I Went To Watch The Worlds WORST Football Team!

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Support. Non. League. Football.

I feel very bad. The fact these players have the passion to keep playing even though they lose every game, they don’t even earn anything from it which makes it pure passion. I respect this club and hope they climb the football ladder.

Literally got goosebumps when the draw goal came home. I support my son's junior football team here in NZ (9 years old). They haven't won a game all year. They still go up the guts and give it the beans. Last year my son got goalie of the year because he stopped two goals with his face. Proud dad. New glasses.

I cannot fathom how much I love non league football. There is just Something about cheesy chips where the cheese doesn’t melt, overpriced barely cook burgers, hot chocolate that stays hot for 48 hours and dogs (not the ones that bite). Great video Ellis

The Fact I live a two minute drive from this club and even delivered down the road the ground is on and never have heard of this club is astonishing, hopefully when I have time off work I can volunteer or just go and watch. Support your non league clubs!

Hi Ellis. If you see this, please can you pin it? I'm so happy you've done this video! It's great to see you covering what i call proper non league, not just national league clubs that double football league attendances. I'm on the committee at Coxhoe Athletic, just south of Durham. We play in the Second Division of the Wearside League and it's been terrible to see Durham's downfall unfold. Btw, we don't even have linesmen at our level so that's my job on a matchday! I thought I'd give a bit more background into exactly what went wrong at Durham City. You did a good summary but there's a lot more to it. City used to play at Ferens Park, in the city of Durham. However, they decided to move to New Ferens Park in Belmont, about 10 minutes from the city centre. There is now a housing estate where Ferens Park used to be. Following City's failure to get promoted to the National League North, many sponsors pulled out and the club were relegated. This was the start of an extraordinary downfall. As City's form got worse, Bernard lost interest and has almost no involvement in the club anymore. A few years ago, City fell out with their landlord and were evicted from New Ferens Park. Since then, they have been without a permanent ground and have had to share with various clubs dotted around County Durham, a fair distance from Durham city centre. New Ferens is now home to Durham Corinthians, who also play in the First Division of the Wearside League. City experienced multiple relegations and soon found themselves bottom of the Northern League Division Two. That's one step above the Wearside League. However, when Covid hit, seasons were cancelled and City were saved. During this time, City were groundsharing with Willington AFC, who played in the same league as them. City's financial problems meant that they fell behind on their rent to Willington, a debt that eventually amounted to over £2,000, which is a lot for a club at that level. It was around this time that City entered a partnership with Zenith Sports and Event Management, owned by Australian businessman, Chris Tanner. Whilst Bernard had no interest, Tanner's main interest was in mocking and ridiculing the club, its committee and supporters, through setting up a fake Twitter account called, "Phil Mcavittee". This was a fun pass time for Tanner. He has never even been to Durham, nor has any known links. Last season, City were relegated to the Wearside League, with their only win coming on the final day of the season. It was the result of year after year of managerial changes, board resignations, player departures and money running out. Going into this season, Bernard remained absent and Tanner seemed to enjoy the chaos that unfolded. As you said, they regularly conceded double figures in their matches at the beginning of the season. Tanner was now openly abusing anyone who questioned what was going on and discriminated against many people, whilst blocking others on the club's Twitter account and failing to update supporters on the situation both on and off the field. This finally began to attract negative attention from the media so Bernard ended the club's relationship with Zenith and sacked Tanner. Tanner retaliated by withdrawing the club from the league. However, he didn't have the authority to do this. Bernard appointed Gary Hutchinson as club secretary, a long standing associate of the club. Bernard and Hutchinson negotiated with the League who allowed them back in on the conditions that they paid a £250 bond and repaid all their debt to Willington, who are now rock bottom of the Northern League Division Two. Once this was paid, City began to rebuild with a brand new committee and squad. It is hoped that come the end of the season, Bernard will pull out completely. It has still taken City a while to recover but they haven't been getting hammered every week and I'm glad to see them get their first point. They are now playing at Farringdon, which is closer to Sunderland than it is to Durham. It's a ground I've been to a few times when Farringdon have played Coxhoe. Once again, thanks for doing this Ellis!

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I live about 5 minutes away from South Moor, didn’t expect to see Durham City in a video never mind them! The north-east has a massive non-league scene and a number of very interesting stories. Nice to see Durham starting to stabilise a bit after the issues with New Ferens Park and the Olivier Bernard era!

Great episode - respectfully done. You have to wonder what the season highlight has been, coming from behind to get a 3-3 or the previously week when the dog went squiffy. Hopefully you get to go back to see them again and can maybe tell more of the story of the club, the chairman seems like a nice enough fella and clearly in it for the right reasons.

Durham have definitely found a new fan in me, plus, it's a shorter trip than Fort William

Sueca United. They play in Group 10 of the Segunda Regional FFCV, which is effectively Tier 8 of the pyramid system in Spain. This season they have played 19, lost 19, scored 3 goals and conceded 427, which means they have a goal difference of minus 424. Last Sunday they lost 0-16 at home to the B team of CD Benifaio, a decent scoreline since they lost 0-39 at home just before Christmas to CD Atlético Càrcer.

Love it mate I'm originally from Durham and it's horrible to see how low the team has gone but if they want a new midfielder slightly out of shape happy to put some boots on for them

Enjoyable video, thanks Ellis. I live in Germany but love to see Swaffham Town with my dad when I'm home. He goes home and away every week and was in your Swaffham video when you visited Shoemaker's Lane!

Loved it Ellis - The smallest match I went to last year was Cheddar FC Vs Bristol Telephone FC and there was maybe 50 people there, I vlogged it but there was no atmosphere coming through the camera. So, how you made this game with literally NO fans entertaining is totally down to you. Great job. Lower and non league football is such an interesting area of support., so many stories of hope, success and failure. Keep up the great workj.

as a long time awaydays fan from durham it’s amazing to see you highlight the issues durham have had, i’m trying to follow the team online and hope to get to a few games this season glad to see the club have hopefully turned a corner!

What a day, what a team ❤️

Love this episode. Need to support sports at all levels as they bring so much to us fans. Even know I live in the US I'm going to see if I can purchase some merchandise directly from the team to help support in a small way! Good luck to them! Keep up the great videos and support of all levels of the sport!

I remember my underage football team had a season like this where we lost pretty much every game, the feeling of happiness we had after getting our first point in a 0-0 draw against the second worst team in the league was incredible!

Very good video mate. I love non league football and I live 15 minutes away from Durham. Durham used to be a good team and they just declined massively. Durham have done well to come back to 3-3 when they were getting beat 3-0 earlier in the match. Its nice to see there is hope for them and I hope they climb up the pyramid