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Spyman
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by Spyman » Wed Aug 16, 2017 4:02 pm
don'tbuythesun wrote:I could have coped with could've but then you let yourself down with a z in apologising! Are instead of our drives me nuts too.
He's doing it on purpose.
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On Sunday April 29, 2012 at 10:25 pm, Darlo Cockney wrote:Sadly some people have nothing better to do that invent rumours.
We will be playing at the arena again next season - fact.
Quakerz - if you actually attended games and spoke to people you might actually find our facts, rather than spreading s*** on this board.
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H1987
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by H1987 » Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:40 pm
I don't see the need to make it all ticket for Darlo fans. The last time it was done it was just relaxed on the day, wasn't it?
Make it all ticket for Spen if they must, then actually segregate appropriately, rather than when we've had smaller away followings but the segregation has been way too far around, thus reducing space for our home fans. You could probably fit all ten of their die hards in the corner anyway. They won't need the whole end behind the goal.
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lo36789
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by lo36789 » Wed Aug 16, 2017 6:23 pm
H1987 wrote:I don't see the need to make it all ticket for Darlo fans. The last time it was done it was just relaxed on the day, wasn't it?
Make it all ticket for Spen if they must, then actually segregate appropriately, rather than when we've had smaller away followings but the segregation has been way too far around, thus reducing space for our home fans. You could probably fit all ten of their die hards in the corner anyway. They won't need the whole end behind the goal.
I suspect segregating by a 'smaller' amount will be problematic due to availability of facilities. You would end up with a different percentage of crowd who have access to the toilets.
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loan_star
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by loan_star » Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:33 pm
lo36789 wrote:H1987 wrote:I don't see the need to make it all ticket for Darlo fans. The last time it was done it was just relaxed on the day, wasn't it?
Make it all ticket for Spen if they must, then actually segregate appropriately, rather than when we've had smaller away followings but the segregation has been way too far around, thus reducing space for our home fans. You could probably fit all ten of their die hards in the corner anyway. They won't need the whole end behind the goal.
I suspect segregating by a 'smaller' amount will be problematic due to availability of facilities. You would end up with a different percentage of crowd who have access to the toilets.
There were some portaloos brought for a match last season. Something that could be considered?
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Feethams 1966
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by Feethams 1966 » Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:49 pm
They'd be pi***ng in the wind anyway.
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don'tbuythesun
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by don'tbuythesun » Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:51 pm
I'm having some building work done. The portaloo at my house is serviced weekly and costs £37 a week. Not madly expensive?
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robsraiders
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by robsraiders » Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:17 pm
The game will not be all ticket but segregation will be in place
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onewayup
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by onewayup » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:15 pm
Well no more to be said less than 200 spend y fans ,pathetic.
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darlo reborn
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by darlo reborn » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:21 pm
1800 darlo fans not much better for a local derby, crowds have been disappointing this season
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quakerste
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by quakerste » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:31 pm
Got to say I thought there was around 2400-2500 there today definitely more than was announced.
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spen666
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by spen666 » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:33 pm
onewayup wrote:Well no more to be said less than 200 spend y fans ,pathetic.
So you are calling your club liars?
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Wainy247
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by Wainy247 » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:36 pm
For what it's worth my guess at half time was 2100.....
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Quakerz
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by Quakerz » Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:23 pm
Wainy247 wrote:For what it's worth my guess at half time was 2100.....
I thought 2,200 myself, being cautious - but would not have been surprised if it was announced as 2,300-2,400.
To me, it looked about as full as the 2nd game at BM v Nuneaton, which was 2,343. Was surprised at 2,050.
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Quakerz
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by Quakerz » Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:24 pm
onewayup wrote:Well no more to be said less than 200 spend y fans ,pathetic.
The club officially announced 373 in the Spennymoor end, and it looked about that.
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super_les_mcjannet
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by super_les_mcjannet » Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:34 pm
Quakerz wrote:onewayup wrote:Well no more to be said less than 200 spend y fans ,pathetic.
The club officially announced 373 in the Spennymoor end, and it looked about that.
I thought it looked less to be honest but the club announced it so not going to argue.
Spenny fans were very quiet even when they were winning, Darlo not massively big on the noise either but from the seats heard Darlo a good bit but very little from the Spenny fans.
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Darlo_Pete
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by Darlo_Pete » Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:29 am
Quakerz wrote:onewayup wrote:Well no more to be said less than 200 spend y fans ,pathetic.
The club officially announced 373 in the Spennymoor end, and it looked about that.
373 is pretty pathetic for Spennymoor fans at the game, considering how close it is to them.
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Quakerz
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by Quakerz » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:03 am
It's more than half of last season's average home crowd.
As Spennymoor is only 1/5th the size of Darlington, then their home and away following should be 1/5th of ours. However it's more like 1/3 to 1/2.
Relatively speaking, they are better supported than us.
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spen666
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by spen666 » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:10 am
Darlo_Pete wrote:Quakerz wrote:onewayup wrote:Well no more to be said less than 200 spend y fans ,pathetic.
The club officially announced 373 in the Spennymoor end, and it looked about that.
373 is pretty pathetic for Spennymoor fans at the game, considering how close it is to them.
What does that say about the Darlington attendance for a home game then?
Spennymoor has a population of 20,000 ( according to , so 373 attending an away game is 1.865% of the population of the town
Darlington has a population of 105,396 ( according to Darlington Council) , so 1677 ( 2050 official attendance minus the 373 in away end) is 1.5911% of the town's population.
Thus Spennymoor take a larger % of the towns population to an away game than Darlington take to a home game!
Are you going to call the Darlington support even more pathetic given it was a home game and much closer to them than for the Spennymoor fans
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Vodka_Vic
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by Vodka_Vic » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:25 am
Spen, we've been calling the Darlo support pathetic for years. Many townsfolk will give any excuse not to watch them.
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theoriginalfatcat
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by theoriginalfatcat » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:28 am
Spen makes exactly the same point as Quakerz.
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Emdubya
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by Emdubya » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:33 am
spen666 wrote:Darlo_Pete wrote:Quakerz wrote:onewayup wrote:Well no more to be said less than 200 spend y fans ,pathetic.
The club officially announced 373 in the Spennymoor end, and it looked about that.
373 is pretty pathetic for Spennymoor fans at the game, considering how close it is to them.
What does that say about the Darlington attendance for a home game then?
Spennymoor has a population of 20,000 ( according to , so 373 attending an away game is 1.865% of the population of the town
Darlington has a population of 105,396 ( according to Darlington Council) , so 1677 ( 2050 official attendance minus the 373 in away end) is 1.5911% of the town's population.
Thus Spennymoor take a larger % of the towns population to an away game than Darlington take to a home game!
Are you going to call the Darlington support even more pathetic given it was a home game and much closer to them than for the Spennymoor fans
Though it was a decent turn out from Spen,half your home support.But that will be it for the season.Lets see how many you take to Chorley,Curzon,Alfreton and the like.Nowhere near the percentage we take.
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lo36789
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by lo36789 » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:38 am
spen666 wrote:Spennymoor has a population of 20,000 ( according to , so 373 attending an away game is 1.865% of the population of the town
Darlington has a population of 105,396 ( according to Darlington Council) , so 1677 ( 2050 official attendance minus the 373 in away end) is 1.5911% of the town's population.
To be fair at our last major final (FA Trophy) didn't we take about 10,000 people which was 9.48% of the population.
Surely it is only fair to compare like for like.
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by spen666 » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:45 am
Vodka_Vic wrote:Spen, we've been calling the Darlo support pathetic for years. Many townsfolk will give any excuse not to watch them.
I am not calling your support pathetic, nor am I calling Spennymoor's support god bad or otherwise.
To be honest, getting 1.5 - 2% of a towns population to a game is not bad. Clubs like Tranmere get a similar % of the Birkenhead population to watch them.
As the club continue to grow and stabilise and people get used to having a club nearly back in the town, I would expect the support to gradully increase - providing the club avoid financial scandal/ problems which is probably one of the biggest factors in the minds of those who do not attend.
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QUAKERMAN2
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by QUAKERMAN2 » Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:59 am
Would not surprise me if quite a few Darlo fans were in the Spenny end to get a better view rather than double up on the flat areas.
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H1987
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by H1987 » Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:16 am
lo36789 wrote:spen666 wrote:Spennymoor has a population of 20,000 ( according to , so 373 attending an away game is 1.865% of the population of the town
Darlington has a population of 105,396 ( according to Darlington Council) , so 1677 ( 2050 official attendance minus the 373 in away end) is 1.5911% of the town's population.
To be fair at our last major final (FA Trophy) didn't we take about 10,000 people which was 9.48% of the population.
Surely it is only fair to compare like for like.
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by AndyPark » Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:19 am
spen666 wrote:Darlo_Pete wrote:Quakerz wrote:onewayup wrote:Well no more to be said less than 200 spend y fans ,pathetic.
The club officially announced 373 in the Spennymoor end, and it looked about that.
373 is pretty pathetic for Spennymoor fans at the game, considering how close it is to them.
What does that say about the Darlington attendance for a home game then?
Spennymoor has a population of 20,000 ( according to , so 373 attending an away game is 1.865% of the population of the town
Darlington has a population of 105,396 ( according to Darlington Council) , so 1677 ( 2050 official attendance minus the 373 in away end) is 1.5911% of the town's population.
Thus Spennymoor take a larger % of the towns population to an away game than Darlington take to a home game!
Are you going to call the Darlington support even more pathetic given it was a home game and much closer to them than for the Spennymoor fans
You're like an ex missus who doesn't get the hint. Fuck off Spen.
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spen666
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by spen666 » Tue Aug 29, 2017 11:20 am
AndyPark wrote: ....You're like an ex missus who doesn't get the hint. Fuck off Spen.
If you don't like the truth, then that is your problem, not mine
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by Bank Top » Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:49 pm
Who cares how many spenny thingy bring?
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don'tbuythesun
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by don'tbuythesun » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:08 pm
People travel from all over to watch clubs. When I go to Tranmere there are buses full of fans from Liverpool and beyond so it's not wholly accurate.
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by polarbear » Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:36 pm
don'tbuythesun wrote:People travel from all over to watch clubs. When I go to Tranmere there are buses full of fans from Liverpool and beyond so it's not wholly accurate.
And a bus full from Darlington, who go and watch Manchester United every game, probably the only ones from Darlington with any sense. Talking of crowds, Darlington are just a tiny tin pot club, with no fans.