Quakers in cyberspace

Links to pages on this website, as well as some of our favourite links and the most useful sites.
We'd welcome any additions, just e-mail us

www.dafts.co.uk sitemap DAFTS News Latest DAFTS news About us What DAFTS is about, history of DAFTS, recent news, aims and principles Darlo Guide Our guide to Darlington pubs, restaurants, accommodation and things to do for the away fan and others DAFTS Darlington FC stadium guide Travel and pub guide to the new stadium, as well as guide to facilities Next Away Trip Away guide to Darlington's next trip Next Away Trip - Printable Version To print off and take with you - on one A4 sheet, updated closer to games Away Guides (2007-2008) Full travel, pub, internet and ground guides for all Darlo's trips: Accrington Stanley Barnet, Bradford City Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Bury, Cheltenham Town, Chester City, Chesterfield, Dagenham & Redbridge, Grimsby Town, Hereford Utd, Lincoln City, Macclesfield Town, Mansfield Town, MK Dons, Morecamble Notts Co, Rochdale, Rotherham Utd, Shrewsbury, Stockport Wrexham, Wycombe W, Other and Old Away Guides: Some places we don't visit any more or very often - some info may be out of date: Altrincham, Aston Villa Barnsley Boston Utd, Bournemouth, Bristol Rovers, Cambridge Utd, Carlisle Utd, Doncaster Rovers Exeter, Halifax, Hartlepool, Huddersfield Town, Hull City, Hornchurch, Kidderminster Harriers, Lewes Leyton Orient, Luton, Northampton Town, Oxford United,Plymouth, Reading, Rushden Scunthorpe Utd, Southend Utd, Stoke City,Swansea City, Swindon Town, Torquay Utd, Walsall, Wolves York City Yeovil Town Gallery Random photos of DAFTS members at play DAFTS Feethams Tribute Our old ground Darlington squad 2007-2008 Pen-pics of the Quakers' squad DAFTS sponsorship How we've raised money in the past and currently DAFTS clubs price survey Our unofficial guide to what it costs around League 2 (last updated 2004-2005) DAFTS page on the Virtual Quakers A little about the VQ's e-group and how to join Harbo Darlo page including the Harbo Darlo SuperLeague and The world of Lance Ireland - Darlo fan in Birmingham DAFTS on tour - Isle of Man 2000 DAFTS on tour - Ireland 2001, Isle of Man 2002 Another bloody tour - pre-season holidays DAFTS Isle of Man guide Updated guide to the island for any fans travelling there

Darlington football websites D@rlo Uncovered and Uncovered Messageboard This has been the main (unoffiical) website for years - as part of the Rivals group of sites. The popular messageboard/forum is the place all Darlo fans turn to first for news, gossip, rants and a bit of light relief. Official Darlington FC A completely revamped official site, which at first glance is easier to navigate and less clunky and corporate than the Premium TV sites. It has also introduced an online shop, which was much needed. QuakerWorld Subscription-only service from the Official Site people - live commentary and goal highlights, if you have £25 a year to spare. Loidland is another messageboard, which is easier to navigate than the new, more clumsy Rivals version. You have to register to post or read messages.

The Tinshed This could be wound up soon, it's just a messageboard. The webmaster Kevin secured a transfer to the official site at the start of the season and is doing a great job there instead. Darlington Fans Online is looking to present opinion from a cross-section of fans and promote the club. Darlington Supporters' Trust All the news and info for the Supporters' Trust. Brilliant, colourful and sharply-turned prose - as maintained by us, as a favour! Darlington Supporters' Club Comprehensive site with all the Supporters' Club news and details of the away coach arrangements. Darlington Disabled Supporters' Group Set up in the 2005-2006 season and run under the umbrella of the Trust, this aims to assist and group together disabled fans and families, with away travel one of the ambitions.

Virtual Quakers Free-to-join e-group with 200 or more fans. Plenty of DAFTS are members of this message group. Darlington Vital Football Part of the Vital football network, this new fans' site was set up by two keen supporters in December 2005. It is being kept up to date with news and also features an interactive fans' map, where you can plot where you come from. The pop-ups are a bit annoying but the site itself is at least being updated. Darlo Tykes Webpage of the Northallerton-based Darlo Tykes supporters' group, running trips to matches from north Yorkshire.

northeastfootball.co.uk Website rounding up the latest news from the main clubs in the North East - from Newcastle to Hartlepool. And Darlo of course. Run by a Darlo fan, so expect decent coverage. Simple and tidy design, very easy to navigate. Quakers Mad Taken over from The Tinshed as the "alternative" site to Rivals or the official site for general news. A little untidy but updated. Part of the series of sites, keeps things simple. Regular features include Mark Proctor's Proc's Tickle and The Magic Sponge with Paul Gough. BBC Darlington text commentaryIf ever stuck in an internet cafe abroad, desperate to follow the match. The language is a little robotic, but it has all the basic facts within minutes of it happening "live."

General football Supporters Direct The site of the Supporters' Trust movement including links. BBC Football Football news from BBC Online. Football 365 Mix of news and humour, plenty of hits. Do I sound old when I say it's not as good as it was and the T-shirt range is now the best bit? Soccernet Worldwide footie site but there is also a Darlington page if you hunt for it. The Guardian - Football All the Grauniad and The Observer's footie writing.

Football Books A site devoted to football books, as the name suggests, with not only a useful A-Z, reviews but links to buy them (where available). Danger Here Quirky and funny Irish football site, with mickey taken out of TV commentators, managers and the like Groundtastic Online details of the fanzine for stadium-lovers and serious ground-hoppers Homes of Football Photographer Stuart Clarke's website, devoted to his journeys around the UK's (and Europe's) best stadiums. Can buy online Football & Real Ale What a good idea! A Bristol Rovers fan published some written guides to real ale places for football fans for the 2005/2006, has updated editions for 2006-2007 and this is a smaller online version, work in progress. A tough job, but someone has to do it... Football Things Football fans museum, based in Italy, aimed at collecting scarves, souvenirs and memorabilia from supporters worldwide. FootballGroundGuide Comprehensive online guide to all league grounds and some non-league. Well-produced and good photos. FSF Ground Guide The Football Supporters' Federation ground guide, which aims to have contibutions from more than 160 clubs, including us - but is a little short so far. The FSF meanwhile is the campaigning fans organisation. Mike Floate's Football Ground Frenzy Mike takes some great photos of Football League and non-league stadiums on his travels - the calendars are worth buying at the turn of the year too.

Played In Britain English Heritage project dedicated to preserving the best traditions of our sporting heritage and architecture. WSC - One Touch Football A basic online front for When Saturday Comes with message board Soccerlinks As it says - and plenty of them Football Transfers.info Might settle a few bets - a database dedicated to stats, rumour and movement of players and managers SoccerStats.com Another for the anoraks, this has all the recent data on when goals were scored or conceded and past meetings between sides Nationwide League Official - Div 2 Tarted-up official site for the Football League with club news and info. PFAThe Professional Footballers' Association site, free regstration. Includes a find-an-available-player search engine. We're not able to publish the fixtures because it's "intellectual copyright," though it's us poor buggers who have to do the travelling! If you think it's downright silly that public information can't be shared in the age of cyberspace, a campaign and petition have been started. We don't publish the fixtures here, because frankly we can't be a@@ed any more, especially doing all those HTML tables. Football will die on its knees with all this stupidity and noses in the trough from those who don't care.

Bottom Of The Barrel board Discussion forum for fans of Div Three clubs mainly, inc lots of off-footie topics. Can be a bit cliquey, but funny. Ciderspace An unofficial Yeovil Town site but included here because it's so darned good and has lots of links and info about other clubs. Cod Almighty Grimsby webzine gives most independent sites a battering for wit and originality. County 4 Life Independent Stockport website. The Third Dimension fanzine Web-zine of Third Division news, run by Darlo fans. 3rdWorld RivalsGood Div 3-wide Rivals site for keeping up with club news and a decent enough message forum. Man Utd Web Man Utd website and forum CCFC Sleeping Giant Cardiff City Rivals site. Bluebird To The Bone A Cardiff City indepedent site on the Football Network. Up The Dale Rochdale independent site We Will Follow is a site aimed at bringing together fans and supporters clubs to offer and request lifts to games (totally free, once registered), with other club and travel links. Football Hotels A good idea but frankly it's duffly (cheaply) produced, and is merely a front for another of those hotel-finding search engines which pop up too easily on the internet. You're better off trying local tourist information offices and websites - links on our away guides.

Travel websites

Rail timetables Virgin Trains GNER Arriva bus timetables Stagecoach National Express Online streetmaps
Visit Darlington Hotels/B&Bs

Local and media websites

 Darlington council website/ Darlington Town/ Darlo weather/ Darlington CAMRA/ Darlington Cricket Club
Northern Echo/ Evening Gazette/ BBC Radio Cleveland 95 FM/ BBC Sport Darlington page