Marine 0 Darlington 1

Quakers won at Marine thanks to a goal by Kevin Burgess, his third goal inside a week.

It was Quakers eighth away win of the season, and puts them nicely in sixth place in the table, with three home games coming up over the next ten days.

With the strong wind at their backs, Quakers had a goal disallowed in the second minute, but the flag went up for offside against Nathan Cartman.

They had another opportunity after 12 minutes when Lee Gaskell got on the end of a Terry Galbraith cross, but the Marine keeper Matthew Cooper managed to block.

Gaskell had another chance a few minutes later when he broke through one on one, but again the keeper denied him. Stephen Thompson then went close with a shot on the turn, and then struck the post from 20 yards with the keeper stranded.

Quakers took a deserved lead on 35 minutes. Defender Gary Brown broke up a Marine attack, and that allowed Adam Mitchell and Thompson to combine well. Thompson had a shot blocked, but Kevin Burgess was on hand to score his third goal in two games.

[caption id="attachment_16828" align="alignnone" width="220"] Kevin Burgess after scoring the winner[/caption]

Half time

Marine 0 Darlington 1

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Quakers were forced on the defensive in the second half, and changed their formation against the wind to make it more difficult for their opponents.

However, they nearly got a second on 76 minutes when Thompson's free kick from 25 yards was superbly pushed over the bar by Cooper.

[caption id="attachment_16830" align="alignnone" width="300"] Stephen Thompson[/caption]

But Quakers held on in five minutes of injury time for another important three points..

Final score: Marine 0 Darlington 1

pics by Tim Hickman

Stats (thanks to Mark Adams)

First half:

Shots on target: Marine 0 Darlington 4

Shots off target: 2-3

Corners 1-5

Fouls committed 7-7

Yellows 1-1

Reds 0-0

Throw ins: 13-18

Offsides: 1-5

Second half

Shots on target: Marine 0 Darlington 2

Shots off target: 3-2

Corners 1-2

Fouls committed 8-10

Yellows 0-1

Reds 0-0

Throw ins: 9-11

Offsides: 5-2

Teams:

Darlington: Jameson, Hunter, Galbraith, Turnbull, Burgess, Brown, Mitchell (sub Portas 60), Scott, Gaskell (sub Armstrong 85), Cartman (sub Dowson 60), Thompson

Subs: Provett, Nowakowski

Marine: Cooper, Wainwright, Short, Hessey, Willis, Nicholas, Foley, Burton, Mitchley, Sharp, Peers

Subs: Elams, Clair, Bellew, Codling, Sharman

Referee: J Willson, Stockport