Spennymoor 0 Darlington 1

Howells 33 0-1

Quakers won a free kick on the left on 5 minutes which Ellis Stanton curled towards the far post, but Brad James came off his line and held on to the ball.

Moors had their first attack when Heaney got to the bye line, but Tom Platt intercepted at the near post.

Ellis Stanton sent Cedric Main through to score on 9 minutes, but the flag went up for offside.

When Moors were awarded a free kick and the ball was chipped in by Heaney, Watson confidently came well off his line to hold on to the ball.

Moors won the first corner on 13 minutes, but Toby Lees headed the inswinger away.

Quakers won a free kick on the right for a foul on Main. McGowan floated the free kick into the middle where Main headed over from six yards.

Moors missed a good chance on 18 minutes when the ball was played through for Taylor who ran into the box and with Watson advancing, could only find the side netting.

Quakers had a half chance when Stanton found Tom Tweedy on the left, and he pulled the ball back for Main to have a shot blocked by a defender.

Then Maskell picked the ball up on the right side of the box and tried to chip James, who touched the ball over the bar.

The visitors had a good chance on 30 minutes when Maskell headed down a free kick to Tweedy, who quickly played the ball back to Maskell, who curled a right foot shot just over the bar from the edge of the area.

Quakers nearly scored on 32 minutes when Tweedy cleverly beat his man on the left, got into the box and hit a left foot shot that Maskell deflected on to the post.

But Quakers took the lead on 34 minutes. Stanton ran forward and played a great ball into the path of Howells, who beat a tackle, and then fired a right foot shot past James for his fifth goal of the season

Watson: Forbes, Lees, Barrow, Platt, Stanton, Howells, Tweedy, McGowan, Maskell, Main

Subs: McGrath, Griffiths, Hedley, Cornish, Myers-Smith, Allan, Rutledge

Spennymoor

James, Dyson, Hancox, Beals, Heaney, Taylor, Ramshaw, Mondal, Broadbent, Hill, McKeown

Subs: Barron, Williams, Sharples, Nouble, Hughes, Sutcliffe, Salkeld