Darlo Uncovered

Not going, never again , no place to take the kids 👎 Absolutely right, am still getting over the turnstile farce, collapsing fence, crumbling concrete terrace without cover & poor sight-lines etc etc. Shame, as the vast majority of fans from both clubs can get on together, but I won't boost Uncle B...

Very interesting comments in York Press about their new LNER Community stadium. Biggest complaints were about half-time queues & price of a pint (£6.50)! Also a lot of grief about putting in a section of safe standing in South stand - cost of £250k. Wonder why this wasn't designed in the new build....

Very interesting comments in York Press about their new LNER Community stadium. Biggest complaints were about half-time queues & price of a pint (£6.50)! Also a lot of grief about putting in a section of safe standing in South stand - cost of £250k. Wonder why this wasn't designed in the new build. ...

Mebbe Dale looking for new role as player-manager? Or was he just cheesed off as CF without decent service??

The lads have made a good start and 2nd half did play some attractive attacking football which should draw more fans in.

Felix came on as sub for 20mns & gave a great first impression, crowned by a cracking goal.

First half hour we struggled as Gloucester seemed to find space & pace but defence was solid despite ref randomly booking our players & lino continually tying his laces rather than cintributing to decisions. Hazel took his goal well & obviously a pacy handful who should feed well off Beck once they ...

That grass could be ĺong, else Alfie Hughes is the smallest winger I have ever seen. Seriously, AA has picked up some excellent players during these last few days. Shame they were not in time to take part in the pre-season friendlies & sort out how each can slot into how we want to play. Let's give ...

Think they abandoned full-time model at start of 2022, but on their website there are only pics of half the squad so presumably not had a lot of time together. Either that or their web-master is rather slow on updating it

onewayup wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 23, 2022 1:21 pm

Maybe A one off strip for the opening season with name of donation makers on, a given sum as once before raised quite a bit if remember right, anyone with ideas.

Like the Full Monty?

I'm a fan of the 50/50 draw. If you've got a bit spare you can get a few more tickets than normal knowing that 50% goes straight to the club. No pre thought or direct debits or anything, and of course there's always a chance a tickle :) Yep, me too. You can do the 50/50 online as well as buying the...

Suppose we could do a sweepstake to guess the site of the new stadium (but have to prevent DJ & all the DBC planners from entering?)

Saving my dosh for the new stadium site

Mebbe saving the big news for the Fans Forum?

Would have thought Rivers is an integral part with Hazel & Beck now available as targetman in our middle. Just hope Rivers puts in his crosses as soon as he beats the defender this season, also makes more of a contribution to our goal tally this season. Glad he is staying put with us.

Thought Rochdale was an odd team for a friendly, until I twigged the link to Charman. Yep, good test of our latest squad which did show we still have a way to go before returning to League 2 but we should be able to compete for promotion in NLN. AA has put in the foundations for a good season. Can't...

Just looking at Scunny squad on their website & only naming 3 forwards in group of 17 players so perhaps looking for some attacking options?

May be better to get the hard away fixtures done in August when we should have the full squad fit & raring to go?

Good job done, AA. Given us a decent squad to kick off the season this time, so hope we can get off the blocks quicker & build a stack of points for our promotion push.

Thanks for the update, Shakerfan. I can empathise with your joy in gaining promotion & competitive games in little grounds that are the grass roots of the game. Also the dismay at disunity caused by splintering, yet being positive about recovery of Gigg Lane - at least it did not disappear under new...

A bit lacking in ambition as no dates beyond FA Cup 3rd round

Good workout tonight. Totally dominated the 1st half and led 4-0 at halftime with goals from Mondal Hazel Lambert and Rivers. Second half was more disjointed with multiple substitutes and Aycliffe pulled 2 back, before a goal from substitute Marcus Maddison. Thought we looked good at times, especia...

darloed19 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:18 pm

Is this going to be on darlo radio?

Not with Rishi Sunak & Sajid Javid resigning

shildonlad wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:38 am

I heard singh was offering a decent budget to aid a play off push

May be misheard & it was actually 'what Singh was offering decent players was aiding them to push off'?

Great target man to have up front, although not quite as quick now, can certainly hold the ball up & gives opponent defences trouble from set pieces. With him and Wheater in the box, they should be having nightmares every time a decent cross comes in. At least AA gets to have a look at him in the fl...

Totally agree Beck has nothing to prove given his history, but we need to be bringing on young players who may then attract bigger clubs in with a transfer fee. If only it were that easy. We need the best players possible within our budget. We won't be funding a ground through the odd £20k-£50k fee...

darlo reborn wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:59 pm

Have to agree with the Ron Ferguson one but any goal Darlo score is a good one

yes, in fact the next goal they score may be it!

Totally agree Beck has nothing to prove given his history, but we need to be bringing on young players who may then attract bigger clubs in with a transfer fee. O'Neill has the potential to do this if he can get a good understanding with the rest of our attack. Sorry, but it is where the club is at ...

Giving my age away now, so FA Cup 2nd round December 1976 against Sheffield Wednesday, who had been putting us through the mill & testing our resistance most of the game, finally we got the ball just into their half to big Ron Ferguson. He slipped his marker but, lacking forward support, about 35yds...

I'd sign O'Neill any day of the week on a 1 year deal with an option, no farting about with trials. In any case, he might have his sights set higher than us. Totally agree with this. Get him in! Yes, Beck has had his day but Ty O'Neill has his best days ahead of him & could link up well with Hazell