\u00c1 jan\u00faar f\u00f3r \u00e9g til Darlington og s\u00e1 Luton tapa illa. Darlington er sm\u00e1borg \u00ed\u00ad nor\u00f0anver\u00f0u Englandi me\u00f0 125 \u00e1ra s\u00f6gu. Lengst af hefur f\u00e9lagi\u00f0 \u00feekkt sitt magam\u00e1l og ekki reynt a\u00f0 blanda s\u00e9r \u00ed\u00ad slag st\u00f3ru li\u00f0anna.<\/p>\n
Fyrir nokkrum \u00e1rum eigna\u00f0ist metna\u00f0arfullur – e\u00f0a \u00f6llu heldur st\u00f3rmennskubrj\u00e1la\u00f0ur ma\u00f0ur f\u00e9lagi\u00f0. Hann bygg\u00f0i v\u00f6ll fyrir um \u00fea\u00f0 bil 25.000 manns, fyrir f\u00e9lag sem telur gott a\u00f0 n\u00e1 4.000 \u00e1 leik. En eigandinn \u00e6tlia\u00f0i l\u00ed\u00adka \u00ed\u00ad \u00fatr\u00e1s. Li\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00e1tti a\u00f0 komast hratt upp deildarkeppnina og spila fyrir fullu h\u00fasi \u00ed\u00ad efstu e\u00f0a n\u00e6stefstu deild.<\/p>\n
Upp fr\u00e1 \u00feessu hefur v\u00f6llurinn veri\u00f0 kyrkingar\u00f3l sem h\u00e6gt og b\u00ed\u00adtandi er a\u00f0 drepa kl\u00fabbinn. N\u00fana er Darlington \u00ed\u00ad grei\u00f0slust\u00f6\u00f0vun og s\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0ast \u00ed\u00ad dag tilkynnti ma\u00f0urinn sem bo\u00f0ist haf\u00f0i til a\u00f0 kaupa f\u00e9lagi\u00f0, a\u00f0 hann v\u00e6ri h\u00e6ttur vi\u00f0 vegna deilna um v\u00f6llinn. Knattspyrnustj\u00f3rinn er farinn og b\u00fainn a\u00f0 taka hluta af starfsli\u00f0inu me\u00f0 s\u00e9r. Rekstrarstj\u00f3ri f\u00e9lagsins tilkynnti fyrr \u00ed\u00ad dag um a\u00f0 st\u00f3rum hluta almennra starfsmanna hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 sagt upp. Leikmenn munu ekki f\u00e1 laun greidd \u00ed\u00ad sumar, sem \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ir a\u00f0 \u00feeim sem komist geta \u00e1 samning annars sta\u00f0ar er frj\u00e1lst a\u00f0 yfirgefa f\u00e9lagi\u00f0 \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 grei\u00f0sla komi fyrir.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er ekkert sem bendir til \u00feess \u00ed\u00ad dag a\u00f0 Darlington geti teflt fram l\u00ed\u00adfv\u00e6nlegu li\u00f0i n\u00e6sta vetur. Enska deildin er \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad \u00ed\u00ad \u00feeirri st\u00f6\u00f0u a\u00f0 h\u00fan getur v\u00ed\u00adsa\u00f0 f\u00e9laginu \u00e1 braut. \u00de\u00e1 yr\u00f0u anna\u00f0 hvort 23 li\u00f0 \u00ed\u00ad ne\u00f0stu deild e\u00f0a a\u00f0 Chester City, n\u00e6stne\u00f0sta li\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed\u00ad \u00e1r, fengi a\u00f0 koma \u00ed\u00ad sta\u00f0inn. L\u00ed\u00adklegast er \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 deildin taki \u00feann kostinn a\u00f0 leyfa Darlington a\u00f0 hefja leik og vona \u00fea\u00f0 besta. S\u00fa afsta\u00f0a er raunar r\u00f6kr\u00e9tt \u00ed\u00ad lj\u00f3si s\u00f6gunnar – reynslan hefur s\u00fdnt a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 breytir engu hversu illa er komi\u00f0 fyrir f\u00f3tboltali\u00f0um, alltaf skal heimskur fj\u00e1rfestir vera rei\u00f0ub\u00fainn a\u00f0 st\u00ed\u00adga fram.<\/p>\n
…\u00feessi regla hefur \u00fe\u00f3 l\u00ed\u00adklega ekki sama gildi \u00ed\u00ad mi\u00f0ri efnahagskreppu.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 eru \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad raunh\u00e6far l\u00ed\u00adkur \u00e1 a\u00f0 Darlington ver\u00f0i ekki bjarga\u00f0. F\u00e9lagi\u00f0 g\u00e6ti hreinlega veri\u00f0 lagt ni\u00f0ur og 125 \u00e1ra s\u00f6gu hent \u00ed\u00ad rusli\u00f0. Minnisvar\u00f0inn um hruni\u00f0 mun \u00fe\u00f3 standa \u00e1fram, 25.000 manna v\u00f6llur sem aldrei hefur fari\u00f0 n\u00e1l\u00e6gt \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 fyllast.<\/p>\n
Skyndilega er Chester City \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad komi\u00f0 \u00ed\u00ad bullandi s\u00e9ns a\u00f0 endurheimta s\u00e6ti sitt \u00ed\u00ad deildarkeppninni. \u00dea\u00f0 eru \u00f3v\u00e6nt t\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0indi fyrir eigendur \u00feessa li\u00f0s, sem f\u00e6r svo f\u00e1a \u00e1horfendur a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 getur aldrei talist sj\u00e1lfb\u00e6rt. Vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 b\u00e6tist a\u00f0 eigandinn er talinn h\u00e1lfger\u00f0ur gl\u00e6\u00f0ama\u00f0ur, enda n\u00e1inn vinur breskra maf\u00ed\u00ad\u00f3sa. Tali\u00f0 var dagaspursm\u00e1l hven\u00e6r f\u00e9lagi\u00f0 f\u00e6ri \u00ed\u00ad grei\u00f0slust\u00f6\u00f0vun og stu\u00f0ningsmenn Chester voru uppteknir vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 velta \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad fyrir s\u00e9r hversu m\u00f6rg m\u00ed\u00adnusstig f\u00e9lagi\u00f0 byrjar me\u00f0 \u00e1 n\u00e6sta \u00e1ri – ef \u00feeim ver\u00f0ur \u00e1 anna\u00f0 bor\u00f0 hleypt inn \u00ed\u00ad efstu deild utandeildarkeppninnar.<\/p>\n
Eitthva\u00f0 segir m\u00e9r a\u00f0 fr\u00e9ttir af Chester og Darlington eigi eftir a\u00f0 halda okkur \u00e1hugam\u00f6nnum um fj\u00e1rm\u00e1l ne\u00f0rideildarli\u00f0a vi\u00f0 efni\u00f0 langt frameftir sumri…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c1 jan\u00faar f\u00f3r \u00e9g til Darlington og s\u00e1 Luton tapa illa. Darlington er sm\u00e1borg \u00ed\u00ad nor\u00f0anver\u00f0u Englandi me\u00f0 125 \u00e1ra s\u00f6gu. Lengst af hefur f\u00e9lagi\u00f0 \u00feekkt sitt magam\u00e1l og ekki reynt a\u00f0 blanda s\u00e9r \u00ed\u00ad slag st\u00f3ru li\u00f0anna. Fyrir nokkrum \u00e1rum eigna\u00f0ist metna\u00f0arfullur – e\u00f0a \u00f6llu heldur st\u00f3rmennskubrj\u00e1la\u00f0ur ma\u00f0ur f\u00e9lagi\u00f0. Hann bygg\u00f0i v\u00f6ll fyrir um … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Chester & Darlington (b)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}