Darlo Uncovered

I haven't posted on here in a long time but I had to break that to comment on this...

I take it they don't have an annual fan vote on the away kit like we do.... or given it's Hartlepool, I'm actually thinking they must do

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Fri May 20, 2022 6:30 pm

Perhaps we aren't planning on financing it all through borrowing? Maybe there are grants/political money available.

Levelling up money maybe... that old pot of gold at the end of the Tory rainbow

I think that DMP and any other parties should consider keeping the main stand which incorporates all the facilities ie Bars , boxes , changing etc and modify the other 3 sides to achieve a manageable stadium with a reduced capacity that would still generate non match day income .. What does that st...

Given the state of play globally, I wonder if the FA will significantly relax the ground requirements for promotion?! Perhaps even look to suspend many of them... clubs can not afford to be undertaking developments to their grounds they don’t need just to play in a league above...

That Richard Upshall bloke who tried to build a sporting village at BM must be wondering what he did wrong. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/13897893.20m-plan-to-bring-darlington-fc-home-is-rejected-by-darlington-borough-council/ Frankly I'd rather we'd got into bed with Upshall than the coun...

It’s a league ruling Only applies to teams in the Premiership though, unless you know otherwise. It doesn't even do that anymore, there's no rule on Primacy of tenure in the Premiership... hasn't been since about 2012. They simply need to demonstrate that they are able to provide a venue on dates s...

As part of the deal the Arena will no longer be owned by DMPRFC. Ownership will be transferred to a stadium management company (of which I imagine DMPRFC will have some representation) the running costs and upkeep of then supported by the various activities and rent that would be planned as part of...

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Yes he is, looks a very good player as well.

And didn't it take off! Is the rumour that swimming has been involved true?! :lol: Yes it's true. It was back in 1988. They ran into the sea to escape Swansea fans, who then proceeded to pelt them with pebbles, meaning they had to swim out further to escape the stones... if you do a search online y...

Swans, they even had American football there in 86! It was rough in the Tote End, I remember them removing police helmets and throwing lit newspaper around. Mind you it wasn't all fun at Ashton Gate, I remember when Cardiff came in the home end. Heady days. Back in the day the Racecourse at Wrexham...

That reminded me of years spent near Bristol. We'd do City or Rovers. Eastville was home to speedway and greyhound racing, hence the Tote End. They had flowerbeds behind the goal! And now they play at a rugby ground. And ironically the Rugby team have left... they're at Ashton Gate. And it looks mo...

Purely hypothetically, how much extra would we be looking at to buy our own plot of land somewhere in the town?! Non starter there just isn’t the land, I think club once looked at Eastbourne but now with increased housing there’s no way a ground will be given permission. In fact with SV going ahead...

Purely hypothetically, how much extra would we be looking at to buy our own plot of land somewhere in the town?! Non starter there just isn’t the land, I think club once looked at Eastbourne but now with increased housing there’s no way a ground will be given permission. In fact with SV going ahead...

every win buys him 8 terrible defeats... if they didn't sack him after Nuneaton, they're not going to sack him at all... we're stuck with the idiot... we just have to pray there are three teams even worse than us.... given we lost to the supposed worst team, at home, I'm not confident... Slight exa...

As much as we have our financial limitations, I do wonder how bad things have to get before the board reaches breaking point with TW. every win buys him 8 terrible defeats... if they didn't sack him after Nuneaton, they're not going to sack him at all... we're stuck with the idiot... we just have t...

First visit since 2003. What a dump it is now. Clearly there's going to be a minimum of maintenance when it's due for the chop. If they weren't moving it would be desperate for an upgrade. It makes me realise how lucky we were to get the fantastic new stand at Feethams, in it's prime town centre lo...

I don't understand how anyone can be anything but excited about this, growing up following the Swans, if we played Cardiff in the Welsh Cup it would be a sellout and absolute mayhem... I remember going to Barry Town in the Welsh Cup, it's just south of Cardiff and they all turned up, we weren't even...

Also - do most appointments "not work out"? That's a hell of an assumption to be making without backing it up. There is no one in the footballing world apart from insane idiots who thinks he has ability as a manager, barring himself. Now who's making assumptions? I've edited the post so that it's n...

We could stick him on gardening leave and ask a senior player to step up..... Oh hang on, we don't have any left

Or we put pressure on him to walk in the hope he has any decency... He's taking us down whether we boo him and chant for him to go or we cheer for him so may as well get a fighting chance of surviving.

Also - do most appointments "not work out"? That's a hell of an assumption to be making without backing it up. There is no one in the footballing world apart from insane idiots who thinks he has ability as a manager, barring himself. Now who's making assumptions? I've edited the post so that it's n...

And it's not a matter of speaking with hindsight after it has turned out to be a disaster. Alarm bells should have been ringing at the time. They did with me based on the above. Nuneaton picked up significantly after he left them and they got a new boss. I certainly saw this a mile off, I tweeted a...

And it's not a matter of speaking with hindsight after it has turned out to be a disaster. Alarm bells should have been ringing at the time. They did with me based on the above. Nuneaton picked up significantly after he left them and they got a new boss. I certainly saw this a mile off, I tweeted a...

Weren't we supposed to have multiple additions *last week*. The final training session before the weekend will be today, and we still don't have anyone else involved. Will it be 5 kids from the youths on the bench again? :roll: At least when we bring in youth from the big 3, they'll have likely pla...

It's pretty clear that Styche and Syers have been moved on to pay for the new Commercial Manager. Whilst it seems sensible on paper, it's a huge gamble: Losing these two players may be what costs us our place in the NLN, with the attendant reduced income from lower crowds and (no doubt) lower admis...

However, I'm considering other ways of making my feelings known, ultimately joining the band of fans who are staying away or removing their BTB money Removing money which has been promised is kind of Raj Singh like :thumbdown: are you comparing fans staying away because they are paying money to wat...

Yes, let's just ignore the fact that we have won 2 in the last 16 games at BM and lost hundreds of fans with the potential to lose even more, let's ignore that TW has clearly lost the confidence of the overwhelming majority of fans and that he now has a winning ratio this season of 19% and that the...

I heard on the grapevine that Northumbrian Water aren't adverse to building over the pipe as long as its encased in a void so they can get access should the worst happen. This might make it more viable to develop BM although you would still have the rugby run off a few people don't like. I know its...

Darlington Council are having a planning meeting Tuesday 5pm and the Sporting Village is on the agenda to be discussed, so may be some indication of progress then. It’s a good job the news is full of stories about how flush with cash northern councils are I suppose... Do we really think that there ...

I saw the other day Scarborough are putting in a new stand at their new place, and they're letting people vote for their preferred writing on the seats when they donate (Boro, SAFC or Seadogs). Wonder if we could do the same in future. It'd be nice to get DFC in black lettering on the seats. We're ...