Darlington are looking for another big win at home to Southport on Saturday.

After winning 3-1 at Warrington on Monday, Quakers climbed up to sixth from bottom, but Rushall's win over Boston means that they're two points behind. They're level on points with Farsley, who are at Darlington next Satrday.

Saturday's key games: Blyth v Rushall, Farsley v Peterborough Sports

Team news:

-- Jassem Sukar is out because of illness

-- Jonny Ngandu has recovered from injury

Recent results

1^st April v Warrington (away) won 3-1 Salkeld 2, Rutledge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQre33eMz0Y

29^th March v Chorley (home) lost 0-3

23^rd March v Rushall Olympic (away) lost 2-3 Main 2

16^th March v Peterborough Sports (home) won 1-0 Salkeld

12^th March v Blyth (away) won 2-1 Cornish, Salkeld

9^th March v Spennymoor (away) lost 1-2 Cornish

5^th March v Scunthorpe (home) won 4-0 Salkeld 2, Cornish, Main

2^nd March v Banbury (home) won 3-1 Cornish, Nelson, Salkeld

Current League position: 19^th (Played 43, won 14, drawn 7, lost 22, goals for 47 against 71, points 49)

home form 18^th best in the league (played 21, won 6, drawn 7, lost 8, goals for 24 against 26, points 25)

Southport

latest results

1^st April Scunthorpe (home) lost 0-1

29^th March Farsley (away) drew 0-0

26^th March Bishop’s Stortford (home) won 4-1 Hmama, Carver, Bennett, Philliskirk

23^rd March Buxton (home) drew 2-2 Lloyd, Bennett

16^th March Blyth (home) lost 2-3 Lloyd, Bennett

12^th March Chester (away) won 1-0 Bennett

9^th March Banbury (away) won 1-0 Carver

Current league position  15^th (Played 43, won 15, drawn 8, lost 20, goals scored 51, against 70, points 53)    

away form 5^th best in the league (Played 21, won 9, drawn 4, lost 8, goals for 27 against 34, points 31)

Recent matches between the two clubs

January 2024 Southport 2 Darlington 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bTuOJzvXM4

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

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

We'd like to thank our match sposors Hillerby Developments

http://hillerbydevelopmentsltd.co.uk/

and our matchball sponsors In Memory of Steve Raine