Shots on target: Darlington 6 Ashton United 5

Shots off target: 5-3

Corners: 3-5

Free kicks 13-14

Yellows: 3-1

Reds 0-0

Darlington 1 Ashton United 1

Portas 83 (1-0) Toner 90+1 (1-1)

Darlington: Jameson, Hunter, Galbraith, Turnbull, Burgess, Brown, Mitchell (sub Portas 67), Scott, Gaskell (sub Armstrong 57), Hardy (sub Cartman 65), Thompson

Subs: Provett, Cartman, Nowakowski

Booking: Scott (foul), Burgess (ungentlemanly conduct), Cartman (foul)

Ashton United:

Phillips, Coo, Mason, Gorton, Connor, Lees, King, Gee, Pilkington, Johnson (sub Toner 78), Morning (sub Chadwick 67)

Subs: Baguley, Haining, Wharton,

Booking: King

Attendance 961

League table after Tuesday's games

Premier Division

P          W        D         L          F          A         PTS     GD

Blyth                                       33        23        3          7          64        32        72        +32

Workington                             32        19        7          6          54        31        64        +23

Darlington                               29        19        5          5          62        29        62        +33

Salford City                            32        18        6          7          62        35        60        +27

Stourbridge                             31        18        5          8          64        46        59        +15

Barwell                                    33        18        3          12        64        50        57        +14

Nantwich                                32        14        10        8          71        44        52        +27

Ashton United                         29        15        7          7          61        38        52        +23

Rushall Olympic                     32        13        9          9          56        41        51        +15

Frickley                                   32        14        8          10        51        38        50        +13