Quakers looking to extend unbeaten run to six matches
By Ray Simpson
First game against Hereford since 2010
Quakers are looking to extend the unbeaten run to six league matches when we entertain Hereford at Blackwell Meadows on Saturday.
We have collected nine points from our last five league matches to climb up to 14th in the table, while Hereford are having a bad time, having not won in the league since August.
The match programme will be on sale price £2.50, while there will be coverage of the game on the club’s official Twitter and website, and Darlo Fans Radio.
Stats pack
Team News:
Striker Simon Ainge, full back Ben O’Hanlon and keeper Jonny Maddison are all fit again after recent injuries, so manager Tommy Wright chooses from a full squad.
Zach Hemming will probably keep his place in the starting line up
Darlington
League position: 14th
Home record: Played 8, won 2, drawn 2, lost 4, goals scored 6, goals against 8, points 8 (out of 19)
Leading scorer: Harvey Saunders 5
Position in form table of last six matches: 10th
Last six matches
November 3rd Guiseley (home) drew 0-0
Hemming, Trotman, Elliott, Wheatley, Hughes, Galbraith, Henshall (sub Burn 83), Nicholson, Ainge (sub Syers 41), Saunders, Thompson. Subs: Glover, Hall, Lingthep
October 30th Bradford PA (away) drew 2-2 Nicholson 2
October 27th Leamington (away) drew 2-2 Ainge, Saunders
October 20th Boston (home) won 1-0 Jackson og
October 13th FC United of Manchester (away) won 2-1 Saunders 2
September 29th: Stockport County (home) lost 0-1
Hereford
League position: 21st
Away form: Played 8. Won 1, drawn 3, lost 4, goals scored 4 goals against 11, points 6 (out of 14)
Leading scorer: Harry White 4
Position in form table of last six matches: 20th
Last six matches:
13/11/2018 Southport (H) lost 0-3
Yates, Thomas, Greenslade, McGrath, Cullinane-Liburd, Smith, Murphy (sub O’Sullivan 77), Owen-Evans, Roberts (sub Symons 57), Lloyd, Finn (sub White 74)
Subs: Richards, Wassall
10/11/2018 FC United of Manchester (H) Lost 3-1 Roberts
03/11/2018 Altrincham (H) Drew 1-1 Roberts
30/10/2018 AFC Telford (A) Drew 1-1 Lloyd
27/10/2018 Boston (A) Lost 3-1 Lloyd
13/10/2018 Stockport (A) Drew 1-1 Dinsley
Connections: Darlington striker Colin Sinclair, who played for us between 1971 and 1976, played 22 games for Hereford United in season 1976-77
Former Darlington player Rob Purdie played for Hereford against Morpeth in the FA Vase final two years ago.
Former Darlington keeper Adam Bartlett played 110 games for Hereford between 2009 and 2012.
Last time we met:
2009-10 Hereford 2 Darlington 1, Darlington 0 Hereford 1
Total games played 40, Darlington wins 14, Hereford wins 12, draws 14 – the most notable being the two Division Three play off games in 1995-96, which Quakers won 4-2 on aggregate.
