We are looking for a place in the last 16 of the Buildbase FA Trophy at Weymouth on Saturday – the first ever meeting between the two clubs.

The team set off for an overnight stay in Taunton on Friday lunchtime, before completing the 350 mile journey to Dorset on Saturday morning.

We’re also looking for an improvement in form after a disappointing 1-0 defeat at Farsley on Tuesday night.

Darlington:

Team News:

Louis Laing suffered an ACL injury against Spennymoor (the same sort of injury as Jamie Holmes) and is out for several months

Omar Holness and Ben Hedley could both be included in the squad.

League position 19^TH Played 10, won 4, drawn 1, lost 5, goals for 17 against 10, points 13

Points per game position: 13^th 1.30 per game

Quakers form (League and cup): WLLWWWWLWWLLWWDWLL

Leading scorers in all comps: Adam Campbell 6, Luke Charman 5, Jarrett Rivers 5

Run so far:

19^th December FA Trophy 3 v Telford United (home) drew 2-2 Rivers, Hatfield, won 5-3 on pens

16^th December FA Trophy 2 City of Liverpool (home) won 2-0 Charman, Sousa

Highlights: https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/our-buildbase-fa-trophy-run-so-far

Recent matches

12^th January v Farsley (away) lost 0-1

Team: Saltmer, McMahon, Hunt, Reid, Liddle, Wheatley, Hatfield,  Rivers, Campbell (sub Maguire 75), Sousa (sub O’Neill 83), Charman

Subs: Watson, Storey, Atkinson

Highlights: https://darlingtonfc.co.uk/news/video-farsley-v-darlington-highlights

5^TH January v Brackley (a) lost 0-2

28^th December v Blyth (h) won 6-0 O’Neill 2, Sousa, Rivers, Maguire, Campbell

26^th December v Spennymoor (h) 0-0

19^th December FA Trophy 3 v Telford United (home) drew 2-2 Rivers, Hatfield, won 5-3 on pens

16^th December FA Trophy 2 City of Liverpool (home) won 2-0 Charman, Sousa

Weymouth

Weymouth won promotion from National League South last season, and are currently a part time outfit but intend to go full time in the near future.

League position: 21^st (out of 23) in the National League: played 16, won 2, drawn 3, lost 11, goals for 17, goals against 31, points 9 – six points from safety.

Manager: Brian Stock

Weymouth last six matches:

9^th January v Dover (away) postponed – Covid in Dover

5^th January v Yeovil (home) lost 0-3

Team: Ross, Camp, Harfield, Ngalo, Brookes: McCarthy, Wakefield, Murray, McQuoid; Shields, Cooke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23B3KZ7O-uY

2^nd January v Eastleigh (home) drew 1-1  Ngalo

28^th December v Torquay (home) lost 3-4  Cooke, Murray, McQuoid

26^th December v Eastleigh (away) drew 0-0

15^th December v Wrexham (home) lost 2-3 McQuoid, McCarthy. Weymouth were 2-0 up

Connections: This will be the first ever meeting between the two clubs