Darlington Football Club are an English football team based in the English town of Darlington and play in League Two. The club's nickname is The Quakers in reference to the religious movement that had a historic influence on the town. Darlington have remained in the bottom tier of the league since 1992; they are the division's second-longest inhabitants after Rochdale. Their local rivals are Hartlepool United, Carlisle United and York City.
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Darlington Football Club are an English football team based in the English town of Darlington and play in League Two. The club's nickname is The Quakers in reference to the religious movement that had a historic influence on the town. Darlington have remained in the bottom tier of the league since 1992; they are the division's second-longest inhabitants after Rochdale. Their local rivals are Hartlepool United, Carlisle United and York City.
Darlington Football Club was founded at Darlington Grammar School in 1883 and won the Durham Senior Cup two (1895) and eight (1891) years later. In 1889 they joined the new Northern League, which they won in 1896 and 1900. The club turned professional in 1908 and joined the North Eastern League.
In 1919–20 the side managed to finish second in the North Eastern League and the following year were champions. This was a stroke of good luck as their victory coincided with the forming of the Northern Section of the Football League's Third Division, which...
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