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[Guy Profumo]

Darlo / DRFC granted planning permission to develop Blackburn Meadows.

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/12877460.Quakers__return_home_moves_step_closer_as _planning_permission_is_granted_for_groundshare_wi th_rugby_club/

[Guy Profumo]

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"Blackburn Meadows"?

"Blackwell Meadows".

(Freudian slip there?)

[Gangster Octopus]

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Excellent news.

[E10 Rifle]

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Very much so.

How fares the Safecrackers Arena these days? Anyone using it much?

[sw2borshch]

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Are there houses on Feethams these days?

[Guy Profumo]

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san2sboro wrote: Are there houses on Feethams these days?

Being built as we speak, I believe.

(I take it you mean the football pitch, not the street? - that's going to have this built on it:

http://feethamsleisure.co.uk/the-development.php)

[Guy Profumo]

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E10 Rifle wrote: Very much so.

How fares the Safecrackers Arena these days? Anyone using it much?

The All Blacks will be using it in October.

Does that count?

[Mumpo]

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Only been to Darlington once, and that was by mistake. Took the train from Middlesbrough to Teesside Airport but it didn't stop there, so I had to go right through to Darlington and back again.

Anyone else with a Darlington anecdote?

[Greenlander]

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Many years back I went to Darlington on the supporters coach. We arrived in town dead early and little else to do pre-match I got royally hammered.

The problem came later, that even after the 8-hour trip back to Plymouth, I was still too drunk and in no state to drive home. I spent an uncomfortable night curled on the back seat of a mini metro and then the wrath of my girlfriend when I eventually rocked home the following morning.

Still beats the time I spent Christmas Eve sleeping in the back of a Ford Escort van though.

More importantly - fantastic news for Darlington.

[Jobi1]

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Greenlander wrote: Many years back I went to Darlington on the supporters coach. We arrived in town dead early and little else to do pre-match I got royally hammered.

Hope you were in Hogans up by the train station, in which case you would've spent no more than a tenner to do so. Definitely one of the better away day establishments.

[sw2borshch]

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I've never been to Hogan's and not seen a fight.

[sw2borshch]

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Guy, is that monstrosity going on the bus station just off the market square?

[E10 Rifle]

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I loved Feethams. A cracking old-fashioned little ground.

[torres]

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I used to do a lot of work in Darlo. Hogans was always rife for a bit of boxing.

[Guy Profumo]

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Just in case you've got a spare £56,000 in loose change -

http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/headlines/quakers-exceed-fundraising-target.html

Fans keen to make a difference to the future and fortunes to their Club are still able to invest equity into the Club by contacting agm@dfc1883.co.uk and interested commercial partners should contact the Club via commercial@dfc1883.co.uk in order to discuss corporate packages for next season that can be tailored to their individual needs.

[Guy Profumo]

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E10 Rifle wrote: I loved Feethams. A cracking old-fashioned little ground.

[Guy Profumo]

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E10 Rifle wrote: I loved Feethams. A cracking old-fashioned little ground.

It was a decrepit falling-down dump.

[Guy Profumo]

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san2sboro wrote: Guy, is that monstrosity going on the bus station just off the market square?

That, and a Premier Inn, along with other parts of the development? - is going on the whole of Feethams from the site of the soon-to-be-demolished [strike]Stasi Headquarters[/strike] Town Hall and the site of the former United/National Bus Station.

(Right response this time!)

[Guy Profumo]

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Jobi1 wrote:

Many years back I went to Darlington on the supporters coach. We arrived in town dead early and little else to do pre-match I got royally hammered.

Hope you were in Hogans up by the train station, in which case you would've spent no more than a tenner to do so. Definitely one of the better away day establishments.

Are you mad?

I refer you to the other honourable gentlemen's responses.