Amar Purewal was a firm favourite in his four seasons with the club, scoring 58 goals in his 103 appearances, and he'll be returning to the club on Sunday to play for the Darlington legends against the Marathon Bet #NonLeagueChallenge Legends. (tickets are available here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/dfcsg)

Tickets are available here https://www.tickettailor.com/events/dfcsg or at the gate on the day.

When he reached the 50 goal landmark, Craig Stoddart wrote a piece in the matchday programme about his 50 goals in tribute to him.

2012-13

August 25: Consett (a), 3-0

The first of 50. On what was a rain-drenched day away to Consett, Amar’s first start for Darlington saw him get off the mark for Quakers. Twin brother Arjun had scored the first goal of Darlington’s Northern League season a week earlier in a 3-2 win over Bishop Auckland.

August 31: Dunston UTS (h), 4-0

2, 3. Six days later Friday night football arrived at Heritage Park and with it Amar bagged a brace. Playing against a side that at the end of the previous season had won the FA Vase at Wembley and had been pipped to the league title by Spennymoor Town, Darlington won 4-0 with Amar and Shaun Reay scoring two goals each.

September 8: Consett (h), 5-0

4. It took only 15 seconds of Purewal’s sixth appearance to score his fourth goal. Receiving a pass from David Dowson and bursting into the penalty area before sweeping past the Consett keeper, Peter Jameson. It proved to be the first of a 5-0 rout at Heritage Park.

September 15: Billingham Town (h), 3-2

December 15: 2 Durham City (a), 4-0

13, 14. Having scored a penalty in the home match against his former club, Purewal added two more to his tally on the artificial surface at Durham City. The 4-0 win was significant as it came on the back of two defeats, after which Martin Gray had bolstered his squad by bringing in goalkeeper Mark Bell and midfielder Jonny Davis soon followed.

January 5: 1 South Shields (a), 3-0

15, 16. His run of starting 23 consecutive league matches came to an end on Boxing Day when Purewal was rested, playing as a substitute but unable to find the net in a 4-2 win at Norton & Stockton Ancients. He returned in the next match, however, adding the second goal during a 3-0 win on a gluepot pitch at South Shields. He now had 15 goals in 27 games.

February 9: 2 Hebburn Town (a), 7-1

16, 17. There was friction between the sides following a bad-tempered match three days previously at Heritage Park, though Quakers put that aside to win convincingly and Purewal scored twice for the fourth time during the season.

March 6: 2 Norton (h), 6-1

19, 20. Goals 19 and 20 came during a March midweek fixture at Heritage Park, a comfortable 6-1 win over Norton when the only grip was that Quakers did not score against the Teesside strugglers. The match was Purewal’s last for a couple of weeks as he missed games at home to Shildon (4-0) and away to Ashington (1-0).

April 27: 2 Team Northumbria (h), 3-1

22, 23. Goals from Chris Emms and a Purewal brace sealed a nervy win – victory meant second-placed Spennymoor Town, who had six games in hand, could no longer catch Quakers. He put Darlington ahead after the restart with a powerful header, Stephen Harrison providing the pinpoint cross, and in injury time ran on to a Jonny Davis through-ball to seal three vital points with a goal that was met with an explosion of relief and joy.

May 1: 1 Guisborough Town (h), 3-0

24. The night Darlington’s promotion was confirmed as they received the Northern League Division One trophy and Purewal crowned the occasion with the final goal – fitting as his brother had scored Quakers’ first of the season. Purewal’s strike meant he’d scored in all ten months of the season and ended the campaign with 24 goals in 44 appearances.

2013-14

August 26: Kendal Town (h), 3-1

25, 26. After failing to score in Darlington’s first three games in the Evo-Stik First Division, Purewal dropped to the bench for the August Bank Holiday visit of Kendal. He came off the bench, however, and added to Andy Johnson’s penalty with a brace to secure a 3-1 win.

September 7: Clitheroe (a), 3-2

27, 28: Purewal added another double in Darlington’s next match and did so in dramatic circumstances away to Clitheroe. Quakers were 2-0 down until Andy Johnson pulled one back, and then Purewal grabbed the equaliser on 81 minutes by getting the final touch on Chris Moore's corner at close range. Deep into injury time came the dramatic moment, with David Dowson firing the ball across goal for Purewal to turn home and spark jubilant scenes.

October 2: Ossett Albion (h), 7-0

30, 31. Purewal scored twice for the third time in his ninth game of the season, this time as Darlington hammered lowly Ossett Albion 7-0. The first goal saw him reach 30 for the club in 53 appearances.

November 13: Blyth Spartans (h), 5-1

33. This Doodson Sport Cup tie did not attract many fans to Heritage Park, but it was well worth it for those that attended as Quakers secured a 5-1 win and scored two cracking goals, one of them by Purewal who was up against his brother Arjun in the centre of the Blyth defence.

It was Amar who got the better of his twin in the 59th minute when he burst down the right and without breaking stride hit a rocket from a tight angle into the top corner for one of his best Darlington goals.

November 30: Mossley (a), 2-1

35. Thompson was on the scoresheet after only eight minutes away to Mossley, and soon it was 2-0 when Purewal’s deft lob beat the onrushing keeper.

December 7: Warrington Town (a), 4-1

36, 37. The day Darlington turned over the league leaders in their own backyard, Dowson and Purewal both scoring twice. Purewal’s goals were both headers, taking his seasonal tally to 13 in 19 appearances.

December 21: Burscough (a), 7-0

38, 39. Thompson took the attention on this day as he put in a ten out of ten performance to grab a hat-trick, yet it was Purewal who got the ball rolling. He headed home on 18 minutes after meeting a Terry Galbraith corner, and after the break capitalised on a defensive mistake to add his 15th of the season.

January 4: Clitheroe (h), 6-0

40, 41. The team against whom Purewal crowned a magnificent comeback to beat 3-2 at the beginning of the season were visitors to Heritage Park in January 2014 and this time there was no doubting the victors. Darlington hit Clitheroe for six with Purewal continuing his good run with another brace, taking his tally to nine in as many games.

April 12: 2 Padiham (h), 3-0

43, 44. For the seventh occasion during 2013-14 Purewal scored a couple of goals, and this double ended an 11-game scoring drought. The poor run meant that for the first time in his Quakers career Purewal gone through an entire calendar month without scoring.

April 19: Farsley (h), 3-0

45. Darlington secured home advantage in the playoff semi-final with a 3-0 win against a side who were hoping to finish in the top five. Purewal’s cool finish on the hour made it 2-0,his 19th league strike of the season coming came after substitute Dowson had played the ball in despite being fouled. The strike, his 21st in all competitions, proved to be Purewal’s last of the 2013-14 season.

2014-15

August 16: Warrington (h), 2-0

46. Goal number 46 in Purewal’s half-century came on the opening day of the season, though there was a question mark over it for five weeks until Evo-Stik League officials finally decided that the result from the abandoned match would stand.

September 27: Ossett Town (a), 2-0

47. Having been missing for six league games due to a hamstring strain, Purewal proved his worth by scoring after only 29 minutes of his return. It was his third goal against Ossett Town having scored twice against them last season.

October 1: Harrogate RA (h), 7-1

48, 49, 50. The night began with Purewal three goals away from a half century and ended with Quakers joint-second in the table after a 7-1 win in which the striker bagged his first hat-trick for the club. The first, a brave header, saw him collide with the Harrogate RA goalkeeper who had to be substituted, the second was a carefully guided shot inside the far post from 16 yards (Darlington’s 150th goal at Heritage Park in 57 matches) and the all-important third a close-range finish after taking the ball off team-mate Adam Mitchell.