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LOSING to Leek Town is still regarded as an ‘if only’ moment for Darlington supporters old enough to remember what was a bitterly disappointing defeat. It was in March 1990, the quarter-final of the FA Trophy, with Brian Little’s Quakers expected to progress past a team from a lower division, yet they suffered a shock 1-0 loss and the road to Wembley came to an abrupt halt. The missed opportunity rankles still, and Saturday’s defeat to Hornchurch will be filed in the same category, forever a source of regret. The difference in 1989-90 was that Quakers quickly healed those wounds by going on to win the much more significant Conference title, whereas in 2021 the Trophy was all Alun Armstrong’s team had to play for. ....
DARLINGTON S Wembley hopes are over. They were favourites to win today’s FA Trophy quarter-final with Hornchurch, but were second best and lost 2-1 at Blackwell Meadows. Playing the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, Quakers simply never got going and now their season is over. With the National League North campaign null and void, Darlington had only the Trophy to play for and they hoped to celebrate their 2011 Trophy win by returning to Wembley, but those hopes have been dashed. Hornchurch started strongly and went ahead after 26 minutes, captialising on Darlington giving the ball away sloppily in midfield. Erico Sousa’s pass went straight to Remi Sutton, and he burst forward, exchanging passes before breaking into the penalty area and teeing up Liam Nash to sidefoot home. ....
LONDON CALLING was the choice of song as Darlington left the pitch on Saturday evening after easing into the quarter-finals of the FA Trophy with arguably their best performance of the season. It’s realistic to wonder if Quakers can mark the ten-year anniversary of their 2011 triumph with a Wembley return having outclassed Wealdstone, leaving Darlington two games from a potential final. The quarter-final draw takes place tomorrow, with the last-eight ties to be played on February 27 - if at all. Uncertainty and confusion abound over what will happen, with Darlington among those to have voted for the National League North campaign to be declared null and void. ....
By Ray Simpson Darlington host National League side Wealdstone at Blackwell Meadows in the fifth round of the FA Trophy this afternoon DARLINGTON manager Alun Armstrong didn’t have to go far for an insight into his team’s Buildbase FA Trophy opponents Wealdstone, who visit Blackwell Meadows today in the last 16 of the competition. His son, Luke, played a starring role when Hartlepool played Wealdstone in the National League last month, scoring the first goal in a 3-1 win, to ensure that Wealdstone’s worries of relegation back to National League South continued. “I’ve had a chat with our Luke about them, and he’s given me one or two ideas,” said the Quakers boss. “I watched that game myself. Hartlepool started like a house on fire and could have been 5-0 up, but Wealdstone made a couple of subs and got back into the game. They got back to 3-1, then hit the post, and could have snatched ....
DARLINGTON won a penalty shoot-out to go into the last 32 of the Buildbase FA Trophy. Quakers took the lead after just five minutes, when Dan Maguire, a late replacement for Luke Charman who was injured in the warm up, controlled a long clearance by Melvin Minter and set up Jarrett Rivers to score his fourth goal of the season. Telford, who scored ten in midweek, then created several chances and Minter pulled off three good saves, before they broke through in first-half stoppage time when Aaron Williams headed in a right-wing cross. Erico Sousa hit the post for Quakers straight after the break, but at the other end Minter pulled off an excellent full length save from a hotly-disputed Aaron Williams penalty. ....