Quakers want positive reaction against Kettering
By Ray Simpson
Can we bounce back from the Telford defeat?
Quakers are looking for a big recovery when Kettering arrive at Blackwell Meadows on Saturday.
Quakers lost 5-0 at bottom of the table Telford last Saturday, and manager Alun Armstrong is poised to swing the axe and make changes, as he reveals in this interview:
The match is being sponsored by Gavin Ellis -- many thanks to him.
The matchball sponsor are Moorlands Care Home https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/thanks-to-our-matchball-sponsor-moorlands-care-home
Don’t forget about your 50/50 tickets
https://yourclub.darlingtonfc.co.uk/virtual-5050-draw
and a programme
https://shop.darlingtonfc.co.uk/E-Programme-Kettering-21-22-NLN-p438246460
Team News:
Joe Wheatley is suspended for three matches, this is the first of three
Junior Mondal is on loan at Marske
Joey Hope is on loan at Northallerton
Lexus Beeden is on loan to Billingham Town
League position: 12th (played 23, won 7, drawn 6, lost 10, goals scored 38 against 33, points 27)
Latest results:
January 22nd Telford (away) lost 0-5
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_l78hEIO3M
January 15th Kidderminster (home) lost 0-1
January 8th Farsley (away) won 6-0 Lambert 3, Dos Santos, O’Neill, Rivers
January 1st Spennymoor (home) drew 1-1 Charman
December 28th Gateshead (home) lost 1-3 Charman
December 26th Spennymoor (away) drew 1-1 Charman
December 11th Fylde (home) won 1-0 Charman
Kettering have just appointed Ian Culverhouse as their new manager, this will be his second game in charge following the departure of Paul Cox for Boston.
League position 11th (played 21, won 8 drawn 4, lost 9, goals for 32 against 27)
Recent results:
January 25th Kidderminster (home) lost 0-1
January 22nd Bradford PA (away) lost 1-2 Sheriff (Bradford down to nine men)
January 15th Curzon Ashton (home) won 3-0 Powell 2, Cooper
January 11th Brackley (away) lost 0-1
January 2nd Brackley (home) won 3-1 Smith, Powell, Neal
Recent matches between the two clubs:
November 2021 Kettering 1 Darlington 3 (Lambert, Cooper, Hatfield)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0f8iBFVSGs
August 2019 Darlington 3 (Thompson 2, Rivers) Kettering 0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K4T5fzJ-gQ
April 2012 Darlington 3 (Bowman 2, Hollis) Kettering 1
March 2011 Darlington 1 (M Smith) Kettering 1
December 2010 Kettering 0 Darlington 0
August 2010 Kettering 0 Darlington 0
