Friday night preview: Quakers hoping for good run in Trophy

By Ray Simpson

Friday night preview: Quakers hoping for good run in Trophy

A look ahead to tonight's floodlit Buildbase FA Trophy tie

Chris Senior celebrates the winner at Wembley in 2011

We are hoping for a good run in the Buildbase FA Trophy when we face AFC Telford United on Friday night.

Quakers go into the game boosted by a six game unbeaten run and determined to have a great run in a competition and re-create some of the excitement of the 2010-11 road to Wembley.

And there's nothing more than a match under the floodlights to get the atmosphere going!

The match programme is 8 pages for this game and will be on sale price 50p , while there will be coverage of the game on the club’s official Twitter and website, and Darlo Fans Radio.

Stats pack

 

Darlington

Team News: Quakers will be at full strength, there are no injury problems.

2017-18 season in the Trophy: 3Q lost 3-2 at home to Harrogate Town

Home league record:  Played 9, won 2, drawn 3, lost 4, goals scored 8, goals against 10,  points 9 (out of 20)

Leading scorer:  Harvey Saunders 5, Jordan Nicholson 5

Last six matches

November 17th Hereford (home) drew 2-2 Syers, Nicholson

Darlington: Hemming, Trotman, Hughes, Galbraith, O’Hanlon, Elliott, Wheatley,; Nicholson, Syers, Thompson; Saunders (sub Ainge 73)

Subs: Glover, Maddison, Henshall, Burn

 

November 3rd Guiseley (home) drew 0-0

October 30th Bradford PA (away) drew 2-2 Nicholson 2

October 27th Leamington (away)  drew 2-2 Ainge, Saunders

October 20th Boston (home) won 1-0 Jackson og

October 13th FC United of Manchester (away) won 2-1 Saunders 2

 

 

Telford

Last season’s performance in Trophy: 2017-18 3Q Droylsden (home) won 4-2, 1R Blyth (away) lost 0-1

 

Away league form:  played 9,  won 2, drawn 4, lost 3, scored 10 against 13

Leading scorer: Dominic Udoh 8

 

Last six matches:

November 17th FC United (away) won 2-1 (Knight, Morgan-Smith)

Wycherley, White, Morley, McQuilkin (sub Deeney 79), Sutton, Streete, Cowans, Royle, Morgan-Smith (sub Barnett 84), Udoh (sub Brown 73), Knights

Subs not used: Smith, Bramley

November 10th Boston (home) won 1-0 Sutton

November 3rd Alfreton (away) drew 1-1 Udoh

October 30th Hereford (home) drew 1-1 Udoh

October 27th York City (home) won 2-1 Knights, Morley

October 20th Curzon Ashton (away) lost 1-2 Brown

 

Connections: Ben O’Hanlon and Stephen Thompson have both previously played for Telford.

Quakers won 3-0 at Telford in the third round of the 2010-11 FA trophy – the year we won it

 

Last time we met:

September 8th League

Darlington 3 AFC Telford 0  Nicholson, Saunders, Thompson

Quakers Maddison, Trotman, Hughes, Jonny Burn, O’Hanlon, Wheatley (sub Glover 81), Elliott (sub Lycett 89), Thompson, Syers, Nicholson, Saunders (sub Morrison 89)

Subs: Aaron Burn, Henshall

Telford United

Bramley (sub Wycherley 46), White, Smith, Deeney, Sutton, Streete, Cowans, McQuilkin( Barnes-Homer 75), Brown (sub Dawson 59), Udoh, Knights

Subs: Lilley, Royle,

Bookings: McQuilkin, Deeney