Southport v Darlington preview

By Ray Simpson

Southport v Darlington preview

Quakers looking for two wins in four days

Darlington are looking for their second win in four days when they go to Southport tonight.

Quakers won 1-0 at King's Lynn last Saturday to put them seven points behind their fifth bottom hosts, so victory will give them another boost

 

Team news:

  • Scott Barrow will have a fitness test
  • Kallum Griffiths is missing because of illness

 

Recent results

6th January v King’s Lynn (away)  won 1-0 Curry

goals:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcNs7570-iY

30th December v Scarborough (home) lost 0-1

26th December v Scarborough (away) lost 0-2

23rd December v Bishop’s Stortford (home) lost 0-2

16th December v Gloucester (away) won 1-0 Ngandu

9th December v Banbury (away) postponed, re-arranged for 30th January

2nd December v Southport (away) postponed, re-arranged for 9th January

24th November v Rushall Olympic (home) drew 1-1 Griffiths

 

 

Current League position:  23rd (Played 25, won 5 drawn 7, lost 13, goals scored 19 against 48 points 22)

Away form: 21st in league (played 12, won 4, lost 8, goals scored 7 against 30, points 12)

 

Southport appointed former Morecambe and Fylde manager Jim Bentley earlier in the season, after Liam Watson stepped down.

 

Latest results

6th January v Gloucester (away) drew 2-2 Bennett, Walton

1st January v Curzon Ashton (home) lost 0-3

26th December v Curzon Ashton (away) lost 2-3 Holmes, Flowers

23rd December v King’s Lynn (home) lost 0-4

16th December v Tamworth (away) lost 0-4

9th December v Chesterfield (away) lost 1-6 Bennett

Current league position 20th(Played 26, won 8, drawn 5, lost 13, goals for 28 against 49)

home form 22nd in the league (Played 12, won 3, drawn 2, lost 7, goals for 7 against 21, points 11)

 

 

 

Recent matches between the two teams:

January 2023 Darlington 0 Southport 0

September 2022 Darlington 3 (Beck 3) Southport 2 FA Cup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY4ZOiD2ysA

August 2022 Southport 1 Darlington 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHR484l2B1g

March 2022 Darlington 1 (Cassidy) Southport 0

November 2021 Trophy Southport 1 Darlington 1 (Charman) Southport won on pens

October 2021 League Southport 3 Darlington 0

August 2019 Darlington 2 (Campbell, O’Neill) Southport 0

February 2019 Darlington 0 Southport 0

September 2018 Southport 0 Darlington 0

April 2018 Darlington 2 (Gillies, Saunders) Southport 4

September 2017 Southport 2 Darlington 0

 

You can follow today’s game on National League TV, Darlo Fans Radio, Twitter and the official website

 

 

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