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10 February 2012

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Unite behind one plan to save Darlington Football Club

THE Northern Echo has supported attempts to save Darlington Football Club since it was placed in administration and we will continue to do so.

Let's all club together

NEARLY 6,000 people showed they cared about saving Darlington Football Club on Saturday.

Darlington Football Club: A united approach

Having spent three hours in discussions with the campaigners fighting to save Darlington Football Club this morning, I think it's important to make the following points.

Rallying round the Quakers

WE are seeing a truly remarkable response to the campaign to save Darlington Football Club.

Quakers: there is still a chance

THE fact that Darlington Football Club is not dead this morning is due to a lot of hard work put in by a number of local people with the interests of the town at heart.

New hope for the Quakers

WHATEVER fate holds in store for Darlington Football Club, supporters can rest assured that a huge effort has been made to save the Quakers.

A "Fans United" approach to saving the Quakers

I called at Darlington Football Club on the way to work this morning and had a chat with manager Craig Liddle.

A daft idea to float past a hot air balloon billionaire

IN an editorial comment last week, I said that every avenue had to be explored to try to find a way of saving Darlington Football Club.

Building the front page with the readers

It's been a really interesting experiment tonight - building the Northern Echo front page in stages on Twitter.

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