Darlington 0 King's Lynn 2

Nzabueze 42 mins, 0-1, Ubaezuonu 73 mins 0-2

Attendance 1338

Quakers are still without a home win this season after losing to a goal in each half against King's Lynn.

Quakers showed plenty of spirit in adversity as they had six players missing because of injury -- Ellis Stanton and Mark Beck both failed late fitness tests -- and were on top in the first half, but the visitors' first goal gave them a lift to put them in control.

Quakers put the Linnets defence under early pressure, and a left wing cross was cleared as far as skipper Ben Hedley, who fired over the bar from 25 yards. The full back was Quakers' fifth skipper so far this season.

Klng’s Lynn replied with a run into the box by Nzabueze, and his left foot shot was parried by Bobby Jones.

Quakers had a good chance on 12 minutes when Jonah Lowes, making his second debut, picked the ball up in midfield, ran at the King’s Lynn defence and laid the ball off for Ethan Fitzhugh to cut inside and hit a left foot shot that Ronnie Hollingshead blocked at his near post.

Quakers lifted the fans by winning their first corner on 21 minutes but it was headed away by a defender, and a good spell of pressure then followed without success.

A good cross by Hedley forced a defender to concede a corner on 25 minutes, and when the ball came over from Lowes, Aidan Rutledge headed wide of the far post.

After successfully absorbing a couple of King’s Lynn attacks, Hedley forced another corner on 32 minutes, and it ended with Toby Lees setting up Hedley to have a shot blocked.

Fitzhugh, who was always a danger when he got the ball on the right, easily beat his marker on 35 minutes, but his cross was too close to the keeper.

But King’s Lynn went ahead on 42 minutes, when Walker was penalised for a foul just outside the area, and Nzabueze perfectly placed the free kick into the bottom right corner

Half time: Darlington 0 King's Lynn 1

Quakers started the second half with plenty of determination without really creating an opening until the 56th minute when Dylan Stephenson got away down the right, but his cross went over Hetherington.

Then in Quakers next attack, Aidan Rutledge made good ground and crossed low into the middle, where Stephenson fired over.

But they were denied on 59 minutes when Fitzhugh put in a great cross for Hetherington to volley towards the top corner, but Hollingshead superbly managed to push the ball over the top.

Quakers made their first sub on 62 minutes, Tom Henson coming on for Bryant, then three minutes later, Amaru Smith came on for Fitzhugh.

Quakers nearly levelled on 68 minutes when a Lowes corner from the right was helped on by Lees, for defender Josh McCammon to almost head into his own net.

The score was 2-0 on 73 minutes when Scott attacked down the right, and pulled the ball back for Carlton Ubaezuonu to stab past the beaten Jones.

Quakers replied with a free kick by Lowes, that Walker headed at the keeper.

They thought they should have had a penalty when Henson appeared to be brought down as he ran deep into the box, but the referee booked him for simulation instead.

They kept battling away, and Rutledge slipped past two defenders and crashed a right foot shot off the crossbar, and the ball bounced to safety

Final score: Darlington 0 King's Lynn 2

Team: Jones, Hedley, Lees, Walker, Pye, Lowes, Hetherington, Fitzhugh (sub Smith 65), Stephenson, Bryant (sub Henson 62), Rutledge

Subs: Mason, Thompson, Wilkinson,

Booking: Lowes 3 mins, Walker 40 mins, Rutledge 68 mins, Henson 81 mins