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Football in 2020 has lacked many of the sounds which define the game. I’m just about used to computer game style fake crowds, the howls and shrieks of otherwise fit and strong adults as they’re given the faintest of touches by an opposition player adds nothing to my armchair viewing experience. Is their desire toContinue reading “Darlo Draw Bristol Rovers and Fans Dig Deep Again”

For the first time since their reformation in 2012 Darlington have beaten a football league side in the FA Cup. They took Walsall to a replay twelve months ago and this result shows the club is progressing well on their road to recovery. Marine of Merseyside from the eighth tier of English football rightly takeContinue reading “Darlo Make Headlines as Round 2 Calls”

Last Saturday the news many expected was announced, England was going back into lockdown. There are differences from March, including elite sport can continue meaning no suspension of matches in the Premier League or EFL. I’ve written before about what being considered “elite” means for a non-league team. Back in October we saw rules permittingContinue reading “After Covid Cup Confusion Where Will the Story Take Us Next?”

Darlington’s cup draw taking them to Swindon feels similar to twelve months ago. Then it was an away trip to League 1 Walsall, who I’ve a feeling were in better form than Town are now. The Robins, promoted from League 2 after lockdown brought last season to an early conclusion, sit in the bottom 4.Continue reading “Memory Lane Leads to Swindon”

It’s been a good week for Darlington Football Club. On Wednesday they announced an award of £90,000 of National Lottery funding which helps cover the club’s running costs for October to December. Whilst positive news it’s also a reminder to those of us looking from a distance of the extent that, without match day revenue,Continue reading “Darlo Progress as EFL Clubs Await”

Supporting Brentford, a team who have rattled around the bottom two divisions of the Football League for much of their history, my memory of significant moments can be found with teams deep in non-league football as well as the Premier League. Yeovil for example who join the FA Cup at the 4th Qualifying Round thisContinue reading “Darlington: The Arena, Administration and Their Role in the Manchester United World Club Controversy”

I once told a couple of well-spoken older men in a Cambridge pub that I wasn’t really interested in the Six Nations Rugby Union match they were watching as I “prefer Rugby League”. It’s fair to say I wasn’t welcomed as a cultural kindred spirit. “That’s a Northerners sport,” was their broad-minded view on theContinue reading “It’s Grim Up North in, Cambridge?”

Up to now I’ve relied on Twitter accounts updated by the clubs I’ve been following as my only way of getting a sense of how games have unfolded. However as we move through the rounds local media interest increases and, with a bit of North Yorkshire sporting history as the prize, BBC Radio York hadContinue reading “Taddy’s Hopes of History Wash Away With the Rain”

February feels a lifetime ago now. Could it really be the same 2020 where Storm Ciara caused wide-spread flooding in the UK? Imagine being told you had to work from home in March when your home had recently been invaded by a nearby river. Speaking to BBC Radio York this week to reflect on Tadcaster’sContinue reading “When a Storm Comes to Town”

Perhaps I peaked early with my post about the town of Tadcaster. After a 1-1 draw, several Twitter users describing it as hard fought in the rain, the Yorkshire side edged yesterday’s match at Seel Park to defeat Mossley 4-3 on penalties. As written before, this feels extra tough for any losing team given theContinue reading “Mossley Exit via “Kicks From the Penalty Mark””