Darlington manager Martin Gray said that he was pleased with a point from Saturday’s away game at Nuneaton.

Quakers kept their unbeaten away record intact after five away games, but they had to hang on against some strong pressure from Nuneaton in the second half after Mark Beck had given Quakers the lead with his fourth goal of the season.

[caption id="attachment_25812" align="alignnone" width="300"] Mark Beck scores at Nuneaton[/caption]

“Over the 90 minutes I’m happy to come away with a point. I thought we could have won the game in the first 20 minutes, we had two or three great chances before we scored. I was delighted with the performance, but Nuneaton got stronger as the game went on and we defended very very well against them.”

Quakers are now fifth in the table after ten games played, and MG said; “We’ve taken four points out of six in four days, which is massive in this league. We’re not going to win every game. We can’t be expected to dominate every game and win every week, that doesn’t happen in this league. I thought we came away with a really vital point.

"It was a great bit of play for the first goal. Good bit of play from Stephen Thompson, great cross by Jordan Watson, and a good bit of play from Becky at the far stick and put the ball past the keeper into the corner. Good bit of play and a good finish from him.

"You don’t want to lose players like Phil Turnbull on the half hour and use your first sub. It was a bit of a dent in what we’re trying to do, but it is what it is and you have to cope with situations like that.

“Nuneaton are a good team, they’re a good footballing team who are clearly in a false position in the table. I spoke to a few people on my way down to the game, and it was obvious they are a good team that’s not been getting the rub of the green. They’re full time with some good young lads in there.

“That was our tenth league game of the season, in the same length of time Premiership clubs have played four and had a break. The players have put in a tremendous amount of hard work in that time.”