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NOVEMBER With an undefeated October behind us, we head into November in good spirits. November see's us play local rivals Blyth as well as some top teams in this division as well as FA Cup 1st Round tie vs Football league side Tranmere rovers. To say I am gutted is an...

The Darlington FC Story - Back in the EFL? Darlington FC, The Quakers, a team founded in 1883 with a long history in the beautiful game, with many ups and downs, they are the perfect side to take charge of. As recently as 09/10 season, Darlington were a football league side before a decline...

SEASON 2 - PT3 SEASON 2 - PT3 New players, better results. September has been a lot more positive than August. We have brought in some new players to improve the squad and had a National League team take one of our players on trial. New Arrivals. First signing is a new LB in Ciaran Best...

SEASON 2 - PT2 SEASON 2 - PT2 This hasn't gone to plan... THE MATCHES In the last update I said that our first game of the season was at home. Well we had a fixture change and our first game was on a Tuesday night? Doesn't matter too much as we smash Pickering in the second half and we come...

SEASON 2 - PT1 SEASON 2 PT 1 After a good few weeks off, the boys come back refreshed and raring to go. Let's hope we can go one better this year and challenge for promotion. PRE SEASON Firstly, there were some new deals agreed...

SEASON 1 - PT8 Season 1 - PT8 This is going to be close It's the final few games of the season and all we need to do is keep our momentum. How did we get on? THE MATCHES We start of with a new deal to keep me at the club until 2021. Exciting times for not only myself but for the club. A...

SEASON 1 - PT7 Season 1 - PT7 Don't bottle it now boys! After our ten match unbeaten run, we find ourselves 9th and 6 points of the final play off position. Hopefully with the form we have been showing we can really finish this season strong.. THE MATCHES We start of with the news that...

SEASON 1 - PT6 Season 1 - PT6 We are finally working as a team. After the Frickley result we had a good rest due to the postponed fixture vs Loughborough Dynamo on New Years Day. So, 2019... How did we get on? THE MATCHES Like I said, we start of 2019 with a P due to a waterlogged...

SEASON 1 - PT5 Season 1 - PT5 The worst run of my career. Results were not going in our favor. The last four games we conceded a least 3 goals in each game and I needed to rectify that. Throughout this save I played very narrow football (4-2-2-2). It worked well within the first 5 or 6 games...

SEASON 1 - PT4 Season 1 - PT4 Nothing has changed... Another set of disappointing results has really shown the lack of consistency we have in this squad. I'm still putting this down to early days and the players still settling in but I can't keep holding onto this excuse.. THE MATCHES...

SEASON 1 - PT3 SEASON 1 - PT3 FA CUP MISERY & POOR RESULTS September has shown that when we show up to games we can win against anyone in this league. Having said that, when we don't... well you will find out. Firstly we had a new player come into the team. A new striker in Jordan Jowers...

SEASON 1 - PT2 SEASON 1 - PT2 In's & Out's | Pre-Season & August It's been a busy period since the last update with a new staff member and 8 new players coming into the squad. Below are the new members. IN'S & OUT'S Firstly, the newest staff member. Please welcome my new assistant...

AFC MANSFIELD Can we become bigger than Mansfield FC? At the moment, there is only one recognizable team in Mansfield which, as we all know is League two's Mansfield FC. But what if there was two? Bristol has two teams, Manchester has two teams, so why can't Mansfield? Follow me as we see how...

FARSLEY CELTIC F.C. Can The Villagers get to the Football League? Hello and welcome to my Farsley Celtic save. In this save I will be trying to take Northern Premier League side Farsley Celtic to the football league. I feel like this will take a few seasons to do but I am ready for the long...

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