Darlington in administration

[obis]

this will be the third time.

[Eastside Urchin]

How can a club be allowed to go into administration 3 times,twice is bad enough but 3 times,do these clubs not learn anything??

[Wivenhoe Urchin]

When we and other local clubs place so much emphasis on good FA competition runs to raise the needed finance, I find it surprising that a non-league side that won the FA Trophy last season could still be in so much financial difficulty.

[obis]

Not fair on those that keep their books straight. I think they are only being deducted 10 points of I'm not mistaken. Should be kicked out of the cups. Are they still in the Trophy?

 

 

[Wivenhoe Urchin]

No, beaten by Grimsby in the last round.

[cup of tea]

Rather play Grimsby then Darlington to be honest.

Agree with EU, how can a club be allowed to go into administration three times?

If you go once through no fault of your own (just not getting any revenue) then you could understand it, but not three times.

[obis]

Wouldn't happen outside of football. Should be three strikes and out or automatic relegation.

( of course they lost to Grimesby. Doh.)

[Eastside Urchin]

its all a load of crap,the whole footballing world needs to be shaken up.

The governing bodies of world football should give all clubs a ten year period to get their houses in order,to become self sufficient,debt free.This would mean living in their means.

Football fans at the majority of their clubs havent got a clue what goes on behind closed doors and its wrong,fans are investors in clubs while they are paying their money to watch the games,they provide an income stream to the clubs via the turnstiles,bars,food outlets,shops etc and should know exactly what financial state their club is in.If a club simply can't afford to pay wages to get them out of the league they are in they either cut the cloth accordingly,tell the fans and the fans accept it or fold.This would then allow the fans to take control of the clubs (like AFC Wimbledon etc) and to be run with transparancy.

Many clubs feel pressure from fans to spend big but if they were honest with the fans in the first place,told them the situation,the majority would accept it.

[obis]

Totally agree