Quakers looking for fifth round place

By Ray Simpson

Quakers looking for fifth round place

Can we pull off an upset at Weymouth?

 

We are looking for a place in the last 16 of the Buildbase FA Trophy at Weymouth on Saturday – the first ever meeting between the two clubs.

The team set off for an overnight stay in Taunton on Friday lunchtime, before completing the 350 mile journey to Dorset on Saturday morning.

We’re also looking for an improvement in form after a disappointing 1-0 defeat at Farsley on Tuesday night.

 

Darlington:

Team News:

Louis Laing suffered an ACL injury against Spennymoor (the same sort of injury as Jamie Holmes) and is out for several months

Omar Holness and Ben Hedley could both be included in the squad.

 

 

League position 19TH Played 10, won 4, drawn 1, lost 5, goals for 17 against 10, points 13

Points per game position: 13th 1.30 per game

Quakers form (League and cup): WLLWWWWLWWLLWWDWLL

Leading scorers in all comps: Adam Campbell 6, Luke Charman 5, Jarrett Rivers 5

Run so far:

19th December FA Trophy 3 v Telford United (home) drew 2-2 Rivers, Hatfield, won 5-3 on pens

16th December FA Trophy 2 City of Liverpool (home) won 2-0 Charman, Sousa

 

Highlights: https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/our-buildbase-fa-trophy-run-so-far

 

Recent matches

12th January v Farsley (away) lost 0-1

Team: Saltmer, McMahon, Hunt, Reid, Liddle, Wheatley, Hatfield,  Rivers, Campbell (sub Maguire 75), Sousa (sub O’Neill 83), Charman

Subs: Watson, Storey, Atkinson

Highlights: https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/video-farsley-v-darlington-highlights

 

5TH January v Brackley (a) lost 0-2

28th December v Blyth (h) won 6-0 O’Neill 2, Sousa, Rivers, Maguire, Campbell

26th December v Spennymoor (h) 0-0

19th December FA Trophy 3 v Telford United (home) drew 2-2 Rivers, Hatfield, won 5-3 on pens

16th December FA Trophy 2 City of Liverpool (home) won 2-0 Charman, Sousa

 

Weymouth

 

Weymouth won promotion from National League South last season, and are currently a part time outfit but intend to go full time in the near future.

League position: 21st (out of 23) in the National League: played 16, won 2, drawn 3, lost 11, goals for 17, goals against 31, points 9 – six points from safety.

Manager: Brian Stock

Weymouth last six matches:

9th January v Dover (away) postponed – Covid in Dover

5th January v Yeovil (home) lost 0-3

Team: Ross, Camp, Harfield, Ngalo, Brookes: McCarthy, Wakefield, Murray, McQuoid; Shields, Cooke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23B3KZ7O-uY

2nd January v Eastleigh (home) drew 1-1  Ngalo

28th December v Torquay (home) lost 3-4  Cooke, Murray, McQuoid

26th December v Eastleigh (away) drew 0-0

15th December v Wrexham (home) lost 2-3 McQuoid, McCarthy. Weymouth were 2-0 up

 

Connections: This will be the first ever meeting between the two clubs