Darlo Uncovered

theoriginalfatcat wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 25, 2022 1:09 pm

Wiseacre wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:46 am

I only saw this 'live' on the games highlights

I think the American's call this "mission creep"

Fair enough but it still looked pretty good.

I only saw this 'live' on the games highlights but it's good to note a really good one from this year; Mondals' winner at Leamington. A flowing move right from the back completely opening up their defence and a really good finish - ball on the deck at pace till it got to Mondal who showed his worth.

Older Quakers must remember at least one John Peveril power blaster. My own favourite was the third goal in a classic match with Donny Rovers in 1971. He sized it up from about thirty yards and there was only going to be one outcome. Pev is a true Darlo legend and apparently still appears in Neil Wa...

I lived in York for a while in the 70's and Quakers were often dubbed t'City reserves on account of Seal, Stone et al. I don't know if there was a reserve side at Feethams then but there was certainly one in the early 80's - I remember watching them at Feethams with Fred Barber in goal just before h...

Lee Nogan. That is all. You cannot seriously think he was one of the worst XI players to play for the club? There must be some confusion here - Nogan wasn't a bad player at all in my view. Does anyone else remember Roger Wicks from the early 80's or Harry Wilson from the same period ? Right pair of...

Lee Nogan. That is all. You cannot seriously think he was one of the worst XI players to play for the club? There must be some confusion here - Nogan wasn't a bad player at all in my view. Does anyone else remember Roger Wicks from the early 80's or Harry Wilson from the same period ? Right pair of...

Three cheers for York - it might have been us but they've somehow got there though I think they'll need an upgrade if they do go up. Besides Boston is a nice day out. Brackley and Fylde shouldn't trouble us next season as we know how to win there.

George McGeachie classic Scottish winger and chemist at ICI 1965-67 before a bad injury ended his footie career.

George Benson has been much in my thoughts recently with Quakers messing with our emotions but after today his version of It's A Shame seemed about right. Never Give Up On A Good Thing though because The Greatest Love Of All should bear fruit next season. Only moderately drowning my sorrows because ...

As I predicted, but can we hold out - never give up on the Quakers (remember what makes you happy) c. George Benson.

I think we should be a bit more realistic about todays game - which I didn't see - but we have no divine right to beat Curzon and we've done so well to get into a position where the result really mattered. Gateshead scored six today but I agree that it would be predictable for us to get a result the...

Whatever the quality of Leamington's playing surface I thought Mondal's goal was outstanding; worked from the back with pace completely opening up their defence. By the way, the Derby v Leeds game is a good watch on Youtube, the gentleman's disagreement between Hunter and Lee is interesting to see h...

Agree with Lucan - as a twitching knee jerker I'm very happy to be wrong and feel AA and his team have responded so well to the situation. If we do scrape into the play offs all bets are off.

Given the difficult circumstances leading up to kick-off I feel this was a really heartening performance from the whole team - and a good goal. It said a lot about the real ability Armstrong must have in the dressing room. I'd say the only signing he needs for next season is consistency.

I remember that the condition of the Feethams pitch was a concern at that point - hadn't a plumber damaged the drainage or something but it was pointed out at the time that Northampton had to deal with it as well - we're having pitch problems again as the gentlemen's disagreement shows elsewhere. We...

Why not ? I've been happy to eat my doubtful words over AA and this is an unpredictable league. All we have to do is sneak in on the last position then all bets are off. It would be great to experience a noble short-fall in the play-offs or even go up and worry about it when we get there. Whatever h...

So farewell then Billy Mac/you were a hard nut manager/who ostracised a Darlo legend and over trained the players/Kevs Mum says your heart was in the right place though/Faustino Asprilla would have toed the line for you. Syndicated from Poetry Corner @ Private Eye. He won't be as fondly remembered a...

Did he play with John Storker ?

Who is David Speedy ? Did he play with John Storker ?

Some great line ups so far but I'd nominate Gary McDonald for at least a place on the bench with the last two teams. Mention of our days in division two a hundred years ago made me consult some of the Echo archives and marvel at the mentions of our star man David Brown who 'fizzed like a rocket and ...

I have just decided to enjoy every game from now for the rest of the season, not expecting much. Not because I dont think the players are good enough, (to be honest I do think they are), but I think confidence is so low, (even Lambert looked frustrated in the last game). So just going to enjoy the ...

Paras on the above post reversed but in accord. Somebody mentioned Hodgy somewhere so at least we're getting names now. Has Wheater got his badges ?

What we have in Armstrong is someone who is willing to work within the restrictions created by our circumstances - a fan-funded club without its own ground. You can argue all day long about whether he's getting good enough results given the circumstances he works within. What we had in Gray, and wo...

This bickering between A.A’s supporters and detractors may become irrelevant because another few bad results may see him walk away. Which would not be a good thing. Let’s remember, he is doing the job that Martin Gray felt was beneath him. So you know that Martin Gray thought that managing Darlingt...

Presumably the type of manager we want wins games and the occasional championship --and is available. I won't name names of course but could we .do worse ?

Would be good to hear the list of suitable available candidates should a change be made. Presumably they would need to be people who don't have major issues with the structure and financial set-up of the fan-owned club and who have demonstrated proven ability to successfully run a part-time club on...

As we've strayed into connections between the club and Westminster are there any connections between Martin and Sue Gray ? If so the report could be on the blunt side, also quite costly. If you put politics aside Nadine Dorres might be worth knowing as she's built up at least one successful business...

We should not play more often. We haven't conceded this evening and we move up one place to 12th above Alfreton on goals scored. Also see Kettering played 45 minutes with an outfield player in goal after their keeper was injured without another on the bench. :) Wonderful - this is the true Quakers ...

Remember in our promotion season 84-85 losing 5-2 at lowly Chester. I think we were 3-0 down at one point so at least there was some reaction, still, remembering that season takes us back to Telford in the cup so maybe there's something in the water down there. Having moaned about AA this season I ...

I think it's fair enough for people to be engaged or 'inconsistent' in their reactions when they do so much to support the club. Keeping Quakers going asks a lot so there will be some strong views. Incidentally, I was intrigued by the notion of a team settling 'organically' at its natural level - I ...