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Darlington Football Club
Feethams Ground
Darlington
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County Durham
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Darlington F.C. was founded in 1883 at Darlington Grammar School. The club are nicknamed 'Darlo' or 'The Quakers', the latter due to the town's connections with the religious movement. The club badge features a Quaker style hat. They joined the Northern League in 1886 and won the league on two occasions before turning professional and joining the North Eastern League in 1908. In 1920 they finished as runner-up and won the championship the next year. This coincided with the formation of the new Football League Third Division (North) and they were elected as founder members. Since joining the league in 1921, Darlington has spent all of its time in the lower divisions of the Football League, apart from two seasons spent in Division Two in the 1920's. The team has only spent one year during that time outside of the Football League, after being relegated to the Conference in 1989. The team has an impressive 25,000 seater stadium, built during the reign of former chairman George Reynolds. George had ambitions of Premiership football for Darlington, but failed to back the stadium investment with investment in players. He resigned from the chairmanship and was subsequently arrested and charged for irregularities involving his personal finances
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