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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Darlington" title="FC Darlington – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="FC Darlington" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_Football_Club" title="Darlington Football Club – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Darlington Football Club" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86" title="باشگاه فوتبال دارلینگتون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باشگاه فوتبال دارلینگتون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_Football_Club_1883" title="Darlington Football Club 1883 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Darlington Football Club 1883" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%AC%EB%A7%81%ED%84%B4_FC" title="달링턴 FC – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="달링턴 FC" data-language-autonym="한국어" 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Football Club" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_FC" title="Darlington FC – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Darlington FC" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_FC" title="Darlington FC – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Darlington FC" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_FC" title="Darlington FC – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Darlington FC" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%81_%D8%B3%D9%89" title="دارلينجتون اف سى – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دارلينجتون اف سى" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_FC" title="Darlington FC – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Darlington FC" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_Football_Club" title="Darlington Football Club – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Darlington Football Club" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B1)" title="Дарлингтон (футбольный клуб) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Дарлингтон (футбольный клуб)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlington_F.C." title="Darlington F.C. – Simple English" 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height: 36px; background-color: #0B0B45"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #87CEEB"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Kit_socks_joma_black.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; 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left: 69px; top: 0px; width: 31px; height: 59px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/31px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/47px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Kit_right_arm.svg/62px-Kit_right_arm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="31" data-file-height="59" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px; background-color: #FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 59px; width: 100px; height: 36px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #FFFFFF"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_jersey" title="Third jersey">Third colours</a></b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Darlington Football Club</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> club based in <a href="/wiki/Darlington" title="Darlington">Darlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">County Durham</a>, England. As of the 2023–24 season, the team competes in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a>, at the sixth level of English football. </p><p>The club was founded in 1883, and played its matches at <a href="/wiki/Feethams" title="Feethams">Feethams</a>. The club originally played in regionally organised leagues, and was one of the founding members of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Football_League" title="Northern Football League">Northern League</a> in 1889. They were first admitted to <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">the Football League</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Third Division North</a> was formed in 1921. They won the Third Division North title in 1925, and their 15th place in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> in 1926 remains their highest ever league finish. After their admission to the League, they spent most of their history in the bottom tier. They won the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North_Cup" title="Football League Third Division North Cup">Third Division North Cup</a> in 1934, their first victory in nationally organised cup competition. They reached the last 16 of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> twice, and the quarter-final of the <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">League Cup</a> once, in 1968. In the early 1990s they won successive titles, in the <a href="/wiki/Conference_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference National">Conference National</a> in 1990 and the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> in 1991. In 2011 they won the <a href="/wiki/2011_FA_Trophy_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 FA Trophy Final">FA Trophy</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a> 1–0 at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a>. </p><p>Darlington moved to the <a href="/wiki/All-seater" class="mw-redirect" title="All-seater">all-seater</a>, 25,000-capacity <a href="/wiki/The_Darlington_Arena" title="The Darlington Arena">Darlington Arena</a> in 2003. The cost of the stadium was a major factor in driving the club into <a href="/wiki/Administration_(British_football)" title="Administration (British football)">administration</a> in 2003, 2009, and 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the fan owned club was unable to agree a <a href="/wiki/Trading_while_insolvent#Company_voluntary_agreement" title="Trading while insolvent">creditors voluntary agreement</a> it was expelled from the <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">Football Association</a> (FA). A new club was immediately formed and moved to Blackwell Meadows stadium but the FA ruled that, as a new club, it must have a different playing name from the expelled club. The name chosen was <b>Darlington 1883</b>, and that club was placed in the Northern League Division One, the ninth tier of English football, for the 2012–13 season. They won three promotions in four seasons before the FA approved their request to change to the traditional Darlington FC name. </p><p>The club have at times worn strips of black and white shirts, black shorts and black and white socks. The club's crest depicts <a href="/wiki/Locomotion_No._1" title="Locomotion No. 1"><i>Locomotion</i> No. 1</a>, referring to the town's railway history; as well as a stylised <a href="/wiki/Quakers" title="Quakers">Quaker</a> hat, referring to the religious movement that had a historic influence on the town, and which was the source of the team's nickname, the Quakers. The club's main rival's historically are Hartlepool United. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_and_pre-war">Founding and pre-war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding and pre-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darlington_FC_Winners_of_the_Cleveland_Challenge_Cup_1887.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Darlington_FC_Winners_of_the_Cleveland_Challenge_Cup_1887.jpg/220px-Darlington_FC_Winners_of_the_Cleveland_Challenge_Cup_1887.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Darlington_FC_Winners_of_the_Cleveland_Challenge_Cup_1887.jpg/330px-Darlington_FC_Winners_of_the_Cleveland_Challenge_Cup_1887.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Darlington_FC_Winners_of_the_Cleveland_Challenge_Cup_1887.jpg/440px-Darlington_FC_Winners_of_the_Cleveland_Challenge_Cup_1887.jpg 2x" data-file-width="621" data-file-height="385" /></a><figcaption>The 1887 team posing with the Cleveland Challenge Cup</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 1883, a meeting was called in Darlington Grammar School to address concerns that so few <a href="/wiki/Darlington" title="Darlington">Darlington</a>-based football clubs were entering the major competition in the region, the <a href="/wiki/Durham_Challenge_Cup" title="Durham Challenge Cup">Durham Challenge Cup</a>. The meeting agreed with the view expressed by the <i><a href="/wiki/Darlington_%26_Stockton_Times" title="Darlington & Stockton Times">Darlington & Stockton Times</a></i> newspaper, that there was "no club, urban or rural, sufficiently powerful to worthily represent Darlington", decided to form a new club, and elected one Charles Samuel Craven, a local engineer, as secretary. Darlington Football Club duly entered the Durham Challenge Cup, reached the final in their first season, and won the trophy in 1885.<sup id="cite_ref-Echo_Memories_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echo_Memories-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Durham_Cup_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Durham_Cup-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following season Darlington entered the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> for the first time, only to lose 8–0 to <a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-History_In_Brief_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_In_Brief-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Craven was instrumental in the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_League_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern League (football)">Northern League</a> in 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-Echo_Memories_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Echo_Memories-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darlington were one of the founder members, and went on to win the league title in 1896 and 1900; they reached the semi-final of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Amateur_Cup" title="FA Amateur Cup">FA Amateur Cup</a> in the same two seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darlington-1910-11.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Darlington-1910-11.jpg/220px-Darlington-1910-11.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Darlington-1910-11.jpg/330px-Darlington-1910-11.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Darlington-1910-11.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="238" /></a><figcaption>The Darlington team of the 1910–11 season, who reached the last 16 of the FA Cup</figcaption></figure> <p>The club turned professional in 1908 and joined the <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_League" title="North Eastern League">North Eastern League</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_FA_Cup" title="1910–11 FA Cup">1910–11</a> season saw Darlington reach the last 16 of the FA Cup, progressing through five qualifying rounds to lose to <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> in the third round proper, and two years later they won the North Eastern League.<sup id="cite_ref-History_In_Brief_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_In_Brief-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ground improvements begun before the First World War left the club in financial difficulty during it; the chairman of Darlington Forge Albion financed the completion of the East Stand and cleared the debts, allowing them to continue to compete.<sup id="cite_ref-Inglis_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inglis-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When competitive football resumed after the war, Darlington finished second in the North Eastern League, and were champions for a second time the following year. This victory was well timed, as it coincided with the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Northern Section</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">the Football League</a>'s Third Division, which Darlington were invited to join.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Their first season in the Third Division was a successful one and they ended up in second place. Three years later, in 1924–25, they were champions and won promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a>. The 15th-place finish in 1926 remains Darlington's best League performance,<sup id="cite_ref-records_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-records-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but they were <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">relegated</a> back to the Third Division in 1927, where they remained until the Second World War put an end to competitive football. They came as high as third in 1929–30, but twice had to apply for re-election to the League, in 1932–33 and 1936–37, after finishing in last place in the section.<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1934, they enjoyed their first success in a nationally organised cup competition, defeating <a href="/wiki/Stockport_County_F.C." title="Stockport County F.C.">Stockport County</a> 4–3 at <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a> to win the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North_Cup" title="Football League Third Division North Cup">Football League Third Division North Cup</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-History_In_Brief_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_In_Brief-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and reached the final again two years later, this time losing 2–1 at home to <a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3ncup_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3ncup-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war">Post-war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darlington_FC_League_Performance.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Darlington_FC_League_Performance.svg/300px-Darlington_FC_League_Performance.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Darlington_FC_League_Performance.svg/450px-Darlington_FC_League_Performance.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Darlington_FC_League_Performance.svg/600px-Darlington_FC_League_Performance.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="674" /></a><figcaption>Chart of Darlington's yearly table positions in the football league.</figcaption></figure><p>Soon after <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">the Football Association</a> gave permission for competitive matches to be played under floodlights, Darlington beat <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United</a> 3–1 in the first floodlit FA Cup match between Football League clubs, a <a href="/wiki/Replay_(sports)" title="Replay (sports)">replay</a> held at <a href="/wiki/St_James%27_Park" title="St James' Park">St James' Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a>'s ground, in November 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-NUFClights_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NUFClights-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_floodlit"><a href="#endnote_floodlit">[B]</a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_FA_Cup" title="1957–58 FA Cup">1957–58</a> season saw the club equal their previous best FA Cup run, reaching the last 16 by defeating <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a>, Football League champions only three years earlier, in the fourth round. After letting slip a three-goal lead at <a href="/wiki/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium)" title="Stamford Bridge (stadium)">Stamford Bridge</a>, Darlington won the replay 4–1 after <a href="/wiki/Extra_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra time">extra time</a>, described as "a most meritorious win, earned by a combination of sound tactics and an enthusiasm that Chelsea never equalled" by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a>'</i> correspondent, who felt it "surprising that extra time was necessary, for Darlington always seemed to have the match well in hand".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the League, Darlington's fourth place in 1948–49 was their only top-half finish in the first twelve seasons after the war, and when the regional sections of the Third Division were merged, they were allocated to the new <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Supporters' Club raised £20,000 to pay for a roof at one end of the <a href="/wiki/Feethams" title="Feethams">Feethams</a> ground and for floodlights, which were first used on 19 September 1960. Later that night, the West Stand burned down due to an electrical fault.<sup id="cite_ref-Inglis_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Inglis-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darlington's attendance record, of 21,023 against <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">League Cup</a> fourth round, was set two months later.<sup id="cite_ref-Anniv_42-83_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anniv_42-83-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the management of <a href="/wiki/Lol_Morgan" title="Lol Morgan">Lol Morgan</a>, they won promotion to the Third Division in 1966. A crowd of 16,000 watched the draw against <a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> on the last day of the season which ensured they finished as runners-up, but they were relegated the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-Anniv_42-83_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anniv_42-83-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Darlington reached the quarter-finals of the <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Football_League_Cup" title="1967–68 Football League Cup">1968 League Cup</a>; drawn away to <a href="/wiki/Brian_Clough" title="Brian Clough">Brian Clough</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a>, they took the lead, only to lose 5–4. During the 1970s the club had to apply for re-election to the League five times, and by 1982 they were facing a financial crisis which they survived thanks to fundraising efforts in the town.<sup id="cite_ref-Anniv_42-83_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anniv_42-83-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three years later they won promotion by finishing third in the league under manager <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Knowles" title="Cyril Knowles">Cyril Knowles</a>. Darlington spent two seasons in the Third Division; the 13th-place finish in 1986 was the highest position they achieved in the Football League since the introduction of the four-division structure in 1958, but they were relegated <a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_in_English_football" title="1986–87 in English football">the following season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though <a href="/wiki/Brian_Little_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Little (footballer)">Brian Little</a>'s appointment as manager in February 1989 was too late to stave off relegation to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(English_football)" title="National League (English football)">Conference</a>, he went on to lead them to successive promotions.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An immediate return to the Football League as Conference champions preceded the Fourth Division title in 1990–91, but Little's departure for <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester City</a> was followed by relegation and a succession of short-term managers.<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Anniv_84-125_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anniv_84-125-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-soccerbase_managers_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccerbase_managers-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They came close to a return to the Third Division via the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Two_play-offs" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Two play-offs">play-offs</a> in 1996; on their first visit to <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">Wembley</a>, against <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Argyle_F.C." title="Plymouth Argyle F.C.">Plymouth Argyle</a>, they were beaten by a <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Mauge" title="Ronnie Mauge">Ronnie Mauge</a> goal.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_stadium,_administration_and_decline"><span id="New_stadium.2C_administration_and_decline"></span>New stadium, administration and decline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: New stadium, administration and decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1999–2000 season, the first under <a href="/wiki/George_Reynolds_(businessman)" title="George Reynolds (businessman)">George Reynolds</a>' chairmanship, was marked by Darlington becoming the first team to lose an FA Cup tie and still qualify for the next round. <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>'s involvement in the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="FIFA Club World Championship">FIFA Club World Championship</a> meant they did not enter the FA Cup. To decide who took their place, a "lucky losers" draw was held from the 20 teams knocked out in the second round; Darlington were selected, and lost their third-round tie 2–1 to <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> at <a href="/wiki/Villa_Park" title="Villa Park">Villa Park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their second Wembley appearance came later that season, facing <a href="/wiki/Peterborough_United_F.C." title="Peterborough United F.C.">Peterborough United</a> in the play-off final after automatic promotion had seemed certain earlier in the season. After a 3–0 aggregate semi-final win over <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a>, Quakers missed numerous chances and were again undone by a single goal, this time from <a href="/wiki/Andy_Clarke_(footballer)" title="Andy Clarke (footballer)">Andy Clarke</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, Darlington made unsuccessful approaches to sign international stars <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne" title="Paul Gascoigne">Paul Gascoigne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Faustino_Asprilla" title="Faustino Asprilla">Faustino Asprilla</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and moved into their new stadium, named the <a href="/wiki/The_Darlington_Arena" title="The Darlington Arena">Reynolds Arena</a>, in summer 2003. Reynolds had paid the club's debts when he took over, but the cost of the stadium, partly financed with high-interest loans and built without realistic expectation of filling it, drove the club into <a href="/wiki/Administration_(British_football)" title="Administration (British football)">administration</a> six months later.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_holds_key_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds_holds_key-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reynolds resigned as a director in January 2004 with the club under threat of imminent closure. A benefit match, featuring footballers such as Gascoigne, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Bryan Robson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Dalglish" title="Kenny Dalglish">Kenny Dalglish</a>, played in front of a crowd of over 14,000, raised £100,000 to help ensure survival in the short term.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the off-field problems, <a href="/wiki/David_Hodgson_(footballer)" title="David Hodgson (footballer)">David Hodgson</a>, in his third spell as manager, and his players produced some fine performances as the team avoided relegation.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darlington_arena_002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Darlington_arena_002.jpg/220px-Darlington_arena_002.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Darlington_arena_002.jpg/330px-Darlington_arena_002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Darlington_arena_002.jpg/440px-Darlington_arena_002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Darlington playing <a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a> at the Darlington Arena in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>At the end of the season, Reynolds was obliged to hand over control to the Sterling Consortium to bring the club out of administration,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Davies" title="Stewart Davies">Stewart Davies</a> taking over as chairman. He and his staff adopted a fan-friendly approach, in contrast to the abrasive Reynolds, before in 2006, the club was sold to property developer <a href="/wiki/George_Houghton_(businessman)" title="George Houghton (businessman)">George Houghton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds_holds_key_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds_holds_key-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For four consecutive seasons, under Hodgson, sacked in 2006, and then under successor <a href="/wiki/Dave_Penney" title="Dave Penney">Dave Penney</a>, the Quakers finished in the top half of the table, reaching the play-off semi-final in 2008 only to lose to <a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a> on penalties.<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2009, Darlington again went into administration, triggering an automatic 10-point deduction, without which they would have again reached the play-offs.<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_admin_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_admin-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fundraising efforts kept the club going,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but when no buyer was found for the club by a May deadline, the administrators made the majority of the first-team squad available for transfer and cut staff numbers to a minimum.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 May, Houghton returned to the club as chairman, appointed former <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> boss <a href="/wiki/Colin_Todd" title="Colin Todd">Colin Todd</a> as manager,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and brokered an agreement which led to the club coming out of administration and ownership passing to local businessman <a href="/wiki/Raj_Singh_(businessman)" title="Raj Singh (businessman)">Raj Singh</a> and enabling it to compete in the 2009–10 season without any points deduction.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Todd left the club after losing seven of his first nine games<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was replaced by former <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_national_football_team" title="Republic of Ireland national football team">Republic of Ireland</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Steve_Staunton" title="Steve Staunton">Steve Staunton</a>, who only won four of 23 league games.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CooperIn_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CooperIn-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The club were eventually relegated to the Conference,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and suffered more managerial turmoil during the summer when <a href="/wiki/Simon_Davey" title="Simon Davey">Simon Davey</a> and successor <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kidd" title="Ryan Kidd">Ryan Kidd</a> both left within 11 days, to leave <a href="/wiki/Mark_Cooper_(footballer,_born_1968)" title="Mark Cooper (footballer, born 1968)">Mark Cooper</a> in charge.<sup id="cite_ref-CooperIn_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CooperIn-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He led the club to victory in the <a href="/wiki/2011_FA_Trophy_final" title="2011 FA Trophy final">2011 FA Trophy final</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Mansfield_Town_F.C." title="Mansfield Town F.C.">Mansfield Town</a> 1–0 with a goal from Chris Senior in the last minute of <a href="/wiki/Extra_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Extra time">extra time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a succession of poor performances at the start of the 2011–12 season, Cooper and his assistant <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dryden" title="Richard Dryden">Richard Dryden</a> were sacked by the club in October.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A little more than two months later, Singh placed the club into administration for the third time in less than a decade.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of players were released and allowed to join other clubs for nominal fees in January before interim manager <a href="/wiki/Craig_Liddle" title="Craig Liddle">Craig Liddle</a> and the remaining playing staff had their contracts terminated by Darlington's administrator.<sup id="cite_ref-EchoNoplayers_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EchoNoplayers-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two days later, the club was spared from liquidation after a last-minute injection of funding by supporters' groups.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enough funds were raised for Darlington to complete the season,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but relegation was confirmed with three matches remaining.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Darlington_1883">Darlington 1883</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Darlington 1883"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 3 May 2012, the club was taken over by DFC 1883 Ltd with the intention of moving into community ownership. Because it failed to agree a <a href="/wiki/Trading_while_insolvent#Company_voluntary_agreement" title="Trading while insolvent">creditors voluntary agreement</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the club was expelled from the Football Association and was eventually wound up in the High Court. DFC 1883 Limited immediately formed a new club. Because the club proposed to play at a ground without the required grading for the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League" title="Northern Premier League">Northern Premier League</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Wilson_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wilson-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the new club was placed in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Football_League" title="Northern Football League">Northern League</a> Division One, by the Football Association.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Martin_Gray_(footballer)" title="Martin Gray (footballer)">Martin Gray</a> was appointed manager.<sup id="cite_ref-June2012Mgmt_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-June2012Mgmt-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An appeal against the new club not being treated as a continuation of the old club was rejected, confirming that the club was to be treated as a new club and would not be able to play under the name Darlington F.C.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new owners opted to name the new club Darlington 1883.<sup id="cite_ref-rename_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rename-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darlington_Fans_Invading_the_pitch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="People in everyday clothing on football pitch" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/Darlington_Fans_Invading_the_pitch.jpg/220px-Darlington_Fans_Invading_the_pitch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/Darlington_Fans_Invading_the_pitch.jpg/330px-Darlington_Fans_Invading_the_pitch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/Darlington_Fans_Invading_the_pitch.jpg/440px-Darlington_Fans_Invading_the_pitch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Fans celebrate winning the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Northern_Football_League" title="2012–13 Northern Football League">2013 Northern League</a> title.</figcaption></figure><p>In February 2013, the club became 100% fan- and community-owned after the Darlington Football Club Community Interest Company (DFC CIC), representing around 800 members, had taken a 52% stake; the Supporters' Club held 15%, and individual fans held the remaining 33%.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new ownership were committed to paying off debts incurred under the previous owners; five months later, the club made a final payment on tax owed to <a href="/wiki/HMRC" class="mw-redirect" title="HMRC">HMRC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the pitch, Darlington were crowned Northern League Division One champions in <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Northern_Football_League" title="2012–13 Northern Football League">2012–13</a> with a club record haul of 122 points, having scored 145 goals in the process,<sup id="cite_ref-1883records_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1883records-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thus gaining promotion to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League_Division_One_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Premier League Division One North">Northern Premier League Division One North</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Northern_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Northern Premier League">2013–14 season</a>. The season saw them finish as Division One North runners-up, before losing in the play-off semi-final to <a href="/wiki/Ramsbottom_United_F.C." title="Ramsbottom United F.C.">Ramsbottom United</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1883records_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1883records-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Northern_Premier_League#Division_One_North" title="2014–15 Northern Premier League">2014–15</a>, Darlington again finished second, and this time won the play-off final 2–0 against <a href="/wiki/Bamber_Bridge_F.C." title="Bamber Bridge F.C.">Bamber Bridge</a>, earning promotion to the Premier Division. Darlington clinched their second successive promotion and the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Northern_Premier_League#Premier_Division" title="2015–16 Northern Premier League">2015–16 Northern Premier League Premier Division</a> title on 21 April 2016 after beating <a href="/wiki/Whitby_Town_F.C." title="Whitby Town F.C.">Whitby Town</a> 7–1.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the club were unable to make it three promotions in a row, as despite finishing in the National League North play-off positions in <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_National_League#National_League_North" title="2016–17 National League">2016–17</a>, ground grading issues prevented their participation.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Darlington_F.C.">Return to Darlington F.C.</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Return to Darlington F.C."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2017, the FA approved the club's request to change to the traditional name of Darlington F.C. for the 2017–18 season.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the summer of 2017, it was reported through the club website that work had begun on a new playing area and a new seated stand, following the addition of more fundraising.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2017, Gray resigned as manager to join rivals <a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by former player <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Wright_(footballer,_born_1984)" title="Tommy Wright (footballer, born 1984)">Tommy Wright</a>, with another former player <a href="/wiki/Alan_White_(English_footballer)" title="Alan White (English footballer)">Alan White</a> as his assistant.<sup id="cite_ref-WrightWhite_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WrightWhite-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wright led Darlington to a 12th and 16th-place finish respectively during the two seasons he was in charge before leaving by mutual consent in April 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2019, Wright was succeeded by another former player <a href="/wiki/Alun_Armstrong_(footballer)" title="Alun Armstrong (footballer)">Alun Armstrong</a> who joined from <a href="/wiki/Blyth_Spartans_A.F.C." title="Blyth Spartans A.F.C.">Blyth Spartans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Assistant Manager <a href="/wiki/Alan_White_(English_footballer)" title="Alan White (English footballer)">Alan White</a> also left the club in July 2019 before replacing him with another former player <a href="/wiki/Darren_Holloway" title="Darren Holloway">Darren Holloway</a> a week later.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Armstrong's first season as manager, Darlington qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_FA_Cup#First_round_proper" title="2019–20 FA Cup">first round</a> of the FA Cup for the first time since they were reformed in 2012, including wins all away from home against <a href="/wiki/Trafford_F.C." title="Trafford F.C.">Trafford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leamington_F.C." title="Leamington F.C.">Leamington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tamworth_F.C." title="Tamworth F.C.">Tamworth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the first round, they played away again against <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">League Two</a> side <a href="/wiki/Walsall_F.C." title="Walsall F.C.">Walsall</a> and the match finished 2–2 with midfielder Joe Wheatley getting a 97th-minute equaliser to get a replay at Blackwell Meadows.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darlington did then lose the first round replay 1–0 in a record crowd since their first game at Blackwell Meadows with the attendance of 3,106, which was shown in front of the <a href="/wiki/BT_Sport" class="mw-redirect" title="BT Sport">BT Sport</a> cameras.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a 10th-place finish in the 2019–20 season, the 2020-21 campaign was disrupted by the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_England" title="COVID-19 pandemic in England">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darlington finished 13th in 2021–22 and after being top of the league in January 2023, fell to 10th in the 2022–23 season.<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The poor run continued into the 2023–24 season, and Armstrong was dismissed on 6 September 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Gowling" title="Josh Gowling">Josh Gowling</a> replaced Armstrong, but only lasted three months before he was dismissed after only winning three out of sixteen games during his tenure and left the club second bottom in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Watson" title="Steve Watson">Steve Watson</a> replaced Gowling and brought Terry Mitchell from <a href="/wiki/Workington_A.F.C." title="Workington A.F.C.">Workington</a> with him as his assistant manager.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They guided Darlington to a 16th-place finish after being 9 points adrift from safety at one stage of the season and winning 10 out of the last 15 games of the season, completing "The Great Escape".<sup id="cite_ref-fchd_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchd-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colours_and_badge">Colours and badge</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Colours and badge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center; margin-left:1em; float: right"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Kit suppliers and sponsors </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width: 20%">From</th> <th>Manufacturer</th> <th>Shirt sponsor </th></tr> <tr> <td>1975</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Umbro" title="Umbro">Umbro</a></td> <td rowspan="4"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td>Litesome </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bukta" title="Bukta">Bukta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Le_Coq_Sportif" title="Le Coq Sportif">Le Coq Sportif</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982</td> <td>DONN </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hummel_International" title="Hummel International">Hummel</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/McEwan%27s" title="McEwan's">McEwan's</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987</td> <td rowspan="2">Hobott</td> <td>United </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988</td> <td rowspan="2">I-S-L </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td rowspan="2">Jack Hatfield </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hutchison_Telecommunications_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Hutchison Telecommunications International">Hutchison Telecom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td rowspan="2">ICIS</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orange_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Orange (UK)">Orange</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996</td> <td>Soccerdome </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td>On Time Sportswear</td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Darlington_Building_Society" title="Darlington Building Society">Darlington Building Society</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998</td> <td>Biemme </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999</td> <td>Xara </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td>Vandanel </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Erre%C3%A0" title="Erreà">Erreà</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>The Morritt </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>Lakeside Care Homes </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1888, Darlington's kit consisted of a shirt with black and white vertical stripes, black shorts and black socks. Apart from a period between the 1910s and 1936, when blue shorts were worn, the basic colours of the home kit have remained black and white. The shirt design has varied, from the 1888 vertical stripes, through hoops, plain white, and back to hoops again in the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-hkitsdarlo_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hkitsdarlo-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sponsors' names have appeared on Darlington's shirts since the 1980s. A table of kit manufacturers (since the 1970s) and shirt sponsors appears on the right.<sup id="cite_ref-hkitsdarlo_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hkitsdarlo-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The club badge is in the form of a shield, divided diagonally into two parts; the smaller section, to the upper right, is in the club's home colour of white, the larger is red, their traditional away colour. In the white section is a stylised Quaker hat, emblematic of the major role played by the <a href="/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious Society of Friends">Religious Society of Friends</a> (Quakers) in the history of the town. The larger section depicts <a href="/wiki/George_Stephenson" title="George Stephenson">George Stephenson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Locomotion_No_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Locomotion No 1">Locomotion No 1</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Steam_locomotive" title="Steam locomotive">steam locomotive</a> that hauled the first train on the <a href="/wiki/Stockton_and_Darlington_Railway" title="Stockton and Darlington Railway">Stockton and Darlington Railway</a> in 1825, representing the importance of the railway industry to the area. Across the bottom of the shield is a ribbon bearing the club's nickname, <i>The Quakers</i>, and the whole rests on a bed of oak leaves, symbolic of strength and endurance.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadiums">Stadiums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Stadiums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Feethams" title="Feethams">Feethams</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Darlington_Arena" title="The Darlington Arena">The Darlington Arena</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blackwell_Meadows" title="Blackwell Meadows">Blackwell Meadows</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:106px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Feethams_Football_Ground,_Darlington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_76612.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A grandstand whose coloured seats spell out the word Darlington. A floodlight pylon stands at one end. The stand faces a grassed area overgrown with weeds." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Feethams_Football_Ground%2C_Darlington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_76612.jpg/142px-Feethams_Football_Ground%2C_Darlington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_76612.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Feethams_Football_Ground%2C_Darlington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_76612.jpg/213px-Feethams_Football_Ground%2C_Darlington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_76612.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Feethams_Football_Ground%2C_Darlington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_76612.jpg/284px-Feethams_Football_Ground%2C_Darlington_-_geograph.org.uk_-_76612.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Feethams" title="Feethams">Feethams</a>, derelict in 2005</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:144px;max-width:144px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:106px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Darlington_arena_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Inside an almost-empty modern stadium whose coloured seats spell out the initials D F C and the word Darlington. Players appear to be warming up on the pitch." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Darlington_arena_001.jpg/142px-Darlington_arena_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Darlington_arena_001.jpg/213px-Darlington_arena_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Darlington_arena_001.jpg/284px-Darlington_arena_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/The_Darlington_Arena" title="The Darlington Arena">The Darlington Arena</a> in April 2009</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:290px;max-width:290px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:199px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Blackwell_Meadows_sports_ground_(geograph_6220671).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_Blackwell_Meadows_sports_ground_%28geograph_6220671%29.jpg/288px-The_Blackwell_Meadows_sports_ground_%28geograph_6220671%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="288" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_Blackwell_Meadows_sports_ground_%28geograph_6220671%29.jpg/432px-The_Blackwell_Meadows_sports_ground_%28geograph_6220671%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/The_Blackwell_Meadows_sports_ground_%28geograph_6220671%29.jpg/576px-The_Blackwell_Meadows_sports_ground_%28geograph_6220671%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4903" data-file-height="3391" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Blackwell_Meadows" title="Blackwell Meadows">Blackwell Meadows</a> in 2019</div></div></div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Feethams" title="Feethams">Feethams</a> was originally used by Darlington Cricket Club, but began to be used for football in the 1860s. Darlington F.C. began playing there when they formed in 1883. With growing crowd figures, the ground was expanded with the construction of the West stand at the turn of the century and the Polam Lane end in 1905. In 1913, a pair of towers were built at the entrance to the ground, and in 1920, offices and changing rooms were built underneath the East stand. <a href="/wiki/Floodlights_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Floodlights (sport)">Floodlights</a> were installed in September 1960, but after their first use an electrical fault gutted the West stand in a fire, prompting its rebuilding. In 1997, the East stand was demolished and rebuilt as an all-seater stand, but its cost had a major negative effect on the club's finances. George Reynolds came in to the club, paid its debts and initiated construction of a new stadium. The last match played at Feethams was a 2–2 draw with <a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient</a> on 3 May 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-History_In_Brief_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_In_Brief-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-feethams_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feethams-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the closure of the ground, the floodlights were sold to <a href="/wiki/Workington_A.F.C." title="Workington A.F.C.">Workington A.F.C.</a> and the stadium demolished.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A housing estate was planned for the cleared site.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 25,000-seat Reynolds Arena was opened in 2003, at a cost of £18 million. The first match at the new stadium was a 2–0 loss to <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C." title="Kidderminster Harriers F.C.">Kidderminster Harriers</a> on 16 August 2003. The attendance of 11,600 still stands as a record for the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Reynolds left the club, the stadium had a variety of sponsored names, but it is generally known as <a href="/wiki/The_Darlington_Arena" title="The Darlington Arena">the Darlington Arena</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The capacity was restricted to just 10,000 because of county and local planning regulations,<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_capacity"><a href="#endnote_capacity">[A]</a></sup> but attendances rarely reached 3,000, and in 2011, the club's receivers put it up for sale.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2012, Darlington confirmed they would no longer play at the Arena.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, it was bought by <a href="/wiki/Darlington_Mowden_Park_R.F.C." title="Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C.">Darlington Mowden Park R.F.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the stadium was sold, there was interest by the local council to build a new railway station next to the stadium as part of the <a href="/wiki/Tees_Valley_Metro" title="Tees Valley Metro">Tees Valley Metro</a> scheme to improve public access to D.F.C matches. The scheme also included better services to <a href="/wiki/Darlington_railway_station" title="Darlington railway station">Darlington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saltburn_railway_station" title="Saltburn railway station">Saltburn</a>, new rollingstock, as well as possible street running to Darlington town centre.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the rail scheme was eventually abandoned by 2011, and unlike other proposed stations in the project, Darlington Arena never received a station.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blackwell_Meadows_under_floodlights.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Blackwell_Meadows_under_floodlights.jpg/220px-Blackwell_Meadows_under_floodlights.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Blackwell_Meadows_under_floodlights.jpg/330px-Blackwell_Meadows_under_floodlights.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Blackwell_Meadows_under_floodlights.jpg/440px-Blackwell_Meadows_under_floodlights.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7720" data-file-height="2717" /></a><figcaption>Blackwell Meadows, Darlington. Photograph taken from the Tinshed stand, during Darlington - Ashton United. Photograph taken 29/12/18. Darlington won the game 2–1.</figcaption></figure> <p>Plans had originally been laid down to <a href="/wiki/Groundshare" title="Groundshare">groundshare</a> with <a href="/wiki/Shildon_A.F.C." title="Shildon A.F.C.">Shildon</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but arrangements were eventually for Darlington to share <a href="/wiki/Bishop_Auckland_F.C." title="Bishop Auckland F.C.">Bishop Auckland</a>'s Heritage Park ground from the start of the 2012/13 season.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2013, it was confirmed that a deal had been reached in principle for the football team to share <a href="/wiki/Darlington_RFC" title="Darlington RFC">Darlington RFC</a>'s ground at Blackwell Meadows ground, and thus return to the town of Darlington.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2016, it was confirmed that Darlington aimed to relocate by the start of the 2016/17 season, with expansion plans in place to increase the capacity to 3,000, as required for promotion to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(division)" title="National League (division)">National League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the event, they played their first match at Blackwell Meadows on 26 December 2016, a 3–2 <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a> win against <a href="/wiki/F.C._Halifax_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="F.C. Halifax Town">F.C. Halifax Town</a> in front of 3,000 spectators.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Darlington expanded the seated stand at Blackwell Meadows to seat 588 in 2018, after a successful funding drive by their fans, allowing for the club to be promoted to the National League. This was built following the 2016–17 season, where Darlington finished the season in the playoff, but were disqualified from playing due to the inadequate number of seats at Blackwell Meadows.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club continues to explore further ways to improve Blackwell Meadows, including a stand at the currently empty west end of the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Supporters_and_rivalries">Supporters and rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Supporters and rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darlington's supporters consider <a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a> their main rivals. The feeling is reciprocated: in a 2008 survey, 95% of supporters of both clubs named the other as their bitterest rivals. They have fierce competition each time they come up against each other. The clubs, based 25 miles (40 km) apart, had met 147 times in the Football League, as of 2009–10, of which Hartlepool won 60 to Darlington's 57.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The meeting between the two clubs in 2007 attracted a crowd of 10,121 to the Darlington Arena, the largest attendance for that League fixture for 50 years,<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the average League attendance at the stadium declined from over 5,000 in its opening season to 2,744 in 2009–10.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2012–13 season, Darlington's first season as a renamed club, its main rivals were <a href="/wiki/Spennymoor_Town_F.C." title="Spennymoor Town F.C.">Spennymoor Town</a> owing to the hotly contested title for the Northern League. Spennymoor Town had won the league for the three previous years, but had not applied for promotion until the 2012–13 season<sup id="cite_ref-Application_for_Promotion_Statement_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Application_for_Promotion_Statement-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when Darlington entered the league. Spennymoor Town were the only club to contend with Darlington for the title towards the end of the season. To a lesser extent, landlords <a href="/wiki/Bishop_Auckland_F.C." title="Bishop Auckland F.C.">Bishop Auckland</a> were also rivals owing to their shared home ground. In the 2014–15 season, Darlington once again locked horns with <a href="/wiki/Spennymoor_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Spennymoor Town">Spennymoor Town</a> after they achieved promotion from the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Football_League" title="Northern Football League">Northern League</a> in 2014. Again, they contested Darlington for promotion in a semi-final playoff match that Darlington won 3–2.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rivalry with Spennymoor was re-ignited in 2017–18 when Spennymoor booked their place in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a>, with the first game ending all square 1–1 at Blackwell Meadows on 28 August 2017. </p><p>The team's <a href="/wiki/Mascot" title="Mascot">mascots</a> included Mr Q, "a flat-looking cartoon man with a very big hat", Darlo Dog, a <a href="/wiki/Dalmatian_(dog)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dalmatian (dog)">Dalmatian</a> who was once ejected from the ground for climbing on the advertising boards in front of television cameras,<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Panda" class="mw-redirect" title="Panda">panda</a> named Feethams.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fanzine" title="Fanzine">Fanzines</a> included <i>Mission Impossible</i>, first published in the early 1990s,<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Where's The Money Gone</i>, whose teenage editor, along with the editor of the <i>Darlo Uncovered</i> website, were among several supporters banned from the ground by chairman George Reynolds for criticising the running of the club.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2013, a fan-run <a href="/wiki/Internet_radio" title="Internet radio">internet radio</a> station, Darlo Fans Radio, has provided commentary on Darlington matches both home and away.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Darlington had an official supporters' club<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an away supporters group, known as Darlington Away Far Travelling Supporters (DAFTS), who represented Darlington supporters from places elsewhere in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Supporters%27_trust" title="Supporters' trust">supporters' trust</a> was founded in 2002; it established a Disabled Supporters Group, tried to maintain a working relationship between club and supporters, and, together with the Darlington Camera Club, staged a "Farewell to Feethams" exhibition in celebration of the club's longtime home. Together with the supporters' club, the trust was actively involved in fund-raising particularly during the club's periods of administration.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_squad">Current squad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Current squad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 17 November 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-Darlington_Squad_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Darlington_Squad-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">1 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Jameson" title="Peter Jameson">Peter Jameson</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">2 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hedley" title="Ben Hedley">Ben Hedley</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">3 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Wales" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/23px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/35px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Wales.svg/46px-Flag_of_Wales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">WAL</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Barrow_(footballer)" title="Scott Barrow (footballer)">Scott Barrow</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">4 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Platt" title="Tom Platt">Tom Platt</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">5 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Toby Lees</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">6 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Elliot Forbes</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">7 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Matty Cornish</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">8 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Will_Hatfield" title="Will Hatfield">Will Hatfield</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Jack Maskell</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">10 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Suriname" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/23px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/35px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/45px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Surinamese_Football_Association" title="Surinamese Football Association">SUR</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Cedric_Main" title="Cedric Main">Cedric Main</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">11 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Nelson_(footballer)" title="Andrew Nelson (footballer)">Andrew Nelson</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">12 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Harvey Rudd</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">13 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Liam McGrath</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">14 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Will Flint</span> <i>(on loan from <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">16 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Will McGowan</span> <i>(on loan from <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead F.C.">Gateshead</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">20 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Oscar Taylor</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">21 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jarrett_Rivers" title="Jarrett Rivers">Jarrett Rivers</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">24 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Salkeld" title="Cameron Salkeld">Cameron Salkeld</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">26 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Kallum Griffiths</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">27 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_Football_Federation" title="Saudi Arabian Football Federation">KSA</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Ali Al-Shabeeb</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">28 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Will Maddison</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">29 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Soccer_Federation" title="United States Soccer Federation">USA</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Matthiew Kirokiro</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">34 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Caden_Kelly" title="Caden Kelly">Caden Kelly</a></span> <i>(on loan from <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a>)</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Out_on_loan">Out on loan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Out on loan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r973156043"> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">17 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Alex Payne</span> <i>(on loan at <a href="/wiki/Guisborough_Town_F.C." title="Guisborough Town F.C.">Guisborough Town</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">18 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Archie Small</span> <i>(on loan at <a href="/wiki/Ashington_A.F.C." title="Ashington A.F.C.">Ashington</a>)</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">30 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Leesley" title="Joe Leesley">Joe Leesley</a></span> <i>(on loan at <a href="/wiki/Worksop_Town_F.C." title="Worksop Town F.C.">Worksop Town</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Jonny Haase</span> <i>(on loan at <a href="/wiki/Bishop_Auckland_F.C." title="Bishop Auckland F.C.">Bishop Auckland</a>)</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Staff">Staff</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd></dd> <dd><i>As of 1 July 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boardroom">Boardroom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Boardroom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Chairman / CEO</td> <td>David Johnston </td></tr> <tr> <td>Director / Company secretary</td> <td>Jonathan Jowett </td></tr> <tr> <td>Director</td> <td>John Vickerman </td></tr> <tr> <td>Director</td> <td>Chris Stockdale </td></tr> <tr> <td>Director</td> <td>Darlington 1883 Supporters Society Limited (Jon Saddington) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Manager</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Watson" title="Steve Watson">Steve Watson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant Manager</td> <td>Terry Mitchell </td></tr> <tr> <td>Physiotherapist</td> <td>Nathan Liddle </td></tr> <tr> <td>S&C Coach and Physiotherapist</td> <td>Luke Roberts </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goalkeeping coach</td> <td>Steven Rodden </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head Analyst </td> <td>Alex Jenkins </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant Analyst </td> <td>Jamie Lauder </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kit manager</td> <td>Gary Smith </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assistant kit manager</td> <td>Zak Dunne </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reserve_team">Reserve team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Reserve team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Darlington_Town_F.C." title="Darlington Town F.C.">Darlington Town F.C.</a></div> <p>In October 2016 it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Horden_Colliery_Welfare_A.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Horden Colliery Welfare A.F.C.">Horden Colliery Welfare</a> would move 30 miles to Darlington to become the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_team" title="Reserve team">reserve team</a> of Darlington;<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they will change their name to Darlington 1883 Reserves and play on the 4G surface at Eastbourne Sports Complex. Horden chairman Norman Stephens said "If the move had not have happened, Horden would have been dead by Xmas". Stephens and some of the playing staff were retained by Darlington who took Horden's place in the <a href="/wiki/Wearside_Football_League" title="Wearside Football League">Wearside League</a>. They played their first game under the new name on 6 October in a 1–0 away defeat to <a href="/wiki/Boldon_Community_Association_F.C." title="Boldon Community Association F.C.">Boldon C.A.</a><sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2024, Darlington announced that they would be forming an Under 23s team. The team would be a continuation of Grant Cuthbertson and John Walters' U18s team, that won 3 successive county cups, and would be entering the Wearside League Division Three.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Honours achieved by Darlington since their foundation in 1883 include the following:<sup id="cite_ref-1883records_52-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1883records-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>League</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Third Division North</a> (level 3) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1924%E2%80%9325_Football_League" title="1924–25 Football League">1924–25</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_Football_League" title="1921–22 Football League">1921–22</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Fourth_Division" title="Football League Fourth Division">Fourth Division</a> (level 4) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Football_League" title="1990–91 Football League">1990–91</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_Football_League" title="1965–66 Football League">1965–66</a></li> <li>Promoted: <a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Football_League" title="1984–85 Football League">1984–85</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_League_(English_football)" title="National League (English football)">Football Conference</a> (level 5) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_Conference" title="1989–90 Football Conference">1989–90</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League_Premier_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Premier League Premier Division">Northern Premier League Premier Division</a> (level 7) <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Northern_Premier_League" title="2015–16 Northern Premier League">2015–16</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Premier_League_Division_One_North" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Premier League Division One North">Northern Premier League Division One North</a> (level 8) <ul><li>Runners-up and play-off winners: <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Northern_Premier_League" title="2014–15 Northern Premier League">2014–15</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Northern_Premier_League" title="2013–14 Northern Premier League">2013–14</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Football_League" title="Northern Football League">Northern League</a> <ul><li>Champions: <a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Northern_Football_League" title="1895–96 Northern Football League">1895–96</a>, <a href="/wiki/1899%E2%80%931900_Northern_Football_League" title="1899–1900 Northern Football League">1899–1900</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Northern_Football_League" title="2012–13 Northern Football League">2012–13</a></li> <li>Runners-up: <a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_Northern_Football_League" title="1896–97 Northern Football League">1896–97</a>, <a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_Northern_Football_League" title="1898–99 Northern Football League">1898–99</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_League" title="North Eastern League">North Eastern League</a> <ul><li>Champions: 1912–13, 1920–21</li> <li>Runners-up: 1919–20</li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Cup</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FA_Trophy" title="FA Trophy">FA Trophy</a> <ul><li>Winners: <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_FA_Trophy" title="2010–11 FA Trophy">2010–11</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North_Cup" title="Football League Third Division North Cup">Football League Third Division North Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners: 1933–34</li> <li>Runners-up: 1935–36</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_Challenge_Cup" title="Durham Challenge Cup">Durham Challenge Cup</a> <ul><li>Winners: 1884–85, 1890–91, 1892–93, 1896–97, 1919–20, 1999–2000</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darlington's highest league finish was fifteenth in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Football League Second Division</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/1925%E2%80%9326_in_English_football" title="1925–26 in English football">1925–26</a> season. The club's best performance in the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> has been two appearances in the last 16 of the competition. This first was in <a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_FA_Cup" title="1910–11 FA Cup">1910–11</a>, when they lost to <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> in the third round. The second was in the <a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_FA_Cup" title="1957–58 FA Cup">1957–58</a> season, when they beat <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> 4–1 in a replay to reach the fifth round, in which they lost 6–1 to <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.">Wolverhampton Wanderers</a>. The club's best <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Cup">League Cup</a> performance was reaching the quarter-final in the <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_Football_League_Cup" title="1967–68 Football League Cup">1967–68</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-records_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-records-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Quakers' biggest home win was a 13–1 defeat of <a href="/wiki/Scarborough_F.C." title="Scarborough F.C.">Scarborough</a> in the FA Cup on 24 October 1891. Their best away win in the Football League was on 22 October 1921, when they beat <a href="/wiki/Durham_City_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Durham City F.C.">Durham City</a> 7–3 in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Third_Division_North" title="Football League Third Division North">Third Division North</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-records_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-records-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They achieved 7–1 wins in the Northern League Division One against <a href="/wiki/Billingham_Town_F.C." title="Billingham Town F.C.">Billingham Town</a> in October 2012 and <a href="/wiki/Hebburn_Town_F.C." title="Hebburn Town F.C.">Hebburn Town</a> in February 2013, and in the Northern Premier League against <a href="/wiki/Whitby_Town_F.C." title="Whitby Town F.C.">Whitby Town</a> in April 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-1883records_52-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1883records-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The player with the most league appearances for Darlington is <a href="/wiki/Ron_Greener" title="Ron Greener">Ron Greener</a> with 439 between 1955 and 1967. He made a total of 490 senior appearances for the club. <a href="/wiki/Alan_Walsh_(footballer)" title="Alan Walsh (footballer)">Alan Walsh</a> scored a club-record 87 league goals between 1978 and 1984, and scored 100 goals for Darlington overall. The most league goals scored for the club by a single player in a season is 39, by <a href="/wiki/David_Brown_(Scottish_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Brown (Scottish footballer)">David Brown</a> in the 1924–25 season.<sup id="cite_ref-records_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-records-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Franz_Burgmeier" title="Franz Burgmeier">Franz Burgmeier</a> has the most senior international appearances while a Darlington player, with seven <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">caps</a> for <a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_national_football_team" title="Liechtenstein national football team">Liechtenstein</a> in the 2008–09 season.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dream_team">Dream team</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Dream team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of the 2003 "Farewell to Feethams" celebrations, a competition in the club programme selected the following all-time "Dream Team": <a href="/wiki/Mark_Prudhoe" title="Mark Prudhoe">Mark Prudhoe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Greener" title="Ron Greener">Ron Greener</a>, <a href="/wiki/Craig_Liddle" title="Craig Liddle">Craig Liddle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevan_Smith_(footballer)" title="Kevan Smith (footballer)">Kevan Smith</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Peverell" title="John Peverell">John Peverell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andy_Toman" title="Andy Toman">Andy Toman</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_McLean_(English_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="David McLean (English footballer)">David McLean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Sproates" title="Alan Sproates">Alan Sproates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Walsh_(footballer)" title="Alan Walsh (footballer)">Alan Walsh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marco_Gabbiadini" title="Marco Gabbiadini">Marco Gabbiadini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colin_Sinclair_(footballer)" title="Colin Sinclair (footballer)">Colin Sinclair</a>. Gabbiadini, scorer of 53 goals in his two seasons at Darlington, was voted greatest ever player.<sup id="cite_ref-Farewell_4_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Farewell_4-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Darlington_F.C.&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_capacity"><b><a href="#ref_capacity">^</a></b></span> The Darlington Arena was built to hold 25,000 seated spectators, yet a condition was imposed at the planning stage that "at no time should the owner of the property admit or permit the admission of more than 10,000 people to the new stadium".<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Capacity was for a time restricted to 6,000 for weekend events and 4,500 for midweek events unless prior written permission was granted to exceed those limits.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>B. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_floodlit"><b><a href="#ref_floodlit">^</a></b></span> Though not the <i>first</i> FA Cup match to be played under lights, as the club history suggests:<sup id="cite_ref-History_In_Brief_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_In_Brief-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a preliminary round replay between <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C." title="Kidderminster Harriers F.C.">Kidderminster Harriers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brierley_Hill_Alliance_F.C." title="Brierley Hill Alliance F.C.">Brierley Hill Alliance</a> took place under floodlights on 14 September 1955, some two months before Darlington's match against Carlisle United.<sup id="cite_ref-NUFClights_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NUFClights-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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season">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Darlington_F.C._season" title="2008–09 Darlington F.C. season">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Darlington_F.C._season" title="2009–10 Darlington F.C. season">2009–10</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:black; color:white;">Notable matches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1996_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1996 Football League Third Division play-off final">1996 play-off final</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="2000 Football League Third Division play-off final">2000 play-off final</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_FA_Trophy_final" title="2011 FA Trophy final">2011 FA Trophy final</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Clubs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AFC_Fylde" title="AFC Fylde">AFC Fylde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Town_F.C." title="Aldershot Town F.C.">Aldershot Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altrincham_F.C." title="Altrincham F.C.">Altrincham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_United_F.C." title="Boston United F.C.">Boston United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Braintree_Town_F.C." title="Braintree Town F.C.">Braintree Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastleigh_F.C." title="Eastleigh F.C.">Eastleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebbsfleet_United_F.C." title="Ebbsfleet United F.C.">Ebbsfleet United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead F.C.">Gateshead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FC_Halifax_Town" title="FC Halifax Town">FC Halifax Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidenhead_United_F.C." title="Maidenhead United F.C.">Maidenhead United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solihull_Moors_F.C." title="Solihull Moors F.C.">Solihull Moors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_United_F.C." title="Sutton United F.C.">Sutton United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamworth_F.C." title="Tamworth F.C.">Tamworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wealdstone_F.C." title="Wealdstone F.C.">Wealdstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woking_F.C." title="Woking F.C.">Woking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Grounds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_New_Lawn" title="The New Lawn">The Bolt New Lawn</a></li> <li>Boston Community Stadium</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Park" title="Boundary Park">Boundary Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Road_(Dagenham)" title="Victoria Road (Dagenham)">Chigwell Construction Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cressing_Road" title="Cressing Road">Cressing Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotland_Stadium" title="Spotland Stadium">Crown Oil Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damson_Park" title="Damson Park">Damson Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_International_Stadium" title="Gateshead International Stadium">Gateshead International Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grosvenor_Vale" title="Grosvenor Vale">Grosvenor Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Hive_Stadium" title="The Hive Stadium">The Hive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huish_Park" title="Huish Park">Huish Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingfield_Stadium" title="Kingfield Stadium">Laithwaite Community Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lamb_Ground" title="The Lamb Ground">The Lamb Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mill_Farm_Sports_Village" title="Mill Farm Sports Village">Mill Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_Lane" title="Moss Lane">Moss Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Recreation_Ground_(Aldershot)" title="Recreation Ground (Aldershot)">Recreation Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roots_Hall" title="Roots Hall">Roots Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Shay" title="The Shay">The Shay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Acres" title="Ten Acres">Silverlake Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonebridge_Road" title="Stonebridge Road">Stonebridge Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gander_Green_Lane" title="Gander Green Lane">VBS Community Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park_(Hartlepool)" title="Victoria Park (Hartlepool)">Victoria Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Community_Stadium" title="York Community Stadium">York Community Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Road_(Maidenhead)" title="York Road (Maidenhead)">York Road</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">North</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alfreton_Town_F.C." title="Alfreton Town F.C.">Alfreton Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brackley_Town_F.C." title="Brackley Town F.C.">Brackley Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buxton_F.C." title="Buxton F.C.">Buxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_F.C." title="Chester F.C.">Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorley_F.C." title="Chorley F.C.">Chorley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curzon_Ashton_F.C." title="Curzon Ashton F.C.">Curzon Ashton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Darlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farsley_Celtic_F.C." title="Farsley Celtic F.C.">Farsley Celtic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereford_F.C." title="Hereford F.C.">Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C." title="Kidderminster Harriers F.C.">Kidderminster Harriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Lynn_Town_F.C." title="King's Lynn Town F.C.">King's Lynn Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leamington_F.C." title="Leamington F.C.">Leamington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marine_A.F.C." title="Marine A.F.C.">Marine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Needham_Market_F.C." title="Needham Market F.C.">Needham Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterborough_Sports_F.C." title="Peterborough Sports F.C.">Peterborough Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_City_F.C." title="Oxford City F.C.">Oxford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radcliffe_F.C." title="Radcliffe F.C.">Radcliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushall_Olympic_F.C." title="Rushall Olympic F.C.">Rushall Olympic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarborough_Athletic_F.C." title="Scarborough Athletic F.C.">Scarborough Athletic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shields_F.C." title="South Shields F.C.">South Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southport_F.C." title="Southport F.C.">Southport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spennymoor_Town_F.C." title="Spennymoor Town F.C.">Spennymoor Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrington_Town_F.C." title="Warrington Town F.C.">Warrington Town</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_League_South" title="National League South">South</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aveley_F.C." title="Aveley F.C.">Aveley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_City_F.C." title="Bath City F.C.">Bath City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boreham_Wood_F.C." title="Boreham Wood F.C.">Boreham Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelmsford_City_F.C." title="Chelmsford City F.C.">Chelmsford City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesham_United_F.C." title="Chesham United F.C.">Chesham United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chippenham_Town_F.C." title="Chippenham Town F.C.">Chippenham Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorking_Wanderers_F.C." title="Dorking Wanderers F.C.">Dorking Wanderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastbourne_Borough_F.C." title="Eastbourne Borough F.C.">Eastbourne Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_Town_F.C." title="Enfield Town F.C.">Enfield Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farnborough_F.C." title="Farnborough F.C.">Farnborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_%26_Richmond_Borough_F.C." title="Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C.">Hampton & Richmond Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemel_Hempstead_Town_F.C." title="Hemel Hempstead Town F.C.">Hemel Hempstead Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornchurch_F.C." title="Hornchurch F.C.">Hornchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidstone_United_F.C." title="Maidstone United F.C.">Maidstone United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_F.C." title="Salisbury F.C.">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slough_Town_F.C." title="Slough Town F.C.">Slough Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Albans_City_F.C." title="St Albans City F.C.">St Albans City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_Angels_F.C." title="Tonbridge Angels F.C.">Tonbridge Angels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Truro_City_F.C." title="Truro City F.C.">Truro City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welling_United_F.C." title="Welling United F.C.">Welling United</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston-super-Mare_A.F.C." title="Weston-super-Mare A.F.C.">Weston-super-Mare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weymouth_F.C." title="Weymouth F.C.">Weymouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worthing_F.C." title="Worthing F.C.">Worthing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1979–80 Alliance Premier League">1979–80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1980–81 Alliance Premier League">1980–81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981%E2%80%9382_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1981–82 Alliance Premier League">1981–82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982%E2%80%9383_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1982–83 Alliance Premier League">1982–83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983%E2%80%9384_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1983–84 Alliance Premier League">1983–84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984%E2%80%9385_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1984–85 Alliance Premier League">1984–85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985%E2%80%9386_Alliance_Premier_League" title="1985–86 Alliance Premier League">1985–86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986%E2%80%9387_Football_Conference" title="1986–87 Football Conference">1986–87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%9388_Football_Conference" title="1987–88 Football Conference">1987–88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988%E2%80%9389_Football_Conference" title="1988–89 Football Conference">1988–89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989%E2%80%9390_Football_Conference" title="1989–90 Football Conference">1989–90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_Football_Conference" title="1990–91 Football Conference">1990–91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392_Football_Conference" title="1991–92 Football Conference">1991–92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393_Football_Conference" title="1992–93 Football Conference">1992–93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_Football_Conference" title="1993–94 Football Conference">1993–94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_Football_Conference" title="1994–95 Football Conference">1994–95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_Football_Conference" title="1995–96 Football Conference">1995–96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_Football_Conference" title="1996–97 Football Conference">1996–97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Football_Conference" title="1997–98 Football Conference">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Football_Conference" title="1998–99 Football Conference">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Football_Conference" title="1999–2000 Football Conference">1999–2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Football_Conference" title="2000–01 Football Conference">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Football_Conference" title="2001–02 Football Conference">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Football_Conference" title="2002–03 Football Conference">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Football_Conference" title="2003–04 Football Conference">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Football_Conference" title="2004–05 Football Conference">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Football_Conference" title="2005–06 Football Conference">2005–06</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Football_Conference" title="2006–07 Football Conference">2006–07</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Football_Conference" title="2007–08 Football Conference">2007–08</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_Conference" title="2008–09 Football Conference">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Football_Conference" title="2009–10 Football Conference">2009–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Football_Conference" title="2010–11 Football Conference">2010–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_Conference" title="2011–12 Football Conference">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_Conference" title="2012–13 Football Conference">2012–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Football_Conference" title="2013–14 Football Conference">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Football_Conference" title="2014–15 Football Conference">2014–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_National_League" title="2015–16 National League">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_National_League" title="2016–17 National League">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_National_League" title="2017–18 National League">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_National_League" title="2018–19 National League">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_National_League" title="2019–20 National League">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_National_League" title="2020–21 National League">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_National_League" title="2021–22 National League">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_National_League" title="2022–23 National League">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_National_League" title="2023–24 National League">2023–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_National_League" title="2024–25 National League">2024–25</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>See also: <a href="/wiki/National_League_Cup_(football)" title="National League Cup (football)">National League Cup</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Former_English_Football_League_clubs" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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League">English Football League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First tier (League 1888–1992)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Accrington_F.C." title="Accrington F.C.">Accrington</a></i> (1888–93)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second tier (1892–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bootle_F.C._(1879)" title="Bootle F.C. (1879)">Bootle</a></i> (1892–93)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Burton_Swifts_F.C." title="Burton Swifts F.C.">Burton Swifts</a></i> (1892–1901)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Burton_United_F.C." title="Burton United F.C.">Burton United</a></i> (1901–07)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Burton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Burton Wanderers F.C.">Burton Wanderers</a></i> (1894–97)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Darwen_F.C._(1870)" title="Darwen F.C. (1870)">Darwen</a></i> (1891–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gainsborough_Trinity_F.C." title="Gainsborough Trinity F.C.">Gainsborough Trinity</a> (1896–1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glossop_North_End_A.F.C." title="Glossop North End A.F.C.">Glossop North End</a> (1898–1915)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leeds_City_F.C." title="Leeds City F.C.">Leeds City</a></i> (1905–19)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loughborough_F.C." title="Loughborough F.C.">Loughborough</a></i> (1895–1900)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_Ironopolis_F.C." title="Middlesbrough Ironopolis F.C.">Middlesbrough Ironopolis</a></i> (1893–94)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Brighton_Tower_F.C." title="New Brighton Tower F.C.">New Brighton Tower</a></i> (1898–1901)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwich_Victoria_F.C." title="Northwich Victoria F.C.">Northwich Victoria</a> (1892–94)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_Town_F.C._(1878)" title="Rotherham Town F.C. (1878)">Rotherham Town</a></i> (1893–96)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a></i> Became <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Dons_F.C." title="Milton Keynes Dons F.C.">Milton Keynes Dons</a> (1977–92, 2000–04)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Third tier (1920–present)<br /> North/South (1921–1958)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aberdare_Athletic_F.C." title="Aberdare Athletic F.C.">Aberdare Athletic</a></i> (1921–27)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashington_A.F.C." title="Ashington A.F.C.">Ashington</a> (1921–29)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bury_F.C." title="Bury F.C.">Bury</a> (1894–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_City_A.F.C." title="Durham City A.F.C.">Durham City</a> (1921–28)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Town_F.C." title="Merthyr Town F.C.">Merthyr Town</a> (1920–30)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_F.C." title="Nelson F.C.">Nelson</a> (1921–31)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Brighton_A.F.C." title="New Brighton A.F.C.">New Brighton</a></i> (1923–51)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rotherham_County_F.C." title="Rotherham County F.C.">Rotherham County</a></i> (1919–25)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_A.F.C." title="Gateshead A.F.C.">South Shields</a></i> (1919–30)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stalybridge_Celtic_F.C." title="Stalybridge Celtic F.C.">Stalybridge Celtic</a> (1921–23)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thames_A.F.C." title="Thames A.F.C.">Thames</a></i> (1930–32)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wigan_Borough_F.C." title="Wigan Borough F.C.">Wigan Borough</a></i> (1921–31)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourth tier (by election, 1958–1987)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Accrington_Stanley_F.C._(1891)" title="Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891)">Accrington Stanley</a></i> (1921–62)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_(Park_Avenue)_A.F.C." title="Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.">Bradford (Park Avenue)</a> (1908–70)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_A.F.C." title="Gateshead A.F.C.">Gateshead</a></i> (1930–60)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southport_F.C." title="Southport F.C.">Southport</a> (1921–78)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Workington_A.F.C." title="Workington A.F.C.">Workington</a> (1951–77)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourth tier (relegated since 1987)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_F.C." title="Aldershot F.C.">Aldershot</a></i> (1932–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aldershot_Town_F.C." title="Aldershot Town F.C.">Aldershot Town</a> (2008–13)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnet_F.C." title="Barnet F.C.">Barnet</a> (1991–2001, 2005–13, 2015–18)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_United_F.C." title="Boston United F.C.">Boston United</a> (2002–07)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chester_City_F.C." title="Chester City F.C.">Chester City</a></i> (1931–2000, 2004–09)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C." title="Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.">Dagenham & Redbridge</a> (2007–16)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Darlington</a> (1921–89, 1990–2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Green_Rovers_F.C." title="Forest Green Rovers F.C.">Forest Green Rovers</a> (2017–24)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Halifax_Town_A.F.C." title="Halifax Town A.F.C.">Halifax Town</a></i> (1921–93, 1998–2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartlepool_United_F.C." title="Hartlepool United F.C.">Hartlepool United</a> (1921–2017, 2021–23)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a></i> (1972–97, 2006–12)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C." title="Kidderminster Harriers F.C.">Kidderminster Harriers</a> (2000–05)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Town_F.C." title="Macclesfield Town F.C.">Macclesfield Town</a></i> (1997–2012, 2018–20)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maidstone_United_F.C._(1897)" title="Maidstone United F.C. (1897)">Maidstone United</a></i> (1989–92)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham_Athletic_A.F.C." title="Oldham Athletic A.F.C.">Oldham Athletic</a> (1907–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale_A.F.C." title="Rochdale A.F.C.">Rochdale</a> (1921–2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rushden_%26_Diamonds_F.C." title="Rushden & Diamonds F.C.">Rushden & Diamonds</a></i> (2001–06)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scarborough_F.C." title="Scarborough F.C.">Scarborough</a></i> (1987–99)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scunthorpe_United_F.C." title="Scunthorpe United F.C.">Scunthorpe United</a> (1950–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> (1920–2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_United_F.C." title="Sutton United F.C.">Sutton United</a> (2021–24)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> (1927–2007, 2009–14)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeovil_Town_F.C." title="Yeovil Town F.C.">Yeovil Town</a> (2003–19)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a> (1929–2004, 2012–16)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>Listed according to division last performed in. 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