Pre-season Friendlies

[quakersam]

Thought I may as well bring this across now so it's ready

List of Pre-season games...

First Team

Fri 10 Jul - Billingham Town (A) - W 3-0 (Windass 2, Thorpe)
Mon 13 Jul - Blyth Spartans (A) - W 2-1 (Lumsdon, Thorpe)
Thu 16 Jul - Sunderland (H) - 7.30pm - L 4-0
Sat 18 Jul - Newcastle Utd (H) - 12.30pm - L 7-2 (Windass 2)
Wed 22 Jul - Hamilton Academicals (H) - 7.30pm
Wed 29 Jul - Middlesbrough (H) - 7.30pm
Sat 1 Aug - Bradford Park Avenue (A) - 3pm (Adults £6, Conc £3, Kids £1)

Darlo XI

Sat 11 Jul - Darlington RA (A) - W 3-1 (Marshall, ?, ?)
TBA - Newcastle Benfield (A)

Youth Team

Tue 14 Jul - Gateshead College (A)
Thu 23 Jul - Northallerton Town (A) - 7pm (Adults £2/3, Kids&Conc £1)
Mon 27 Jul - Chester Le Street Youth (A) - 6pm (Riverside)
Tue 4 Aug - East Durham College (A) - 2pm

Sam

[TeessideQuaker]

Is Sean Reay still at Blyth?

[quakersam]

He is, as is Adrian Webster and John Brackstone

[TeessideQuaker]

Adrian Webster? Didn't he get sent off for fighting when playing for his country or something like that?

[uncovered]

adrian webster? i thought he had gone back to new zealand, i guess not. He probably doesn't want to leave the area now as he has a little baby by a local girl so is kind of tied to the area for the rest of his life now.

[Geordie Quaker]

John Brackstone was uber gash. He makes Craig James look like a young and spritely Roberto Carlos.

Does Hutchy religiously wear a shirt given to him by Webster? If so it will have a cash redemption value of 0.0001p

[SuperQuaker]

Is the Car Park charge for the home friendly games still a fiver?

[Darlo_Pete]

The bloke in front of me had spent a £1000 on season tickets including a car park pass and yet he was still charged a fiver for a car park pass for a friendly game.

[TFDM]

Remaining youth team games for anyone interested and able to get down to them.

Tuesday 14 July
Gateshead College (A)
Kick-off: 1pm

Thursday 23 July
Northallerton (A)
Kick-off: 7pm

Monday 27 July
Chester le Street (A)
Kick-off: 6pm

Tuesday 4 August
East Durham College (A)
Kick-off: 2pm

[aveda]

The bloke in front of me had spent a £1000 on season tickets including a car park pass and yet he was still charged a fiver for a car park pass for a friendly game.

Quite right too

[MarkeyDFC]

Convery as in Mark Convery?

[danny_88]

yes

[QuakerCL85]

And the award for the biggest signature in the world goes to..

[shawry]

I am trying to get tickets for the Sunderland and Newcastle games, but whenever I ring the club to buy one it just rings and rings continuously.

does anyone have a list of numbers at the club I can try, or an email address that I can contact someone about it, there is no way I can get to Darlo to buy a ticket in advance.

[KCChiefs]

It was like that for me this morning but i have just managed to get through and get 3 tickets for Saturday game - apparently i can pick them up from the West Stand office (?) on the day itself

[shawry]

Been trying since thursday last week, but cant spend all my time on the phone, guess I'll just have to give them a miss then.

[quakersam]

Peter will be very busy in the office dealing with other calls, customers, season tickets so do be patient

[shawry]

Its not about being patient, the fact I have been trying since last week shows that. The issue really is that, if the games are all ticket then there should be the facility to buy tickets online, or get more staff in to cover certain times.

I've already spent more time on the phone than I should of, I will keep trying, but I'm not hopeful.

[quakersam]

I've just been down to get mine for the all ticket games and there was 3 people working in the ticket office.
One guy was serving me whilst the other and the girl were manning the phones. It seems there is more than one line so whilst 2 are dealing with calls, other phones keep on ringing.
Believe me, the club want to get the online ticketing back on as it would make life so much easier. Once we are out of administration on the 23rd and Raj can formally takeover, things will become easier

[shawry]

I realise I am coming across as whinging, but I understand fully how things are, I just am a little disappointed thats all, I might get lucky and get someone to answer my call, but Im not expecting it now.

Oh well, roll on next August when it doesnt matter

[divas]

i suppose on the positive side, if you cant get thru and there are 2 people manning the phones, we must be shifting shed loads of tickets.

ps just rang the club and got thru on 3 rings - have you got the correct number?

0871 855 1883

[shawry]

yeah, it was the number, and I have been having the same problems, until just now

[DIRTYDAVE]

i am the only one who walked in the stadium and got the tickets with out using the interweb or telemoble thing !

[Shieldsy]

Away fans in the North Stand according to the official site, they're hoping for 7500+ for both matches, hopefully we will get at least that - should do if they lift the on the day restrictions for Newcastle.

[TinShedDarloFan]

Yeah the away fans are in the North Stand, my dad got his tickets through for the Sunderland end the other day, i'd be suprised if theres anything less than 7000 for the 2 games

[darlolad1690]

i am the only one who walked in the stadium and got the tickets with out using the interweb or telemoble thing !

no

[darloneil]

is it £10 adult and £5 kids? or do the under 10s get in free?

[quakersam]

£10 adults, £5 juniors (incl U10's)

Sam

[darloneil]

thanks for that sam

[DFCAnth]

Why at the game yesterday did the PA say we were playing Boro on Saturday?