Preview and stats pack for Saturday’s home game with Boston

We are looking for our fifth successive home win at home to Boston United on Saturday.

Wins over Blyth, Kidderminster, Curzon Ashton and North Ferriby have lifted us up to midtable, and manager Tommy Wright wants to put an entertaining show on for the fans against Boston, with whom we drew 1-1 earlier in the season.

The big pluses for Quakers are that strikers David Syers and Reece Styche have both recovered from knocks that would have probably kept them out of the Easter matches, but right back Luke Trotman has a knock suffered in training last weekend, and will have a fitness test.

[caption id="attachment_41197" align="alignnone" width="223"] Reece Styche[/caption]

Kick off on Saturday is 3:00pm, updates on the game will be made from the club’s Facebook, Twitter and Website. Live Commentary will be broadcast from Darlo Fans Radio at 2:50pm.

Team news:

Luke Trotman and James Caton will  both have fitness tests

Reece Styche and David Syers are fully fit again and are included in the squad.

Tom Portas and Dom Collins have also recovered from long-term injuries and are included in the squad.

Statistics:

Quakers last five matches:

2^nd April Spennymoor (away) postponed, re-arranged for 19^th April

31^st March Southport (home) postponed, re-arranged for 25^th April

24^th March Telford (away) drew 0-0

Pears, Trotman, Heaton, Galbraith, O'Hanlon; Gillies, Turnbull, Wheatley, Thompson; Styche (sub Saunders 46), Caton (sub Scott 65)

Subs: Bancroft, Glover, Vaulks,

17^th March North Ferriby (home) won 6-0 Gillies 2, Thompson 2, Syers, Styche

Darlington:  Pears , Trotman, Heaton, Galbraith, O’Hanlon; Turnbull, Gillies, Wheatley; Thompson (sub Caton 64); Styche (sub Mills 64), Syers (sub Glover 57),

Subs: Bancroft, Vaulks

[caption id="attachment_40933" align="alignnone" width="300"] Stephen Thompson scores the second from the spot[/caption]

13^th March Tamworth (away) drew 0-0

Pears, Trotman, O’Hanlon, Turnbull, Vaulks, Galbraith, Mills (sub Caton 70), Syers, Styche, Gillies, Thompson.

Subs: Glover, Bancroft, Brown, Saunders

10^th March Curzon Ashton (home) won 1-0 Syers

Darlington: Pears, Trotman, O'Hanlon, Turnbull, Heaton, Galbraith, Caton (sub Gillies 46), Glover (sub Mills 75), Styche, Syers, Thompson (sub Scott 90+2)

Subs Bancroft, Vaulks,

24^th February Kidderminster (home) won 2-1 Heaton, Thompson

Pears, Trotman, Heaton, Vaulks, Galbraith, Turnbull, Wheatley (sub Scott 69), Saunders (sub Gillies 69), Syers, Thompson, Styche

Subs:  Bancroft, Glover, Mills

Leading scorer:  Reece Styche 10 (inc 2 in Trophy) Stephen Thompson 10

Current league position:  11th

Position in form table of last six games:  7th

Home form : played 18, won 9, drawn 4, lost 5, goals scored 34, goals conceded 20, points 31 out of 47

Best home winning margin: 6-0 v North Ferriby

Boston United

31^st March Kidderminster (home) won 3-2 Keane, Middleton, Wafula

Boston: George Willis; Ben Middleton, Ryan Qualter, Jordan Keane, Stephen Brogan; James Clifton (Jonathan Wafula 83), Brad Abbott, Andi Thanoj, Ashley Hemmings; Reece Thompson, Jake Beesley (Kabongo Tshimanga 76). Subs (not used): Jamie McGuire, Taron Hare, Gregg Smith.

27^th March Brackley (away) lost 1-4 Keane

Boston : Jon Stewart; Ben Middleton, Ryan Qualter, Jordan Keane, Stephen Brogan; Brad Abbott (Benny Igiehon 83), Jamie McGuire, Andi Thanoj; Jake Beesley (James Clifton 60), Reece Thompson, Ashley Hemmings (Kabongo Tshimanga 60). Subs (not used): Wes Atkinson, Jonathan Wafula

24^th March Chorley (away) won 1-0 Thompson

Boston : Jon Stewart; Wes Atkinson, Ryan Qualter, Jordan Keane, Stephen Brogan; Jay Rollins (James Clifton 75), Brad Abbott, Jamie McGuire, Ashley Hemmings; Reece Thompson(Kabongo Tshimanga 84), Jake Beesley (Gregg Smith 70). Subs (not used): Taron Hare, Jonathan Wafula.

20^th March Stockport (away) lost 0-1

Boston: Jon Stewart; Wes Atkinson, Ryan Qualter, Jordan Keane, Stephen Brogan; Jonathan Wafula (Gregg Smith 88), Brad Abbott, Jamie McGuire, Ashley Hemmings; Reece Thompson, Jake Beesley (Benny Igiehon 80). Subs (not used): Kabongo Tshimanga, Taron Hare, George Willis (gk).

17^th March FC United (home) drew 4-4 Thompson, McGuire, Hemmings 2

Boston: Jon Stewart; Wes Atkinson, Ryan Qualter, Jordan Keane, Stephen Brogan; Jay Rollins (Jonathan Wafula 75), Brad Abbott, Jamie McGuire, Ashley Hemmings (Gregg Smith 85); Reece Thompson, Jake Beesley. Subs (not used): Kabongo Tshimanga, Benny Igiehon, George Willis (gk).

League position: 13th

Position in form table of last six league games:  14th

Away form:  played 17, won 4, drawn 2, lost 11. Goals scored 22, goals conceded 33, points 14 out of 46

Best away win: 5-1 at North Ferriby

Previous meetings:

Football League: Played 10, Darlington 3 wins, Boston 5 wins, 2 draws

FA Cup: Played 2, Darlington 2 wins

National League North: Played 3, Darlo wins 2, draws 1

Earlier this season:

Boston 1 (Tshimanga 76) Darlington 1 (Thompson pen 59)

Darlington: Bartlett, Marrs, Ferguson, Turnbull (sub Scott 64), Collins, Galbraith, Thompson, Wheatley, Caton (sub Saunders 44), Cartman, Dawson. Subs: Wilczynski, Vaulks, Gillies

Boston:  Willis, Wakefield, Yeomans, McGuire, Kene, McGowan, Rollins, Broadhead (sub Tshimanga 69), Smith (sub Hawley 81), Thomas, Clifton (sub Hemmings 74). Subs: Chapman, Beatson

Saturday’s games:

Vanarama National League North

AFC Telford United v Chorley, Alfreton v Spennymoor Town, Blyth v Kidderminster, Bradford PA v Leamington, Curzon Ashton v Brackley, Darlington v Boston United, North Ferriby v Stockport County, Salford City v Gainsborough, Southport v Nuneaton, Tamworth v FC United of Manchester, York City v Harrogate Town