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    monteforte wrote:
    Match day tickets should be no more than £5 IMO,,,
    We are now playing out of town and the extra costs entailed in getting to Bishop will have a financial bearing on whether people can afford it and come! .This is non league football and why should charges be higher than the other teams?
    Message for guakersam /charlie74;
    Please inform your buddies on DFC1883 board to let Craig Mckenna go and earn £100 per hour or £10k +somewhere else and replace him with morgan1 .{his advice and expertise may cost you nothing}With him on board the club should be steered in the right direction for all the fans/supporters not the favored few!..
    I live in Beverley,East Yorks and travel a 200 mile trip with my son for home games and have done for years....what are you moaning about???"
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Toman: Quakers will win Northern League

8:00am Friday 1st June 2012 in Darlington FC Photograph of the Author By Craig Stoddart , Deputy Sports Editor

Darlington will win the Northern League title next season, according to former midfielder Andy Toman.

He has experience of managing in the league having been boss of Peterlee, Guisborough and Northallerton Town and he applied to be Quakers' new manager.

He had hoped for a return to the club having been part of the Darlington side which won back-to-back titles in 1990 and 1991. Although he was overlooked in favour of Martin Gray, Toman, holds no grudges and hopes Quakers are successful.

"I wish them all the best, I really do," he said.

"They should do well and I know they'll do well, the fans deserve it after everything they've put up with.

"In ten months' time they'll have won the league and it'll be Martin Gray in charge and not me which is a shame from my point of view because I would've liked the job, but there's no sour grapes, I wish them luck.

"With the finances that should be available, something's gone wrong if they don't win the Northern League.

"Spennymoor have won the league the last three years, but last season, with the players they've got, they should've won by Christmas."

Toman coached at Bradford Park Avenue last season when they won promotion to the Conference North.

He has not been at the helm of a club since leaving Seaham Red Star in 2010.

He added: "I've said before that I wouldn't return to the Northern League after they changed the rules about registering players. Players can leave with seven days' notice now, so you can't build a team.

"But then Darlington came along and I was very interested."

Darlington are to appeal against the Football Association's decision to demote them to the Northern League.

Meanwhile, Quakers have announced ticket prices for matches next season, which shall be played at Bishop Auckland's Heritage Park.

Season tickets for adults are £150 and with concessions £80. An adult season ticket for a seated area is £195 with concessions £115. It costs £35 for six to 16-year-olds.

Matchday pricing is £8 per adult for standing (£5 concessions) and £2 for six to 16. Admission is free for under fives.

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