The EBAC Northern League have recently released a statement that Division Two club Durham City's next three fixtures have been suspended pending a bond to be lodged with the league by Friday 1st October.
If the bond is lodged the fixtures against Horden CW, Tow Law Town and Easington Colliery along with the game against Carlisle City which was rearranged at Durham City's request. The bond will be repaid at the end of the season if all scheduled fixtures have been completed.
The Citizens are rock bottom of Division Two and have recently changed their manager. Peter Mulcaster departed and has been replaced with Mark Sherwood who was part of his coaching staff at the club.
I hope the club which has a rich history and played in the Football League Division Three (North) from 1921 to 1928 can get through their current problems and start playing football again.
In recent times the club who were wound up in 1938 and reformed in 1949 were Northern League champions and then Northern Premier League Division One (North) champions. They played in the NPL Premier Division in 2009/10 but due to the National League's ruling at the time not allowing artificial pitches the club's main sponsor withdrew and City lost most of it's playing squad winning just two games for the entire season - the six points they did win were deducted for fielding an ineligible player.
They returned to the Northern League in 2012 and have been in Division Two since 2016. The finished bottom in 18/19 and were also bottom in the two curtailed 19/20 and 20/21 seasons.
In the 01/02 season they reached the Semi-Final stage of the FA Vase losing to eventual winner's Whitley Bay 1-2 on aggregate.
DURHAM CITY RESULTS FOR 2021/22 SO FAR
| DATE | OPPONENT | SCORE | CROWD |
| 31/7 | Willington | 0-2 | 91 |
| 3/8 | BEDLINGTON TERRIERS | 2-2 | 54 |
| 7/8 | Boldon CA | 0-10 | 89 |
| 21/8 | REDCAR TOWN | 0-3 | 43 |
| 24/8 | Chester-Le-Street | 0-3 | 193 |
| 28/8 | Billingham Synthonia | 0-7 | 83 |
| 4/9 | HEATON STANNINGTON | 1-4 | 57 |
| 8/9 | Sunderland West End | 0-10 | 90 |
| 18/9 | Brandon United | 0-1 | 66 |
Goal-scorers: Harley Clarke 2 and Liam Butler
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