The Darlington Arena (known as the The Balfour Webnet Darlington Arena for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in England that plays host to Darlington Football Club's home fixtures. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the town in England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Darlington Football Club are an English football team based in the English town of Darlington, currently playing in Football League Two. ... Darlington Football Club are an English football team based in the English town of Darlington, currently playing in Football League Two. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... This is a partial list of English football stadia, ranked in descending order of capacity. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Darlington Football Club are an English football team based in the English town of Darlington, currently playing in Football League Two. ...

Prior to moving to the ground in 2003, Darlington had been playing at Feethams, located near to the town center. The current stadium is built on a greenfield site next to Darlington's A66 bypass. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Feethams was a football and cricket ground. ... The A66 is a major road in England. ...

Upon completion the arena was originally called the Reynolds Arena, after the club's then-owner, George Reynolds. However, following Reynolds' bankruptcy and arrest on charges of money laundering, the name was changed to The New Stadium in April 2004. Since then the club have sold the naming rights for the stadium to sponsors, firstly as the Williamson Motors Stadium and then the 96.6 TFM Darlington Arena between November 2005 and September 2007. The ground took it's current name in September 2007. George Reynolds (b. ... Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial transactions in order to conceal the identity, source and destination of the money in question. ...

The ground has the theoretical potential to be expanded to a capacity of approximately 60,000-65,000 seats. However, as the club currently resides in the bottom tier, divisions below the Premiership (several aims former chairman George Reynolds constructed it with), the likelihood of this ever coming to fruition seems highly doubtful. The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays English Premier League for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. ...

After a crowd of 11,600 watched the first game in the new stadium (a 2-0 defeat to Kidderminster Harriers F.C.) the ground has averaged a gate of around 3,000-4,000 supporters, although certain fixtures such as derby match against local rivals Hartlepool United F.C. in March 2007 (10,121 spectators), have pulled in a significantly larger turnout. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hartlepool United Football Club are an English football team currently playing in League Two. ...

The capacity of the stadium is currently capped at 10,000 for football matches due to poor access roads around the stadium, however the club are allowed to apply for this to be lifted for certain occasions.

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