Quakers are aiming to bounce back from the New Year’s day defeat at Spennymoor when Gloucester come to Blackwell Meadows on Saturday.

Before the Spennymoor defeat, Quakers had gone five games in league and Trophy, rising up to tenth place in the table.

Gloucester, meanwhile, ended their recent poor run by beating Leamington 2-1 on New Year’s Day.

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Darlington

National League North position:  10^th four points below the play offs

Home league form:  played 12, won 7, drawn 2, lost 3, goals scored 17, goals against 10, points 23 (out of 33)

Our last seven games:

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

Elliott, Hedley, Liddle, Wheatley, Laing, Storey, Donawa, Hatfield, Campbell, Reid, Thompson (sub Rivers 77)

Subs: Watson, Holness, Lambert,  Bascome

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

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

December 21^st York City (away) won 1-0 Campbell

December 14^th Solihull (away) drew 2-2 Hatfield, Lambert FA Trophy

December 7^th Chester (home) won 2-0 Donawa, Holness

December 3^rd Leamington (away) lost 0-3

Leading scorers: 9 Adam Campbell, 8 Justin Donawa, 7 Tyrone O’Neill,  6 Stephen Thompson

Team News: Right back Luke Trotman, striker Jamie Holmes and defender David Atkinson are all ruled out because of injury. Atkinson might be back in mid January

Terry Galbraith is fully fit again and is added to the squad.

Gloucester

League position:  18th

Away league form :   played 11, won 2, drawn 2, lost 7, goals for 16, against 16, points 8 (out of 26)

Last six results:

01/01/2020 Leamington (H) won 2-1 James, Jackson

Team: Maher, James, Senior, Thomas, Hamilton, Daly, Parker,Hanks, Jackson, Kotwica, Maxwell. Subs: Ebbutt, Sweeney, Avery, Robert, Johnstone

28/12/2019 AFC Telford (H) Lost 1-0

26/12/2019 Leamington (A) Lost 3-0

07/12/2019 Southport (A) Lost 1-0

30/11/2019 Kettering (H) Drew 2-2 Robert, Senior

24/11/2019 Bradford PA (H) Lost 2-0 FA Trophy

Manager: James Rowe

Goalkeeper: Niall Maher

Defenders: Ross Johnstone, Kieran Smith, Ioan Richards, Tom Handley. Jamie Bremner, Spencer Hamilton, Sam Avery, Harvey Smith, Liam Daly, Jack Senior, Jack James

Midfielders: Zack Kotwica, Alex Hainault, Josh Thomas, Fabian Robert, Joe Hanks, Dan Sweeney.

Forwards: Joe Parker, Jennison Myrie-Williams, Marlon Jackson, Jamie Spruce, Cameron Ebutt

Last time we met

7^th September 2019

Gloucester 2 (Hanks 2) Darlington 1 (Campbell)

Team: Elliott, Holness, Watson, Wheatley (sub Morrison 77), Laing, Galbraith, Rivers, Hatfield, Campbell, Thompson (sub Bell 88), O’Neill (sub Hedley 46)

Subs: Stansfield, Heaton

Gloucester

Bradley-Hurst, Thomas (sub Smith 68), Harper, Harrison, Avery, Knowles, Parker, Hanks (sub Myrie-Williams 83), Jackson (sub Kotwica 59), Russe, Robert

Subs Johnstone, Hainault

Admission prices: Adults £14, concessions £10 Under 18s £5, under 11s free.

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