Darlington FC announcement re Raj Singh investment

From John Tempest, Director Darlington Football Club

Darlington Football Club would like to announce that Raj Singh has decided to withdraw his interest in investing in the club.

Raj and his family have spent the last 48 hours viewing various social media platforms and in the light of the very negative comments being made, he and his family feel it is inappropriate to move forward with the possible investment. Raj’s initial commitment was to invest in the club, particularly the playing side, and in his words “he felt there was unfinished business.”

As a consequence of his withdrawal and the reasons for it, a second potential investor has also decided not to continue exploring his potential involvement.

Although social media can be a very useful tool, it can have very undesirable effects. I’m really not sure what the solution is as people who sit behind keyboards appear to be able to say anything without knowing the facts and not realising the potential impact in public of some ill-thought comments.

I would like to thank Raj for his very generous £10,000 contribution towards the pitch fund.

More than ever now and for obvious reasons, I would ask fans to get behind the Darlington FC Supporters Group pitches. At present 19 people have contributed to the “Seating phase 1 pitch” and 89 people have invested in the “Boost the Budget”. The onus is very much now on the fans. We really need to get many more fans involved in raising funds as the club needs support not only financially but also to ensure that the team and infrastructure are strong enough to survive at the current level.

Please note that the Netcafe with Raj Singh, that was scheduled for Friday night, has now been cancelled.

The club will not make any further comment on any of its media outlets.