FA Trophy Darlington - travel, pubs etc.

[RHB]

The weather forecast for Saturday afternoon is 10°c, feeling like 7°c because of the wind. Cloudy with the occasional sunny period and the first 6 rows of plastic seats are pretty much all available at the moment. So there is no need to sit on the wooden seats if you don't want to at the moment, and the sun isn't going to blind folk. It's not the West stand but you can't have everything.

 

[BALDY]

I would love to know what a proper football club is.

 

[RHB]

I would love to know what a proper football club is.

Well, according to @AndyDarloFC, Southend Utd are. So, by definition a basket case club with an adoring fan base which is skint more times than it's not and playing in a crumbling ground with a couple of Asbestos roofs and a main stand made from umpteen years old tinder dry wood. It's not hard to work it out when you put your mind to it it @BALDY mate.

 

[BALDY]

Well, according to @AndyDarloFC, Southend Utd are. So, by definition a basket case club with an adoring fan base which is skint more times than it's not and playing in a crumbling ground with a couple of Asbestos roofs and a main stand made from umpteen years old tinder dry wood. It's not hard to work it out when you put your mind to it it @BALDY mate.

OIC But you forgot to mention the toilets lol

 

[RHB]

OIC But you forgot to mention the toilets lol

I was saving that delight for @AndyDarloFC when he and his mates meander into the North Stand toilets.

 

[BALDY]

I was saving that delight for @AndyDarloFC when he and his mates meander into the North Stand toilets.

But are the buckets metal or plastic? lol

 

[RHB]

But are the buckets metal or plastic? lol

No buckets, it's a trough!

 

[EnglandShrimper]

I would love to know what a proper football club is.

Darlington?

 

[BALDY]

Darlington?

So are other clubs improper?

 

[BALDY]

No buckets, it's a trough!

On a serious note How could the toilets be so bad after covid.
How could they be left in bad condition?

 

[seves]

I've warned a few of them tonight what they are in for when they head south a week on Saturday lol

 

[BALDY]

I've warned a few of them tonight what they are in for when they head south a week on Saturday lol

Watch out in case the tide comes in early lol

 

[Quakers]

Does this mean I might as well bin Fossetts Farm from me SatNav?

 

[Mad Cyril]

Would you say that if we reached wembley .If we did there would be 10.000 plus glory hunters .Same as when we went to cardiff .20.000 followers .Also at wemberley same again . Its strange where these so called fans come crreeping out of the woodwork .

I hate the term glory hunters.

If we reach a cup final the more the merrier.

I have a lot more contempt for those who think that travelling to God forsaken hellholes every other Saturday somehow makes them more worthy of enjoying the meagre crumbs of success that somehow fall our way

 

[RHB]

Does this mean I might as well bin Fossetts Farm from me SatNav?

Absolutely not, well apart from the possibility that we get promoted this season.

 

[Quakers]

Absolutely not, well apart from the possibility that we get promoted this season.

I'll be on the road at 7 o'clock and with any luck (and a whip-round with a rather large cap next week) our band of butchers, bakers and candlestick makers will be tucked up the night before in a 5 star Premier Inn on the Esplanade to prepare for battle with football's elite.

 

[RHB]

I'll be on the road at 7 o'clock and with any luck (and a whip-round with a rather large cap next week) our band of butchers, bakers and candlestick makers will be tucked up the night before in a 5 star Premier Inn on the Esplanade to prepare for battle with football's elite.

Remember, don't go to Fossetts Farm next Saturday as it's just pretty blue fences around fields at the moment! Roots Hall post code is SS2 6NQ.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

I'll be on the road at 7 o'clock and with any luck (and a whip-round with a rather large cap next week) our band of butchers, bakers and candlestick makers will be tucked up the night before in a 5 star Premier Inn on the Esplanade to prepare for battle with football's elite.

The Castle Pub, to the east of your hotel was, pre covid, a reasonable family type pub. Those on the "golden mile" are so so. Usual stuff off High Street.

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

I'll be on the road at 7 o'clock and with any luck (and a whip-round with a rather large cap next week) our band of butchers, bakers and candlestick makers will be tucked up the night before in a 5 star Premier Inn on the Esplanade to prepare for battle with football's elite.

Where your staying is about a 25 min walk to the ground, which could take 3 hrs if you stop off in most pubs en route!.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

I'll be on the road at 7 o'clock and with any luck (and a whip-round with a rather large cap next week) our band of butchers, bakers and candlestick makers will be tucked up the night before in a 5 star Premier Inn on the Esplanade to prepare for battle with football's elite.

Two of the best eateries in the city are close to High Street.
Pipe of Port for traditional top end Brit food
IL PESCATORE for authentic Sicilian food.

Both are top notch, not cheap but ALWAYS quality.