fc porto is the greatest team in portuguese football, u uncultured swine u better watch out the things u did, cause us from the SD don't like disrespect towards our team u better keep ur both eyes open
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.
When I was 12 my team got 0 points in the whole entire season. It's not as bad as you think at that point you just don't care anymore play for fun and that's it 😅
@@dynamicphase8239 which is essensially why the club had to do a entire restructuring as they did.. Hope they climb out of it.. Because like you said, when you reach the point that no-one even really cares about the game anymore then it is a problem.
The club is looking for a sponsor now for our match day hoodies. And the club since November has improved massively love to hopefully see a sequel to this. Where we are picking up points on the regular
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!
As someone who has helped the club this season under Tanner and Gary I can personally and honestly tell you the difference is night and day I just beg anyone who has followed Durham in the past and went away. Please if they have any care for Durham to return now as your support will be used in the right way. And financially their support will only be directed to improving the facilities and team at Durham.
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.
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!
@@awaydaysfootball Definitely, we've had South Shields, Morpeth and Consett (who's owner used manage my local pub team) jump the league's in the last few years. Not to mention the region's success in the FA Vase too. Blyth have always made a good story with FA Cup runs and players they've produced!
@@gliderdan3153 My initial thought was Guam they were losing by double digits regularly a few years ago, but it looks like San Marino has taken over as the lowest ranked team.
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.
39-0… Wow. 2 minutes and a bit per goal? Not trying to be offensive, but they must be have players with some kind of physical handicap to achieve that. I looked them up… They had a 40-0 too 😮. The FB page shows a couple of aging geezers. One looks like an old Liam Gallagher, the other looks like Francis Rossi from Status Quo in his 50s.
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
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!
I think this shows how all sport in the UK is. The number of participants in lower level sport is decreasing year on year. We could all do with trying to help local clubs where we can helping our children play for teams and learning to have fun even if you lose.
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!
We have a couple of guys on twitter who buy our online tickets and online versions of our programs every little helps us. We would be massively greatfull and we also sell merchandise online if you check our twitter Make sure you get the right one as our old chairmen who killed the club. Has stolen our old twitter account and pretends to be us.
There is a team in Hamburg, Germany called "Moorburg" at the Moment who play in Kreisklasse B (10th Division and worst Division) and have lost 18 out of 18 Games with 7:185 goal difference. There probably is an even worse team somewhere in Germany though
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!
I don’t usually post comments like this but I mean it when I say you make, in my opinion, the best football content out there. I started watching your channel only for the shirt-related stuff but I got to say I enjoy these type of videos the same or more (the mascot-for-a-day is one of my favorite videos ever). You’ve got great ideas and always follow through with them, and you are charismatic and entertaining! Please keep up the good work.
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.
Great video mate. I love non-league, I live in Scotland and watch football at all levels of the game, but especially tier 6 and below. I lived in England for a while and one of the places I lived (for 1 year) was Darlington. That season I lived there (2009/10), was when the decline of Durham City started. They were still at their old ground, but their whole squad left after investor walked away. They had to play in the Northern Premier League with a youth team. I've been to a game when they were on 0 points after (I believe) 28 matches. People then still had a feeling that they'd overcome it, relegation was obviously accepted by that point but they were hopeful the club could be built back up. So sad to see them in this state now. I really hope for them they can pick themselves up and rebuild the club.
Durham City don’t play in Durham. They play in a small town in between Sunderland and Durham called Houghton Le Spring. They are the only team I’ve seen who actually play at Leyburn Grove.
I would love you to go watch San Marino. I’ve looked out for their results for years! I won Euro 2008 with them on my PlayStation while on semi-pro and I’ve waited for a win since 😂😂 I’ve always thought a documentary on them would be class, following working blokes during the week who then get to play at the best stadiums in the world
Back in 2011 I was an intern at a small 2 year college near where I live in the United States in charge of getting the school's social media presence going. I volunteered as a photographer for the school's soccer (well, football if you can consider American college soccer to qualify as real football) team. Their results on the pitch made Durham City AFC look great by comparison: lost all 14 games, scored 6 times but conceded 130 times for a goal differential of -124.
Love it Ellis! Over here in America, I saw my local lower league team win the National Title (Highest Title in Lower League). Supporting them on that day has sparked me to become a more often fan. Support your lower and local team!
trivial things but very meaningful for players 🎉 The players will continue to be motivated after watching this video I like small team with high-spirited Stay consistent and persevere Durham City AFC ❤ greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩
NK Parag have competed in last tier of Croatian football since their founding in 2012 I think. They have finished last almost every season, often with zero points won and always with a huge goal difference. This season however they are in the middle of the table and have won far more points than in any past season (and we're only in the middle of a season). They actually don't have a home ground so they play all of their games away.
Ellis, I think sponsoring Durham would be great! Imagine, Away Days on the front of the shirt. I can guarantee people would buy them if this happened. I know I would Be great for the teams finances considering the situation they are in, and if you can make a positive impact in a community's team, then why not? You can be the Ryan Reynolds of Durham!
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!
As a football manager superfan I love the Non-League dream. Would be super cool to see these guys, or any other club get some investment. Maybe you can hook them up with an Omada sponsorship!
Should come to Halesowen town Ellis, top of the league double the attendance of the rest of the league and a great atmosphere. Throw it back to old school away days and you’d love it
Non League football really is fantastic. You can drink in the stands and the matchday food is amazing as well. Really wasn't expecting Durham to get anything at 3-0 down and when it went to 3-3, I thought they would win 🤣. 5.3 thousand likes, looks like a trip to San Marino real soon?!🤣🤩
Hey Ellis, I feel like you should go to the true worst team in the world, at least in England. After doing some research, this is what I found: There are 20 Steps in England, which there are 2 leagues that are part of the 20th step. They are the Central & South Norfolk League Division 4 (CSN4) and the Devon and Exeter League (DEL8) Division 8. The worst team in the CSN4 is Necton FC, while the worst team in the DEL8 is Amory Green Rovers 2nd. However, Amory Green Rovers are on 7 points (with adjustments apparently) and Necton is on 4 points (without Adjustments) Adding onto that, Amory Green Rovers had 3 Wins when Necton only have One. Therefore, Necton is the worst team in England. You should watch their games as they still have matches in Late April and Early May. *Note: Theres a team in the CSN4 called Belton Reserves, who are on 0 points. However, they apparently withdrawn from the league or something else because all their games are either not played or have been Voided, therefore it should not count. So therefore Necton is still the worst team, at least in 22/23
Remember going to watch Darlington play Durham a fair while ago, 2012 I think it was. Darlington had not long reformed, they came away 4-0 victors. Was a great day out, horrible to see Durham City drop away like that. If I could afford the travle id love to go
I do hope Durham City AFC get to move back into the Durham area, also that they stop their freefall down the leagues. Gary's a good guy and I'm sure he'll turn it around
This was really entertaining, perhaps you should return and make a video showing the positive sides of the clubs, im sure they are great people who trying to succeed.
You should check out Moorburger TSV! They play in Kreisklasse B Hamburg 4 (lowest league in Germany) and have a record of 15:244 (-229). They finished the season with 1 win and 27 losses, no ties.
this was awesome Ellis, a sad story of why they are where they are but they looked to be turning a new page and maybe this video getting them some sort of exposure can help.
What a great time all around. Durham will rise from the ashes and succeed have to have that mentality, even if it's little by little progress is progress. The chairman has a great head on their shoulders.
Got very excited by the thumbnail thinking you'd come to Lincoln to see the Imps 👹 because that's definitely the Co-op stand (GMB for sponsorship reasons) but then I realised that there are actually teams worse than us 😂
When on verge of National League North - they plaid @ New Ferens Park, the ground was built with the ambition to expand, as needed, into a National league stadium, but an artificial pitch was laid, which was then banned at that level - the sponsors then pulled all their funding, the ground and club owners fell out and DCFC were evicted (even though the City council had approved the building of the ground for football! - The club then tumbled down leagues - from the then Norther Premier league, through the Northern League until today.
my local team play at roughly the same level and we average about 80-100attendance a game which is great to see, grass roots is what makes football, football even if there a second club or are doing bad on form get behind your local
Very similar position where Durham City AFC are, I am from Weymouth and play in Sunday League in Weymouth and there is 1 team in Sunday League Weymouth called Wyke Budgies and have lost all their games this season and only have scored about 2 goals. 1 scored in 1 and 1 in the other. They have sat at the bottom end from start of the season to the end of the season. Most of the games they played have minimum of 7 or more goals conceded
My daughter's U13 team played 18 games and drew 2 lost 16 and finished last. Oh yes, and they played 1 cup game (obviously). They get relegated to the 4th Tier in their region. 3 years later, their record was played 16 won 15 drew 1 and a championship! Plus they lost the cup final! Never give up!
Amazing to think this video might've changed Durham City, they're actually doing very well this year on 10 wins so far, maybe Ellis is their good luck charm
Honestly , leagueless football is really interesting , so many unknown teams and interesting players in those teams , i'd love to see some matches in leagueless football.
6:10 how have they got a proper lino at step 10? When did that start happening? I had a club at step 10, even worse than this one I’m pretty sure (really shouldn’t have started in the Prem of that league) and we didn’t get a lino. Although in fairness we did manage to start losing by only the 1 goal and get the occasional draw and a win. It was just the start and end of the season that had some score lines like they have had this season.
Thought you'd go to a game in either the Central and South Norfolk League Division Four or Devon and Exeter Football League Division Eight which is apparenty step 25. Try and see the downs league on Bristol and how many games you can see in a day.
I just watched the most awesome camera work on all TH-cam; didn’t get a headache at all. Totally don’t feel like throwing up now. Good banter though lads… now go buy a go pro with horizon lock.
When I was a student in London I came across a Sunday league match which was 0-0 after 20 minutes. Final score was 21-0. The ref awarded the losing team a penalty when the score was around 18-0, and they missed. Great entertainment.
I wish we had stuff like this in America. We have our college teams but watching an naia game knowing the team will never go higher isn’t any fun. I wish we had a multi league promotion relegation football league that would be so insanely fun
You don’t have to answer this but I’d be chuffed if you do. I’m thinking of getting the same RØDE wireless mics that you use in this video but haven’t yet because of price. I’d love to know if you have felt they are worth the money and that they haven’t let you down (by “let you down” I mean radio mic interference whenever you’re near a metal fence, mobile phone etc). I also saw you used a little wind thing, do you only need that with strong wind or do you need it even with a simple breeze? I haven’t got much money so only want to buy them if they’re really good. You don’t have to answer this but if you want to help out a fellow TH-camr I’d appreciate it.
Title: "I Went To Watch The WORST Team In WORLD Football!" Me: "Do I really want to spend 13 minutes watching Sunderland?" Me 5 secs in: ahhh, not Sunderland. Surprising
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hey the worst team in the world its IBIS in brazil
fc porto is the greatest team in portuguese football, u uncultured swine
u better watch out the things u did, cause us from the SD don't like disrespect towards our team
u better keep ur both eyes open
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.
They aren't that bad, it's just that others clubs are better
@@thefirstfallenchild I’m a bit late, but I wasn’t saying they are bad. I was saying *I* feel bad
When I was 12 my team got 0 points in the whole entire season. It's not as bad as you think at that point you just don't care anymore play for fun and that's it 😅
@@dynamicphase8239 I suppose it’s good fun
@@dynamicphase8239
which is essensially why the club had to do a entire restructuring as they did.. Hope they climb out of it.. Because like you said, when you reach the point that no-one even really cares about the game anymore then it is a problem.
Support. Non. League. Football.
nah im good
I don’t have a local non leauge but I do have the Scottish championship team called Ayr United it’s kinda like non league it’s amazing
The club is looking for a sponsor now for our match day hoodies. And the club since November has improved massively love to hopefully see a sequel to this. Where we are picking up points on the regular
shut. the. door. behind. you.
@@whytea. that’s semi-pro, had some great derbies with Killie last season
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.
cant he play without his glasses on? some keeper do that, but anyways i dont know ur son but im sure he gives his best every game
he's supposed to use his hands!
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 BEAUTIFUL game.
@@awaydaysfootball it sure is
Where do you live
@@juliecole7103 wtf
And pies who's crust is the worlds nicest tasting leather, and Bovril so thick you can stand a spoon in it.
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!
Same I live like 10 mins away
Yeah I live quite close I’ve heard of them but never really focused on them or something
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!
As someone who has helped the club this season under Tanner and Gary I can personally and honestly tell you the difference is night and day I just beg anyone who has followed Durham in the past and went away. Please if they have any care for Durham to return now as your support will be used in the right way. And financially their support will only be directed to improving the facilities and team at Durham.
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Did anyone acc bother to read this whole comment ?
@@1bra3 yeah
Interesting history of recent events Jake, I appreciate you going to the effort of writing it as it adds even more context to the video.
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.
Thank you, and yeah the chairman is a fantastic man from what I could tell.
@@awaydaysfootball come to concacaf leagues cup tournament club edition this summer
Respectfully done??? They were standing on the touchline laughing at players already low on confidence!! I found the video patronizing to be honest.
@@awaydaysfootball come visit Benz stadium in Atlanta ga we are hosting Chelsea vs Newcastle united this summer totally worth it
@@andrewwatkins4852 why would he go to the US to watch Chelsea and Newcastle when they live just an hour drive from Stamford Bridge 😭
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!
Proper clubs up there, Blyth are a fantastic example of it being done well IMO
@@awaydaysfootball Definitely, we've had South Shields, Morpeth and Consett (who's owner used manage my local pub team) jump the league's in the last few years. Not to mention the region's success in the FA Vase too. Blyth have always made a good story with FA Cup runs and players they've produced!
Who wants to see Eliis watch the San Marino national team?
There is way worse in Oceania.
That would be banging
@@aarond23 Who?
@@gliderdan3153 My initial thought was Guam they were losing by double digits regularly a few years ago, but it looks like San Marino has taken over as the lowest ranked team.
@@aarond23 Wrong, Guam has always been higher ranked than San Marino
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.
39-0… Wow. 2 minutes and a bit per goal? Not trying to be offensive, but they must be have players with some kind of physical handicap to achieve that. I looked them up… They had a 40-0 too 😮. The FB page shows a couple of aging geezers. One looks like an old Liam Gallagher, the other looks like Francis Rossi from Status Quo in his 50s.
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
Get back on the pitch!
@@awaydaysfootball new content for you average footballer proves he can still play football 🤣
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!
Thank you, up the Durham!
@@awaydaysfootballcome on durham
I think this shows how all sport in the UK is. The number of participants in lower level sport is decreasing year on year. We could all do with trying to help local clubs where we can helping our children play for teams and learning to have fun even if you lose.
For sure, it's on us as fans ultimately to go through the turnstiles.
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!
Stateside Durham City supporters group anyone??
@@bigtimeniko if you thinking I'm crazy enough to join on something so foolish...we must of met at some point. Don't know what to do but I'm in!
@@1978MPCCPM lol hell yeah! Gonna see if I can cop a kit and get this train a-rollin haha
We have a couple of guys on twitter who buy our online tickets and online versions of our programs every little helps us. We would be massively greatfull and we also sell merchandise online if you check our twitter
Make sure you get the right one as our old chairmen who killed the club. Has stolen our old twitter account and pretends to be us.
Thank you, need to experience 'lower league' US culture for sure.
There is a team in Hamburg, Germany called "Moorburg" at the Moment who play in Kreisklasse B (10th Division and worst Division) and have lost 18 out of 18 Games with 7:185 goal difference. There probably is an even worse team somewhere in Germany though
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!
As a Benfica fan, that Porto jersey really got my attention
Aaaaa safado
What a day, what a team ❤️
I don’t usually post comments like this but I mean it when I say you make, in my opinion, the best football content out there. I started watching your channel only for the shirt-related stuff but I got to say I enjoy these type of videos the same or more (the mascot-for-a-day is one of my favorite videos ever). You’ve got great ideas and always follow through with them, and you are charismatic and entertaining! Please keep up the good work.
Thank you very much! Lovely to read this :)
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.
Thank you, mainly the editors work IMO!
Durham have definitely found a new fan in me, plus, it's a shorter trip than Fort William
Get to it!
Great video mate. I love non-league, I live in Scotland and watch football at all levels of the game, but especially tier 6 and below. I lived in England for a while and one of the places I lived (for 1 year) was Darlington. That season I lived there (2009/10), was when the decline of Durham City started. They were still at their old ground, but their whole squad left after investor walked away. They had to play in the Northern Premier League with a youth team. I've been to a game when they were on 0 points after (I believe) 28 matches. People then still had a feeling that they'd overcome it, relegation was obviously accepted by that point but they were hopeful the club could be built back up. So sad to see them in this state now. I really hope for them they can pick themselves up and rebuild the club.
As a fellow tank enthusiast, I respect tank enthusiasts from other countries. I love bad sports teams
Durham City don’t play in Durham. They play in a small town in between Sunderland and Durham called Houghton Le Spring. They are the only team I’ve seen who actually play at Leyburn Grove.
Closer to Sunderland than Durham, even!
True!
I would love you to go watch San Marino. I’ve looked out for their results for years! I won Euro 2008 with them on my PlayStation while on semi-pro and I’ve waited for a win since 😂😂
I’ve always thought a documentary on them would be class, following working blokes during the week who then get to play at the best stadiums in the world
On it!
Back in 2011 I was an intern at a small 2 year college near where I live in the United States in charge of getting the school's social media presence going. I volunteered as a photographer for the school's soccer (well, football if you can consider American college soccer to qualify as real football) team. Their results on the pitch made Durham City AFC look great by comparison: lost all 14 games, scored 6 times but conceded 130 times for a goal differential of -124.
That is a LONG SEASON.
Love it Ellis! Over here in America, I saw my local lower league team win the National Title (Highest Title in Lower League). Supporting them on that day has sparked me to become a more often fan. Support your lower and local team!
Amazing to hear!
Fellow american here, which team?
@@cccoolbucket1285 my main team is rbny, but the lower league team is FC Motown in Morristown, NJ.
@@rogerdieterle1101 Sweet, I'm a Sounders fan. Good luck on another good cup run this year!
trivial things but very meaningful for players 🎉 The players will continue to be motivated after watching this video
I like small team with high-spirited
Stay consistent and persevere
Durham City AFC ❤
greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Up the Durham, really glad you’ve done this vid mate. Gives clubs of this size some good exposure, hopefully they can climb through the pyramid soon
Thankyou, onwards and upwards for them!
community gofundme for a club sponsorship, lets do it!
NK Parag have competed in last tier of Croatian football since their founding in 2012 I think. They have finished last almost every season, often with zero points won and always with a huge goal difference. This season however they are in the middle of the table and have won far more points than in any past season (and we're only in the middle of a season). They actually don't have a home ground so they play all of their games away.
9:53 that's what football is about. Pure passion
Ellis, I think sponsoring Durham would be great!
Imagine, Away Days on the front of the shirt.
I can guarantee people would buy them if this happened.
I know I would
Be great for the teams finances considering the situation they are in, and if you can make a positive impact in a community's team, then why not?
You can be the Ryan Reynolds of Durham!
And should be even cheaper next year, as they will be in the 12th Tier. Future Wearside Football League Second Division Champions!
@@Rejinx don't count us out yet we are praying for the greatest of greatest escapes
Maybe we can sort it!
@@awaydaysfootball I think we need an away kit definitely worth the question. We also looking for a sponsor for our match day hoodies
Genuinely great video. So sad what has happened to the club. You would think some Newcastle fans would pop down to support 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!
Another class video mate. You’ve been on fire lately. Love the non-league content
Top man Cam!
really enjoyable Video and very nice people, you should follow Durham this season Ellis, it's nice to see non league football getting support.
Appreciate it!
As a football manager superfan I love the Non-League dream. Would be super cool to see these guys, or any other club get some investment. Maybe you can hook them up with an Omada sponsorship!
That's a great shout!
Should come to Halesowen town Ellis, top of the league double the attendance of the rest of the league and a great atmosphere. Throw it back to old school away days and you’d love it
Didn’t Halesowen Town also have a dog incident a few years ago where a beagle interrupted play just rompin around on the pitch?
@@bigtimeniko yeah that was us 😂
Non League football really is fantastic. You can drink in the stands and the matchday food is amazing as well. Really wasn't expecting Durham to get anything at 3-0 down and when it went to 3-3, I thought they would win 🤣.
5.3 thousand likes, looks like a trip to San Marino real soon?!🤣🤩
Hey Ellis, I feel like you should go to the true worst team in the world, at least in England. After doing some research, this is what I found:
There are 20 Steps in England, which there are 2 leagues that are part of the 20th step.
They are the Central & South Norfolk League Division 4 (CSN4) and the Devon and Exeter League (DEL8) Division 8.
The worst team in the CSN4 is Necton FC, while the worst team in the DEL8 is Amory Green Rovers 2nd.
However, Amory Green Rovers are on 7 points (with adjustments apparently) and Necton is on 4 points (without Adjustments)
Adding onto that, Amory Green Rovers had 3 Wins when Necton only have One.
Therefore, Necton is the worst team in England. You should watch their games as they still have matches in Late April and Early May.
*Note: Theres a team in the CSN4 called Belton Reserves, who are on 0 points. However, they apparently withdrawn from the league or something else because all their games are either not played or have been Voided, therefore it should not count. So therefore Necton is still the worst team, at least in 22/23
Remember going to watch Darlington play Durham a fair while ago, 2012 I think it was. Darlington had not long reformed, they came away 4-0 victors. Was a great day out, horrible to see Durham City drop away like that. If I could afford the travle id love to go
Darlington are now one step closer to returning to the football league, playing in the National League North 10 years on
I do hope Durham City AFC get to move back into the Durham area, also that they stop their freefall down the leagues. Gary's a good guy and I'm sure he'll turn it around
This was really entertaining, perhaps you should return and make a video showing the positive sides of the clubs, im sure they are great people who trying to succeed.
For sure
You should check out Moorburger TSV!
They play in Kreisklasse B Hamburg 4 (lowest league in Germany) and have a record of 15:244 (-229).
They finished the season with 1 win and 27 losses, no ties.
this was awesome Ellis, a sad story of why they are where they are but they looked to be turning a new page and maybe this video getting them some sort of exposure can help.
Thank you, hopefully this weekend was a turning point for them!
I support durham city and I tell you we are on the up, great idea on the sponsorship and I can't wait to meet you at a game soon
If Away Days doesn't end up sponsoring Durham maybe Golden Syrup will as a few of the players looked like they were stuck in it.
Hahahahahahahaha, incredible comment.
Durham is a lovely city/ town too! Great area. Durham women’s team are pretty good to if you’d like to go to another game there
On it!
@@awaydaysfootball away days 🤝 women’s football. My sister plays for them
10:25 the shot of dreams
What a great time all around. Durham will rise from the ashes and succeed have to have that mentality, even if it's little by little progress is progress. The chairman has a great head on their shoulders.
Slowly but surely I can feel it!
Got very excited by the thumbnail thinking you'd come to Lincoln to see the Imps 👹 because that's definitely the Co-op stand (GMB for sponsorship reasons) but then I realised that there are actually teams worse than us 😂
Hahahaha yeah it's used because it looks great is all!
Makes me appreciate just how good the hashtag boys are. Common Durham and Common the Tags
This is brilliant stuff! Thanks lads from Cleveland, Ohio, USA!
Best video you've done in a while. Well done Durham City AFC!
Appreciate that Robert!
I’m fuming about that raffle result! Fuming!
UNBELIEVABLE
When on verge of National League North - they plaid @ New Ferens Park, the ground was built with the ambition to expand, as needed, into a National league stadium, but an artificial pitch was laid, which was then banned at that level - the sponsors then pulled all their funding, the ground and club owners fell out and DCFC were evicted (even though the City council had approved the building of the ground for football! - The club then tumbled down leagues - from the then Norther Premier league, through the Northern League until today.
my local team play at roughly the same level and we average about 80-100attendance a game which is great to see, grass roots is what makes football, football even if there a second club or are doing bad on form get behind your local
Very similar position where Durham City AFC are, I am from Weymouth and play in Sunday League in Weymouth and there is 1 team in Sunday League Weymouth called Wyke Budgies and have lost all their games this season and only have scored about 2 goals. 1 scored in 1 and 1 in the other. They have sat at the bottom end from start of the season to the end of the season. Most of the games they played have minimum of 7 or more goals conceded
My daughter's U13 team played 18 games and drew 2 lost 16 and finished last. Oh yes, and they played 1 cup game (obviously). They get relegated to the 4th Tier in their region. 3 years later, their record was played 16 won 15 drew 1 and a championship! Plus they lost the cup final! Never give up!
Love this channel guys!! “Cmon av got a semi” ahaaaa!!!! seeing that goal go in I was howling boys!!!!!!
I’m very proud to say I have a kit of theirs and I wasn’t aware of how bad they really were until now
😂
Ellis is just begging for a weekend in Italy at this point, and I’m all for it😂 Here’s your like pal!
Great video mate reminds me of the old non league videos u did
Love to hear it!
Love it that the thumbnail is porto
Amazing to think this video might've changed Durham City, they're actually doing very well this year on 10 wins so far, maybe Ellis is their good luck charm
These clubs needs the exposure more than anyone right now. Fair play mate!
Love this video.
The idea is great.
One of the best edited I’d say as well - though I’d appreciate not using Southampton’s form 😂
Hahahaha, sorry!
Excellent video !!!
I got a strong opponent for Durham City AFC: Moorburger TSV in Hamburg, Germany: 19 games, all lost, 7:191 goals
Honestly , leagueless football is really interesting , so many unknown teams and interesting players in those teams , i'd love to see some matches in leagueless football.
No idea why they play in Houghton-le-Spring 🤣 it's an absolute dive outside of Durham
Lincoln stadium in the background of the video thingy I’ll take that 🤣
God damn that thumbnail - Using the Theatre of Dreams that is Sincil Bank with a bit of photoshopping - Got excited then!
i’ve never seen so many edits on southampton in an away days video. thanks for reminding me that we’re awful ellis 😭
Hahahaha, sorry!
Respect reaching out to the club first to not blindside them. Chairman took it in stride
Great video as always, love the wonders of non-league. BTW, i'll happily be a guest for the trip to san marino now you've got to 5000 likes ;)
Can I ask a dumb question. Why are we using 60-91 average which is always going to be much higher numbers on monthly when there's a new index?
Great vid as always mate, lol what a scoreline!
Insane game!
Heading to San Marino in March to watch NI against them, should tag along mate. Love the non league content.
6:10 how have they got a proper lino at step 10? When did that start happening? I had a club at step 10, even worse than this one I’m pretty sure (really shouldn’t have started in the Prem of that league) and we didn’t get a lino.
Although in fairness we did manage to start losing by only the 1 goal and get the occasional draw and a win. It was just the start and end of the season that had some score lines like they have had this season.
Thought you'd go to a game in either the Central and South Norfolk League Division Four or Devon and Exeter Football League Division Eight which is apparenty step 25. Try and see the downs league on Bristol and how many games you can see in a day.
Broken in tears 5 times this video 😂😂😂😂😂
What a club!
I just watched the most awesome camera work on all TH-cam; didn’t get a headache at all.
Totally don’t feel like throwing up now.
Good banter though lads… now go buy a go pro with horizon lock.
When I was a student in London I came across a Sunday league match which was 0-0 after 20 minutes. Final score was 21-0. The ref awarded the losing team a penalty when the score was around 18-0, and they missed. Great entertainment.
I wish we had stuff like this in America. We have our college teams but watching an naia game knowing the team will never go higher isn’t any fun. I wish we had a multi league promotion relegation football league that would be so insanely fun
You don’t have to answer this but I’d be chuffed if you do. I’m thinking of getting the same RØDE wireless mics that you use in this video but haven’t yet because of price. I’d love to know if you have felt they are worth the money and that they haven’t let you down (by “let you down” I mean radio mic interference whenever you’re near a metal fence, mobile phone etc). I also saw you used a little wind thing, do you only need that with strong wind or do you need it even with a simple breeze? I haven’t got much money so only want to buy them if they’re really good. You don’t have to answer this but if you want to help out a fellow TH-camr I’d appreciate it.
They’re brilliant! :)
I support Durham now. There's a city here in US name Durham in North Carolina
This team might be need new owner
This video was incredible. Well done Ellis 😂
Thank you!
It's appropriate for you to have a Porto shirt for this video 😂 😂
Proud to be from Durham
As you should be!
Title: "I Went To Watch The WORST Team In WORLD Football!"
Me: "Do I really want to spend 13 minutes watching Sunderland?"
Me 5 secs in: ahhh, not Sunderland. Surprising
This is the best video you’ve done. I was howling the whole time! More of this!
Top banter going the match with Ron Weasley
THE WORS TEAM IS IBIS FROM BRAZIL WITH THE LEGEND MAURO SHAMPOO
Great video
Would love more videos like this Ellis👍
I'll try!
Waitaminnit. The badge colirs are black and red, and they pkay in blue and yellow at home while the opponent plays in red and black?
Fantastic content 👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you!
So the average Norwich premier league season