By TheSaddlersFC
April 22 2004

Walsall have experienced the darker side of football, and become a much stronger organisation because of it. When we see others in strife, we must cast our minds back to the dark days of the 1980s and lend a hand.

Matthew Jones is a member of Sportnetwork team and an avid Follower of Darlington. He sent us the following article..

The ‘Road to Doncaster’ For City Fans (And Me!)

Following York City's recent successful cycle ride across the Yorkshire Wolds to Hull City back in February (raising almost £1,000 for York's Supporters Trust), a group of York City supporters planned another fundraising cycle ride on the flatter route through the Vale of York to Doncaster in April.

The event will see a number of City supporters bike across to Doncaster's Bell Vue stadium for the fixture between the two teams on Saturday 24 April.

My cousin organised the event, and invited my to join them - saying that I could, if I wanted to, collect sponsors for the Darlington Supporters Trust.  I agreed!

We will be leaving York at approximately 8:30am, and heading through Bishopthorpe, Riccall, Selby, Snaith, and Bentley.  We will be using the mostly off-road Transpennine Trail (Route 65 to Selby, then Route 62 to Doncaster).

Return travel has been organised for the cyclists, who will not be expected to make the reverse journey in the saddle!

All money raised by the York City fans participating will be handed over to the York City Supporters Trust, while whatever I raise, will go the Darlington Supporters Trust.

This is a good way to donate to the Trust without throwing your money into a bucket!  Often people prefer to "sponsor" somebody to do something, rather than just give their money away.  Don't worry about the size of your donations either - every donation or sponsor helps, no matter how much or little!

Photos of the route: (to give you an idea of the route, terrain, etc)

• Photos of the first section - York to Selby (15 miles)

• Photos of the second section - Selby to Doncaster (30 miles)

Ways to sponsor me:

• Click Here to donate online using Paypal (100% Secure!)

• Write a cheque and stick it in the post (e-mail me for details)

If you want to know more, or would like to contact me regarding anything, please do so on jones_ufc@hotmail.com - thanks!