What Today At Darlington Tells Us About Lower Division Football
At the exact time of writing (almost one thirty in the afternoon), we do not know whether Darlington FC has been rescued or not. What we can say for certain is that a situation that may have seen the club die at one minute to midday has been extended and that further negotiations are now taking place and that a decision is due imminently over whether the club can be saved in its current form or not. There has been talk of last minute telephone calls from abroad, pleas for money from the supporters trust which may this time have been agreed to and the possibility that perhaps – just perhaps – after everything, Darlington FC will live to fight another day. We will return to this subject later this afternoon once the dust has settled, but it is worth bearing in mind that any deal agreed to today will not “rescue” Darlington Football Club. What the parties concerned are attempting to do is effectively keep the life support machine that the club is currently on going for a few more weeks, in order that further negotiations can be held to try and secure a firmer footing for the club’s future. At the last minute, it seems that all concerned parties are in the process of reaching some sort of agreement that the club can be rescued in its current form,...
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