George Houghton is a former property tycoon who was the chairman of

Darlington Football Club Darlington Football Club is an association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team competes in the National League North, at the sixth tier of English football. The club was founded in ...

. He became chairman in March 2006 following Stewart Davies. In 2006, Houghton traveled to

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for talks to establish feeder clubs. In 2010, Houghton stated his intention to step down as chairman in two years' time. Houghton appointed the first ever vice chairman at the club on 2 December 2008,

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. Houghton left the club in February 2009. On 20 May 2009, it was announced that he was returning to Darlington as chairman and has appointed former Middlesbrough boss

Colin Todd Colin Todd (born 12 December 1948) is an English football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Esbjerg fB. As a player, he made more than 600 appearances in the Football League, playing for Sunderland, Derby County, ...

as manager. On 1 June 2009, it was announced that former vice president Raj Singh was taking over the club as chairman.

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