Quakers hope for another big turn out
By Ray Simpson
Darlington look to build on their dramatic 3-2 win over Salford City on Tuesday when they face Nantw...
Darlington look to build on their dramatic 3-2 win over Salford City on Tuesday when they face Nantwich Town at Heritage Park this weekend. The win saw the Quakers move up to second place in the league table, thirteen points behind league leaders Blyth Spartans with four games in hand.
The team on Tuesday night:
Jameson, Hunter, Galbraith, Turnbull, Burgess, Brown, Portas, Scott, Gaskell (sub Hardy 60), Cartman, Thompson (sub Armstrong 80)
Subs: Provett, Mitchell, Nowakowski
Manager Martin Gray said: "I really hope that the fans turn out in force on Saturday, because they really made a big difference on Tuesday night against Salford. They really helped the players in those closing minutes when we were 2-1 down. As I've said several times over the past four years, the fans can really be our twelfth man. We'll need their help again on Saturday, because Nantwich are going well at the moment."
Evostik League tables as at March 1st
Premier Division
P W D L F A PTS GD
Blyth 35 25 3 7 69 32 78 +37
Darlington 31 20 5 6 65 32 65 +33
Workington 33 19 8 6 55 32 65 +23
Salford City 34 19 6 8 66 38 63 +28
Stourbridge 32 19 5 8 65 46 62 +19
Barwell 34 19 3 12 65 50 60 +15
Ashton United 31 17 7 7 66 38 58 +28
Rushall Olympic 33 14 9 9 59 42 54 +17
Nantwich 32 14 10 8 71 44 52 +27
Frickley 33 14 8 11 51 39 50 +12
Nantwich Town had been in promotion contention earlier on this season, but have lost ground, as they now sit in ninth place, ten points off the playoffs.
Recent form.
March 1st Bamber Bridge (Doodson) (home) won 5-1 Cosgrove, Osborne, Jones, Shotton 2
February 27th Dover (FA Trophy) (home) won 2-1 Osborne, Shotton
Nantwich Town: Smith, White, Short, Moran, Harrison, Osborne, Kosylo, Hall (C), Hancock, Bell and Cooke.
Subs: Jones (on for Kosylo), Burzynski, Bailey (on for Cooke), Fisher and Shotton.
February 23rd Matlock (away) drew 1-1 Kosylo
February 16th Stourbridge (FA Trophy) (home) won 1-0 Jones
February 13th Halesowen (home) won 3-0 Cooke, Osborne, Bell
January 30th Ilkeston (home) drew 1-1 Jones
January 26th Bradford PA (FA Trophy) (home) won 5-0. Bell, Hall, Osborne 2 Kosylo.
However, Nantwich have had quite an extraordinary run in the FA Trophy and just last Saturday they progressed to the semi-final stage where they will meet Halifax over two legs. In their fantastic run they have been able to pick up victories over Salford City, Stourbridge, Bradford PA and in the quarter-finals Dover. They will now play Halifax Town in the two-legged semi final on March 12th and 19th.
Their last league outing was a 1-1 draw away to Matlock Town. Away from home this season they have won five out of 16 in the league. Last season they finished in 15th place in the Evo-Stik Premier.
The two sides are yet to meet this season, with the reverse fixture due to take place on Tuesday March 22nd.
Kick off at Heritage Park is 3pm on Saturday, updates will be made from the club’s Facebook, Twitter, Phone App, Website and be covered live on Darlo Fans Radio.