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Darlington enter administration

Im guessing if this happened it would be a 10 point deduction? Dont think it would help us that much to push to safety as they would still be 11 points ahead!

BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | D | Darlington | Darlington enter administration

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Interesting stuff in the official statement:

Darlington | News | Latest | Latest | Darlington Football Club enters Administration

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From The Independent:
The move has been blamed on continued low attendances ... just 2,858 supporters turned out to watch last night's 2-1 defeat by Rochdale.

Good people of Accrington, please take note.

Meanwhile, the administrator seems to be accepting a 10pt deduction as inevitable.

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Let's hope the season ticket deal does make 'em sit up and take notice. If the prospect of just over six quid a match to watch league football (not counting the ad-ons) doesn't attract them, then I can't think what will.

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always feel sorry fer the fans n players in these sad cases, wynonie n meself were only talking about this after the game last night, the deductions penalise those mentioned only- in my book, n the cretins who caused it sit in their ivory towers safe from any real punishment.:(

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they wont be the last....
for all the moans on here eric does appear to run a tight ship, that hopefully means stanley will stay afloat...... more fans through the turnstiles would be a big help.

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Not to mention the number of suppliers, many of whom could be small businesses who might if they are lucky get a penny in the pound for outstanding debt.

Another club who have cheated, waited until they are safe then wipe the slate clean :mad:

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Thankfully we dont have a brand new ground like them with high maintance costs etc! Alot of debt are because of this!
So for people who want a new ground.... :rolleyes:

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from the Darlington website

"I bought the club two and a half years ago with a determination to achieve promotion and success. A key to my plan was to develop land around the club and use rental revenues to support the income from match tickets and develop the team to championship levels.

"The plan has suffered two setbacks. First, it has taken too long to expedite the required planning permission to bring the site to the market. Secondly, the recession has meant both that the football attendances have been lower and development opportunities will realise less money.

Why Build a 25,500 seat stadium when on gates under 4,000

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Yeah they should get a -25 point deduction for falling into admin during the season. Im sure thats part of the FA rules.

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just what i was going to say..on eric on:D

It's got nothing to do with a lack of support, as our perilous situation does.
Darlo could operate very smoothly on their average gates if they choose to work within their means. Building 25000 seater castles in the sand with 3k gates has only one outcome!
Once again football fans suffer because of the idiocy and greed of businessmen.
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I quite agree with the above, the powers that be at Darlo built a stadium thinking they were too good for league 2 - WRONG. They should have taken a leaf out of Wigan Athletics book and waited until they were promotion candidates for the championship and had a Rugby League or another team to ground share with, Rugby Union maybe. If I remember correctly, WAFC struggled for the first few years in the Football League but look at them now, challenging for Europe and still a selling team, buy them cheap and sell them on for a profit, Heskey being an exception.

Another point here, Yeah they should get a -25 point deduction for falling into admin during the season. Im sure thats part of the FA rules. as Nickelson as said, this is the second time they have gone into administration, surely that should be a 17 point at least deduction as with Bournemouth and Rotherham. Not that I wish that on them but once again a club is being allowed to stay in the league and get away with paying pennies in the pound, yet in '62 we resigned for being unable to pay our debts and that was accepted. Maybe these clubs should restart just like we had to all those years ago.

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Quite true Outback Ozzy,how times have changed!! Still don't know why we have to pay the expense of more seats,that we don't need!!

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Whilst we may not need the seats, we have to have them by league rules, which the club knew about 3 years ago when we got promoted, and personally I would rather watch this club in league 2 than the BSP.

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true ozzy, nobody wants em but a necessary evil, if some still say they still dont know "WHY" they should not be out without their carer.:D;)

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Thats my frustration,League rules, yet when there are a lot of clubs in financial difficulty,going into administration,we run a tight ship and to spend on seats that may not get sat on,seems ludicrous.It would be nice if the clubs who balance the books get a few points added on,to discourage the spend spend money they haven't got,screw the creditors take the points deduction and carry on.Take Leeds for example,owed the taxman £600k settled at a fraction of that,then announce profit of £4.5m,no mention of repaying,'Its a different company'...........

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Wonder if there will be any other points deductions for next season :confused: As I think there has been for other teams in the past (Rotherham) ????? Or have they been for seperate incidents...........

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Looks like history repeating itself for a third time :(

Never good news for any footy FAN..............


BBC Sport - Darlington chairman Raj Singh "assessing club position"

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BBC Sport - Darlington could fold by weekend, say administrators

Looks it will take an 11 and 3/4 hour bid to save the club from death:(

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I saw Darlo recently. They are saddled with a 20,000+ stadium that wouldn't be out of place in the Championship. God knows how much it costs to maintain. They've no chance of breaking even in League 2, let alone the Conference.

Something to bear in mind when a certain other club thinks of relocating?

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Whilst I can understand what you are saying about Darlington, I cannot see Mr Khan building a white elephant for Accy IF that is who you are referring to. The maximum size for the new ground will probably be slightly larger than what we are now playing with (approx 6,000 is my guess) with the ability to enlarge if (or should that be when) we get promotion. What Ilyas is looking at is the other facilities that can be built into the stadium complex such as a hotel/sports and athletics centre etc. There is absolutely no chance of us getting anything like the arena in Darlington for a while yet.:)

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Well said Ozzy.

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Donations welcome if you want to :o

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Middlesborough have allowed Darlo fans to do bucket collections before there home game v Burnley at the Riverside Stadium. Anyone on here who is on Burnley forums could you pass the message on.

I know this thread isn't to do with ASFC and should probably be in the Sports section, but we all know what the Darlo fans are goin through at the moment and the feeling of uncertainty that surround there club. :(

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Spot on and it might be nice for somebody from our club to try and organise a collection, as they helped us out on our Friday night S.O.S. night - just a thought - I know I would chuck a few quid in to repay their help!!

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Agree its a crap situation fer any set of fans as we know too well.

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End of the line and then a temporary reprieve.

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Hopefully the breathing space this offers will be put to good use.

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BBC News - Northwich Victoria left 'homeless' by ground sale looks very bad fer these lads also established in 1874.:eek:

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Just seen on S.S.N. Darlo relegated FOUR Leagues, think that now puts them six away from F.L. Footy, but still with a team............

As some of us know, cannot be easy for the FANs - who are probably not to blame!!!

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Been there, done it, got the T-shirt. Peel Park seemed empty in the 62-63 season with a few hundred there. I hate to think what a huge 25,000 seater stadium like Darlo's will be like with the same numbers. :(

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those fans have enjoyed the fruits of dodgy investments for some time with numerous trips to Wembley over the past decade so I'd not be too worried for them!

Like you said Val, at least they still got a team even if they have shafted all their creditors

Wynonie, Darlo have left the Arena now and will ground share with Shildon. The Arena stands empty ...

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Did not know that, that makes it an even sorrier situation...........

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I feel sorry for the fans really.

But as others have said, at least they still have a team.

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Just found a link on the B.B.C..............................

BBC Sport - Darlington relegated four divisions after FA recommendation

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Very sad fer the fans, Tis always them that really suffer!!! But fer me by not agreeing to pay the debtors,They should be kicked into oblivion as far as i'm concerned.

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it will be like playing in the early rounds of the fa trophy every week good luck darlo

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:( Very sad indeed feel for the fans,whos next a wonder:(

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Barrow :D

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Looks like the football creditors rule will stay as well

BBC News - Football repels taxman's bid to change creditors ruling

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A huge cash cow for the other clubs in that division. :)

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There's some positive thinking on an unofficial website at Its Northern League: News: Darlo Uncovered. Good luck and best wishes to them.

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What a great read that was, thanks for the link.

Good luck Darlo.

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Can only wish em well, Fans are football.

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I hope they make the long recovery back to the league

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I remember when we played our first home game back in the Football League against Darlington. They brought a very good following and to me that night epitomised the return of league football to the town of Accrington!
I Wish their fans well!:cheers:

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They beat us 2-0 as well! I brought a friend from Darlo and he stood with us on the Clayton End getting absolutely soaked through. Next season, first home match again, I promised him he woudn't get wet because we now had a roof. We had - it just hadn't been fitted! So we got soaked again - and we lost 3-0! Darlo fans must have thought of Accy as 'three points and a soaking'.

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Another development.

Oh dear.

We Get Knocked Down: News: Darlo Uncovered

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That could so easily have been us 3 years ago. :mad:

I also think that's what the Blackburn fans have coming. :(