We head to Nethermoor tonight for our first league game of the season against Guiseley – the first attempt was postponed earlier in the season because of a waterlogged pitch.

It’s set up to be a great game, as Guiseley are sixth and Quakers level on points with them but a worse goal difference. Both clubs won on Saturday -- Quakers beat Alfreton to make it four wins out of the last five league games, while Guiseley beat Gloucester.

It will be a return to his previous club for Darlington midfielder Will Hatfield, who has been one of the main reasons behind our success this season.

If you can’t make the game, you can listen to it on Darlo Fans Radio, or follow it on Twitter or the official website

Here’s the stats file for Tuesday’s game:

Darlington

National League North position:  7th

Away league form:  played 11, won 3, drawn 1, lost 7, goals scored 11 goals against 23 points 10 (out of total of 39)

Our last seven games:

January 18^th Alfreton (home) won 3-0 Campbell 2, Donawa

Elliott, Hedley, Watson, Wheatley (sub Lambert 83), Laing, Galbraith (sub Holness 46) Rivers, Hatfield, Campbell (sub Martin 71), Reid, Donawa

Subs: Thompson, Bascome

Here's what Darlington manager Alun Armstrong said after the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dwp6A_htrE

January 11^th Harrogate(home) lost 0-2 Trophy

January 8^th Solihull (home) won 1-0 Holness Trophy

January 4^th Gloucester (home) won 2-1 Reid, Campbell

January 1^st Spennymoor (away) lost 1-3 Donawa

December 28^th Blyth (away) won 2-0 Donawa, Reid

December 26^th Spennymoor (home) won 2-1 Campbell, Thompson

Leading scorers: 12 Adam Campbell, 9 Justin Donawa, 7 Tyrone O’Neill,  6 Stephen Thompson

Team News: Right back Luke Trotman and striker Jamie Holmes are both ruled out

David Atkinson is fit again and included in the squad.

Michael Liddle is out for at least a month with a hamstring injury.

Terry Galbraith is out because of an ankle injury

Jack Lambert has returned to Scunthorpe at the end of his loan

Alex Storey will have a fitness test.

Guiseley

League position 6th

Home league form played 13, won 6, drawn 2, lost 5. Goals for 19 goals against 14, points 20 (out of a total of 39)

Last six matches

18^th January Gloucester (home) won 2-1 Felix, Johnson

Team; Dewhurst, McNally, Nicholson, Jones, Bencherif, Digie, Felix, Cantrill, Shaw, Soleman, Johnson

Subs: Martin, Ekpolo, Barkers, Newall, Sheppeard

Here's what their joint manager Russ O'Neill said after the game on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/guiseleyafc

11^th January Altrincham (away) drew 1-1 Felix

4^th January Chester (home) lost 0-1

1^st January Farsley (away) won 1-0 Sang

28^th December York City(away) won 2-1 Bencherif, Felx

26^th December Farsley (home) 2-0 Sang, Shaw

Managers: Russ O’Neill and Marcus Bignot

 Keepers: Marcus Dewhurst, Lloyd Allinson

Defenders: Hamza Bencherif, Andrai Jones, Kennedy Digie, Will Thornton, Brad Nicholson, George Cantrill, Harrison Sheppeard, Reiss McNally, Nathan Newall

Midfielders: Prince Ekpolo, Kaine Felix, Jamie Spencer, Scott Smith, Aram Soleman, Dylan Barkers, Aleks Starcenko

Forwards: Paul Clayton, Aaron Martin, Lee Shaw, Gabriel Johnson, Chris Sang, Tabish Hussain

Last time we played Guiseley

We played Guiseley near the end of last season, and lost 1-0 – here are the highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfpcUqGi0lc

Admission prices:

• Adults: £13
• Concessions: £9
• 11-18 Year-Olds: £5
• Accompanied Under-11s: £1

Ground

There is a free car park extremely close to the ground on Netherfield Road, sat nav post code LS20 9PD.

Parking here is free and you can access Nethermoor by the footbridge in the back corner.