Darlington Railway Athletic F.C.
| Full name | Darlington Railway Athletic Football Club |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1919 |
| Ground | Brinkburn Road Darlington |
| Chairman |  Doug Hawman |
| Manager | Marty Clennett |
| League | Northern League Division Two |
| 2006-07 | Northern League Division One, 22nd (relegated) |
Darlington Railway Athletic F.C. are a football club based in Darlington, England.
They joined the Northern League in 1919 and won the Wearside Football League in 2005. In the 2006-07 season, they finished bottom in the Northern League Division One and were relegated to Division Two.
Records
- Record Home Win 11-1 v Glaxo 06/01/01 and 11-1 v Ferryhill Athletic 02/04/05
- Record Away Win 11-1 v Byers Green 20/11/99 and 11-1 v Wearhead United 28/10/00
- Record Home Defeat 1-5 v Jarrow Roofing 28/10/06 and 1-5 v Sunderland Nissan 9/12/06
- Record Away Defeat 1-8 v Northallerton Town 28/08/06
- Most Appearances Martin Brown 291
- Top Goalscorer Graham Dodsworth 102
- Most Goals in a Season Paul Freary 24 2005-06
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
Durham Amateur Cup Winners 1975
Wearside League Winners 2005
Wearside League Cup Winners 2003
Sunderland Shipowners Cup Winners 2005
Auckland & District League Winners 2001
Darlington & District League Winners 1933,1964,1968,1999
Darlington & District League Cup Winners 1951, 1968
North Riding Cup Winners 1970
Northern Echo Local Heroes Team Of The Year 2001,2005
Craven Cup Runners Up 2006
History
| Season | League | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | |
| 1919-20 | North | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 58 | 24 | 9th/14 |
| 1920-21 | North | 26 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 39 | 28 | 6th/14 |
| 1921-22 | North | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 20 | 11th/14 |
| 1922-23 | North | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 23 | 9th/14 |
| 1923-24 | North | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 45 | 69 | 22 | 12th/15 |
| 1924-25 | North | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 32 | 71 | 20 | 14th/15 |
| 1990-91 | Wear-2 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 70 | 38 | 60 | 3rd/12 |
| 1991-92 | Wear-1 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 66 | 18 | 14th/16 |
| 2001-02 | Wear | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 75 | 43 | 67 | 3rd/17 |
| 2002-03 | Wear | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 75 | 40 | 55 | 7th/18 |
| 2003-04 | Wear | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 75 | 44 | 57 | 5th/18 |
| 2004-05 | Wear | 36 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 111 | 28 | 88 | 1st/19 |
| 2005-06 | North-2 | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 83 | 46 | 74 | 3rd/20 |
| 2006-07 | North-1 | 42 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 41 | 119 | 23 | 22nd/22 |
Fans
Darlington RA are famous in the non league circle for their extremely vocal support of their team. The main groups of supporters in the club are: The RA Massive The RA Casuals The RA Ultras
The RA Ultras
The Darlington RA Ultras is a group of Hummersknott School pupils, who support the RA and aim to lighten up games with some RA adapted songs including "When the reds go marching in" and "Crawford's head is huge, head is huge, head is huge". The founders of the RA Ultras are Luke Crawford, Gavin Foster, Steven 'Robbo' 'Butter' Robinson and Stupac Martin. Other members of the Ultras include Matthew Wells, Dave 'Burger' Earle, Ben Turnbull, Adam Shield, Tom Harcourt, Jordan Hill. Unwelcome members include Gavin 'foghorn' Todd and Daniel Finch, who it is widely known are a homosexual couple, after their disappearence behind the main stand during Saturday 1st March 2008's game at home to Hordon.
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