Quakers make their last ever trip to York’s Bootham Crescent on Saturday.

The Minstermen are moving to a new ground on the outskirts of the city during the summer, so Saturday’s game will be the 57^th and final time that we have played there. We have won at Bootham Crescent on seven occasions in the past.

York are unbeaten at home in eleven league matches, and include several former Darlington players in their squad – Peter Jameson, David Ferguson and Joe Tait.

Quakers will include new signing Sean Reid from Morpeth in their squad, while Jack Lambert has signed for a second month

Here’s your stats pack for Saturday’s game

Darlington

National League North position:    12th

Away league form:  played 8, won 1, drawn 1, lost 6, goals for 7 against 20 pts 4 (out of 24)

Our last seven games:

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

Elliott, Hedley, Liddle, Wheatley (sub Bascome 75), Laing, Storey, Holness (sub Lambert 75), Hatfield, Campbell, Thompson (sub Rivers 66), Donawa

Subs: Watson, Holliday, Bell,

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

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

November 30^th Telford (home) lost 2-3 Storey, Donawa

November 23^rd FA Trophy 3QR Gainsborough (home) won 2-1 Lambert, Donawa

November 20^th FA Cup 1RR Walsall (home) lost 0-1

November 16^th Brackley (away) lost 1-5 Thompson

Leading scorers: 7 Adam Campbell, 7 Tyrone O’Neill, 6 Justin Donawa 5 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

New signing Sean Reid could make his debut

Terry Galbraith is 50/50 because of injury

Jack Lambert starts his second spell on loan from Scunthorpe.

Keeper Liam Connell is unavailable, so Chris Elliott remains in goal.

Here's what Darlington manager Alun Armstrong thinks about the game:

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/video-quakers-gearing-up-for-festive-period

York City

League position 2nd

Home league form :   played 9, won 5, drawn 4, lost 0, goals scored 12 against 4, points 19 (out of 41)

Last six results:

7^th December Kettering (away) drew 0-0

Team York City: Jameson, Griffiths, Tait (Spratt 77’), McNulty, Newton, Ferguson, McLaughlin, Moke (Green 71’), Durrell, Burrow, Kempster 

Unused Substitutes: Whitley, Bond, Langstaff 

3^rd December Hereford (away) drew 2-2 Burrow, Kempster

30^th November Alfreton (home) won 1-0 Burrow

23^rd November Altrincham (home) lost 0-1 FA Trophy

16^th November Curzon Ashton (away) lost 0-1

10^th November Altrincham (home) lost 0-1 FA Cup

 Manager: Steve Watson

Goalkeepers: Peter Jameson, Ryan Whitley

Defenders: Kallum Griffiths, Nathan Dyer, David Ferguson, Steve McNulty, Joe Tait, Tom Allan, jake Watson, Josh King, Harry Spratt

Midfielders: Sean Newton,  Paddy McLaughlin, Andy Bond, Kieran Green, Adriano Moke, Reiss Harrison, Wes York,

Forwards: Dan Maguire, Jordan Burrow, Jake Wright, Macauley Langstaff, Alex Kempster

Here's what York manager Steve Watson has said in the York Press:

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/18113405.steve-watson-calls-york-city-create-bold-positive-darlington/

Last time we met:

14^th September 2019

Darlington 0 York 2

Darlington: Elliott, Hedley, Watson, Wheatley, Laing (sub Liddle 56), Galbraith, Rivers, Hatfield, Campbell, Thompson, Holness (sub Donawa 68)

Subs: Bell, Bascome,  Holliday

Jameson, Dyer (sub York 83), Ferguson, Newton, Spratt, Tait, Moke, McLaughlin (sub King 86), Burrow, Green (sub Langstaff 25), Kempster

Subs:   McFarlane, Whitley

If you’re not going to the game, follow the match on Darlo Fans Radio, the official website and official Twitter!