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Quoted from AndyDarloFC

We've appointed our Assistant Manager Brian Atkinson and Coach Sean Gregan as the joint-managment team until the end of the season.

Well they lasted 4 days and had to resign to conflicting interests with them working for Martin Gray at his football academy. On the plus side, that's now a total of 6 members of staff who've left since Martin Gray has. A lot of wedge has been saved on the wage bill from that, totally unnecessary how many staff we had for our level.

Our 2 senior players Gary Brown & Phil Turnbull have taken over as caretaker managers for the time-being and helped us to a 1-1 draw at home to Stockport last weekend, conceding a last minute equaliser to them  

Lots of fantastic applicants applying for the role. So fingers crossed this time next week, we'll have a new gaffer.

On the march we go. #UpTheDarlo

PS; I'll be at another Town game sometime in November, keep up the recent good form. Haway Town!  

So why the downturn in your form this season Andy?

Quoted from arryarryarry

So why the downturn in your form this season Andy?

We massively over-achieved last season to finish in the playoffs (only to be denied entry due to the ground being utter dog-shite, this season there's more full-time teams in the league. Namely York, Salford, Harrogate, Kidderminster, Nuneaton etc. You've also got teams like Brackley, Spennymoor and Stockport at a push throwing the £££ about.

I'd be happy being in the mix for the playoffs, but the stadium development needs to take precedence for now. We win away to Nuneaton tomorrow and we're back in the playoffs. So it's not all doom and gloom despite 1 win in 11/12 games.

Quoted from AndyDarloFC

We massively over-achieved last season to finish in the playoffs (only to be denied entry due to the ground being utter dog-shite, this season there's more full-time teams in the league. Namely York, Salford, Harrogate, Kidderminster, Nuneaton etc. You've also got teams like Brackley, Spennymoor and Stockport at a push throwing the £££ about.

I'd be happy being in the mix for the playoffs, but the stadium development needs to take precedence for now. We win away to Nuneaton tomorrow and we're back in the playoffs. So it's not all doom and gloom despite 1 win in 11/12 games.

Isn't there a spare fantastic stadium doing nothing up that way ?  

Seriously...is the ground still there mothballed or has it been demolished ?

Quoted from moosey_club

Isn't there a spare fantastic stadium doing nothing up that way ?  

Seriously...is the ground still there mothballed or has it been demolished ?

Just checked google an I maps and they are both showing the ground with pitch and goals in place looks like it's being maintained. Don't know how often these maps are updated but work I did in my garden last year is shown

I think a rugby club use it

We groundshare with Darlington Rugby Club, we've signed a 25 year lease to use the ground.

We paid 50k in the summer to relay the pitch as we use the main pitch now and the use the one at the back of the ground. Since Summer 2015, we've raised close to 250k on paying off debts and building the ground up from scratch basically.

http://www.darlingtonandstockt.....ws_from_next_season/ - It's not much, but it's home and we know we've done this by ourselves with no outside investment. So credit where credit is due.

As for the Arena (That gigantic excrement-hole) - It was bought and is now used by Darlington Mowden Park Rugby Club, lord knows how they can afford that on grounds of 1000 per week. But that's our past now, we've got to look forward and keep doing what we are doing.

Quoted from AndyDarloFC

We groundshare with Darlington Rugby Club, we've signed a 25 year lease to use the ground.

We paid 50k in the summer to relay the pitch as we use the main pitch now and the use the one at the back of the ground. Since Summer 2015, we've raised close to 250k on paying off debts and building the ground up from scratch basically.

http://www.darlingtonandstockt.....ws_from_next_season/ - It's not much, but it's home and we know we've done this by ourselves with no outside investment. So credit where credit is due.

As for the Arena (That gigantic excrement-hole) - It was bought and is now used by Darlington Mowden Park Rugby Club, lord knows how they can afford that on grounds of 1000 per week. But that's our past now, we've got to look forward and keep doing what we are doing.

Keep up the good work it's a crying shame that with all the money wasted in premiershite that a small proportion could not have been used to save your proud club

£250k in just over 2 years is amazing Andy. When you get back to where you belong it will be so satisfying for all involved.

Quoted from crusty ole pie

Keep up the good work it's a crying shame that with all the money wasted in premiershite that a small proportion could not have been used to save your proud club

We did save our club though   We just got demoted 4 leagues because our ex chairman failed to hand over the Football Share of the club and never signed over the CVA agreement. If we was a new club, why did the FA make us take on old debts of the club, if we were classed as a 'new club'.

The only thing that is new about Darlo is our "football name" which is Darlington FC1883 LTD. We reverted back to our old name Darlington FC from Darlington 1883 in the summer after the whoppers at the FA forced a name change.

We'll be back, don't know when. Don't know how, but we will be   Positive thoughts.