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charlotte
Darlington
Darlington supporter

Ranked #37,311 overall (top 22%)
#89 Darlington fan (top 26%)

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Average Darlington fan: 51.31

Average football fan: 46.99

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Grounds Visited64
92 Club12
Tours/Non-Football2
Wish List0
Miles Travelled7,399 How is this calculated?
Countries visited1
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First Game

Darlington v Rushden & Diamonds in November time in 2005/06 season. We drew 1-1 and I just remember Dave (Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu) scoring a last minute equaliser for us. The first Darlington player I ever saw score a goal haha! I was 8 years old at this time and I still remember just seeing so many empty seats in this arena, the crowd was probably around 3000+ at this time, which would have left 22,000 empty seats! It was ridiculous! Then in the 2006/07 season I got my first ever season ticket!

Best Game

For Darlington it's a hard decision, my top ones are:
- Darlington v Gateshead FA Trophy semi final games, we were 0-2 down at home in the first leg but went on to win 3-2 and then in the second leg the result was 0-0, poor game but the atmosphere amongst 2000+ Darlo fans in the away end was incredible.

- Darlington v Mansfield Town in the FA Trophy final also. 0-0 at full time so it went into extra time, and in the very last minute of extra time Chris Senior scored to win us that trophy. A 1-0 win at Wembley with the goal being in the last minute of extra time, could it get any better?

- Bishop Auckland v Darlington - our club had just been saved in the summer, demoted 4 leagues but the start of the journey back was amongst us and the atmosphere in a new ground, the thought of leaving that unneeded 25,000 seater arena, finally being fan owned, it was incredible. And we kicked off the season with a fantastic 3-1 win!

- Spennymoor v Darlington - We were on for a two horse race in the Northern League, we\'d both taken a point off each other at the previous fixture and this was a massive 3 points needed for both clubs. The attendance was around 2,670 with 1,500 Darlo fans cramped in the away end. The first and only game of the season in that league to have segregations. We went 1-0 down and were getting outplayed but then we completely turned the game around just before half time, upped our performance and Tez Galbraith equalized for us to put it at 1-1, our fans went absolutely crazy. Then in the second half, a beautiful pass from Tommo to Stevie Johnson who then crossed it into David Dowson who put it in the net to put us 1-2 up, gosh all I remember was being stood at the top of the steps then after the goal celebrations calmed down I was right at the bottom in so much pain. Tommo then made an excellent run down the wing and crossed it in, then it got flicked on to Nicholls who put us 1-3 up and again celebrations went unbelievably wild and people were falling everywhere, so many shirts came off, voices were raised, it was unbelievable. Great win and I actually went to the doctors a couple of days after I was in that much pain and they told me I pulled my calf muscle, hahaha.

- Darlington 3-1 Team Northumbria, we did it. We got promoted with another game yet to spare. The atmosphere was crazy. The celebrations were crazy. The emotion was crazy. It was just one of the best days. We won the league with 122 points, 13 points clear of 2nd place Spennymoor. And a goal difference of 110. It will never get as good as that! Won 40, drew 2, lost 4, scored 145 goals and conceded 35 goals.

For neutral games:
- Newcastle v Benfica was brilliant. The atmosphere was crazy from both sets of fans and I met some Benfica fans who were brilliant and hilarious. I\'ve been to many Newcastle games but none quite like that one.

Worst Game

That's a very hard question, following Darlington has already been so very hard. 3 administrations, 2 relegations and 1 demotion says enough! Although I have seen a Wembley win for the FA Trophy and a promotion from the Northern League division 1! But the worst games were probably in the 2011/12 season. Lincoln 5-0 Darlington was awful. Quite a few of us travelled to Sincil Bank to watch such a dire performance and the realisation that relegation was almost amongst us hit a lot of us really hard.

Too many that I like a lot to choose my favourite.

Worst Ground

Kirklands - home to Cammell Laird 1907

We arrived on the supporters coach and as someone said 'It literally looks like we're going to be stood in a horse stable' - nice little club but their ground was very poor.

 

64 Grounds Visited to Watch Football

#GroundTeam(s)Rating# VisitsMileageTot Mileage
1Arbories Memorial Sports GroundPadiham and Burnley Women--1115115
2Bedford TerraceBillingham Town, Billingham Town Reserves, Middlesbrough Women and Yarm & Eaglescliffe--12626
3Belle Vue ParkConsett AFC and Durham City--15353
4Blundell ParkGrimsby Town--1179179
5Bootham CrescentLeeds United U23, Middlesbrough U23 and York City--18484
6Bramall LaneSheffield United and Sheffield United Women--1158158
7Brewery FieldSpennymoor Town and Spennymoor Town Ladies--12727
8Brinkburn RoadDarlington Railway Athletic and Darlington Railway Athletic Reserves--144
9Coach Lane Sports GroundJesmond, Newcastle Independent Cabrito FC, Newcastle Independent FC and Team Northumbria--16969
10College GroveWakefield--1113113
11Darlington RoadWest Auckland Town, West Auckland Town Reserves and Bishop Auckland--12121
12Dean StreetShildon AFC and Bishop Auckland--11919
13Field MillMansfield Town and Mansfield Town Ladies--1192192
14Frenchfield ParkCarlisle United U18 and Penrith FC--19494
15Giant AxeLancaster City--1119119
16Globe ArenaMorecambe--1122122
17Hebburn Sports & Social GroundHebburn Town, Hebburn Town Reserves and Sunderland Ladies--16464
18Hillheads ParkWhitley Bay and Whitley Bay Reserves--17373
19Holker StreetBarrow--1145145
20Home ParkPlymouth Argyle--1610610
21Ingfield (4G Voice & Data Stadium)Ossett Town, Ossett United, Ossett United Ladies and Yorkshire--1114114
22Kingsmeadow (Cherry Red Records Stadium)Chelsea Ladies, AFC Wimbledon, AFC Wimbledon Ladies and Kingstonian--1442442
23KirklandsCammell Laird 1907--1196196
24Mariners ParkSouth Shields and Sunderland Ladies--16565
25Meadow ParkSunderland RCA and Sunderland RCA Reserves--15252
26Millfield GroundCrook Town--13232
27Moore Lane ParkNewton Aycliffe--11515
28Moss RoseMacclesfield FC, Macclesfield FC Reserves, Macclesfield Town and Stoke City U23--1181181
29Mount PleasantMarske United--14545
30Neuven StadiumBury AFC, Radcliffe FC, Blackburn Rovers Ladies and FC United of Manchester--1145145
31New Ferens ParkDurham Corinthians, Durham Corinthians Reserves, Boro Rangers, Durham City, Durham Women and Washington FC--13939
32North Street (The Impact Arena)Alfreton Town, Alfreton Town Reserves, Nottingham Forest U23 and Selston--1196196
33Norton Sports ComplexNorton & Stockton Ancients, Norton & Stockton Ancients Ladies, Norton & Stockton Ancients Ladies Reserves and Billingham Synthonia--12323
34PTS StadiumBillingham Synthonia--12626
35Queen's TerraceOssett Albion--1115115
36Riverside GroundRamsbottom United--1134134
37Sam Smith's ParkNewcastle Benfield--16767
38Seel ParkMossley AFC, Oldham Boro and Bury AFC--1143143
39SFC StadiumBamber Bridge, Blackburn Rovers Ladies and AFC Fylde Women--1140140
40ShawbridgeClitheroe and Blackburn Rovers Ladies--1110110
41Sincil BankLincoln City--1197197
42St James' ParkNewcastle United--16565
43ST&B Accountants StadiumKendal Town and Morecambe U18--19898
44Station ViewHarrogate Railway Athletic, Harrogate Railway Athletic Ladies and Harrogate Railway Athletic Reserves--17070
45Tameside StadiumBurnley U23, Curzon Ashton and FC United of Manchester--1147147
46The Calvert StadiumNorthallerton Town and Northallerton Town Reserves--12727
47The CitadelFarsley Celtic, Farsley Celtic Ladies, Leeds Carnegie and Albion Sports--19797
48The Crown GroundAccrington Stanley and Burnley Women--1122122
49The Darlington ArenaDarlington United, Darlington and Middlesbrough U23--122
50The International StadiumGateshead and Newcastle United U23--16262
51The Lamb GroundBurton Albion Ladies, Tamworth, Tamworth Academy, Tamworth Ladies and Aston Villa Women--1260260
52The New Bucks HeadAFC Telford United, Wolverhampton Wanderers Women and Wolverhampton Wanderers U23--1262262
53The Riverside StadiumMiddlesbrough--12929
54The Stadium of LightSunderland and Sunderland Ladies--15858
55Turnbull GroundWhitby Town--17575
56UTS StadiumDunston UTS--16262
57Valley ParadeBradford City and Bradford Park Avenue--19999
58Victoria ParkBurscough--1163163
59Victoria ParkHartlepool United--13838
60Victoria StadiumNorthwich Manchester Villa and Northwich Victoria--1187187
61Welfare GroundGlasshoughton Welfare--1111111
62Welfare ParkBedlington Terriers--18686
63Wembley StadiumEngland and Tottenham Hotspur--1422422
64Woodhorn LaneAshington and Ashington Reserves--19393
Total7,3997,399

2 Grounds Visited for Tours/Non-Football

#GroundTeam(s)Rating
1Home ParkPlymouth Argyle--
2The Stadium of LightSunderland and Sunderland Ladies--

 

1 Country Visited to Watch Football

#Country