Introducing the visitors : Darlington

So far, so good for the Saddlers. Unbeaten in 5 games, Walsall have a 100% home record to defend when Darlington visit town. The away side visit with a record of two wins and two losses to date.

Darlington will be Walsall's toughest league test to date this season. They have recently splashed out on ex-Saddler Julian Joachim after watching him score a hat-trick against them for Boston United.

Darlington squad details (click Season and Career for individual's stats)

Player name	Position	DoB	Squad	Statistics
Armstrong, Alun	Forward	22 Feb 1975	tbc	Season Career
Stockdale, David	Goal	20 Sep 1985	1	Season Career
Duke, David	Midfield	7 Nov 1978	2	Season Career
James, Craig	Defence	15 Nov 1982	3	Season Career
Holloway, Darren	Defence	3 Oct 1977	4	Season Career
Collins, Patrick	Defence	4 Feb 1985	5	Season Career
Ngoma, Kalusivikako	Midfield	13 Aug 1977	6	Season Career
Wainwright, Neil	Midfield	4 Nov 1977	7	Season Career
Cummins, Michael	Midfield	1 Jun 1978	8	Season Career
Giallanza, Gaetano	Forward	6 Jun 1975	9	Season Career
Keltie, Clark	Midfield	31 Aug 1983	10	Season Career
Johnson, Simon	Forward	9 Mar 1983	11	Season Career
Joachim, Julian	Forward	20 Sep 1974	12	Season Career
Conlon, Barry	Forward	1 Oct 1978	13	Season Career
Logan, Carlos	Midfield	7 Nov 1985	14	Season Career
Stamp, Phil	Midfield	12 Dec 1975	15	Season Career
Peacock, Anthony	Midfield	6 Sep 1985	16	Season Career
McLeod, Mark	Midfield	15 Dec 1986	17	Season Career
Close, Brian	Midfield	27 Jan 1982	18	Season Career
Smith, Martin	Forward	13 Nov 1974	19	Season Career
Janes, Alex	Defence		20	Season Career
Hutchinson, Joey	Midfield	2 Apr 1982	21	Season Career
Maddison, Neil	Midfield	2 Oct 1969	22	Season Career
Russell, Sam	Goal	4 Oct 1982	23	Season Career
Logan, Richard	Forward	18 Feb 1988	24	Season Career
Rowson, David	Midfield	14 Sep 1976	26	Season Career

Darlington's results this season 2006/7
Date	Opponents	H/A	Type	Res/KO	Att	Options

Sat 05 Aug	Macclesfield Town	H	League	W 4-0	4,095	View Reports	View Table
Tue 08 Aug	Accrington Stanley	A	League	W 2-0	2,667	View Reports	View Table
Sat 12 Aug	Boston United	A	League	L 1-4	1,934	View Reports	View Table
Sat 19 Aug	Swindon Town	H	League	L 1-2	4,571	View Reports	View Table
Tue 22 Aug	Stoke City	A	League Cup	W 2-1	3,573	View Reports

In their last league game, Darlington lined up as follows against Swindon Town:

Coca-Cola League Two, Saturday 19th August 2006 @ 15:00; 96.6 TFM Darlington Arena

Giallanza 45

Evans 6
Roberts 21

Starting Line-ups
23	Russell	6
5	Collins	5
6	Ngoma	7
3	James	6
4	Holloway (Close 72)	5
21	Hutchinson	5
8	Cummins	6
2	Duke	6
19	Smith (Joachim 67)	5
13	Conlon	7
9	Giallanza (Wainwright 81)	8
Substitutes
1	Stockdale
18	Close (Holloway 72)
7	Wainwright (Giallanza 81)
12	Joachim (Smith 67)	7
11	Johnson

14	Goal Attempts	16
7	On Target	11
6	Off Target	5
1	Hit Woodwork	0
5	Offsides	3
6	Corners	6
10	Fouls	13

Referee

E Ilderton, Tyne & Wear

Attendance

4571

Darlington Cards
Ngoma	83	unsporting behaviour
James	86	dissent
Close	90	dissent
Swindon Town Cards
Ifil	89	dissent

Starting Line-ups
1	Brezovan	6
2	Smith	7
3	Vincent	6
6	Williams	6
5	Ifil	8
23	Weston	6
18	Evans	6
11	Monkhouse (Nicholas 52)	6
9	Roberts (Holgate 77)	7
12	Shakes	7
10	Peacock (Brownlie 87)	7
Substitutes
15	Nicholas (Monkhouse 52)	6
24	Holgate (Roberts 77)
21	Jutkiewicz
16	Onibuje
20	Brownlie (Peacock 87)

In mid-week they made a number of changes to their line up and dumped Stoke City out of the Carling Cup.

Carling League Cup, Tuesday 22nd August 2006 @ 19:45; Britannia Stadium

Pericard 29

Logan 45
Joachim 54

Starting Line-ups
1	Simonsen	6
31	Dickinson	6
5	Duberry	5
6	Hill	5
17	Russell	5
29	Whitley (Eustace 64)	5
11	Harper (Paterson 64)	5
26	Pulis	4
12	Sweeney	6
15	Pericard	6
9	Sidibe (Sigurdsson 73)	5
Substitutes
33	Duggan
35	Garret
4	Eustace (Whitley 64)	6
10	Sigurdsson (Sidibe 73)
30	Paterson (Harper 64)	5

3	Goal Attempts	4
2	On Target	2
1	Off Target	2
0	Hit Woodwork	0
2	Offsides	1
9	Corners	3
9	Fouls	3

Referee

R Booth, Nottinghamshire

Attendance

3573

Stoke City Cards
Whitley	6	unsporting behaviour
Dickinson	71	unsporting behaviour
Darlington Cards
James	12	serious foul play

Starting Line-ups
1	Stockdale	6
5	Collins	7
6	Ngoma	8
18	Close	7
3	James
4	Holloway	7
8	Cummins	7
2	Duke	7
14	Logan (Rowson 59)	7
12	Joachim (Wainwright 85)	8
11	Johnson (Giallanza 73)	6
Substitutes
23	Russell
26	Rowson (Logan 59)	6
7	Wainwright (Joachim 85)
22	Maddison
9	Giallanza (Johnson 73)

It could be members of the midweek side have made serious claims to keep their starting place, Julian Joachim included. One player certain to drop out is season ever present Craig James who was sent off after 12 minutes for serious foul play.

Darlington do not have a good record at Walsall. In 19 attempts they have only recorded a single victory. That victory came in Darlington's first visit back on 17th April 1922.

Walsall v Darlington

At Walsall (19)			At Darlington (20)
Results	Total	%	Results	Total	%
Walsall	10	52.63	Darlington	9	45.00
Darlington	1	5.26	Walsall	7	35.00
Draws	8	42.11	Draws	4	20.00
Goals	Total	Av.pg	Goals	Total	Av.pg
Walsall	34	1.79	Darlington	32	1.60
Darlington	14	0.74

A little bit more recent, their last visit was on 14th March 1995. Walsall were 2-0 winners on that day.

Introducing the visitors : Darlington

Last updated : 25 August 2006 By Andy Van Hagen