"coming to see the football, every opportunity you can get, it's the best thing we can do really". I love that.

I feel very sorry for Darlington Fans and what they went through with George Reynolds actions, and great video again Nieve

Loved the chat you had with the young lads. Sensible heads on their shoulders.

If you want to know why we have silly FFP rules well here is why. Protecting clubs from megalomaniacs to the detriment of well run clubs. Love the community spirit of these small clubs.

Even as a Hartlepool fan it' was sad to see the demise of our rivals, the derby games were always something to look forward to even when both clubs were struggling. With our current trajectory it won't be long before we play again.

Honestly this has happened too many times to our football league clubs, it's a pity, great video again!

From Polish and Norwegian derbies - to the Premiership - to this - and through all your videos your enthusiasm, wit, knowledge and passion for the game shines through making each each one interesting but in different ways. Great Stuff, please keep it up.

We had Vladimir Romanov at Hearts and now we're fan owned too. Same thing, wiped the debt, added new debt then we ended up in admin.

The Darlo story is really interesting, but what I really liked be about this video is just the feeling of hanging out at a small club. It's wonderful. Anyone who hasn't been to their local non league club really should give it a try. ❤

Another big example of an owner destroying football clubs (at a bigger scale, of course.), can be found in Valencia, Spain, through the Peter Lim-Valencia FC relationship. Thank you for the video, enjoyed so much! Cheers.

I love your videos about these smaller clubs and grass root football. The sound bytes from the supporters of these clubs is really insightful (for example the young lad who have a logical explanation of why he would rather have Darlo get promoted to Liverpool win another UCL). Keep it up, Stuntpegg!

Not too long after the stadium opened, they even installed a big screen, which I believe at the time was the largest screen within a stadium in the football league. One of the funniest memories of watching Darlo play was when Chris Brass scored an own goal and we got to watch it back on the screen. If you search in KZfaq for Chris Brass own goal, it still exists and is one of the greatest own goals of all time. He even broke his nose! If I'm correct, I think Middlesbrough FC bought the screen when the stadium was sold.

What a lovely story full of hope and resilience. Years ago Leyton Orient had similar but not so bad issues, so I can feel the pain and frustration.

I love your channel. I'm in the US and getting great reporting on clubs we never get to hear about in this country is a football fanatics dream. Keep up the great work!

Discovered this by chance. Never knew any of this. Brilliant reporting. Respect

great video!! Darlington has a special place in my heart , as it was the first team I managed in a football game, back in premier manager 98 :)

Great video as always Nieve. It's been a real shame to see the story of what happened to Darlo become buried under the other cases of mismanagement by owners even more recently, but appreciate you shining a light on this. Regardless, it's great to see the community come together to set up a new fan-owned club (even if the league progress has faltered a little in the past few years). I have a lot of family in Darlo and this video has inspired me to get myself to a game next time I'm up there!

Love the channel thank you so much for shedding some light on my club .. really struggling at the moment but I hope we can stay up

You are so beautiful, charismatic and funny. And above all, you tell a lot of things that a football fanatic wants to hear, while being very attentive with your fans and their comments. Congrats from Brazil, lady.

I remember going to Feethams to watch a game. Prior to kick off all the fans were able to watch a cricket match first as the turnstiles were on the street so you paid the one entrance price. Not many clubs could claim that distinction. Unfortunately, the Feethams ground is now Sainsbury’s.

You always perfectly capture the feel of the club with your clips around the ground ❤

never see the big media stuff covering this sort of thing. Absolutely class video as usual!

Glad you make these, makes me learn the lower sides and gain sympathy for what they go through

Love the research you do into other aspects of football not just the BIG FOUR! great channel

Thanks for this, Pegg. Really appreciate you sharing this story about Darlo and the crap that they've gone through. Like you asked the Liverpool/Darlo lad if he'd rather win Europe or get back into the Football League, you have to go with Darlo there. Things like this are far more important for the club, it's supporters, and the town.

thank you for doing this!! i’ve been following darlo for the past 8 years! my best mate is a massive fan of them living up there! i just wish i could get up north to see the boys play more!

Awesome platforming and amplifying a story that needed telling. Legend.

Great video Nieve. It was over four decades ago now but I still remember a lad called Tony in my Newcastle Poly halls of residence who was from Darlington and always used to go on about Feethams. So sad how things have gone for the club and the town since then.

What a really enjoyable video. Loved the background history of Darlington FC, well compiled and presented.

A'reyt Nieve. Happy New Year to you and all reading this comment. Not the first video about this, but this was cheery as well as sad. Best wishes to any fans of clubs in this sort of situation. As a Bradfordian, with a Keighley family, it is very familiar from both football and rugby league.

Oldham wasn’t far off going this way until Sir Frank saved us

I always wondered what happened to Darlo. I knew they'd had financial struggles and had to create a phoenix club. But never knew the story behind it. Fantastic video Nieve. Love the extra chaos of an official getting injured 😅

I love your reporting. It feels more about the crowd? The culture? The energy? This feels more real to me than anything Ive seen on football before

thanks for your work. Love it. Sustainability over glory every time!

Love your videos, its great for us that lives in other countries to get to know English teams outside of the Premier League, much love from Brazil

Thanks for your unique point of view Nieve. Living for these new videos!

This is a great channel. Thanks for posting. Nice work 👍🏼

Just down the road from Darlington there’s a village club called Marske United, they’ve just raised enough money to save the club (the club lost their owner due to having to make major stadium improvements, sort of suffering from their promotions up the pyramid) but can’t sadly stay in the tier they’re in at the minute.

I’m 62 and I remember when Darlington was in the football league and also Workington Town.I thought both didn’t exist anymore.Glad you’re on your way back. Coys.

THANKS FOR THE SUBTITLE! As I'm not fluent in English, this will help me a lot to understand your videos

My eyes light up whenever I see a new Stuntpegg vid, ty! Your vids really make me smile Nieve!

I’ve watched this channel since you were a young lass..Love your knowledge of football and nice to see the channel grow..You deserve it lass..Love from Leeds 💙👌

This is brilliant! Thank you for all of your videos!

Genuinely one of ya best mate. And happy new year darling xx

Great unique content covering clubs from lower divisions so we get to know more about them and this beautiful game👍 keep going

Another great video Nieve, looked you were getting emotional at times within that story. I remember Reynolds tried to sign Tino Asprilla at the same time as Gazza. The stadium had marble sinks and gold plated taps. How Reynolds passed a fit and proper person test is beyond me.

Another great Vid! Keep telling these compelling stories so well. Happy New Year🎉

One of the linesmen got injured at Fratton Park earlier this season. Thankfully a qualified referee was there supporting Pompey and he stepped up. Always sad to see clubs tumble down the divisions and to be honest, I didn't know enough about Darlington. Thanks for this video.

GREAT video, thanks for making and posting.

I love these, you do such an amazing job, i have only been a football fan since 2011 so im still learning all of the hidden history, these help

Great bit of reportage with amazing filmmaking. You really capture the feel of a place.

Love your videos Miss Stuntpegg!! Please keep the awesome content coming 😁 Cheers and Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺👍🏻

These wonderful football clubs are part of our British heritage and should be protected.It is very sad to see the demise of Darlington. Hope they get back into the league one day

Nice video and glad to see some awareness of Darlington being raised. You could've covered some of the subsequent chairmen also. They inherited a rotten situation, but Raj Singh is arguably just as guilty for Darlington's demise as Reynolds was. He is now chairman of local rivals Hartlepool...

Nice video, so informative and nicely edited. Thank you

I'm absolutely not into football. But i love sports in general und i love your content. Amazing stuff with a warm heart und great humor. Greetings from Germany

You can tell Darlington fans have genuine passion for their club. I’m honestly so happy they’ve been able to rebuild their club and gain promotions.

It was David Sullivan who said "If you want to make a small fortune, take a very large fortune and buy a football club". No-one should be allowed to buy a club unless thay can prove that they can afford to lose every penny they're spending, and every penny they've pledged to spend.

Absolutely incredible to see an in-depth video about our Quakers. Cheers.

I was born and used to live in darlo for years, it’s nice to see this being talked about and the story being told

What a sad story I didn’t know the full story before, just that they built a huge stadium One single person can destroy everything for a club

Thank you for these insights into football clubs that are unheard of/not mentioned.. Great football education haha !

Absolutely wonderful glimpses into the grass roots of English football. Thank you.

Love your videos. Watched the Millmoor episode too. As a Luton Town fan, I feel their pain, but also know that there is a way back.

I followed a local Tier 10 team (Northern League Div 2) the season Darlington were liquidated and they were still turning out with attendances of 3k at home and 1k away (where other teams were used to having 100-150 attending). Great loyalty and great boost to the finances of other clubs in the league.

New to your channel and loving the content! Great work!

Top stuff again Nieve. Bella. The tragic issue is the 'fit-and-proper' chairman issue not being fit-for-purpose. It needs a rehaul. I'm also staggered that gambling firms are allowed to sponsor on club shirts and the players get blamed for becoming addicted. It's no surprise. Great work!

Great video on my home town club and thankyou for bringing awareness 🙂

I went there a few times as part of the Bury press team and one of the highlights was the fantastic carvery, I miss that. We used to get quite a bit of gossip from a couple of the local press guys, just wish I could remember all of it. What I do remember is that although the capacity was 25,000, the ground was only licensed for a fraction of that. Also, the plan was for a twenty four hour operation, including a casino, but that was refused by the local council. Apparently he forgot to include it in the original planning application conveniently. To be fair, it was a very impressive white elephant when it first opened, you could tell it was a quality job behind the scenes.

This is awesome Neive. I was hoping youd go to darlo match and do a video as i am a Darlington fan myself. I was at the scarborough game so i was trying to spot myself as i watching the video 😂. We've got a new manager in Steve watson now so hopefully he can keep us up. Awesome video Neive please do more of these legend ✌

Wish Darlington all the best! The reformed club has done so well and great to see them back in their town. That huge stadium should have never been built!

Great stuff again. Keep up the great work, Niamh.

When we played Darlo at Bishop Auckland in the Evostick league we spoke to the fans. Great people but some were reluctant to talk about Reynolds, now he has passed away that might be different but the majority of we spoke to despised him.

You could probably do a story about North Ferriby a village just outside Hull. Similar thing … made it as far as the national league but then unlike Hoffenheim the wheels came off. Darlington were a traditional lower league side limping long. They just dropped off the radar I was unaware to the wheeling and dealings going on. Nice content.

I was covering a game at Darlo a few years ago now and the fans were incredible...I overheard 3 of them behind me saying that they had gone through the turnstiles 3 times, just to put money back into the club ...they were all laughing as they said they were season ticket holders too.

Terrific video. 👏👏 I've only seen Darlington play the once. At Wembley against Plymouth. Such a long time back. 👍

Great to see that the loyal Darlo fans are still backing their club on the journey back to the football league. As an Aldershot fan and with our own experiences I am completely disgusted how clubs can be destroyed by poor management. The effect on the community is far reaching after such events. The passion and drive by the supporters and community will surely put you back in the league. Total respect to Darlo. Keep the faith. ✊

In Argentina this is something we always have been afraid of, even more now because the new government has approved the anonymous societies in football clubs (here the clubs are non-profit civil associations). Chelsea owners, for example, are already interested in 6 football clubs of the country after this. A big club like Racing back in the days was really f#cked because of this management, it got bankrupted and almost dissappeared, similar like Malaga in Spain. It's so sad because the ones who gets the worst are always the fans. Great video tho.

Was working in Darlington in the early 70s and went to a testimonial for one of your players, I think his name was sinclair, or something like that. Darlington played Middlesbrough managed by Jack Charlton and we went to a night club afterwards where all the Middlesbrough team was and Big Jack smoked all my cigarettes. Great night!!!

You're absolutely brilliant at this.

Great story Stuntpegg, really enjoying watching your channel

This is a brilliant video, Nieve.Well done.

im a fan, love the real world content. seeing english football first hand thanks to you. cheers

When I saw the title I thought this was gonna be about Coventry. Never heard this story which is bizarre because this guy built a whole Stadium for 5000 fans wtf?? It hits home pretty hard when you support a club who honestly is not miles off this happening, and we have a lot to lose being in the Championship.

Wonderful video. Fantastic grounds they've got now...looks like quite the atmosphere. Definitely needs to be some checks and balances in place so an owner can't completely wreck a team. The Glazers have been doing their best to ruin United...

Agreed, dodgy ownership has been at the heart of the problem for so many teams from the Premiership to the bottom of the non leagues. The team I follow Sunderland recently had fairly grifter owners at times and it makes me sad to see what it does to teams through no fault other than just trying to be better.

Agree, lack of vetting is ridiculous. We need strict regulation around who can invest in a club so that the likes of Reynolds can't launch vanity projects such as this. Football belongs to the people.....

great seeing a video of a club that you live soo close too, i live in the hometown that helped them with a stadium them going up the leagues

I've come from RKG they gave you a shoutout, and I had to come see the content for myself Great stuff

7:05 There is something about scholesey and his love for UTD that gives me the warm and fuzzies

Another brilliant video. I love your stuff !

I remember playing Darlington back in league 2 scary how far they have fallen and how far we climbed. I hope they bounce back oneday and get back into the football league. 😞

Fantastic football channel, love your presentation, really interesting topics.

Another unreal Stuntpegg video. 👏🏻

I hadn’t realised George had died - thought you were brave making the video given how fierce he could be. I lived in North Yorkshire at the time and went to a few games at the new ground. Terrible atmosphere, was never going to work. Glad they’re back on the feet with the supporters.

Played at both the Feethams football and cricket grounds in the mid 80s against Darlo reserves and Darlo in the NYSD cricket league. Darlo were in the 3rd division back then, ground's now a supermarket. Times have changed and not necessarily for the better

I’m a darlo fan, gutted I didn’t run into you at the game! But this is a great video on our football club, thanks Nieve

I was working in Sheffield on secondment and had the pleasure of dining at my hotel with a Darlington supporter also at the hotel while he found somewhere to live. I favour supporting the so called unfashionable local club over the likes of Merchandise United and financially doped clubs. Darlington had just dipped into the Conference and back to the FL swiftly and I was sorry they could not maintain FL status. May you rise up again!

It is so refreshing to see videos of grassroots football success of clubs rising from the ashes rather than them being totally destroyed by magalomanic narccissistic tossers, well done Nieve and total respect to proper football fans👏👏 I wish Darlo all the best in the coming years and I will now be looking out for their results and hoping the best for them - UTV

I used to love going to see Darlo at Feethams in the late 80s..players like Kevin Stonehouse, Jimmy Willis and Les McJanet 👍🏻