Preview and stats pack for Monday’s away game at Spennymoor

Quakers head to the Brewery Field on Monday afternoon for the local derby against play off chasing Spennymoor.

We go into the game having had an enforced break on Saturday – the home game against Southport being postponed because of a waterlogged pitch – which means that our last macth action was the 0-0 draw at Telford a week gone Saturday.

Moors, meanwhile, have played twice since then against Harrogate and Gainsborough.

Quakers are currently 11^th in the table, while Moors are having a great first season in the league currently standing in 7^th place, with games in hand on all the clubs above them.

Here's what Darlo manager Tommy Wright has to say about the game when the official website caught up with him at a hastily-arranged training session on Saturday afternoon:

http://darlingtonfc.co.uk/tommy-we-want-to-continue-our-great-run/

Kick off on Monday is 3:00pm, updates on the game will be made from the club’s Facebook, Twitter and Website. Live Commentary will be broadcast from Darlo Fans Radio at 2:50pm.

Team news:

Phil Turnbull is back in the squad, he would have missed Saturday’s game because of his twin brother’s wedding.

Reece Styche and David Syers will both have fitness tests

Dom Collins and Tom Portas are both close to full fitness and could be included in the squad

Statistics:

Quakers last five matches:

31^st March Southport (home) postponed, still to be re-arranged

24^th March Telford (away) drew 0-0

Pears, Trotman, Heaton, Galbraith, O'Hanlon; Gillies, Turnbull, Wheatley, Thompson; Styche (sub Saunders 46), Caton (sub Scott 65)

Subs: Bancroft, Glover, Vaulks,

17^th March North Ferriby (home) won 6-0 Gillies 2, Thompson 2, Syers, Styche

Darlington:  Pears , Trotman, Heaton, Galbraith, O’Hanlon; Turnbull, Gillies, Wheatley; Thompson (sub Caton 64); Styche (sub Mills 64), Syers (sub Glover 57),

Subs: Bancroft, Vaulks

13^th March Tamworth (away) drew 0-0

Pears, Trotman, O’Hanlon, Turnbull, Vaulks, Galbraith, Mills (sub Caton 70), Syers, Styche, Gillies, Thompson.

Subs: Glover, Bancroft, Brown, Saunders

10^th March Curzon Ashton (home) won 1-0 Syers

Darlington: Pears, Trotman, O'Hanlon, Turnbull, Heaton, Galbraith, Caton (sub Gillies 46), Glover (sub Mills 75), Styche, Syers, Thompson (sub Scott 90+2)

Subs Bancroft, Vaulks,

24^th February Kidderminster (home) won 2-1 Heaton, Thompson

Pears, Trotman, Heaton, Vaulks, Galbraith, Turnbull, Wheatley (sub Scott 69), Saunders (sub Gillies 69), Syers, Thompson, Styche

Subs:  Bancroft, Glover, Mills

Leading scorer:  Reece Styche 10 (inc 2 in Trophy) Stephen Thompson 10

Current league position:  11th

Position in form table of last six games:  7th

Away form : Played 18, won 3, drawn 7, lost 8 , scored 16, conceded 29, points 16 (out of 47)

Best away winning margin: 2-0 at Salford

Spennymoor Town

Last five matches:

30^th March: Gainsborough 4 Spennymoor 1 (Johnson)

Lowson, Griffiths, Tait, Curtis, Mason, Ramshaw, Chandler, Hall (sub Henry 46), Anderson (sub Lowe 86), Johnson, Rutherford (sub Fewster 66)

27^th March: Harrogate 1 Spennymoor 2 (Curtis, Johnson)

Lowson, Griffiths, Tait, Curtis, Mason, Ramshaw, Anderson (sub Henry 84), Chandler, Hall (sub Lowe 90), Johnson, Rutherford

Subs: Porter, Fewster, Curry

22^nd March Spennymoor 1 Leamington 0 (Anderson)

Lowson, Griffiths, Chantler, Lowe (sub Hall 70), Tait, Curtis, Ramshaw, Henry, Taylor, Fewster (sub Johnson 79), Anderson (sub Rutherford 90+3)

Subs: Mason, Porter

20^th March: Chorley 3 Spennymoor 1 (Teague og)

Lowson, Griffiths, Mason, Curtis, Chantler (sub Rutherford 85), Henry, Lowe, Chandler, Hall (sub Fewster 52), Taylor, Johnson (sub Anderson 63)

Subs: Porter, Tait

17^th March Salford 3 Spennymoor 2 Lowe, Hall

Moors: Lowson, Dixon, Tait, Curtis, Mason, Henry, Lowe (sub Anderson 64), Hall (sub Foley 84), Ramshaw, Johnson (sub Chantler 71), Taylor

Subs: Porter,  Fewster

League position: 7th

Position in form table of last six league games:  20th

Home form: played 14, won 8, drawn 3, lost 3, scored 25, conceded 18, points 27 (out of 54)

Best home win: 3-0 v Bradford PA

Previous meetings:

2012-13 Northern League: Darlington 0 Spennymoor 0; Spennymoor 1 Darlington 3. Northern League Cup: Darlington 0 Spennymoor 2

2014-15 EvoStik 1DN; Spennymoor 0 Darlington 2, Darlington 1 Spennymoor 0. Play off semi: Darlington 3 Spennymoor 2

2017-18 National League North: Darlington 1 Spennymoor 1

This season:

Darlington 1 (Brown) Spennymoor 1 (Foley)

Bartlett, Marrs, Ferguson, Galbraith, Collins, Brown, Thompson (sub Fenwick 75), Turnbull, Beck, Syers (sub Portas 77), Gillies (sub Caton 77)

Subs : Wheatley, Wilczynski,

Spennymoor: Lowson, Griffiths, Chantler, Chandler, Tait, Curtis, Hall (sub Henry 50), Ramshaw, Taylor, Johnson (sub Orrell 73), Foley

Subs Mason, Porter, Anderson

Here are the highlights of that game:

http://darlingtonfc.co.uk/darlington-1-1-spennymoor-town-vanarama-national-league-north-201718/

Connections: There are likely to be several former Darlington players in the Spennymoor squad, the most notable being Jamie Chandler, who was man of the match for Quakers in that famous 2011 Trophy final. Also included are Joe Tait, Chris Mason, Rob Ramshaw, Dan Lowson.

Brad Fewster was also on trial with Quakers pre season.

Monday’s games:

AFC Telford United v Leamington, Chorley v Bradford PA, Curzon Ashton v Alfreton, FC United of Manchester v York City, Harrogate Town v Blyth Spartans, Kidderminster v Brackley, North Ferriby v Gainsborough, Nuneaton v Boston, Southport v Salford City, Spennymoor Town v Darlington, Stockport County v Tamworth