Patient Darts are reaping rewards

By MATTBADCOCK

IT COST £1 to keep the name of Dartford FC alive – a fair bit cheaper than the £20,000 the supporters’ association were asked to fork out six weeks earlier.
Four games into the 1992-93 season, the Southern League club were no more. Maidstone United had been groundsharing at their Watling Street home but blew the money chasing the Football League dream.
The ground improvements Maidstone were paying for were sold to Dartford at a cost of around £500,000 and the Darts were plunged into debt.
In the close season t...