Long distance fans

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Neil Johnson
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Re: Long distance fans

Post by Neil Johnson » Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:03 am

Robbie Painter wrote:This bloke has been travelling home & away to virtually every game for 30+ years from London.
Martin Dean - lives next to Heathrow.

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Re: Long distance fans

Post by Neil Johnson » Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:11 am

Check out the DAFTS website. We had 600 Darlo exile addresses registered, mostly down south in the 90's.

There will probably be the usual home & away meet-up weekends. Fancy a Kiddy trip, if they are classed as "Northern" next season.

Mario
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Re: Long distance fans

Post by Mario » Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:36 pm

Supported Darlo for over 30 years.

I moved to Liverpool due to work in 1998 but have still followed the team whenever and wherever I can.

Pleased to see at least 6 or 7 away games in the North West next season.

sloth2
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Re: Long distance fans

Post by sloth2 » Thu Apr 28, 2016 5:04 am

Will be flying in from Melbourne Australia with my brother for a few games in December

If that counts ;)

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Re: Long distance fans

Post by Darlo_Pete » Thu Apr 28, 2016 5:31 am

sloth2 wrote:Will be flying in from Melbourne Australia with my brother for a few games in December

If that counts ;)
Hope the weather is kind to you, great effort. :clap:

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Re: Long distance fans

Post by fozzovmurton » Thu Apr 28, 2016 7:50 am

Started supporting Darlo in 2006 from the far flung shores of Murton, after being something of a freelance fan for years previous, watched Sunderland as a nipper with my Granddad, when I lived in Durham, my group of friends supported Sunderland, Newcastle and Hartlepool, so I would go about watching various games of football...

Since 2012, I started watching Darlo more, though the last few years I have knocked football on the head, dealing with personal problems and recently a close bereavement, I was there last Thursday with the future Mrs Fozz to see us win the league, I am currently in the process of brain-washing Mrs F's little girl into supporting Darlo to the point she is now telling everyone she supports the Mighty Darlo, she cant wait to get a top and is currently looking forward to going to a game in the Summer.

Despite being a bit of a bell end at times, I have had to deal with arseholes, I have not spoke to one friend since Wembley as he let me down a week or 2 before and another cock who said not to bother talking to him until I changed my alliegence to his home town of chimp chokers(twat)

Originally supporting Darlo came about through bereavement, as in, I was took to a few matches and it got me out of the mess I was in and I have used football again as an escape from a recent bereavement
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sloth2
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Re: Long distance fans

Post by sloth2 » Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:34 pm

Darlo_Pete wrote:
sloth2 wrote:Will be flying in from Melbourne Australia with my brother for a few games in December

If that counts ;)
Hope the weather is kind to you, great effort. :clap:
hope so

Last Darlo game I attended was Hinkley away :( :(

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Re: Long distance fans

Post by darlo2001uk » Fri Apr 29, 2016 9:39 am

sloth2 wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
sloth2 wrote:Will be flying in from Melbourne Australia with my brother for a few games in December

If that counts ;)
Hope the weather is kind to you, great effort. :clap:
hope so

Last Darlo game I attended was Hinkley away :( :(
I stood next to you at that game!:)

God, that was a miserable night......

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Re: Long distance fans

Post by Darlogramps » Fri Apr 29, 2016 2:12 pm

darlo2001uk wrote:
sloth2 wrote:
hope so

Last Darlo game I attended was Hinkley away :( :(
I stood next to you at that game!:)

God, that was a miserable night......
Bit harsh. I'm sure sloth2 was charming company.
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Re: Long distance fans

Post by Neil Johnson » Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:37 am

I managed to attend 4 home and 5 away games (& 2 postponements) on my visits over from Norway, seeing 9 home & 18 away goals for Darlo in the process.

That included the surprises of 2 Salford comebacks and the Nantwich romp.

Great to have such on-field entertainment from the team after travelling so far.

8 wins and 1 defeat, but at the time of the Marine home penalty debacle I hadn't bought my lucky scarf from the charity shop. Black, Red & White cheques with small skull & cross bones (some Goth design)

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Re: Long distance fans

Post by sloth2 » Sun May 01, 2016 9:50 am

darlo2001uk wrote:
sloth2 wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
sloth2 wrote:Will be flying in from Melbourne Australia with my brother for a few games in December

If that counts ;)
Hope the weather is kind to you, great effort. :clap:
hope so

Last Darlo game I attended was Hinkley away :( :(
I stood next to you at that game!:)

God, that was a miserable night......
:clap: :clap: :clap:

Lol yeah it was a terrible night.

One of my mates in Wolverhampton is getting married. And he asked me to be the best man. So taking around 6 weeks off to come back to the old country and see some footy again

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Re: Long distance fans

Post by MCFCDarlo3 » Sun May 01, 2016 10:21 am

Im a Manc who has followed City all his life.

When I was a kid I wrote off to football teams for autographs and Darlo sent me autographs AND a set of programmes.

I decided they would be a team I would look out for and watched them for the first time in a 0-2 away win in the League Cup at Sheff Wed in 1975.

I dont do many home games(only went to Feethams twice)but have always followed them when they played anywhere in Merseyside,Cheshire,Lancs,Yorkshire,Derbys or Notts.

Doing a lot more since they came up from the NL as work and family is easing more from a few years back and really enjoying being part of it.

Meet some amazing fans on my days out watching them,their loyalty is amazing when compared to some PL fans.

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Re: Long distance fans

Post by Neil Johnson » Sun May 01, 2016 11:13 am

sloth2 wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
sloth2 wrote:Will be flying in from Melbourne Australia with my brother for a few games in December

If that counts ;)
Hope the weather is kind to you, great effort. :clap:
hope so

Last Darlo game I attended was Hinkley away :( :(
I was there at Hinkley. I should have stayed in the club bar.

Absolutely no comparison with the new Darlo team and the rubbish players the club managed to field that night.

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