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STAGSNET`S STATISTICAL PREVIEW
1st October 2003 23:42


Darlington, who this season play in a new stadium, is a side that often have visited Field Mill and did so in all the seasons the Stags played in the old division 3 (N) and most seasons the Stags have played in the old fourth and the current third division as the Quakers since 1958-59 only have been out of the basement division for five seasons – four of them in the old third with the Stags facing Darlo in two of them – and one in the Conf – 1989-90 – and in 1990-91 the Quakers went straight through the old fourth only to immediately drop back to the basement.
And the Quakers had to wait nearly fifty years for their first-ever victory at Field Mill – and that was a 3-2 on March 6, 1982 in one of – in my opinion worst seasons when following the Stags.
And before that, Darlington had only managed five draws – all score-draws – in 24 outings with the Stags scoring twice or more on all occasions bar two – when a solitary Stags goal clinched it. And the biggest Quakers away victory was a 3-0 very late in the 1993-94 season when Darlington badly needed the points to avoid the league's wooden spoon – and made it at the expense of Northampton.
On the other hand, Darlington have been hit 6-0 on two occasions – on December 12, 1953 and November 10, 1962 – the latter being the last of three consecutive Stags wins to a score of 14-0! The other victims were Chesterfield on October 22 and Barrow to a 5-0 stuffing four days later.
The last home game, won 4-2 on February 16, 2002 thanks to two goals from David Kelly, a Corden penalty and a Greenacre strike – was also my very first Stagsnet statistical previewed one. Greenacre's strike was in fact the 100th league goal Darlington had conceded at Field Mill. No wonder, then, that the teams have yet to play a goal-less league game in Stagsland.
And the very last away game at Feethams, Darlington's old ground, was won by a very late Allen Tankard free-kick on October 13, 2001.

Played for both sides: Gary Chapman, Steve Harper, Ian Juryeff, Les McJannet, Lawrie Madden, John Reed.

Home stats: P 38, W 26, D 6, L 6, GF 101, GA 50
Away stats: P 38, W 10, D 9, L 19, GF 46, GA 61

Season Home Date Away Date

1932-33 3-3 1932-11-05 3-1 1933-03-18 Div 3 (N)
1933-34 4-0 1934-01-27 4-1 1933-09-16 Div 3 (N)
1934-35 2-2 1935-04-20 0-1 1935-05-01 Div 3 (N)
1935-36 4-2 1935-09-14 1-2 1936-01-18 Div 3 (N)
1936-37 3-1 1937-04-24 0-0 1936-12-19 Div 3 (N)
1947-48 4-0 1948-01-31 2-1 1947-09-13 Div 3 (N)
1948-49 2-2 1949-01-29 2-1 1949-04-23 Div 3 (N)
1949-50 2-1 1950-03-25 2-2 1949-11-05 Div 3 (N)
1950-51 2-1 1950-08-21 2-1 1950-08-30 Div 3 (N)
1951-52 3-2 1952-04-26 1-2 1951-08-12 Div 3 (N)
1952-53 3-2 1952-09-29 1-2 1953-01-01 Div 3 (N)
1953-54 6-0 1953-12-12 2-1 1954-04-10 Div 3 (N)
1954-55 3-1 1955-04-18 1-3 1954-08-30 Div 3 (N)
1955-56 3-3 1955-10-08 1-3 1956-02-18 Div 3 (N)
1956-57 7-3 1956-11-03 3-1 1957-03-16 Div 3 (N)
1957-58 4-2 1957-09-21 0-2 1958-02-01 Div 3 (N)
1960-61 2-1 1960-09-24 2-3 1961-02-11 Div 4 (old)
1961-62 3-0 1962-04-28 1-3 1962-03-19 Div 4 (old)
1962-63 6-0 1962-11-10 1-2 1963-04-13 Div 4 (old)
1966-67 2-2 1967-01-21 1-1 1966-09-17 Div 3 (old)
1972-73 5-0 1973-04-24 3-2 1972-09-30 Div 4 (old)
1973-74 1-0 1973-09-29 0-1 1973-12-22 Div 4 (old)
1974-75 4-2 1974-10-05 1-2 1975-04-12 Div 4 (old)
1980-81 1-0 1980-09-06 2-2 1981-02-15 Div 4 (old)
1981-82 2-3 1982-03-06 0-1 1981-10-17 Div 4 (old)
1982-83 0-2 1982-10-30 0-0 1983-03-12 Div 4 (old)
1983-84 1-0 1984-04-14 0-3 1983-12-03 Div 4 (old)
1984-85 2-0 1985-01-01 1-3 1985-04-08 Div 4 (old)
1986-87 1-0 1987-04-28 1-2 1986-08-30 Div 3 (old)
1993-94 0-3 1994-04-30 0-2 1993-11-20 Div 3
1994-95 0-1 1994-08-30 0-0 1995-03-18 Div 3
1995-96 2-2 1995-09-12 1-1 1996-02-17 Div 3
1996-97 2-1 1997-04-26 4-2 1996-10-19 Div 3
1997-98 4-0 1998-02-21 0-0 1997-09-27 Div 3
1998-99 0-1 1998-09-05 1-5 1999-02-06 Div 3
1999-2000 1-2 2000-02-26 0-0 1999-09-18 Div 3
2000-01 3-2 2001-05-01 1-2 2000-02-12 Div 3
2001-02 4-2 2002-02-16 1-0 2001-10-13 Div 3

Svante Bernhard aka Sweden Stag (pictured, above right)

 

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