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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. ....
DARLINGTON manager Alun Armstrong admits that getting a result at Spennymoor’s Brewery Field will be a tough ask in his side’s return local derby this afternoon. The sides drew 0-0 at Blackwell Meadows in a wind-spoilt game of very few chances on Boxing Day, and Armstrong knows that his team will be in for another tough game today. “We know that we’re going to have a difficult game, and getting a result will be a tough ask,” said Armstrong. “We had a good win on Monday against Blyth, but so did they at Gateshead. They’ll be full of confidence with that win, but we know what to expect after playing them last week. Having said that, they know what to expect from us. Hopefully, we won’t have to deal with a gale-force wind.” ....
THERE have been numerous memorable matches between Darlington and Spennymoor Town. Quakers’ pivotal 3-1 win at the Brewery Field which helped win the Northern League in 2013, the pulsating play-off final in 2015, and Moors’ 3-1 success on New Year’s Day this year are among key contests in their rivalry. Saturday’s was not one of the classics, however. Not by a long shot. It was a competitive but scrappy, a largely forgettable draw as both sets of players battled the elements as well as each other. Or, as one club official put it: “90 minutes that I won’t get back.” ....
Darlington ended 2020 in style by hitting bottom-of-the-table Blyth Spartans for six. They made light work of a team heading for relegation, leading 2-0 with only quarter of an hour gone and could have won by a greater margin, but there will be no complaints after this rout. The goals were shared by five players: Erico Sousa, Adam Campbell, Jarrett Rivers, Tyrone O’Neill (2) and Dan Maguire as Quakers recorded a long-awaited home league win. Not since January had they taken the points on home soil, but this win was not in doubt from the moment Sousa struck after ten minutes, and thereafter it was a matter of how many Alun Armstrong’s men would score. ....
DARLINGTON manager Alun Armstrong admitted his side were lucky as they scraped past AFC Telford United in a penalty shoot-out at Blackwell Meadows. Quakers were second best against a sharper visiting side who created many more of the chances in the game, but their will-to-win, especially when they were 2-1 down, got them through to this lunchtime’s FA Trophy third-round draw. Their hero was on-loan keeper Melvin Minter, who pulled off several good saves, stopped a penalty in normal time, and another in the shoot-out – the first time Quakers have claimed a spot-kicks victory in the Trophy. “It’s the first time since I’ve been here that we’ve won a game that we didn’t deserve to win,” he said. “It’s happened to us that we’ve played so well and lost before. Fatigue seemed to have set into our players. We had over a fortnight without a game, then two games in three days caught up with them. ....