' PROMOTED AS CHAMPIONS - GREAT STORY '

' PROMOTED AS CHAMPIONS - GREAT STORY '

Darlington 1883 are promoted tonight from the Northern Premier Division, their third promotion in four years.

They have beaten Whitby away 7-1 tonight and an attendance of 1,804, of which well over 1,200 are from Darlington, was there to watch.



It is great to see stories such as Darlington, who not so long ago Cardiff City were battling against, love hearing of teams rise from the ashes, their fans having and celebrating success.

A club who ground share with Bishop Auckland at Heritage Park, have got 104 points with one game to play.

Blyth Spartans are second in the league with 99 points, quite amazing that Blyth have got 99 points and have not won the title.

They have been averaging just over 1,500 at home games, good support for a club that doesn't play at their home ground.

Their away following has been excellent as well, taking over 700 fans away regularly and even over 1,000 a few times this season.

There are some big clubs in the league with Darlo, teams like Blyth, Salford, Stourbridge, Halesowen etc.

The Northern Premier League. Darlington have won is at tier 3 of the National League System, tier 7 of the English football league system.

They have won promotion to the National League North, just one division below the Conference (or the National League as younger fans would know it.)

In May 2012, the club was bought out of a period of administration without entering into a Creditors Voluntary Agreement (CVA). The Football Association ruled that it should be treated as a new club, which required a change of playing name. The name chosen was Darlington 1883, and that team was placed in the Northern League Division One, which is the ninth tier of English football, for the 2012–13 season.

Some will remember Darlington having a 25,000 all seater stadium back in the 2000's but the man behind the stadium build and their owner George Reynolds was charged with money laundering and this led to a number of years of Darlington struggling.

Good luck to them and it is great to see a club their size making their way back up the pymarid.

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Great story. Hopefully they can find their way back to the football league.

The building of the stadium contributed to what happened but, as you say Carl, there was much more to it than that.

Brilliant story Carl, I love stories like this and I was upset for their club and fans when they went under.
Ive been monitoring their progress and their excellent support

Averaging over 1,500 fans at home for a 7th div club,is just brilliant

Ive been there 7 times with City

Fans who stick by their club deserve it so much one day they will be rewarded for their loyalty

Fans who stick by their club deserve it so much one day they will be rewarded for their loyalty

Spot on

Proper football, I love reading articles like this.

Well done to Darlington, their players, their club and most of all their fans

We done Darlo. I have a soft spot for the town as I passed my driving test in Darlington, strange it was just after that things started going wrong for them

It's a lovely town, great pubs/beer and brilliant supporters.

Fans who stick by their club deserve it so much one day they will be rewarded for their loyalty

Spot on

fair play to them just noticed Colwyn Bay on there, isn't that consecutive relegations?

I feel sorry for Blyth Spartans - 99 points and still have to go into the lottery of the playoffs!

Great story ... reminds me of how much I used to enjoy City years ago yo - yo between the lower leagues. We had some fun back then home (in our beloved Ninian Park ) and away. Good times.