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NottinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:58 pm

"this is a sad day in the long history of Darlington Football Club," chairman George Houghton said of the decision in a club statement.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 909576.stm

Obafemi Obsession · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:09 pm

Keep up John!

BarbaraWoodhouse. · **Joined:** Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:43 am **Posts:** 144

and deducted 10 points

loyal blue · **Joined:** Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:53 pm **Posts:** 1912

for gods sake. admin can we combine all of these threads or delete some or something?

BarbaraWoodhouse. · **Joined:** Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:43 am **Posts:** 144

just seen it is old news!!! ha

to be fair i've just woke up

walkies

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:47 pm

John is PiN, not NP! :razz:

ed-t-ball · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:04 pm

I just need those 3 numbers!

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:00 pm

They never did get into the Premier League did they?

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:01 pm

And they never will. rolfl

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:14 pm

Is that you Mark? Have you moved back to the promised land?

Mrs_McCunnie · **Joined:** Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:00 pm **Posts:** 84

Such a shame . . . . . . . . NOT !!! rolfl

Warwick Hunt · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:36 pm

Luton might overtake them in the league now.

Obafemi Obsession · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:03 pm

NottinghamPoolie wrote:

clappp

"this is a sad day in the long history of Darlington Football Club," chairman George Houghton said of the decision in a club statement.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 909576.stm

In that case and seeing as how it is your first post, fook right off! rolfl

Reefmonkey · **Joined:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:01 pm **Posts:** 755

Ok so we all have a laugh at Darlows predicament, but at the end of the day its another lower league club like Pools that could go out of existance and another sorry day for football at our level - whatever we may think, that they brought it on themselves, do we really wish that on a club, any club - at the end of the day it could have been us and how would it feel if we were in their shoes -

it makes you even more thankful for IOR

Obafemi Obsession · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:11 pm

Agreed. So why do you criticise them?

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

sad all round for lower league clubs when you see the prem creaming all the coin in
they did say on the news tonight that they had some interest in Darlo thirty minutes after the announcement
hope it works out for them

misterb2001 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:17 pm

its very simple for me. if you are a chairman or owners of a club, you have a certain amount of money you can afford to spend. Houghton went in knowing the financal situation and simply didn't have enough money to sustain it. That smacks of bad business to me. He took a risk and failed miserably. We are lucky we have IOR, they are aware of the financial implications of running a club like ours, and don't overpay or try to go too far too fast.

If you can only afford to sustain a club at league 2 level, then don't try and overstretch yourself hoping you will attract thousands more people than you normally do.

The clubs who are struggling now are the clubs who try to get more money by spending it wrecklessly by over paying players etc.

They deserve to be in the predicament they are in, however i do feel sorry for some of the fans at these clubs.

McMahon&Moore · **Joined:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:18 pm **Posts:** 35

Aye, and another 3 after them for all the headache pills and to keep the White Elephant Echo Bowl Arena afloat eh :razz:

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:20 pm

Reefmonkey wrote:

Ok so we all have a laugh at Darlows predicament, but at the end of the day its another lower league club like Pools that could go out of existance and another sorry day for football at our level - whatever we may think, that they brought it on themselves, do we really wish that on a club, any club - at the end of the day it could have been us and how would it feel if we were in their shoes -

it makes you even more thankful for IOR

Quite frankly, I couldn't give a shiny shite about 'Loids, or any other club come to think of it

After Gibson fooked off, we had to pay every bounder back, and the vultures stripped us bare, so fook the lot of 'em

Mrs_McCunnie · **Joined:** Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:00 pm **Posts:** 84

What would you do with the 9.99 change ??? rolfl

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:27 pm

ed-t-ball wrote:

I just need those 3 numbers!

What would you do with the change???

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:34 pm

What would you buy with the remaining money?

:wink:

tigro · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:43 pm

does this mean they will be deducted points, possibly next season or even this season?

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5095

Warwick Hunt wrote:

They never did get into the Premier League did they?

still hoping
mind it might be the BLUE SQUARE PREMIER LEAGUE rolfl

aptid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:49 pm **Posts:** 1506

adminisDARLOWtration

robbie_poolie · **Joined:** Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:15 pm **Posts:** 100

yeh there chairmans always say we want premiership football they cant even afford to run a team in league 2 never mind the premiership

Poolsrme · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:23 pm

I think their decline into their current predicament can be dEFIONed as starting with our only visit to that Monolith in Neasham Road. :roll:

Thankyou Mr. Williams clappp

Our loss was Jarrow Roofings gain :uhoh:

poolymadandstupid · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:35 pm

It's the real fans I feel sorry for. :shock:

There must be some Loids as daft on Darlo as I am on everything POOLS.

Some of the die hard 2800 must be feeling very let down and wondering what the hell is going to happen to their club. sadx

I know I would be feeling as though my heart was being ripped out if it was us going through it.

Yes I am guilty of a chuckle or two today,but on reflection I do feel for the genuine Loids that are going through the mill at the moment and must be wondering why us. taz

After all I hope they survrive and get our derby game back one day. :wink:

I am going for a lie down in a darkened room now. bbolt

Poolsrme · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:39 pm

I am going for a lie down in a darkened room now. bbolt

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Just like the Darlo fans when the floodlights go out 'cos they haven't paid the bill :wink:

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:31 pm

You'll probably have some money left over. Why don't you use it to go for a pint?

poolymadandstupid · **Posted:** Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:52 pm

Interesting to see it is only the football club up for grabs as the ground is staying with the current owners(whoever that is).

Reefmonkey · **Joined:** Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:01 pm **Posts:** 755

Obafemi Obsession wrote:

Agreed. So why do you criticise them?

Er I havent ? Some of the players yes, decisions, yes but IOR as owners never

Frodraff · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 1:09 am

loyal blue wrote:

for gods sake. admin can we combine all of these threads or delete some or something?

Sounds like someone wants the bunker to be reorganised. Will this involve loss of jobs. Its norra bank y'know

Nobodys Hero · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:30 am

Whats the odds the club is sold within days, and that Indian Bloke and Houghton, are part of the consortium that buy it?

And thats the problem I have with the loids, because they will all party, and gloat that the good days are back again, even though they will have all been fleeced by the two neckenders.

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:55 am

loyal blue wrote:

for gods sake. admin can we combine all of these threads or delete some or something?

No.

We can't.

We aren't the flaming British Library. :evil:

I would have said that the title pretty much held the clue to what was in the thread like.

Poolie_on_Tyne · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 8:54 am

poolymad wrote:

Interesting to see it is only the football club up for grabs as the ground is staying with the current owners(whoever that is).

There's an interview on the Northern Echo site. The ground & surrounding land is owned by George Houghton, so possibly the only thing he's lost is the unpaid rent he's been charging them. He talks about losing £60k a week; that survival is possible if 4/5 investors put in £200k/300k each; Pools crowds are 5000! What an out-of-touch-with-reality, so called, business man.

One thing he did get right is the fat-cat Premiership clubs who couldn't care less about the Coca Cola Football League

Poolie_on_Tyne · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:02 am

misterb2001 wrote:

its very simple for me. if you are a chairman or owners of a club, you have a certain amount of money you can afford to spend. Houghton went in knowing the financal situation and simply didn't have enough money to sustain it. That smacks of bad business to me. He took a risk and failed miserably. We are lucky we have IOR, they are aware of the financial implications of running a club like ours, and don't overpay or try to go too far too fast.

If you can only afford to sustain a club at league 2 level, then don't try and overstretch yourself hoping you will attract thousands more people than you normally do.

The clubs who are struggling now are the clubs who try to get more money by spending it wrecklessly by over paying players etc.

They deserve to be in the predicament they are in, however i do feel sorry for some of the fans at these clubs.

Fully agree. So before all the clamouring re-starts about buying the ground & splashing out on players, let's keep that in mind. Didn't West Hartlepool Rugby Club splash the cash on players & end up paying the penalty? Maybe IOR have seen from this what can happen, or not happen, in the town

Dugoutpaddy · **Joined:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:23 am **Posts:** 1772

I think there is a danger that a LOT more clubs will be facing a crisis over the next 12-18 mths, hopefully IORs tight financial grip will pay dividends in as much as we do not become one of those clubs.

Tony Parry mentioned earlier about some divisions becoming semi pro, well I think we will see the first semi pro teams in our leagues in the not too distant future.

Semi pro teams in the Northern League Division 1
Coming to a stadium near you violin

But at least the premiership players and teams will survive :roll:

parmopooly · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:12 am

I refused to throw anything in Bournemouth's buckets too - did they give a rat's arse about Pools??
Course they did....................

Dugoutpaddy · **Joined:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:23 am **Posts:** 1772

No WHRFC were shafted by their chairman over land, not for buying players

parmopooly · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:15 am

aye but their dopey supporters still tried to blame Pools for not letting them take the dressing rooms away.
Yeah, right.
Couldn't give a toss about them either. Rugby fans are stuck-up c-unts

Dugoutpaddy · **Joined:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:23 am **Posts:** 1772

Cheerful this morning Mr Parmo?
:laugh:

parmopooly · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:30 am

of course

norgepoolie · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:36 am

Something smells funny about all this (not just the Darlo fans!).

Administration usually follows warnings the from the Chairman, pleas for increased support, unpaid debts, players not getting paid etc etc.

If you'd told me to guess the League 2 club going into admin this week, Darlo would have been low down the list.

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

I think it was reported that the Asian director feller walked away a couple of weeks ago.

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

misterb2001 wrote:

its very simple for me. if you are a chairman or owners of a club, you have a certain amount of money you can afford to spend. Houghton went in knowing the financal situation and simply didn't have enough money to sustain it. That smacks of bad business to me. He took a risk and failed miserably. We are lucky we have IOR, they are aware of the financial implications of running a club like ours, and don't overpay or try to go too far too fast.

If you can only afford to sustain a club at league 2 level, then don't try and overstretch yourself hoping you will attract thousands more people than you normally do.

The clubs who are struggling now are the clubs who try to get more money by spending it wrecklessly by over paying players etc.

They deserve to be in the predicament they are in, however i do feel sorry for some of the fans at these clubs.

At the outset, I think George Houghton said that he was in this till 2010 he has gone a season earlier, having got the ground and surrounding area for development which he still holds. The credit crunch came and crunched him, also the Darlo council have been dragging their heels on planning permission,
I said some time ago that it is a great conference centre with a lovely garden in the middle.

threepintwonder · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:08 am

has he walked so him and houghton can buy the club debt free,it said on the news that houghton can buy the club back ala ken bates

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:11 am

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

And they never will. rolfl

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:11 am

Frodraff wrote:

loyal blue wrote:

for gods sake. admin can we combine all of these threads or delete some or something?

Sounds like someone wants the bunker to be reorganised. Will this involve loss of jobs. Its norra bank y'know

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:34 pm

Poolie_on_Tyne wrote:

Didn't West Hartlepool Rugby Club splash the cash on players & end up paying the penalty? Maybe IOR have seen from this what can happen, or not happen, in the town

Yes West did splash all their cash and assets on the playing side. They gambled absolutely everything and it was lousy business. But they didn't have anywhere near the same resources as the Norwegians. We're talking magnitudes of difference.

I somehow can't see Larsen mortgaging oil platforms to buy new players and pay their wages.

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