Quakers go to Banbury for the first time ever on Saturday, and hoping to bounce back from their Trophy defeat.

Quakers' run of seven straight wins was ended by a stoppage time goal last week at Southend, and now they want to begin another run of wins.

Because of their involvement with the Trophy, Quakers have been overtaken by Kings Lynn and AFC Fylde in the table and have dropped to third.

The pitch passed an inspection on Friday afternoon

League position:  3rd (played 26, won 14, drawn 5, lost 7, goals for 50, against 35, points 47)

Away form:   Played 13, won 8, drawn 2, lost 3, goals scored 28, against 16, points 26 best in the league

Leading scorers (all matches) Mark Beck 18, Jack Lambert 15, Jacob Hazel 12

News:  

• David Wheater is almost fully fit and will take part in the warm up
• Junior Mondal returns after being ineligible last week.
• Obviously, Paddy Almond is missing -- you can contribute to his GoFundMe here
• https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-paddy-almond-and-his-family. 
• Jake Lawlor returns after illness
• Jarrett Rivers is missing through illness
• First ever visit to by Darlington to Banbury, who won 2-1 at Blackwell Meadows earlier in the season
• Banbury are happy to hold a collection for Paddy, which is very generous of them

Here are Alun's thoughts on the game

Recent matches

14^th January Southend FA Trophy (away) lost 1-2 Lambert

Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dkFxolCiz8

7^th January Chorley (home) lost 0-3

2^nd January Scarborough (away)  won 5-2 Beck 2, Hazel 2, Lambert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXk5HJfieEs

26^th December Scarborough (home) lost 2-3 Hazel, Beck

17^th December FA Trophy Spennymoor (away) won 3-1 Hazel 2, Lambert

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

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

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

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

Banbury

League position 9th (Played 25, won 10, drawn 6, lost 9, goals for 35, against 32, points 36)

Home form (league) played 11, won 6, drawn 3, lost 2, goals for 18, against 9, points 21 9th best in the league

Recent results

17^th January Curzon Ashton (home) postponed

14^th January Trophy Coalville (home) postponed

7^th January Fylde (away) lost 0-5

1^st January Brackley (home) lost 0-1

26^th December Brackley (away) drew 1-1 Landers

23^rd December Bognor Regis (home) won 4-3 Williams, Rasulo 2, Acquaye

Previous meeting between the clubs
August 2022 Darlington 1 (Lambert) Banbury 2

Highlights: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPGFp6Ozupw

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