Quakers' demotion hands £100,000 boost to Northern League (From Darlington and Stockton Times)
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Quakers' demotion hands £100,000 boost to Northern League
8:00am Thursday 19th July 2012 in Sport
By Joe Willis, Regional Chief Reporter
Darlington 1883
THE Northern League will get a £100,000 boost from the inclusion of Darlington Football Club this season.
Football officials are expecting up to 1,000 Quakers fans travelling to away games, potentially giving clubs a £5,000 boost in ticket sales alone when they play the former Conference team.
The FA’s placement of the club in the first division will bring new challenges, but there will also be many positives, said league chairman Mike Amos.
Mr Amos was among a record crowd of 710 which attended Darlington’s pre-season friendly at Northallerton Town on Monday.
He said there was no trouble at the ground, adding: “There is nothing suggesting Darlington’s presence in the league will be anything but an enjoyable experience for us all.
“First division clubs will be licking their lips. They are going to get gates of more than 1,000, but while individual clubs will of course welcome that sort of payday, in league terms it’s about raising the profile.”
The league chairman pointed out that several of the division’s larger clubs, such as Whitley Bay, Spennymoor and Dunston, had recent experience of hosting crowds of more than 1,000 people.
“One or two of the smaller clubs may have to give it a bit of thought, although there’s been no suggestion of segregation,” he added.
John Butterfield, from Guisborough Town, said the club was excited about to playing Darlington for the first time.
He said: “We’ll have extra stewards, open another bar and get in more pies, which is always important at non-league games.”
Mr Butterfield said he had heard some clubs were considering increasing ticket prices for Darlington games, but Guisborough had decided against it. “It doesn’t seem fair,” he said.
Peter Collinson, chairman of Marske United, said the game at the start of the season against Darlington would be treated like a cup final by his club, which has seen a welcome boost in season ticket sales this year.
“In terms of finance, profile and improving the quality of football in the league, it’s a really good thing that Darlington will be in the division this season.”
Mr Collinson said the club was considering allowing children in free for the Darlington game to boost the home support.
About 30 Darlington fans have been issued with banning orders for football-related disorder in recent years.
Durham Police said that there would be a police presence at all games, with known troublemakers monitored and action taken if necessary.
Comments(35)
doonhamer
says...
11:58am Thu 19 Jul 12
you sad,sad,sad muppet ..............try going to ST JAMES' PARK when the TOON are playing then you will see a crowd
DFCpride
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12:03pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A.Smith 71
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12:13pm Thu 19 Jul 12
I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future.
What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.
Shawry_99
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12:37pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A.Smith 71 wrote:Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd.
1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip!
I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future.
What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.
Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
DFCpride
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1:20pm Thu 19 Jul 12
We will soon find out, but agree that 1,000+ is way too high a target. I think we were at 1,300 for the Conference.
ToriesRscum
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1:52pm Thu 19 Jul 12
maccster
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2:52pm Thu 19 Jul 12
doonhamer wrote:What a muppet you make yourself sound!! This is Northern League football, the grass roots to all the leagues. You see a better game and players with heart and passion. Not like that dross at the SPORTS DIRECT ARENA!!
1,000 plus crowds, whee gee whiz how fantastic, marvellous, brill...............
you sad,sad,sad muppet ..............try going to ST JAMES' PARK when the TOON are playing then you will see a crowd
darloian
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5:33pm Thu 19 Jul 12
doonhamer wrote:The only St James Park in the footballing world is in Exeter yeah? wtf would anybody want to go down there to see a crowd?
1,000 plus crowds, whee gee whiz how fantastic, marvellous, brill...............
you sad,sad,sad muppet ..............try going to ST JAMES' PARK when the TOON are playing then you will see a crowd
A.Smith 71
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5:33pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Shawry_99 wrote:The 1,000+ was originally put about by the so called board members who sold Darlington FC down the river without the paddle - oh yes that was when they thought that they could keep the name and be higher up the tier than the Northern League!!
A.Smith 71 wrote:Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd.
1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip!
I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future.
What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.
Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
How can 710 at a friendly match 17 miles away for a club begging on the streets for cash be an excellent crowd, think on here that some of them were Northallerton fans!?
How many traveling hardcore fans will visit Cumbria on a winters evening or go to Ashington on a freezing Saturday afternoon?
The unofficial site actually says 436 season tickets sold!
All I can say is that it is all going to end in tears again for the true supporters of Darlington Football Club and that is a shame.
loan_star
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5:46pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Hilly_2009
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6:02pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A.Smith 71 wrote:You seem like one of these people who like to make up figures and claim them as fact.
Shawry_99 wrote:The 1,000+ was originally put about by the so called board members who sold Darlington FC down the river without the paddle - oh yes that was when they thought that they could keep the name and be higher up the tier than the Northern League!!
A.Smith 71 wrote:Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd.
1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip!
I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future.
What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.
Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
How can 710 at a friendly match 17 miles away for a club begging on the streets for cash be an excellent crowd, think on here that some of them were Northallerton fans!?
How many traveling hardcore fans will visit Cumbria on a winters evening or go to Ashington on a freezing Saturday afternoon?
The unofficial site actually says 436 season tickets sold!
All I can say is that it is all going to end in tears again for the true supporters of Darlington Football Club and that is a shame.
Kindly shut up.
IonlySpeaktheTruth
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7:56pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Sean G
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9:54pm Thu 19 Jul 12
If the club and fans can make a concerted effort to win friends in the Northern League then some fans of other clubs may start to follow the club as it hopefully rises through the divisions.
This season should not be seen as a challenge, but as an opportunity.
Dean M
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10:20pm Thu 19 Jul 12
doonhamer wrote:Why would anyone want to go to the Sports Direct Arena to watch a multi-cultural bunch of over-paid prima-donna's play in black and white stripes?
1,000 plus crowds, whee gee whiz how fantastic, marvellous, brill...............
you sad,sad,sad muppet ..............try going to ST JAMES' PARK when the TOON are playing then you will see a crowd
.
The stripes used to represent Newcastle. In the good old days that is.
IonlySpeaktheTruth
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11:16pm Thu 19 Jul 12
Dean M wrote:What's wrong with multi-culturism.. isn't Shola Ameobi a geordie..... welcome to 2012 ......... muppet!
doonhamer wrote:Why would anyone want to go to the Sports Direct Arena to watch a multi-cultural bunch of over-paid prima-donna's play in black and white stripes?
1,000 plus crowds, whee gee whiz how fantastic, marvellous, brill...............
you sad,sad,sad muppet ..............try going to ST JAMES' PARK when the TOON are playing then you will see a crowd
.
The stripes used to represent Newcastle. In the good old days that is.
Dean M
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11:54pm Thu 19 Jul 12
A.Smith 71
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8:13am Fri 20 Jul 12
IonlySpeaktheTruth wrote:I think you will find it is Sammy who is the Geordie and Shola was born in Nigeria, but Shola and his family have taken Newcastle as their 2nd home.
Dean M wrote:What's wrong with multi-culturism.. isn't Shola Ameobi a geordie..... welcome to 2012 ......... muppet!
doonhamer wrote:Why would anyone want to go to the Sports Direct Arena to watch a multi-cultural bunch of over-paid prima-donna's play in black and white stripes?
1,000 plus crowds, whee gee whiz how fantastic, marvellous, brill...............
you sad,sad,sad muppet ..............try going to ST JAMES' PARK when the TOON are playing then you will see a crowd
.
The stripes used to represent Newcastle. In the good old days that is.
A.Smith 71
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8:23am Fri 20 Jul 12
Darlington are plying their trade in and around the North East and lets all be honest here, how many of the moaning, groaning, twisting, expectant so called Darlo hardcore will be traveling to Celtic Nation / Ashington/ Cramlington etc?
They play Crook Town tonight - a Friday night friendly, how many will be through the gates at the Sir Tom Cowie Mill Field Ground?
Come on Darlo show your true colours, if you want money in your fans have to show some loyalty to the other teams in the division - its all give and take but you scroungers are begging, begging and still begging.
Your not Darlington FC, your Darlington 1883 so your no better than the others in your division. 1883 are untried and could really come down with a bump so beware, its a harder fall than it is climb!
A.Smith 71
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8:41am Fri 20 Jul 12
Shawry_99 wrote:Please forgive me if I am wrong but is this not the quote from Mr Pinnegar in the Northern Echo on Friday 15th June when referring to Darlington 1883 spending £42,000 on a 250 seater stand to erect temporarily at Heritage Park -
A.Smith 71 wrote:Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd.
1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip!
I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future.
What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.
Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
Mr Pinnegar said: “We had an average attendance of 1,400 to 1,600 last year and 600 of those were concessions.
“We have quite a lot of elderly and disabled supporters and we want to provide suitable accommodation for them.”
Why would you need an extra 250 seats, when Heritage Park has a capacity of 1,994?
Or is this again more drivel coming from Mr Vinegar mouth?
wodewose
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9:49am Fri 20 Jul 12
doonhamer wrote:This is the problem. People traveling 30 miles plus to see a load of overpaid footballers play. My Dad remembered 20k plus crowds at feethams so it would seem the potential for support is there.
1,000 plus crowds, whee gee whiz how fantastic, marvellous, brill...............
you sad,sad,sad muppet ..............try going to ST JAMES' PARK when the TOON are playing then you will see a crowd
wodewose
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10:01am Fri 20 Jul 12
Hilly_2009
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10:14am Fri 20 Jul 12
A.Smith 71 wrote:Can you read?
Shawry_99 wrote:Please forgive me if I am wrong but is this not the quote from Mr Pinnegar in the Northern Echo on Friday 15th June when referring to Darlington 1883 spending £42,000 on a 250 seater stand to erect temporarily at Heritage Park -
A.Smith 71 wrote:Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd.
1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip!
I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future.
What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.
Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
Mr Pinnegar said: “We had an average attendance of 1,400 to 1,600 last year and 600 of those were concessions.
“We have quite a lot of elderly and disabled supporters and we want to provide suitable accommodation for them.”
Why would you need an extra 250 seats, when Heritage Park has a capacity of 1,994?
Or is this again more drivel coming from Mr Vinegar mouth?
He says quite clearly that a massive proportion of those crowds were concessions, therefore 250 seats aren't likely to cater for that, hence the new stand.
Now... Please tell me where he said that we are going to get the crowds that you've suggested?
Normski1960
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10:24am Fri 20 Jul 12
...and nobody saw the obvious...
Let's say £5 per ticket, that's 20,000 fan entries.....
...Excluding gate share for visiting teams Darlo have 23 away games in the northern league so far...that makes...come on you trolls ...yes @870 visiting fans/game....so if we allow for a pie/pint/programme + balance of gate share at darlo home games...
..Guess what!!!! The £100,000 is probably a fair comment...
top journalism....
Troll away now....
the-big-yin
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10:48am Fri 20 Jul 12
buses to crook market place..
feel free to drop in at the pub where i work...THE SURTEES ON CROOK MARKET PLACE..A WARM WELCOME FOR ALL DARLO FANS....
GREAT TASTING AND CHEAP DRINKS
loan_star
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12:46pm Fri 20 Jul 12
A.Smith 71 wrote:Right, so from saying that the board have said that we will sell over 1000 season tickets, you drag up a quote about last seasons average attendance concessions as if to try and prove your point?
Shawry_99 wrote:Please forgive me if I am wrong but is this not the quote from Mr Pinnegar in the Northern Echo on Friday 15th June when referring to Darlington 1883 spending £42,000 on a 250 seater stand to erect temporarily at Heritage Park - Mr Pinnegar said: “We had an average attendance of 1,400 to 1,600 last year and 600 of those were concessions. “We have quite a lot of elderly and disabled supporters and we want to provide suitable accommodation for them.” Why would you need an extra 250 seats, when Heritage Park has a capacity of 1,994? Or is this again more drivel coming from Mr Vinegar mouth?A.Smith 71 wrote: 1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip! I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future. What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd. Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
If you think anyone is talking drivel then I suggest you look in the mirror because its all you seem to come out with. You are a troll, end of.
A.Smith 71
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2:11pm Fri 20 Jul 12
loan_star wrote:You had better get a dozen extra barrels and plenty of pies in for the masses - I might pop along with a counter and take a survey of how many traveling Darlo fans actually turn out.
A.Smith 71 wrote:Right, so from saying that the board have said that we will sell over 1000 season tickets, you drag up a quote about last seasons average attendance concessions as if to try and prove your point?
Shawry_99 wrote:Please forgive me if I am wrong but is this not the quote from Mr Pinnegar in the Northern Echo on Friday 15th June when referring to Darlington 1883 spending £42,000 on a 250 seater stand to erect temporarily at Heritage Park - Mr Pinnegar said: “We had an average attendance of 1,400 to 1,600 last year and 600 of those were concessions. “We have quite a lot of elderly and disabled supporters and we want to provide suitable accommodation for them.” Why would you need an extra 250 seats, when Heritage Park has a capacity of 1,994? Or is this again more drivel coming from Mr Vinegar mouth?A.Smith 71 wrote: 1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip! I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future. What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd. Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
If you think anyone is talking drivel then I suggest you look in the mirror because its all you seem to come out with. You are a troll, end of.
They wont walk from the market place, too far for them. They are head and shoulders above grassroots football so I guess Crook wont be worthy of them - then again they are playing against a team steeped in history
A.Smith 71
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2:17pm Fri 20 Jul 12
loan_star wrote:Loan Star like I am bothered about been called a troll - You club new is DOOMED and the scrounging people of Darlington 1883 are full of S****!
A.Smith 71 wrote:Right, so from saying that the board have said that we will sell over 1000 season tickets, you drag up a quote about last seasons average attendance concessions as if to try and prove your point?
Shawry_99 wrote:Please forgive me if I am wrong but is this not the quote from Mr Pinnegar in the Northern Echo on Friday 15th June when referring to Darlington 1883 spending £42,000 on a 250 seater stand to erect temporarily at Heritage Park - Mr Pinnegar said: “We had an average attendance of 1,400 to 1,600 last year and 600 of those were concessions. “We have quite a lot of elderly and disabled supporters and we want to provide suitable accommodation for them.” Why would you need an extra 250 seats, when Heritage Park has a capacity of 1,994? Or is this again more drivel coming from Mr Vinegar mouth?A.Smith 71 wrote: 1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip! I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future. What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd. Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
If you think anyone is talking drivel then I suggest you look in the mirror because its all you seem to come out with. You are a troll, end of.
You had a savior in GR but pathetic people who cannot understand the running of a football club just pulled away from him at every opportunity. Probably people like you actually and the other clowns on here that have so much to say about nowt!
Now run along and play you helmet.
papa_rowl
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2:26pm Fri 20 Jul 12
You sound like a bitter twisted ****, what's your problem?
rewined
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3:10pm Fri 20 Jul 12
are you george reynolds ,
are you not a bitter and twisted
sado that needs putting out of the missery you serve up from a distorted mind that was once in good working order,but now defunct.find another subject to post your drivel on ,you clearly do not know anything about this issue of Darlington football club.
doonhamer
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12:21pm Sun 22 Jul 12
darloian wrote:shows your knowledge of local football then, now where do Alnwick Town play ?
doonhamer wrote:The only St James Park in the footballing world is in Exeter yeah? wtf would anybody want to go down there to see a crowd?
1,000 plus crowds, whee gee whiz how fantastic, marvellous, brill...............
you sad,sad,sad muppet ..............try going to ST JAMES' PARK when the TOON are playing then you will see a crowd
the-big-yin
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12:39pm Mon 23 Jul 12
A.Smith 71 wrote:ONLY 300 FANS IF THAT INCLUDING CROOK TOWN FANS THERE AT THE FREINDLY THE OTHER NIGHT......DARLO SCRAPED THROUGH WITH A 2 - 1 WIN....
loan_star wrote:You had better get a dozen extra barrels and plenty of pies in for the masses - I might pop along with a counter and take a survey of how many traveling Darlo fans actually turn out.
A.Smith 71 wrote:Right, so from saying that the board have said that we will sell over 1000 season tickets, you drag up a quote about last seasons average attendance concessions as if to try and prove your point?
Shawry_99 wrote:Please forgive me if I am wrong but is this not the quote from Mr Pinnegar in the Northern Echo on Friday 15th June when referring to Darlington 1883 spending £42,000 on a 250 seater stand to erect temporarily at Heritage Park - Mr Pinnegar said: “We had an average attendance of 1,400 to 1,600 last year and 600 of those were concessions. “We have quite a lot of elderly and disabled supporters and we want to provide suitable accommodation for them.” Why would you need an extra 250 seats, when Heritage Park has a capacity of 1,994? Or is this again more drivel coming from Mr Vinegar mouth?A.Smith 71 wrote: 1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip! I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future. What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd. Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
If you think anyone is talking drivel then I suggest you look in the mirror because its all you seem to come out with. You are a troll, end of.
They wont walk from the market place, too far for them. They are head and shoulders above grassroots football so I guess Crook wont be worthy of them - then again they are playing against a team steeped in history
AND CROOK ARE A REALLY BAD TEAM...WHOOPS NORTHERN LEAGUE FOR A FEW YEARS BY THE LOOK OF IT....
A.Smith 71
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1:12pm Mon 23 Jul 12
the-big-yin wrote:Well there you go then 300 including Crook fans - looks like darlo will be scrounging on the streets for a few more years!!
A.Smith 71 wrote:ONLY 300 FANS IF THAT INCLUDING CROOK TOWN FANS THERE AT THE FREINDLY THE OTHER NIGHT......DARLO SCRAPED THROUGH WITH A 2 - 1 WIN....
loan_star wrote:You had better get a dozen extra barrels and plenty of pies in for the masses - I might pop along with a counter and take a survey of how many traveling Darlo fans actually turn out.
A.Smith 71 wrote:Right, so from saying that the board have said that we will sell over 1000 season tickets, you drag up a quote about last seasons average attendance concessions as if to try and prove your point?
Shawry_99 wrote:Please forgive me if I am wrong but is this not the quote from Mr Pinnegar in the Northern Echo on Friday 15th June when referring to Darlington 1883 spending £42,000 on a 250 seater stand to erect temporarily at Heritage Park - Mr Pinnegar said: “We had an average attendance of 1,400 to 1,600 last year and 600 of those were concessions. “We have quite a lot of elderly and disabled supporters and we want to provide suitable accommodation for them.” Why would you need an extra 250 seats, when Heritage Park has a capacity of 1,994? Or is this again more drivel coming from Mr Vinegar mouth?A.Smith 71 wrote: 1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip! I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future. What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd. Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
If you think anyone is talking drivel then I suggest you look in the mirror because its all you seem to come out with. You are a troll, end of.
They wont walk from the market place, too far for them. They are head and shoulders above grassroots football so I guess Crook wont be worthy of them - then again they are playing against a team steeped in history
AND CROOK ARE A REALLY BAD TEAM...WHOOPS NORTHERN LEAGUE FOR A FEW YEARS BY THE LOOK OF IT....
I hope you got the extra barrels and pies on sale or return otherwise the £100k Darlington are fetching to the Northern League will be lost in compensation when their season kicks off!?
Darlington are obviously a northern league team now and will be for sometime as they don't want another benefactor to run the club, but they do want the money!
The so called fans / people of Darlington and DBC were responsible for the downfall of Darlington FC - people have very foggy memories in that town as I can remember when the crowds were 110% behind GR until it was decided enough is enough regarding the open cheque book.
A.Smith 71
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1:13pm Mon 23 Jul 12
the-big-yin wrote:Well there you go then 300 including Crook fans - looks like darlo will be scrounging on the streets for a few more years!!
A.Smith 71 wrote:ONLY 300 FANS IF THAT INCLUDING CROOK TOWN FANS THERE AT THE FREINDLY THE OTHER NIGHT......DARLO SCRAPED THROUGH WITH A 2 - 1 WIN....
loan_star wrote:You had better get a dozen extra barrels and plenty of pies in for the masses - I might pop along with a counter and take a survey of how many traveling Darlo fans actually turn out.
A.Smith 71 wrote:Right, so from saying that the board have said that we will sell over 1000 season tickets, you drag up a quote about last seasons average attendance concessions as if to try and prove your point?
Shawry_99 wrote:Please forgive me if I am wrong but is this not the quote from Mr Pinnegar in the Northern Echo on Friday 15th June when referring to Darlington 1883 spending £42,000 on a 250 seater stand to erect temporarily at Heritage Park - Mr Pinnegar said: “We had an average attendance of 1,400 to 1,600 last year and 600 of those were concessions. “We have quite a lot of elderly and disabled supporters and we want to provide suitable accommodation for them.” Why would you need an extra 250 seats, when Heritage Park has a capacity of 1,994? Or is this again more drivel coming from Mr Vinegar mouth?A.Smith 71 wrote: 1,000+ traveling Quakers fans, but only a record crowd of 710 at a game played 17 miles away - come on get a grip! I think a lot of people need to take of the rose tinted spectacles, wake up and smell the coffee - Darlington are destined to stay in the Northern League first division for the foreseeable future. What about all the hype about season tickets hitting the 1,000+ mark as I recall, how many have actually been sold? About 450 I have heard been mentioned around the town - wow.Firstly, it was a friendly, so 710 is an excellent crowd. Secondly, the fact that the club have budgeted for crowds upto 800 makes me wonder where you got the 1000+ idea from?
If you think anyone is talking drivel then I suggest you look in the mirror because its all you seem to come out with. You are a troll, end of.
They wont walk from the market place, too far for them. They are head and shoulders above grassroots football so I guess Crook wont be worthy of them - then again they are playing against a team steeped in history
AND CROOK ARE A REALLY BAD TEAM...WHOOPS NORTHERN LEAGUE FOR A FEW YEARS BY THE LOOK OF IT....
I hope you got the extra barrels and pies on sale or return otherwise the £100k Darlington are fetching to the Northern League will be lost in compensation when their season kicks off!?
Darlington are obviously a northern league team now and will be for sometime as they don't want another benefactor to run the club, but they do want the money!
The so called fans / people of Darlington and DBC were responsible for the downfall of Darlington FC - people have very foggy memories in that town as I can remember when the crowds were 110% behind GR until it was decided enough is enough regarding the open cheque book.
A.Smith 71
says...
1:28pm Mon 23 Jul 12
rewined wrote:Nice comment - Everyone knows the issue of Darlington Football Club, they are in liquidation!!
A.smith71
are you george reynolds ,
are you not a bitter and twisted
sado that needs putting out of the missery you serve up from a distorted mind that was once in good working order,but now defunct.find another subject to post your drivel on ,you clearly do not know anything about this issue of Darlington football club.
You need to get yourself a little more up to speed, maybe if you attended a match along with the other armchair supporters then DFC would not be in liquidation and they could of survived.
Darlington now has a new football club, Darlington 1883 and they are in Division One of the Northern League. They will be playing their football at Heritage Park a 2,000 capacity ground, home to Bishop Aukland another club steeped in history - something Darlington 1883 don't have!!
Now run along and get yourself a season ticket as your team needs the support.

Normski1960 says...
8:21am Thu 19 Jul 12