LUFCLazza Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Having been a season ticket holder for 10 years ending the year before relegation to the conference and enjoying two trips to Wembley I am sad to see Darlington F.C on the verge of folding. Although I consider myself a big Leeds fan they will always have a place in my heart. This lead me to this where i an going to see how long I can keep the club afloat and how far I can get them. Game : Football Manager 2012 (PC) Version : Official SI 12.0.3 Database size : Large Leagues loaded : England (Blue Square N/S and above)Previous experience : Sunday morning footballer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFCLazza Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Darlington: A Background Founded in 1883, Darlington are a professional English club currently playing in the Blue Square Bet Premier. The club play their home games at Darlington Arena and possess fairly basic training facilities and basic youth facilities. The Darlington reserve team play at Norton (Teeside) Sports Complex. The club also has average junior coaching and a fairly basic youth recruitment network. The club is affectionately known as The Quakers and retains a fierce rivalry with Hartlepool United. As a club which enjoyed its best spell in the 1990s and their last competition win coming as recently as 2011, The Quakers are a club with a growing history. Darlington won the English 4th tier for the only time in 1991 and finished runners-up once, won the English 5th tier for the only time in 1990, won the FA Trophy in 2011, and won the Third Division North in 1925 and finished runners-up once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFCLazza Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Season 2011/2012 League expectation Blue Square Bet Premiership : Board expectation - Playoffs : Media expectation - 2nd Cup expectations FA Cup : 2nd Round FA Trophy : Semi-Final Transfer budget : £0k Wage budget : £14,250 p/w Current wage bill : £13,344 p/w Season tickets sold : tbc With an already strong squad the targets seem achievable. I will however try to bring in some experience to go alongside Liam Hatch upfront. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nastymiller Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 As a Rotherham fan, we have been close to folding a few times - wish you all the best mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFCLazza Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Cheers mate , it always seems to hit us when things start looking up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRL88 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Currently managing Darlo in my own career, but also live nearby. Best of luck mate . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abulezz Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Good luck with this save - cant wait to start reading! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 With you they'll never be in trouble again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I don't get your username if Darlington is the club you love. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazRTaylor Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 I don't get your username if Darlington is the club you love. The first paragraph explains why? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFCLazza Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 The first paragraph explains why? I thought it did well but basically Darlington are my hometown team so they are the reason I got into football. Leeds is too much for me to see regularly so these were my alternative. Speaking of which i shall be going to see their "last" game tomorrow against Barrow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityAndColour Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 With you they'll never be in trouble again. *Wipes tear* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 That will teach me to skim read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ism-scfc Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Sad to see Darlo go, will never forget the 5-0 there on the final day of the 06/07 season, even if it did end in disappointment anyway The only time I've ever walked out of a ground feeling dejected after thrashing someone 5-0! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFCLazza Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 The League On target for the media prediction and blowing my thoughts out of sight! I thought I would struggle going into this season but my team are doing superb, injuries have been setting up back with key players being sidelined for the games against the top three but I think we can have a end of season push and secure our playoff appearance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFCLazza Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Sorry about this taking so long, have a heap of coursework to finish and quite frankly it was depressing me as slowly my season fell apart as it came to an end The League This is where i tell you where I went wrong and how I feel but yeah... If only I could do a fergie and send out my assistant Thats it really...bring on the next season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnrsnes Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Shame about the end of the season. Good luck with your team in real life. As a Newcastle fan I'm always checking on Darlington's results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Ah, well could be a worse start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFCLazza Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Erm, so I was gutted with the previous season and now I have had a smaller wage budget than the previous staff had, lost all but 3 staff members and most of my crucial players. Luckily my youth players have stepped up and i have won and drew my first two league games, I also have Doncaster as my parent club so I will be loaning players. Wish I didn't complain last season now haha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpr Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Maybe there is hope? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy89 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I had a fantastic save with Darlington last year, good luck mate! Save this great cluba nd fill out that big white elephant! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFCLazza Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 The League In all honesty i have took a backseat in the league as I have been securing finances from cups, happy with it still, steady progress with virtually staff or senior players, at home against Man City in the Fa cup 3rd round...show me the money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iHeadHunta x Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Not a terrible start to the season in all honesty especially seeing your wage budget cut in the summer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebeccaP Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 With regards to financial concerns, many people do not have a ton of extra cash sitting around to pay for it. I guess even the team may encounter a lot of troubles having their budget cut for the summer so if ever you'll need assistance you can always go for a payday loan. I know this is a bit odd for me to share this here but I just want to help. Payday cash advances have become a significant service available to hard-working Americans who are not getting paid as much as they should. A New Jersey pastor has asked for an anti-payday loan campaign to start because he does not like payday lending. He does not realize that payday lending is for the average American who cannot constantly afford to pay the emergency bill without some help. You can get more info at: Payday Loan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 That's literally the best ever spam I've seen. I want to build a monument to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFCLazza Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Mainly wanted to do this to show you how I did in the FA Cup and to respond to iHeadHunta x. I'll start with the FA Cup so it starts positive! Round 3 Round 3 Replay From here I will include what iHeadHunta x said, I appreciate his thoughts but wouldn't mind him having a word with my board who are unhappy with my management of the team. This was after the first Manchester City match so In all honesty I wouldn't be surprised if my next update is me with another club as i've been sacked. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Darlington would love the gate money from those two games in real life. And further above is the biggest load of bollocks I've seen in this forum for some time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUFCLazza Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Well as predicted, injuries bit my season hard and i couldn't pick up a win with my reduced squad and my assistant left. I made two months of profit prior to my sacking, but I now am at Wycombe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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