1-0 down.

It's finally came to the point where I'm not even interested in biting. We're doomed, we're fucked and we won't be even here next season.

Genuine sympathy for the genuine fans.

But for the gobshites like Sussex:

IMO its a shame that they're going to the wall - and they are. Their genuine supporters are the mirror image of ours like it or not.

Quiz question....

Which idiot bet me 50 quid 2 weeks ago that Darlo would stay up?

Toot Toot!

...no, they're just down.

Hats off to your players today Pugsley ,to beat Millwall in front of only 3100 was quite impressive ..

Are you still here, you f***ing retard?

As said before, you can only dream of playing them. Give us a wave on your way to Gateshead next season.

...and there's the dilemma. After a lifetime of wanting to see them go tits up, it really does look like they're on the approach to their final crash landing in ultra slow motion and it isn't even funny. No I won't laugh if they go to the wall, whereas I'd piss myself laughing at beating them on the pitch.
If they do go, it's part of hour heritage being flushed down the pan in a way as well.
Mind you, if they suddenly found form (most unlikely) they'd be strutting their stuff, making their plans in the was only loids can and be as hyperactive as a chav on blue lemonades' Jack in the Box with a Chinese 'Atomic Death Rocket' firework (£7.99 from your dodgey firework dealer) jammed firmly up its ring-piece.

It was acgtually five weeks ago, and at that time we were five points from safety, so it wasn't all that bleak.

it was the friday after you won 1-0 against Burton, so it was more like 3 weeks or so and either way, you are an idiot

Don't lose the overview though. The number of lower league clubs who've been in the football league for decades and who are now in trouble is frightening. Chester playing Luton in the Blue Square Premier League yesterday for instance. Can they support professional players at that level?

I remember Mad John's bit about the politics of the premiership and how from their point of view it would be to their advantage if there were fewer lower league clubs to attract fans away from the 'big clubs' and that they're conniving to reduce numbers.

Looks like it's being born out by whats happening to smaller clubs all over the country.

I can relate to that , my piles are very painful this week ..God help me if i have to have two dumps in the same day ..

At least that explains the expression on Urko's face in your avatar

...as for the Pugsley jibe:

Not exactly Brad Pitt yerself, are you? R.I.P. Darlo F.C

They is nothing satisfying in watching Darlow go under like they are, its a shame to see them go out like this, it could just as easily be our club or any other lower league outfit going to sshit

Well said Mr Elvis.

I'll be in the dancing down York Road group with Mr Mutley, Mr Lightning Tree and Mr Avenger. Are you joining us?

As i have said before, on here, in fact. The demise of Darlo has also happened to other clubs and no doubt will happen to other clubs to come. That club (Darlow) has played its part in my life over the years and I have to admit that it is a shambles what has happened to a club which has been our rivals for so many years. We have had to witness and accept their gloating as they have had to endure ours. In the clear light of day and all things aside, part of me will be really sad to see it happen,

But most of me will laugh me tits off

Which road Ripper?

(PS God bless IOR)

Count me in for a party on DDD. (darlow Demise Day).

Laugh, I'd probably get a round in

I think I know what you are thinking Filip

I'll have a ticket

If we knew for a fact that Darlington were simply going to be relegated and nothing more I would allow myself a generous chuckle at their expense. Why not given the chants of "we're so rich its unbelievable" and "we'll never play you again" we had to put up with when Reynolds first bumbled into the club. Looks like the second chant is going to come to fruition although not as the Darlo fans expected!

But, as I've said on another thread, it looks like things could turn out to be much more serious than that and the club now resembles a drunk trying to pull his trousers up. I think I've gone past the stage of laughing at them.

That's not true at all. It could happen to any club. You say we are spending beyond our means, but so are Hartlepool I would imagine. it just happens that IOR can/do afford to write it off.

How are IOR spending beyond their means if they can afford it?

I love it when Darlo get beat and would join in the celebrations if they go out of the league, but I don't want them to fold...........they are too much entertainment value for me at the moment.
I haven't forgotten their taunts when they thought they were rich and wouldn't play us again. The last one looks like coming true, as far as league football is concerned.
However I am not daft enough to think that it couldn't happen to us.
The owners of Pools are seriously p***** off at our crowds and if their latest attempts to buy the ground are thwarted then their patience and commitment will be tried as it has never been tried before.
We shouldn't be complacent and smugly think that we're all right Jack, because believe me we're not.
How long is it before the owners start asking the big question......." do the council and townsfolk really want a football team at this level and above?"
There are about three thousand of us that currently do want a club.................not enough I'm afraid.

Your doing well and 3100 came to watch you on Saturday, football town ? Elephant dung ..

sorry but how many does our ground hold again??

i just love how sussex(if he is real)comes on here gets his arse smacked and disappears for afew days till the heat is off and then does it all again

Wrong again ,we've been getting our arse kicked for a long time if you remember .Whats heat to little ol me ?.

Quick search on google suggests Derby County from Premiershit on 27th March 2008

It usually hold about a couple of thousand

Derwent wrote:

If we can establish ourselves as a good League 1 club I'm confident that the crowds will move back to the 5-6,000 mark they were at a few years ago. The league table might suggest we're doing well but most of our home performances have been poor and have been so the past two seasons. The gates are more or less mirroring what we got in the relegation season of 2005/06 Most, myself included, expected us to get well beat on Saturday so I'm not surprised the gate was lowish. It will be interesting to see what the crowd is the game against Yeovil given they probably won't bring that many supporters and we're on the back of a good home performance.

well I will be there so that will be another +1 me and my mates get together at Christmas for a lads meal, we were going to go to Newcastle races but going in the box at pools instead then a meal later in the town.

Our crowds are way, way down on that season. We only had three sub 4,000 gates all season, and had 10 gates over 5,000 averaging nealry 5,200.

Fair do's, I stand corrected. For some reason I don't recall the crowds being that high.

Our worst season in this division is the relegation season and yet, so far this season by comparison, we are going to be down over £600k in revenue, if current gates continue.
That is extremely worrying.
Thank God that IOR cover the shortfall, but I can't help thinking that they must be asking questions about the towns commitment.

I suppose you could argue its worrying but, given what's happened, it isn't that surprising IMO.

The relegation season came on the back of a superb run to the league 1 playoff final though. Even though we got relegated you'd still expect crowds to be quite good. The excellent season in league 2 brought the gates right back up to the high 5000 low 6000 mark and the first season back in league 1 saw decent gates too.

But last season was very disappointing and this season has also not gone as well as many might have thought it would, the odd good display aside. To put it another way, I don't think its fair to compare the relegation season to the current one given what preceded them.

If Darlo did break the record for the earliest relegation, they'd make a plus of it.

Nah, they are going to pull of great escape.........


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u may not see the clubs you listed in trouble but do you remember halifax? altrincham? scarborough? maidstone? chester city? boston? etc etc
its quite funny that you list barnet, northampton and grimsby lol all of which im sure have a sound financial footing atleast one of these 3 are likely to be out of business in the coming seasons

Anyone fancy joining the Accrington fans on the 10th April, we're away to Wycombe, if that proves to be the decisive day.

I was there with a Sunderland supporting mate when they played Colchester, in what was their last chance to save themselves from the Conference the last time in '89, and send the Essex team down instead.

I can't make it I'm having an eye out that day, then I'm going to set fire to myself.

Apart from pay to watch the Boro I can't think of anything I'd rather do less I'll be laughing at them from a distance.

Not often I pick faults with you Phil but how do you know this? Or are you just taking a wild guess?

Well non of them have been in administration for a start and non of them are saddled with the echo chamber either.

Maybe not but Barnet need to relocate which will cost them a fortune. Also Northampton dont own their ground & there are rumours the council want them out for failing to pay rent.

What rumours that then...? No good questioning someone else's fact when you use the catch all 'rumour' line.

So Phil can use rumour as fact then? The only fact is we have that sodding arena and they dont!

i thought houghton still owned it and the football club were renting it?

I know we shouldn't laugh but;

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