- Replies: 563
- Views: 268036
Re: Poole Town Play Off Issue and Darlo
There isn't an easy way to get around this situation... the only way really would be to finish 6th or lower and not make the Play-Offs at all. With regards to the planning - the original plans showed that the current seated stand was twice as long - and ran right down to the open end didn't it? So p...
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:28 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Poole Town Play Off Issue and Darlo
- Replies: 563
- Views: 268036
Re: Poole Town Play Off Issue and Darlo
Just look at Monday's opponents FCUM - with a much larger fan base than us it has taken them much longer as they've had to build from scratch like us and prioritise getting the infrastructure in place. We have, as a collective group, obsessed about promotion after promotion but the infrastructure i...
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 3:25 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Banners
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8387
Re: Banners
We only take our flag to away games these days. Don't really see the point of our flag at the home games. The idea being that it makes the ground feel a bit more like home. They could be put up before kick off on the open end fencing - and taken down afterwards. No need to wind up the Rugby club, j...
- Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:41 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Banners
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8387
Banners
Watching the highlights of yesterday's game i noticed the banners behind the goal which the Tamworth fans brought. They looked really good. I wondered what people's thoughts would be on arranging some Darlo banners which could be put up for every home game? Their could be 4-5 which could be great al...
- Tue Mar 28, 2017 5:34 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Worst ever Darlo player
- Replies: 94
- Views: 60517
Re: Worst ever Darlo player
Has to be Noel Whelan, although Lee 'no goals' Nogan was also a player I really did not like.
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 4:39 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: Dave Mills
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4064
Re: Dave Mills
On the subject of Dave Mills - if anyone has an email address for him could they possibly DM me it?
- Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:55 am
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: 'Selling out'
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17822
Re: 'Selling out'
There will be sponsorship clauses that televised FA Cup games have to have specific advertising boards around the ground. That why Sutton suddenly had those flashy boards up. As for the shirt sponsorship changing for one cup game - it would be a bitter pill to take for the current sponsors, but lets...
- Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:20 pm
- Forum: Virtual Feethams
- Topic: The way we set up.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 12195
Re: The way we set up.
Good point. Maybe Falkingham in there with TurnbullSpyman wrote:That would leave is incredibly light in the middle of the park. Turnbull wouldn't have a hope!
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