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By Ray Simpson Luke Charman in action during the FA Cup match between Bristol Rovers and Darlington at the end of last year Darlington striker Luke Charman has agreed an extension to his current contract with the club. Luke, who signed for us last summer from Newcastle United, was named in the Team of the Round in the first round of the Emirates FA Cup for his fantastic performance in our giantkilling 2-1 win at Swindon Town, and in total he scored six times for us in 14 matches, some of them spectacular efforts. Manager Alun Armst...

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, forever a source of regret. The difference in 1989-90 was that Quakers quickly healed those woun...

DARLINGTON'S 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 dashed. Hornchurch started strongly and went ahead after 26 minutes, captialising on Darlington giving...

Questions raised over bid to extract 40,000 megalitres of water a year from arid Central Australia TueTuesday 9 FebFebruary 2021 at 8:49pm Dr Josie Douglas is urging the NT Government to reject the application until more is known about its potential impact. ( Share Print text only Cancel An application to use 40,000 megalitres of water a year for a major fruit and vegetable project in Central Australia should be rejected, according to a water expert and a key Indigenous group. Key points: The water licence could be the largest ever granted in the NT and would support one of the country's larg...

By Ray Simpson Darlington host National League side Wealdstone at Blackwell Meadows in the fifth round of the FA Trophy this afternoon DARLINGTON manager Alun Armstrong didn’t have to go far for an insight into his team’s Buildbase FA Trophy opponents Wealdstone, who visit Blackwell Meadows today in the last 16 of the competition. His son, Luke, played a starring role when Hartlepool played Wealdstone in the National League last month, scoring the first goal in a 3-1 win, to ensure that Wealdstone’s worries of relegation back t...