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Darlington Football Club (also known as Darlo or The Quakers) are an English football team based in the English town of Darlington, currently playing in Football League Two. The club's nickname is the Quakers, in reference to the religious movement that had a historic influence on the town. Darlington are currently sponsored by local company Darlington Building Society.
The club plays at the Balfour Webnet Darlington Arena, a 25,000-seat stadium that opened in 2003 and has been previously known as the George Reynolds Arena, the New Stadium, the Williamson Motors Arena and the 96.6 TFM Darlington Arena. The club previously played at Feethams, which is located close to the historic town centre.
The club was placed in administration on 23 December 2003 but was taken over and came out of administration by the end of the 2004 summer.
George Reynolds had built such a huge stadium - one of the largest and most impressive outside the Championship and the biggest in League Two - because he was intent on bringing Premiership football to Darlington. But he had failed to invest enough money in players to have any real hope of the club reaching the Premiership. Following his resignation from the chairmanship Reynolds was arrested and charged with offences relating to irregularities in his personal finances.
Darlington were relegated to the Conference in 1989 after they finished bottom of the Fourth Division. Just before this setback, Brian Little had been appointed manager. He took them back into the Football League at the first attempt as Conference champions, and a year later they won the Fourth Division title. Little then moved to Leicester City and Darlington's spell in the Third Division lasted just one season. They have remained in the bottom tier of the league ever since; they are the league's second-longest inhabitants after Rochdale
Their local rivals are Hartlepool whom last time they played beat Darlington 3-0.
The club plays at the Balfour Webnet Darlington Arena, a 25,000-seat stadium that opened in 2003 and has been previously known as the George Reynolds Arena, the New Stadium, the Williamson Motors Arena and the 96.6 TFM Darlington Arena. The club previously played at Feethams, which is located close to the historic town centre.
The club was placed in administration on 23 December 2003 but was taken over and came out of administration by the end of the 2004 summer.
George Reynolds had built such a huge stadium - one of the largest and most impressive outside the Championship and the biggest in League Two - because he was intent on bringing Premiership football to Darlington. But he had failed to invest enough money in players to have any real hope of the club reaching the Premiership. Following his resignation from the chairmanship Reynolds was arrested and charged with offences relating to irregularities in his personal finances.
Darlington were relegated to the Conference in 1989 after they finished bottom of the Fourth Division. Just before this setback, Brian Little had been appointed manager. He took them back into the Football League at the first attempt as Conference champions, and a year later they won the Fourth Division title. Little then moved to Leicester City and Darlington's spell in the Third Division lasted just one season. They have remained in the bottom tier of the league ever since; they are the league's second-longest inhabitants after Rochdale
Their local rivals are Hartlepool whom last time they played beat Darlington 3-0.
Source: Wikipedia.
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