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Darlington are still in the FA Trophy, with a winnable tie at home. Yet we are still calling for the league to be suspended. I think the issue has more come to ahead because of the lack of funding now available, and the lack of testing during a national lockdown (which we only entered 2 weeks ago).

I suppose the 12 NLN clubs calling for an immediate suspension are also tinpot too, yes? Anyone that thinks this is motivated by league positioning are ignoring the serious health & safety and financial risks faced by clubs.

Yes, furloughing players & management will be allowed in-line with the rules of the furlough scheme. The Government hasn’t allowed the National League to operate from the 31 December, when the last instalment of funding was paid. You also can’t force a business to take a loan to continue to...

Because do you really want your governing organisation in £10 million+ worth of debt for the sake of 20 more weeks of football? Will any good come of it? Also, it’ll leave a funding shortfall each season for clubs as the National League will cut funding to re-pay their loan off.

League distribution for NLN is £15k per season, per club. If you cut that to £0 you’ve saved £330k per season x 10 years = £3.3 million. You do the same for NLS = £6.6 million for NLN & NLS, and that’s before you’ve cut any funding in the National League. I know my workings are really...

Jury is out on Charman to see if he does strengthen us or not. Hopefully he isn’t as ineffective as Gary Martin. For what it is worth I think he will be decent given his background but I’ll have to reserve proper judgement until I’ve seen him play. Holmes was mentioned in the same bracket as...

Holmes isn’t a centre-forward. Charman is an unknown quantity given he has never played at this level before, or even senior men’s football. But yes, I agree with the sentiments that Donawa, Maguire, Campbell is a hell of a front 3 at this level. I can’t honestly see us signing another...

Someone is very sensitive about a “made-up rumour”. I wouldn’t be shouting too loud about the whole “new club” malarkey......

Yes - I enjoy making up rumours about Step 6 (?!) players in my spare time. Pools were in for him, along with a number of other clubs. If you really think I’m making it up, then you’re sadly mistaken!

Nope (good guess though) - it was because he lives in the North-West and didn’t want to relocate or travel that far to training on a full-time basis.

Maguire played 135 matches in 3 seasons at Blyth before signing for York. I just don’t think he could adapt to full-time football.

Pools were in for him.

Bascome was signed by Wright.

That’s fair enough. Honestly, I hold no kind of grudge or wish Pools ill health - probably because I’m not old enough to recall the rivalry. I only take a keen interest because of Singh. From the outside looking in, the best case scenario is the club goes bust and then re-forms as a fan-owned...

That’s absolute rubbish. It was not twisted at all. When Singh was asked how his businesses were doing in this current situation, he said: "One of the care homes we have got, we've had some deaths in there....17 residents........17 beds empty basically.....that equates to £10,000-£11,000 per...

Darlington have signed 23-year old Goalkeeper Jonny Maddison from Yeovil Town. Technically a free agent as he's mutually terminated his contract a year early to get first-team football with us.

Look, I am a Gray fan. He won us 3 promotions in 5 seasons, with the other two seasons both resulting in a play-off position finish. His style of football was effective, if sometimes difficult to watch. Things went stale at the beginning of his 6th season, in some aspects you can mitigate for...

If we can bring in a quality Goalkeeper & replace Phil Turnbull then I think that we will be up there.

Fair enough, thanks for the assessment both! Seems to have a bit about him having played over 200 games at a higher level, and still only 25. Think he will be used as a centre-mid / attacking midfielder as a bit of a foil for Styche. Let's see what he can do, I doubt he is on longer than a...

Darlington have signed Liam Hughes. Anyone know what he is like?