Darlington, as we all know, spent one year out of the Football League with us dead men some 20 years ago. They pretty much pissed all over all us tiny part-timers and disappeared from whence they came.
We signed one of their Championship winning players a year or so later – Paul Emson, who formed part of our “old codgers” forward line which included Keith Walwyn and Ernie Moss and Methuselah. It became evident early on that Darlington’s rapid return to the Football League couldn’t have relied very much on Emson’s contribution, ‘cus he was rubbish!
One time grumpy little Poppies title winner Mark Cooper (remember him?) is their 73rd Manager in the past three seasons. He has been wowing the Darlington faithful this season with his witty banter and the slick one-touch passing game that has always been the hallmark of his teams.
Actor and writer Mark Gatiss (he tends to appear in such nerdy fare as Doctor Who and Sherlock) hails from Darlington. He is most famous for being only the second weirdest looking one from the “League of Gentlemen”.
Darlo’s nickname is the “Quakers”, which refers to an order of religious porridge oats that fled to the US due to persecution in England in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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There is an approximate ratio of 20 empty seats for every supporter at the Reynolds stadium. This is roughly equivalent to the ratio at the last Gary Glitter Christmas tour.
Finally, a couple of facts randomly thrown into the mix with the sole intention of producing half-a-bar for a certain ex-Travel Club luminary.
The first passenger rail service ever, in the WHOLE world, was between Stockton and Darlington in 1825. Oh, yeah, baby!
Stevenson’s Original No.1 Locomotive currently resides at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum. Keep going, yeah! And you can actually touch the engine itself! I’m there baby!
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