Darlington Football Club, an English association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, was founded in 1883. They entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86,[1] were founder members of the Northern League in 1889,[2] turned professional in 1908 and joined the North Eastern League,[1] which they won in 1913 and 1921.[2] The latter win preceded election to the Football League as members of its newly formed Third Division North.[1] Runners-up in their first season, Darlington were Northern Section champions three years later, thus winning promotion to the Second Division. Their 15th-place finish in 1926 remains their best League performance, and they were relegated back to the Third Division the following year. After 68 years of continuous membership, they were relegated from the Football League in 1988–89. Having made an immediate return as Conference champions, they remained in the League until 2010, when they again dropped into the Conference.[2] After Darlington failed to exit administration in a manner acceptable to the Football Association, that body treated it as a new club, required it to change its name (to Darlington 1883), and placed its team in the Northern League, the ninth tier of English football, for the 2012–13 season.[3] Five years later, the FA approved the club's request to resume its traditional name.[4]
The club's first team have competed in numerous nationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in between 25 and 99 such matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include the duration of his Darlington career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches. Where applicable, the list also includes the national team for which the player was selected, and the number of senior international caps he won.
Introduction
Of the more than 350 men who made 25 career appearances for Darlington in national competitions but fell short of the 100 mark, several hold club records. Jason de Vos was the first to play senior international football while a Darlington player,[5] and Franz Burgmeier made most senior international appearances, with seven for Liechtenstein during the 2008–09 season.[6] At 15 years 318 days, Curtis Main became Darlington's youngest Football League debutant when he entered the League Two visit to Peterborough United on 3 May 2008 as a second-half substitute.[6][7] The sale of de Vos to Dundee United for £400,000 in 1998 generated the club's record transfer fee received, and the record for fee paid, of £100,000, was set in 2006 when Julian Joachim was signed from Boston United and equalled the following year with the purchase of Pawel Abbott from Swansea City.[6]
Others made an important contribution to the club despite relatively few appearances in national competition. Dick Healey's career was coming to an end by the time the club was elected to the Football League, but he was their top scorer with 41 goals as they won the North-Eastern League title in 1913 and captained the club to their second title in 1921, as well as scoring four goals in as many matches for the England amateur team and representing the Amateur XI in the 1913 FA Charity Shield.[8]Dick Jackson played in 26 FA Cup matches while player-manager of Darlington either side of the First World War,[9] and George Brown – a former England international and three-time League winner with Huddersfield Town – had a spell as player-manager in the 1930s.[9]Lol Morgan, Mick Tait[9] and Martin Gray went on to manage the club: Morgan managed the team to promotion from the Fourth Division in 1965–66,[10] and Gray led the team to three promotions in four seasons after taking over as manager in 2012.[11]Marco Gabbiadini was the only player with fewer than 100 League appearances to be voted by supporters into a "Dream Team" as part of the 2003 Farewell to Feethams celebrations (when the club left their long-time home).[12]
Statistics are correct up to and including 1 July 2024, the first day of the 2024–25 season. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Players marked * were registered for the club as at the date specified above.
Players with name in italics and marked † were on loan from another club for the duration of their Darlington career. The loaning club is noted in the Notes column, and sourced to Neil Brown's Player Database,[19] to the English National Football Archive, or individually.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.[20][19]
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
League appearances and League goals
League appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League (1921–1989 and 1990–2010), the Football Conference (1989–1990 and 2010–2012) and the National League (2016–present). Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season, abandoned after three matches because of the Second World War, are excluded.[G 1]
Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each country is shown.
Players with 25 to 99 appearances
Table of players, including playing position, club statistics and international selection
^ abcdefContent sourced to the English National Football Archive because of inconsistency or typographical error in Tweddle's Definitive Darlington
^For the visit to AFC Telford United on 1 November 2022, Soccerway lists the originally declared lineup, with Felix on the bench;[55] however, Jake Lawlor was injured in the warm-up and replaced in the starting eleven by Felix,[56] who should therefore have one league appearance more than listed by Soccerway.
Player statistics include games played while on loan from:
For matches up until the end of 1999–2000: Tweddle (2000), pp. 15, 23–110.
For 2000–01 to 2009–10: "Clubs: Darlington". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 2 May 2020. Select season required via dropdown menu, then Season players tab.
For 2010–11 and 2011–12: League: "Club statistics". Darlington F.C. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015. Select season and statistic required via dropdown menus.
For 2018–19 onwards, except where sourced below: "Darlington FC: Squad 2018/2019". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 May 2024. Select season and competition required via dropdown menu.
^ abFor 41 goals: "Darlington FC 125th Anniversary 1–41". The Northern Echo. Darlington. 25 April 2009. p. 2. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2014 – via NewsBank. For 1921: Dobson, Tim. "Richard "Dick" Healey"(PDF). Feethams Flyer. No. 26. Darlington Cricket Club. p. 3. Archived from the original(PDF) on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015. For Amateur XI: "Richard Healey". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 17 July 2015. For Charity Shield: Reflector (7 October 1913). "Professionals win Charity Shield". Daily Mirror. London. p. 14. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abc"Darlington (old): Manager history". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2014. "George Brown". England Football Online. Chris Goodwin and Glen Isherwood. 2 January 2023. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
Clubs are grouped by their division in the 2024–25 season. Includes the Welsh clubs where lists have been created. 'POTY' = 'Player of the Year / Season'.
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