We host Bradford Park Avenue on Good Friday looking to make it three wins in a row in our penultimate home game of the season. A 2-0 victory on Saturday at Boston United after goals from Kit Elliott and Ben Jackson confirmed our place in the National North for next season.

We stayed in 18^th place in the table but it left us only a point behind Leamington and Hereford, as well as only being three points off 13^th place Southport.

Bradford PA picked up a much needed 1-0 victory over already relegated Nuneaton to help their playoff chances. Before the game they had failed to win in their previous four league fixtures.  The victory leaves them 6^th in the table five points ahead of Blyth in eighth and the same number behind third placed Brackley. For Bradford if they do seal a playoff place. Their finishing position is crucial given the six team playoff format brought in last season.

We have already met twice this season. Firstly in September when Bradford PA beat us at Blackwell Meadows in FA Cup qualifying 1-0. We then drew 2-2 away from home in October in our league fixture, but at one stage had led 2-0.

Prior to the defeat in September, we had won the previous two meetings at Blackwell Meadows.

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Stats pack

Darlington

League position:  18th

Home form:  played 19, won 6, drawn 5, lost 8, goals for 23, goals against 20, points 23 (out of 46)

Team News: Manager Tommy Wright expects to choose from a full squad. Wilson Kneeshaw missed training in midweek because of illness, but is expected to be fit.

Leading scorer:   Jordan Nicholson 10, Stephen Thompson 9, Harvey Saunders 8

Position in form table of last six matches:  8^th won 3, drawn 0, lost 3, goals for 8, goals against 8

Last six matches

April 13^th Boston (away) won 2-0 K Elliott, Jackson

Turner, Trotman, Jackson, Holness, Ainge, Galbraith, T Elliott (sub Kneeshaw 46), Palmer, Thompson, Nicholson (sub K Elliott 46), Henshall (sub Saunders 46)

Subs:, Burn, Bascome

April 6^th FC United (home) won 2-0 Holness, Thompson

March 30^th Stockport (away) lost 0-2

March 27^th Chester (home) lost 0-1

March 23^rd Nuneaton (away) won 2-1 Thompson, Nicholson

March 9^th Hereford (away) lost 2-4 Elliott, Thompson

League position :   6th

Away form:  played 19, won 9, drawn 5, lost 5, scored 39, against 30, points 32 (out of 65)

Position in form table of last six league matches  12th

Last six matches: won 2, drawn 2, lost 2 scored 7, conceded 8

13/4 – Nuneaton (H) Won 1-0 Beesley

Team: Andrew, Ross, Lowe (sub Johnson 46), Crichlow-Noble, Killock, Havern, Knight (sub Nowakowski 89), Branson, Beesley, Spencer (sub East 72), Clee. . Subs not used: Lewis-Potter, Hurst

06/4- Kidderminster (A) Lost 3-0

30/3 – Alfreton (H) Drew 1-1 Havern

26/3 – AFC Telford United (H) Lost 2-1 Branson

23/3 – Southport (A) Drew 2-2 Platt og, Beesley

19/3 – Spennymoor (A) Won 2-0 Branson, Beesley

Last time we met

30^th October

Bradford PA 2 (Johnson, Clee) Darlington 2 (Nicholson 2)

Hemming: Trotman, Elliott, Burn, Hughes, Galbraith, Nicholson, Wheatley, Ainge (sub Henshall 83), Saunders, Thompson (sub Syers 83)

Subs: Glover, Hall, Stansfield,

Booking: Galbraith, Burn, Wheatley

Bradford: Drench, Ross, Lowe (sub Clee 8), Wroe (sub McKenna 62), Killock, Havern, Spencer, Branson, Beesley, Johnson, Knight (sub Hurst 83)

Subs: Toulson, Nowakowski

Booking: Ross

Attendance 625