Darlington United
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NorthumberlandBoro
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It's true, they've just signed Ragnar lothbrok to play centre forward.
Muttley
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Have you seen the state of the "Arena" recently?
What a mess. Rust all over the steel. There are big bills coming in a few years time that the rugby club and this nonsense (150 followers on Twitter) will not have anything like the readies to cover.
For comparison, aside from Darlington FC (National League North, 41,000 Twit followers) there is also Darlington RA FC (Wearside League, 3682 Twit followers)
newyddion
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Yeah I’ve seen the stadium.. nothing been done to it since it opened by the looks of it. Darlington United looks like a load of bollokcs.. just wondering if anyone knew what the.. banter was about?
Apart from it not making financial sense, both the national league and the league mowden park play in stipulate their fixtures must take priority so it's a non starter.
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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Why a non starter?
Both leagues stipulate their fixtures take priority
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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The North Riding level, which they're applying to join, have teams ground sharing with more senior sides.
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NortonExile
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It has probably been explained somewhere before but how did the Football team, with crowds of 2,500, struggle to pay the bills and upkeep at the stadium, yet the rugby team, with a couple of hundred followers, can afford to play there?
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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Wages perhaps?
atypical_boro
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Yes, this has always baffled me.
And yes I saw it the other day and for a “new” stadium it sure looks old.
atypical_boro
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Well I can’t see how any low level rugby team can afford the maintenance of a stadium like that, even if their players were playing for nowt and they were charging 500 fans £30 a seat.
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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It's not their club maybe?
Lots of towns have more than one team playing in the pyramid, there's a few in Teesside.
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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There's a lot of established money following rugby, sponsorship plays a big role in local team funding.
When Mowden sold their old ground they got millions for the land. This allowed them to buy the Stadium and still have a significant amount left.
If the man behind Darlington United genuinely has Darlington's best interests at heart, then he should, as suggested by a previous poster, invest in Darlington 1883.
Creating a new team will possibly take followers from the main club.
If the man behind Darlington United genuinely has Darlington's best interests at heart, then he should, as suggested by a previous poster, invest in Darlington 1883.
Creating a new team will possibly take followers from the main club.
uncle_rico
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Cool badge, but what’s the link between Darlo and vikings? The Rockets would have been better, surely?
Randy
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Why though? Darlo 1883 are a fan owned club so surely they'd turn down the opportunity to be solely owned again given this potential Darlington United FC owner had a few quid to throw about.
I don't see how they can go from north riding to northern premier League east in three years mind. The maths doesn't work.
I thought they funded it by selling their previous ground for housing.
Darlington United, The Vikings sounds like it should be a venture launched on April Fools Day.