Quakers cautious ahead of bottom club visit

By Ray Simpson

Feb 3, 2023

Quakers cautious ahead of bottom club visit

Telford are the visitors to Blackwell Meadows

Darlington take on bottom club AFC Telford United on Saturday looking for three points to stay hot on the heels of the top two.

Quakers have picked up four points from two home games this week, and they'll be happy with a return of seven from all three.

However, even though Telford are bottom of the table, they have improved recently, and have conceded only five goals in their last six matches.

Here are the thoughts of assistant manager Darren Holloway

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League position: 3^rd (played 28, won 15, drawn 6, lost 7, goals for 53 against37, points 51)

Home form played 15, won 7, drawn 4, lost 4, goals for 25 against 21, points 25 (6^th best in the league)

Leading scorers (all matches) Mark Beck 18, Jack Lambert 16, Jacob Hazel 14

News:

Alex Purver is expected to have recovered from a head injury in time for the game
Jarrett Rivers could be back in the squad
Quakers won the reverse game 4-1 earlier in the season

Recent matches

31^st January v Southport (home) drew 0-0

28^th January Spennymoor (home) won 3-2 Lambert, Hazel 2

21^st January Banbury (away) postponed

14^th January Southend FA Trophy (away) lost 1-2 Lambert

7^th January Chorley (home) lost 0-3

2^nd January Scarborough (away) won 5-2 Beck 2, Hazel 2, Lambert

26^th December Scarborough (home) lost 2-3 Hazel, Beck

17^th December FA Trophy Spennymoor (away) won 3-1 Hazel 2, Lambert

Telford changed their manager in September, bringing in Kevin Wilkin who was previously manager of Brackley. They have lost just once in six matches in the league this year.

League position 24^th (played 28, won 3, drawn 9, lost 16, goals for 20 against 45 points 18 (eleven points from safety)

Away form (league) Played 14, won 1, drawn 4, lost 9, goals for 9 against 24, points 7) 24^th in the league

Recent results

31^st January v Chorley (away) lost 0-1

28^th January v Southport (h) drew 1-1 Livingstone

17^th January v Kettering (home) drew 1-1 Evans

14^th January v Buxton (away) won 2-0 Salmon, O’Brien

7^th January v Spennymoor (home) drew 1-1 Flowers

1^st January v Chester (away) drew 1-1 Flowers

Recent matches between the two clubs:

November 2022 Telford 1 Darlington 4 (Lambert 3, Purver)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb0t56m-hH4