Darlo people

[Quakerz]

I popped over to Darlo Pete to say hello today for 5 minutes, and there was 4 of us sat around the table.

Talking about poor attendances I realised something, the four of us sat around the table - Darlo Pete, Darlo Cockney, Rickeyboy, and myself Quakerz - NONE of us speak with a Darlington accent or were born in the town!

Hardly anybody is turning out and the ones that do aren't even from Darlington! Sorry Darlo people that is a poor show.

On top of that, today I brought FOUR children, FOUR. That was my effort to help the club, what were Darlo people doing?

Come on Darlo people, you're reading this fricking board now you need to get back down the stadium - we are 4 points from the top of the table.

[loan_star]

Im from Darlo

[Darlo Fonz]

I went with another, Both from Darlo.

[cameron-darlo]

i'm from darlo.

[m62exile]

Me too.

This attendance thing is simple though isn't it. For years we've flattered to deceive and ultimately have disappointed. We've never (including Penney's teams) had a team that you can trust to not disappoint, and people have got fed up. Whilst I still think the pay on the day prices are much too expensive, the fact of the matter is that we are going to have to put a good run of results together, for 20 games +, and get the crowd growing fifty or a hundred or so at a time.

We've been in a cycle for ages now it seems where we win a couple, get a decent crowd in and get beaten, over and over again. We need a consistent run of decent performances and results (with no Eastbourne and Bath results thrown in) and if we do that and still are only getting 2000 then Raj has every right to be pissed off.

Not making excuses for people not coming, I'm not one of them, but neither am I confident enough to think that persuading/ cajoling anybody to come is a good idea yet either! All my mates/relatives that I've dragged along before have vowed "never again" as we've nearly always gone and got stuffed wheh they've turned up.

[Mr_Tibbs]

That's five. How many more do you want?

[Darlo_James]

Me and 4 others today were born/from Darlington, theres another 5 of us

[Haji el Maveric]

Some of us Darlo people have to work Saturdays. And also Monday nights.

[DarloElvis]

I'm from Darlo but live in north Durham and come down for every game

[1Superlidds]

not a Darlo boy by birth but me mam is proper Darlo as was me nan (sorry but they are Shildon previously )

nothing against Shildon just that they not Darlo folk!!

[Jonesy]

im from shrewsbury

[1Superlidds]

im from shrewsbury

so is my lil nephew (albeit of Highley stock ) but hopefully I will have him a Darlo fan by the time I have brainwashed him!!!

[JE93]

Me and my mate were there both darlo

[Darlo_Pete]

I think you can distracted by questioning people where they come from originally. It doesn't metter where each of us comes from, as we're all Darlo fans. It isn't the sole responsibility of Darlington people to support their hometown club, its the whole area. I know where Q is coming from, but he does tend to make some very broad assumptions.

[Spyman]

Talking about poor attendances I realised something, the four of us sat around the table - Darlo Pete, Darlo Cockney, Rickeyboy, and myself Quakerz

Commiserations mate.

[TwoSaints]

I'm Darlington born and bred (but my family is from Rochdale)

[DIRTYDAVE]

GREEN BANK !

[Tedthedarloboy]

Born in Hull,but it was an accident as my mam was at my aunts for a few days holiday. Grew up in sugar hill park and the denes so can I count myself. I was taken "home" at 5 days old.