22-year-old defender Alex Storey has signed until the end of the 2021/22 National League North season. Storey has made 38 appearances for the Quakers, scoring twice. The defender s commitment adds to a list of players that have chosen to remain at the club for next season. Joe Wheatley, Luke Charman, Jarrett Rivers, Ben Hedley and Jamie Holmes have all extended their deals at Blackwell Meadows while Manager Alun Armstrong said: Alex was just getting back to his best when the season was halted. We know he s got the ability and this year is a big year for him to kick on. Darlington have also been busy on the transfer front this week.
Darren Holloway signs new deal at Darlington (Andy Futers Photography) Darlington s assistant manager Darren Holloway has extended his stay at the club for a third season after putting pen-to-paper on a new deal. The former Sunderland, Carlisle and Bradford defender has spent two years in the dugout with the Quakers alongside manager Alun Armstrong. The news follows a raft of contract extensions at the club as the squad takes shape for the 2021/22 National League North season. Joe Wheatley, Luke Charman, Jarrett Rivers, Ben Hedley and Jamie Holmes have all extended their deals at Blackwell Meadows. A number of Quakers players have departed to sign for fellow National League North sides Blyth Spartans and Gateshead including Adam Campbell and Dan Maguire while veteran defender Nicky Hunt has been released.
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A FIRST-HALF goal by skipper Will Hatfield put Darlington into the last 16 of the Buildbase FA Trophy.
Quakers were the more enterprising of the two sides in the first half, with Erico Sousa a handful on the left. Alex Storey clipped the top of the bar with a header, and Dan Maguire had a shot charged down on the six-yard line after he was set up by Sousa. Quakers took a deserved lead just on half-time when Hatfield picked the ball up in midfield, ran into the area, and as the defence stood back, he beat keeper Gerard Benfield with a low right-foot shot.
A FRUSTRATED Darlington were beaten by a second-half goal as they lost 1-0 to Farsley Celtic at the Citadel. For the second game running, they found it tough going in breaking down a home defence which had ten men behind the ball after they took the lead from a free-kick. Luke Charman, on his return to the side, went close with a header early on, but Quakers’ keeper Johnny Saltmer stopped his side from going behind after seven minutes when Paddy Lane broke clean through, but the keeper pushed him wide, and Lane instead set up Jimmy Spencer, who fired over the top.