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LOSING to Leek Town is still regarded as an ‘if only’ moment for Darlington supporters old enough to remember what was a bitterly disappointing defeat. It was in March 1990, the quarter-final of the FA Trophy, with Brian Little’s Quakers expected to progress past a team from a lower division, yet they suffered a shock 1-0 loss and the road to Wembley came to an abrupt halt. The missed opportunity rankles still, and Saturday’s defeat to Hornchurch will be filed in the same category...

DARLINGTONS Wembley hopes are over. They were favourites to win today’s FA Trophy quarter-final with Hornchurch, but were second best and lost 2-1 at Blackwell Meadows. Playing the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, Quakers simply never got going and now their season is over. With the National League North campaign null and void, Darlington had only the Trophy to play for and they hoped to celebrate their 2011 Trophy win by returning to Wembley, but those hopes have been dashe...