Darlington head to the Brewery Field to play Spennymoor for the first time in a senior cup tie on Tuesday night.

The two clubs have never faced each other in the FA Cup, Trophy or Vase before, although they met in the Northern League Cup in 2012 when Spennymoor won 2-0.

Quakers go into the game on the back of a 6-2 away win at Gloucester -- their fifth successive away win -- while Moors had a morale boosting win over Boston last time out. 

The prize for the winners will be an away tie at the winners of the all National League Southend v Boreham Wood game.

Here are Alun's thoughts on Tuesday night's game

Darlington

League position:  Top.  played 23, won 13, drawn 5, lost 5, goals for 43 against 27, points 42

Away form:  Played 12, won 7, drawn 2, lost 3, goals for 23 against 14 points 23 (best in league)

Team news:  Defender David Wheater is missing with a knee injury, Junior Mondal is ineligible.

Recent matches

13^th December Southport (home) postponed (rearranged for 31st January)

10^th December v Gloucester (away) won 6-2  Lambert 3, Beck, Liddle, Dodds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QppDPia8eXs

6^th December v Curzon Ashton (away) won 2-0 Hazel, Lambert

2^nd December v Kettering (home) drew 2-2 Hazel 2

26^th November v Hereford (away) won 2-1 Liddle, Lambert

19^th November v Alfreton Trophy won 4-1 Lambert 2, Hedley, Rivers

12^th November v Fylde (home) lost 1-2 Hazel

Spennymoor will include former Darlington players Rob Ramshaw and Joe Tait in their squad, while another former Darlington player, Jamie Chandler, is now assistant manager.

League position 19^th (played 21, won 5, drawn 9, lost 7, goals for 25 against 30, points 24)

home form:  played 10, won 3, drawn 4, lost 3 goals for 10 against 10, points 13

Recent results

13^th December Alfreton (away) postponed

10^th December Hereford (home) postponed

6^th December Boston (home) won 3-2 Kendall, Taylor, Tait

3^rd December Brackley (away) lost 2-1 Allan

19^th November Runcorn Linnets (home) won 3-2  Taylor, Anderson, Blackett

12^th November Peterborough Sports (away) drew 1-1 Lufudu

Recent matches between the two clubs:

27^th August 2022 Spennymoor 1 Darlington 1 (Beck)

Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqNdi97K84s

1^st January 2022 Darlington 1 (Charman) Spennymoor 1

26^th December 2021 Spennymoor 1 Darlington 1 (Charman)

26^th December 2020 Darlington 0 Spennymoor 0

1st January 2020 Spennymoor 3 Darlington 1 (Donawa)

26^th December 2019 Darlington 2 (Campbell, Thompson) Spennymoor 1

19^th January 2019 Darlington 1 (Thompson) Spennymoor 2

7^th August 2018 Spennymoor 2 Darlington 2 (Thompson, Styche)

Trophy runs so far:

Darlington: Alfreton (home)  won 4-1 Lambert 2, Hedley, Rivers

Spennymoor: Runcorn Linnets (home) won 3-2 Taylor, Anderson, Blackett

You can follow the game on Darlo Fans Radio, the club’s official Twitter account and the official club website