Darlington looking to go top of the table on Tuesday night
By Ray Simpson
The Quakers host Skelmersdale United at the Brewery Field on Tuesday, knowing that victory or a draw...
The Quakers host Skelmersdale United at the Brewery Field on Tuesday, knowing that victory or a draw will see them go top of the table for the first time since October.
Darlington were 2-0 winners at Grantham Town on Saturday thanks to goals from Stephen Thompson and Liam Hardy.
[caption id="attachment_20359" align="alignnone" width="300"] Stephen Thompson about to score at Grantham[/caption]
A great day was completed with news that Skelmersdale did Darlington a huge favour at Croft Park, as they won 2-1 away to Blyth.
This leaves the Quakers just one point behind Blyth with two games in hand, as we go into the final five games of the season.
Saturday's team:
Jameson, Hunter, Galbraith, Turnbull (sub Portas 44), Burgess, Brown, Mitchell, Scott (sub Nowakowski 63), Gaskell (sub Armstrong 58), Hardy, Thompson
Subs: Cartman, Provett
Skelmersdale sit in 14th place in the league table, having secured their Evo-Stik Premier status in recent weeks. They have won five games away from home in the league this season, including the victory at Blyth at the weekend.
They are on a good run in the league at the moment, having only lost once in their last seven fixtures.
Latest form:
April 9th Blyth (away) won 2-1 Hazeldine, Almond
April 2nd Barwell (home) drew 3-3 Almond 2, Hazeldine
March 28th Nantwich (home) lost 0-1
March 26th Matlock (away) won 2-1 McIntosh, Burgin
March 22nd Whitby (home) drew 0-0
March 19th Hyde (away) drew 1-1 Almond
March 12th Salford (home) won 3-1 Hazeldine 3
When the two sides met in September, Darlington were held to a 1-1 draw, with Graeme Armstrong rescuing a point for the Quakers in stoppage time.
Elsewhere on Tuesday, playoff chasing Stourbridge, Workington and Ashton United are all in action.
Kick off at Heritage Park on Tuesday night is 7:45pm, updates on the game will be made from the club's Facebook, Twitter, Mobile App and Website. Live Commentary will be broadcast from Darlo Fans Radio at 7:35pm