Quakers seek second round FA Trophy place

By Ray Simpson

Jan 8, 2020

Quakers seek second round FA Trophy place

Place against Harrogate at stake

Quakers are hoping to complete an FA Trophy shock when Solihull Moors come to Blackwell Meadows tonight.

The two sides drew 2-2 before Christmas with Quakers scoring a late equaliser to earn a replay, and now we’re hoping to defeat a team that is going well in the National League.

Here’s the stats file for Wednesday night’s game:

Darlington

National League North position: 9^th

Home league form: played 13, won 8, drawn 2, lost 3, goals scored 19, goals against 11, points 26 (out of 36)

Our last seven games:

January 4^th Gloucester (home) won 2-1 Reid, Campbell

Team: Elliott, Hedley, Liddle, Hatfield, Laing, Storey, Donawa, Lambert (sub Galbraith 73), Campbell (sub Thompson 82), Reid (sub Holness 90), Rivers. Subs: Watson, Bascome

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

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

Elliott, Hedley, Liddle, Wheatley (sub Bascome 75), Laing, Storey, Holness (sub Lambert 75), Hatfield, Campbell, Thompson (sub Rivers 66), Donawa. Subs: Watson, Holliday, Bell,

Here are the highlights of the first game in December:

https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/video-solihull-moors-v-darlington-highlights

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

Leading scorers: 10 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.

Sean Reid is ineligible, having already played for Morpeth.

Liam Connell is prevented from playing by his parent club South Shields.

Here's what Darlington assistant manager Darren Holloway has to say about the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9NMsLnSK_c

Solihull

League position in National League 6^th (27 places between the teams)

Away league form : played 15, won 3, drawn 3, lost 6 goals scored: 18, goals against 18, points 15 out of 45

Last six matches

4^th January Yeovil (away) drew 0-0

Boot (GK), Williams, Storer ©, Gudger, McCallum (Wright 74), Carline, Gunning, Vaughan (Reckord 90), Howe, Ball (Osborne 83), Beesley.

Subs not used: Hawkridge, Blissett.

1^st January Chesterfield (home) won 3-0 Beesley 2, McCallum

28^th December Notts County (home) lost 0-1

26^th December Chesterfield (away) drew 2-2 Ball, Wright

14^th December Darlington (home) drew 2-2 Jones, Beesley

Rowley (GK), Williams, Gudger, Osborne, McCallum (Beesley 36), Blissett (Yussuf 84), Wright, Vaughan, Howe ©, Ball, Jones (Gunning 64).

7^th December Wrexham (away) lost 0-2

Here's what Solihull manager Tim Flowers is saying about the game:

https://www.solihullmoorsfc.co.uk/news/flowers-one-game-at-a-time-2500639.html

Manager: Tim Flowers

Goalkeepers: Ryan Boot, Shaun Rowley

Defenders: Harry Flowers, Alex Gudger, Gavin Gunning, Callum How, Jamie Reckord, Lee Vaughan, Tyrone Williams

Midfielders: James Bell, Gael Bigirimana, George Carline, Darren Carter, Callum Coyle, Mitch Hancox, Terry Hawkridge, Sam Jones, Luke Maxwell, Jordan Murphy, Ryan Nesbitt, Jamey Osborne, Kyle Storer, Daniel Sweeney, Ben Usher-Shipway

Forwards: Jake Beesley, Nathan Blissett, Paul McCallum, Josh Neufville, Alex Nicholls, Matty Stenson, Danny Wright, Adi Yussuf

Admission prices:

Adults £12

Concessions £8

Under 18s £5

Under 11s: free (if accompanied)

£2 supplement for seats (under 11s free)

Last time we played at Darlington

FA Cup first round

November 15^th 1997

Darlington 1 (Naylor) Solihull 1 (Cross)

Preece (sub Turnbull 90), Shaw, Barnard, Brydon, Crosby, Hope (sub Shutt 65), Oliver, Atkinson, Roberts, Dorner (sub Robinson 69), Naylor