Friday night preview: Quakers hoping for good run in Trophy
By Ray Simpson
A look ahead to tonight's floodlit Buildbase FA Trophy tie
Chris Senior celebrates the winner at Wembley in 2011
We are hoping for a good run in the Buildbase FA Trophy when we face AFC Telford United on Friday night.
Quakers go into the game boosted by a six game unbeaten run and determined to have a great run in a competition and re-create some of the excitement of the 2010-11 road to Wembley.
And there's nothing more than a match under the floodlights to get the atmosphere going!
The match programme is 8 pages for this game and will be on sale price 50p , while there will be coverage of the game on the club’s official Twitter and website, and Darlo Fans Radio.
Stats pack
Darlington
Team News: Quakers will be at full strength, there are no injury problems.
2017-18 season in the Trophy: 3Q lost 3-2 at home to Harrogate Town
Home league record: Played 9, won 2, drawn 3, lost 4, goals scored 8, goals against 10, points 9 (out of 20)
Leading scorer: Harvey Saunders 5, Jordan Nicholson 5
Last six matches
November 17th Hereford (home) drew 2-2 Syers, Nicholson
Darlington: Hemming, Trotman, Hughes, Galbraith, O’Hanlon, Elliott, Wheatley,; Nicholson, Syers, Thompson; Saunders (sub Ainge 73)
Subs: Glover, Maddison, Henshall, Burn
November 3rd Guiseley (home) drew 0-0
October 30th Bradford PA (away) drew 2-2 Nicholson 2
October 27th Leamington (away) drew 2-2 Ainge, Saunders
October 20th Boston (home) won 1-0 Jackson og
October 13th FC United of Manchester (away) won 2-1 Saunders 2
Telford
Last season’s performance in Trophy: 2017-18 3Q Droylsden (home) won 4-2, 1R Blyth (away) lost 0-1
Away league form: played 9, won 2, drawn 4, lost 3, scored 10 against 13
Leading scorer: Dominic Udoh 8
Last six matches:
November 17th FC United (away) won 2-1 (Knight, Morgan-Smith)
Wycherley, White, Morley, McQuilkin (sub Deeney 79), Sutton, Streete, Cowans, Royle, Morgan-Smith (sub Barnett 84), Udoh (sub Brown 73), Knights
Subs not used: Smith, Bramley
November 10th Boston (home) won 1-0 Sutton
November 3rd Alfreton (away) drew 1-1 Udoh
October 30th Hereford (home) drew 1-1 Udoh
October 27th York City (home) won 2-1 Knights, Morley
October 20th Curzon Ashton (away) lost 1-2 Brown
Connections: Ben O’Hanlon and Stephen Thompson have both previously played for Telford.
Quakers won 3-0 at Telford in the third round of the 2010-11 FA trophy – the year we won it
Last time we met:
September 8th League
Darlington 3 AFC Telford 0 Nicholson, Saunders, Thompson
Quakers Maddison, Trotman, Hughes, Jonny Burn, O’Hanlon, Wheatley (sub Glover 81), Elliott (sub Lycett 89), Thompson, Syers, Nicholson, Saunders (sub Morrison 89)
Subs: Aaron Burn, Henshall
Telford United
Bramley (sub Wycherley 46), White, Smith, Deeney, Sutton, Streete, Cowans, McQuilkin( Barnes-Homer 75), Brown (sub Dawson 59), Udoh, Knights
Subs: Lilley, Royle,
Bookings: McQuilkin, Deeney