Darlington v Scunthorpe preview
By Ray Simpson
Quakers looking to continue winning run
Darlington are looking for their fourth successive win against second placed Scunthorpe on Tuesday night.
Quakers have won their last three matches to give themselves some real hope of avoiding the drop, but this will be a tough task against the Iron, who have already beaten Quakers twice this season.
We'd like to thank our match sponsors, Atkinsons Coaches
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and our matchball sponsors, the Darl Knight
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Here's the league table:
https://www.thenationalleague.org.uk/match-info/tables?table_id=d-9900644
Team news:
- Cardo Siddik is out with a hamstring injury
- Ben Liddle is very doubtful with a hamstring injury
- Jarrett Rivers is very doubtful with a hamstring injury
- Akwasi Asante is out with a groin injury
- Tommy Taylor is out with a rib injury
Here's an interview with assistant manager Terry Mitchell
https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/terry-we-must-keep-it-going
Recent results
2nd March v Banbury (home) won 3-1 Cornish, Nelson, Salkeld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-fMCHAxQ0E
27th February v Curzon Ashton (away) won 3-1 Hatfield, Lees, Nelson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghzMkUrJy_o
24th February v Buxton (home) won 2-1 Curry, Nelson
20th February v Boston (away) lost 0-2
17th February v South Shields (away) won 4-0 Hatfield, Main, Griffiths, Curry
10th February v Alfreton (home) lost 0-2
3rd February v Brackley (away) 0-1
30th January v Banbury (away) lost 1-2 Curry
27th January v Hereford (home) won 2-0 Liddle, Cornish
Current League position: 22nd (played 36, won 10, drawn 7, lost 19, goals 34 against 61, points 37)
home form 20th in league (Played 18, won 4, drawn 7, lost 7, goals for 19 against 23, points 19)
Scunthorpe set a new attendance record on Saturday when 7,511 watched them play Chester at Glanford Park
Latest results
2nd March v Chester (home) drew 2-2 McAlinden, Butterfield
24th February v Alfreton (home) won 1-0 Evans
21st February v South Shields (away) lost 1-2 Sembie-Ferris
17th February v Scarborough (away) drew 0-0
10th February v Curzon Ashton (home) lost 0-1
6th February Blyth (away) drew 1-1 Elliott
3rd February Rushall (home) won 2-0 Elliott, Sembie-Ferris
30th January Tamworth (home) lost 0-1
Current league position 2nd (played 36, won 19, drawn 9, lost 8, goals for 63 against 30, points 66)
away form 6th best in league (played 17, won 6, drawn 6, lost 5, goals for 22 against 17 points 24)
Recent games between the two clubs
November 2023 Trophy Scunthorpe 2 Darlington 0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2SIaaflUmE
August 2023 Scunthorpe 4 (Whitehall 2, Beestin, Sembie-Ferris) Darlington 0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTo6NcvgRQw
Jan 2005 Scunthorpe 0 Darlington 1 (Armstrong)
Sept 2004 Darlington 0 Scunthorpe 0
May 2004 Scunthorpe 0 Darlington 1 (Conlon)
Nov 2003 Darlington 2 (Conlon, Wainwright) Scunthorpe 2
Mar 2003 Scunthorpe 0 Darlington 1 (Keltie)
Oct 2002 Darlington 1 (Clark) Scunthorpe 1
November 2001
Scunthorpe 7 Darlington 1 -- remember Barry Conlon's and Mark Ford's red cards?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsreH2ay4DY
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