Yes mate, the atmosphere is always good there.Darlos only £16, a quids a quid! ;)
If you have kids under 12 with you they are free.
I am a season ticket holder at Darlo ( long story wont bore you ) but its mainly to support the club as I only manage about 5 home games a season, £280 a season works out at just over £12 a game.
Its a good atmosphere at Darlo too.
Yeah they’ve been backed well by Hopkins, his family own Markovitz building supplies so he’s got a few quid (a few more off me this summer when I’ve been doing my back garden up!!).They've got some ambition Buxton, the owner (Hopkins) is doing his best to back them. They beat Radcliffe 2-1 at weekend so a good start. Macclesfield are in this league too.
I seem to think True Grant (City U18s) played in nets last season?
Not having that, i thought we only dated from 1997 ?1963-1965.
Don't beat yourself up....that run coincided with selling 3 of the best players, Darlo are fan owned so players leave if they are approached by clubs who are full time.Yes mate, the atmosphere is always good there.
My lad is now 14, just didn't want to pay £30+ for the day for a team I don't really support.
Me and the lad got to know many of the Curzon Ashton staff, board, coaching staff etc so more couldn't support Darlington whilst in the same league as Curzon.
Plus my first Darlo game they were flying top of the league at xmas, then they only won 1 or 2 more for the rest of the season (2-3 years ago) so I'm a bad oman.
Always makes me think I could do better than that but at 56 I sadly know this to be wrongTried watching a lower league club, loved the community feel, the crowd chants etc...
But the football was just shocking.
Great tale.I'm in my fifties now and had my first season ticket when i was 7 and started going to away games when i was 12. I lived on Thornton Road until I was in my early teens and my mum worked at the City social club. So absolute dyed in the wool blue. I had 3 daughters in early 2000s so time and cost meant i had to stop going, 10 years later I started going to the odd game (none of my girls were interested) but waiting lists and memberships prevented me getting a season ticket. All my City watching has been done via TV, YouTube , podcasts etc and I'm fully immersed (watch every game live), as close as i can be without actually going but I do really miss it even though i know its quite far removed from what i was used to.
Anyway, my brother in law , a bit younger than me was/is a rag and lives in Stockport. He was a season ticket holder and he had a son but couldn't get a ticket for the swamp for him so they started going to Stockport County. His lad fell in love, never wears anything other than county gear and my brother in law went the same way. They go every home and away game and just love it and the cost is so much better for them.
Last season his lad was a mascot and they asked me to come to the game as they got a couple of extra tickets because of that so i went with my missus.
Going to the game was a buzz, walking up to the stadium, the crowds, badge/scarf sellers, food vans, it all felt so familiar and i loved it. County's ground (for those that don't know) is situated a very similar surroundings to Maine Road (albeit on a smaller scale)
I went through a proper turnstile and got to the back of the stadium , had a couple of (very decent ) pints and then took my seat just on the halfway line (to see the tunnel opposite) and i was about 5 rows from the front.
The players came out with the mascots, crowd were all cheering and i was really close to the players and it was at this point i started thinking " I could come here and watch this every week, I'm only round the corner and it feels like the old days, just a bit more modern" .....
And then it happened....the fans started singing 'their' songs, chat started in the stands about who was playing well and who should be sold etc and it was at that point i knew it wasn't for me , i couldn't do it, i felt like an imposter and it wasn't City, despite how much its changed its still MCFC and i love em and am proud of it!
I've seen us play at this level, i was at Maine road when county beat us ffs, then the anti City songs started and i was laughing thinking im a City fan and we are the premier league champions, Pep is our manager and i still sing 'you're my Alan Ball' when Wonderwall comes on despite him being the worst manager i think we ever had haha
fast forward to last week and the lad was a mascot again and asked me to come and i told him i was working...CTID
This new stand is a great opportunity to get people like you and others like you back, dads can bring their kids, build Citys future support.I'm in my fifties now and had my first season ticket when i was 7 and started going to away games when i was 12. I lived on Thornton Road until I was in my early teens and my mum worked at the City social club. So absolute dyed in the wool blue. I had 3 daughters in early 2000s so time and cost meant i had to stop going, 10 years later I started going to the odd game (none of my girls were interested) but waiting lists and memberships prevented me getting a season ticket. All my City watching has been done via TV, YouTube , podcasts etc and I'm fully immersed (watch every game live), as close as i can be without actually going but I do really miss it even though i know its quite far removed from what i was used to.
Anyway, my brother in law , a bit younger than me was/is a rag and lives in Stockport. He was a season ticket holder and he had a son but couldn't get a ticket for the swamp for him so they started going to Stockport County. His lad fell in love, never wears anything other than county gear and my brother in law went the same way. They go every home and away game and just love it and the cost is so much better for them.
Last season his lad was a mascot and they asked me to come to the game as they got a couple of extra tickets because of that so i went with my missus.
Going to the game was a buzz, walking up to the stadium, the crowds, badge/scarf sellers, food vans, it all felt so familiar and i loved it. County's ground (for those that don't know) is situated a very similar surroundings to Maine Road (albeit on a smaller scale)
I went through a proper turnstile and got to the back of the stadium , had a couple of (very decent ) pints and then took my seat just on the halfway line (to see the tunnel opposite) and i was about 5 rows from the front.
The players came out with the mascots, crowd were all cheering and i was really close to the players and it was at this point i started thinking " I could come here and watch this every week, I'm only round the corner and it feels like the old days, just a bit more modern" .....
And then it happened....the fans started singing 'their' songs, chat started in the stands about who was playing well and who should be sold etc and it was at that point i knew it wasn't for me , i couldn't do it, i felt like an imposter and it wasn't City, despite how much its changed its still MCFC and i love em and am proud of it!
I've seen us play at this level, i was at Maine road when county beat us ffs, then the anti City songs started and i was laughing thinking im a City fan and we are the premier league champions, Pep is our manager and i still sing 'you're my Alan Ball' when Wonderwall comes on despite him being the worst manager i think we ever had haha
fast forward to last week and the lad was a mascot again and asked me to come and i told him i was working...CTID
I'm in my fifties now and had my first season ticket when i was 7 and started going to away games when i was 12. I lived on Thornton Road until I was in my early teens and my mum worked at the City social club. So absolute dyed in the wool blue. I had 3 daughters in early 2000s so time and cost meant i had to stop going, 10 years later I started going to the odd game (none of my girls were interested) but waiting lists and memberships prevented me getting a season ticket. All my City watching has been done via TV, YouTube , podcasts etc and I'm fully immersed (watch every game live), as close as i can be without actually going but I do really miss it even though i know its quite far removed from what i was used to.
Anyway, my brother in law , a bit younger than me was/is a rag and lives in Stockport. He was a season ticket holder and he had a son but couldn't get a ticket for the swamp for him so they started going to Stockport County. His lad fell in love, never wears anything other than county gear and my brother in law went the same way. They go every home and away game and just love it and the cost is so much better for them.
Last season his lad was a mascot and they asked me to come to the game as they got a couple of extra tickets because of that so i went with my missus.
Going to the game was a buzz, walking up to the stadium, the crowds, badge/scarf sellers, food vans, it all felt so familiar and i loved it. County's ground (for those that don't know) is situated a very similar surroundings to Maine Road (albeit on a smaller scale)
I went through a proper turnstile and got to the back of the stadium , had a couple of (very decent ) pints and then took my seat just on the halfway line (to see the tunnel opposite) and i was about 5 rows from the front.
The players came out with the mascots, crowd were all cheering and i was really close to the players and it was at this point i started thinking " I could come here and watch this every week, I'm only round the corner and it feels like the old days, just a bit more modern" .....
And then it happened....the fans started singing 'their' songs, chat started in the stands about who was playing well and who should be sold etc and it was at that point i knew it wasn't for me , i couldn't do it, i felt like an imposter and it wasn't City, despite how much its changed its still MCFC and i love em and am proud of it!
I've seen us play at this level, i was at Maine road when county beat us ffs, then the anti City songs started and i was laughing thinking im a City fan and we are the premier league champions, Pep is our manager and i still sing 'you're my Alan Ball' when Wonderwall comes on despite him being the worst manager i think we ever had haha
fast forward to last week and the lad was a mascot again and asked me to come and i told him i was working...CTID
That pretty much sums it up for me other than 70s 80s and 90s never missed a game home and away (except European games) had a season ticket until 2022, then Arthirits (2 types) hit replacement knee degenerative spine and can't stand for long periods and in pain wrigling in the seat ain't great for the poor buggers next to me. Just moved to Uppermill and a few lads heve asked me to go to Latics, I haven't yet but it appeals more to me than sitting behind someone who has a phone out shouting "let's go City lets go".I’m 40 now. Born in Manchester (well, Ashton), lived in Middleton until 1994 before we relocated to Chesterfield due to my dad’s job. We used to be back over almost every other weekend - my Nana and Grandad used to live on our old street, and remained there. Frequently we’d schedule our visits to coincide with City matches - the most we ever went to in a season was the 98/99 Division 2 year - usually in the North Stand where it cost us under 50 quid for a family of 5.
These days I rarely make it to the Etihad - work (many weekends) and family life (3 young boys) and living in Birmingham (hence the username) put paid to it.
Although I’m a blue through and through, these days I make it to Chesterfield more than I do City (father-in-law is a ST holder) and to be honest I can see the attraction. It feels more like the game I used to know when I was younger. More like a football match rather than a “show” - no ridiculous pyrotechnics and pre-match light shows, just two teams coming out to play a game of football. The atmosphere feels more down-to-earth, which having grown up watching City at a usually-freezing Maine Road makes me feel more at home. Surrounded by locals rather than tourists waving camera phones. Easy to get to and from the ground, and plenty of decent local boozers. It feels a little like going to City these days is like going to a baseball match in America in comparison.
I reckon there must be a fair few like me. You’ll never not be a City fan, they’ll always be my club, nothing will ever change that - but it’s ok to miss the older, less glitzy, more basic times and there are certain things about the lower leagues that bring it back.
I used to watch Stockport, sometimes, back in the mid-1960s. My former PE teacher from school - Trevor Porteous - was player and later player-manager at County.The Stockport County thing is just bandwagon jumping now Stockport is trendy and County are doing pretty well.
I know several lifelong rags who now plaster County shite all over their social media acting like they're massive fans, when in reality they only started taking an interest a year ago.