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"Supporting Manchester United is easy, you
generally win something every year. The club has the
money to spend on the best players and youth development.
We could not see ourselves travelling up and down the
country to watch the likes of Darlington and Morecambe.
The loyal supporters of those teams are the real heroes
in football, not David Beckham"
Manchester United Independent Manchester
United Supporters' Association
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Welcome to the
Darlington Disabled Supporters Group
Click here for the latest news from the National Association
of Disabled Supporters
Its Back - join now
and help us continue to raise funds for Darlington
Football in the Community and the Club's Youth
Development ... STOP PRESS!!!! The Darlington Supporters
Trust has recently paid £1800 to support a project
involving MENCAP and FiTC to run a coaching scheme.
Help us keep up these Community based projects by
supporting the new Prediction League!!!
Come On Darlo 2008-09
Click Here to view the latest tables
The Darlo Bandwagon
just keeps rolling on and on!!! Who would have
thought after captain Steve Foster’s sending-off in
the 15th minute that it would result in a 2-0 home
win for The Quakers against last month’s form team
Lincoln City. But second half goals from Liam Hatch
and Ritchie Foran sealed the points and ensured top
spot in Division 2 (along with Wycombe) – four
points ahead of the chasing pack.
And like Darlo, Brian Main still heads the table
after our two-week break from the league programme –
now on 63 points. Martyn Cripps is only eight points
adrift in second on 55; Dan Duryea third on 53 and
John Sainsbury our only other half-centurion in
fourth on 50.
Beth Taylor and John Berry have improved their
position to joint fifth on 47 points with their
latest maximum scores and are within easy striking
distance of those top three places. Alex Wilson and
Lynn Pape are only a point adrift in joint seventh.
Other top scorers are: Dame Dicko, Dave Wilson, Eartha
Kitt, Humphrey Bogart, Jeff Maughan, John Scott,
John Shuttleworth, Keith Appleton, Kevin Kidger,
Kirk Douglas, Lesley Nockels, Lisa Fletcher,
Lucille Ball, Mark Battison, Martyn Walton, Neil
Raper, Phil White, Raymond Percival, Richard Collin,
Simon Monahan, Trevor Gretton, Vicky Richardson and
Wayne King.
Things are still tight at the bottom of the league,
with 9 points covering the last 12 places. Jonny
Simpson improves his points total to 6 to close the
gap in 171st place, with Mick Spencer, Richard Sole
and Tracey Mower are on 9. Maureen Taylor and Pat
Boone only just ahead on 11 points, then Craig
Harper just above with 14. Then a raft of managers
on 15 points – Andrew Pickersgill, Colin Wakefield,
David Munns, Mike Wells and Troy Lacend.
Darlo’s next game is away at Droylsen on Tuesday in
the first round FA Cup replay, which will be their
sixth cup game this season. Following this is a
seventh in the semi-final of the Football League
Trophy – so no final tally of cup games until at
least these two games are completed. Anyone predict
at least 7 cup games this season?
If you are unable to view the downloadable
files (in pdf format), please use the following
link to get a free copy of Adobe Reader:
"Get
Adobe Reader - free"
* The decision of Darlington Supporters' Trust is
final
Take the hassle out of shopping and
browse over 5 million available products at
www.buy.at/darlotrust.
Money raised is used to help Football in The
Community, Youth Development and the Darlington
Disabled Supporters Group.
Please help by buying from these great high
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Tell everyone you know
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Click here to check out the latest standings in the
Darlotrust's Prediction League - just how good a manager are
you?
Trust Lottery
Click Here to Join The Trust Lottery raising funds for FiTC
and Youth Development
Word Format Lottery Application Form
Click Here for the Latest Trust Newsletter - May 2007
Background to the DSG:
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Membership of the Disabled Supporters Group is available
free to all members of the Darlington Supporters Trust -
you can join by
clicking here. Membership of the Trust costs just
£5.00 for adults and £1.00 for junior members
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The DSG
recognises that there are many forms of disability apart
from wheelchair users and acknowledges the involvement
of carers, parents and other people in developing a
principle of integration not separation for disabled
people of all ages.
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If you
would like to help the DSG - whether it be by
fundraising or help with events or matchdays, please do
get in touch with us. You can email us on
or
telephone 0709 287 0189 (24 hours)
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If you
have any issues that you would like the DSG to look at
or discuss with the appropriate bodies, please do get in
touch with us. You can find our contact detail here or
email us directly on
Learning centre plans welcomed
Darlington Supporters' Trust has
welcomed plans by the football club for educational and
community facilities at the arena site. The learning centre
is part of £12m proposals, which include a hotel, football
pitches and indoor sports centre.
A spokesman for the Trust said: "The most exciting bit
from our point of view is the learning centre although we
plan to discuss with the Club the range of facilities that
will be made available for those with disabilities. The
Trust and our Disabled Supporters Group is keen to ensure
that the Club plays an important role in the local community
and clearly help and assistance for those with disabilities
is a key issue"
"We fully support the concept that football clubs are
close to their communities and this is long overdue."
The trust said it would look, as part of the
consultation, at the detail of the plans but was encouraging
of efforts to create off-the-field revenue for the club. The
plans include a classroom next to pitches for sports based
courses, allowing DFC to increase the size of its Centre of
Excellence to take up to 60 scholars. There will also be a
hotel and catering training centre, linked to the 100-bed
hotel, in a link-up with Darlington College.
Click here for
an
image of plans
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