DarloRich
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a 30 year old player as wellThings have changed so much when you see Wrexham paying a possible 300K for a League 1 player this week.
a 30 year old player as wellThings have changed so much when you see Wrexham paying a possible 300K for a League 1 player this week.
Not really surprising when you see who were in the list of the club owners.The truly stupid money thankfully left the national league with Salford
Not really surprising when you see who were in the list of the club owners.
Things have changed so much when you see Wrexham paying a possible 300K for a League 1 player this week.
York City 0-3 Bradford Park Avenue
The worst home performance in my living memory at least. We are never getting out of this league, 5 years and counting....
Back in 2012 I saw York beat Luton at Wembley to gain promotion from the National League to League Two. Ten years later and Luton are three levels above that and York one level below. Ten years is a long time but it's a hell of a turn around.Whats happened to York? Had the commentary on on Tuesday night (couldn't make the game). I get there's a alot of unhappy fans about your board, whats happening? Not investing like you expect them to? Unrest in the team?
Must be hard a hard pill for you to swallow to see Harrogate Town in the football league now!
If their form does not dramatically improve, Oldham Athletic, a founder member of the Premier League, will end up next season in the National League, the first team to do so.Back in 2012 I saw York beat Luton at Wembley to gain promotion from the National League to League Two. Ten years later and Luton are three levels above that and York one level below. Ten years is a long time but it's a hell of a turn around.
Feels similar to how in 1995 I saw my club (Blyth Spartans) play away to then League One club Stockport County in the 2nd round of the FA Cup. After that Stockport progressed to the Championship. Then we eventually ended up in the same league as each other for a couple of seasons.
And there are a number of clubs now in the football league who were not so long ago regular opponents of my club. Salford, Harrogate, Accrington, Fleetwood and for one season Burton Albion.
I wonder who will be the next established League club to dramatically decline and which small non-league will rapidly rise and overtake nearby larger neighbours?
Football is fun.
I noticed that one of Oxford's players hit a "baker's hat-trick" (4 goals), all of them from the penalty spot.Some big scores from League 1 today:
Gillingham 2-7 Oxford United
Bolton Wanderers 6-0 Sunderland
Back in 2012 I saw York beat Luton at Wembley to gain promotion from the National League to League Two. Ten years later and Luton are three levels above that and York one level below. Ten years is a long time but it's a hell of a turn around.
Feels similar to how in 1995 I saw my club (Blyth Spartans) play away to then League One club Stockport County in the 2nd round of the FA Cup. After that Stockport progressed to the Championship. Then we eventually ended up in the same league as each other for a couple of seasons.
And there are a number of clubs now in the football league who were not so long ago regular opponents of my club. Salford, Harrogate, Accrington, Fleetwood and for one season Burton Albion.
I wonder who will be the next established League club to dramatically decline and which small non-league will rapidly rise and overtake nearby larger neighbours?
Football is fun.
Should if The Rams go into liquidation, the new outfit would probably have to start somewhere lower in the league pyramid.
@DarloRich is the one who can give chapter and verse concerning matters of that ilk that affected Darlington FC.The precedent with liquidation is tier 8 if the league concerned will have them - it’s what happened with Halifax and Chester (and Darlington I think). Macclesfield and Bury restarted lower than that
It was the Northern League Division One, the ninth tier of English football. Season 2012-13. Finished as league champions with 40 wins from 46 league games and so were promoted (to the Northern Premier League Division One North). Competed as Darlington 1883.Darlington were placed in the Northern League (I can't remember if it was division one or two) but made very short work of it.
It was the Northern League Division One, the ninth tier of English football. Season 2012-13. Finished as league champions with 40 wins from 46 league games and so were promoted (to the Northern Premier League Division One North). Competed as Darlington 1883.
The precedent with liquidation is tier 8 if the league concerned will have them - it’s what happened with Halifax and Chester (and Darlington I think). Macclesfield and Bury restarted lower than that
Darlington weren't liquidated. We were in administration and were bought out of administration by a fans consortium. Sadly, our owner at the time ( who know owns Hartlepooh untied and for whom any comment I make would be libellous) would not agree a company voluntary agreement as major creditor or hand over the football competition "golden share" as club owner. We were a Conference Clubs at the time although subject to a 10 point deduction for entering administration.@DarloRich is the one who can give chapter and verse concerning matters of that ilk that affected Darlington FC.
We aren't a new club. There isn't an "old" club. It is the same club I started supporting 30 odd years ago with the one key difference that I now own some of it. It really IS my club. I/we don't care what the FA blazers or wiki or anyone else says. We are the same club: One club, one name, one history.Believe the old Darlington club had gone into administration for one last time in 2012, and so Darlington 1883 was effectively a new club, meaning that the Northern League Division One was deemed as high up in the non league pyramid that a new club could be placed.
The initial groundshare was with Bishop Auckland FC and the new Darlington club were still there by the time they had been promoted up to the Northern Premier League. Think that by the time that promotion from the Northern Premier League to the National League had become a real possibility, plans were already in hand to move to a more suitable venue (Blackwell Meadows) with potential for higher ground grading, sharing with the local RU club.
The arena was repossessed by the people who had loans secured against it and sold off to the other rugby club in town. We didn't have a hope of buying that ground at the time! We were going to play at Shildon but that was deemed to be less than ideal for such a large following on safety grounds. We then moved to play at Bishop Auckland which is a newer ground and would allow for us to stay there and advance up the leagues until we could return to Darlington. I think Shildon would have been good for Northern League only.That rings a bell now you mention it. Wasn’t it because the ground they intended to use (ie not the Reynolds Arena or whatever it was called) wasn’t accepted by the Northern Premier League (known as Unibond or Evostik league)? So for footballing/financial reasons they’d have been tier 8 but the ground meant tier 9?
No - but they will get a better deal if it comes to it.Do Derby deserve more sympathy than Bury ?
We aren't a new club. There isn't an "old" club. It is the same club I started supporting 30 odd years ago with the one key difference that I now own some of it. It really IS my club. I/we don't care what the FA blazers or wiki or anyone else says. We are the same club: One club, one name, one history.
As I recall, Rangers FC supporters in Scotland have made a similar argument.
This contemporary local newspaper story (see link below) seems to indicate that the club named Darlington 1883 was considered at the time by the Football Association, rightly or wrongly, to be a new club.I think what DarloRich was explaining was that in 2012, Darlington did not have to apply to the FA as a new outfit when the fans gained control, similar as to when Accrington Stanley although they folded in the early 1960s, they never resigned membership of the FA which explains the continuation of the club.
The Northern Echo (30th May 2012) said:...the Football Association believes that the current club is a separate entity and, as they did not register before April 1, are unable to play in the knockout competitions next season.
An FA spokesman said: "The deadline was April 1 and, of course, the new club wasn't running then. We'd like to have accommodated them but we can't...