Penney praises Quakers support
DELIGHTED Darlington manager
Dave Penney believes home
support helped push Quakers towards
Saturday's first leg win
over Rochdale.
An attendance of 8,057 was the
biggest crowd of the season and
the third highest ever to attend a
match at the Arena.
Around 2,500 visiting supporters
were left stunned while jubilant
Darlington fans greeted Ian
Miller's injury time goal that
handed Penney's side a 2-1 first
leg lead.
"When we play at home in
front of a big crowd and they get
behind us like they did it's a totally
different atmosphere," said
Penney.
"The more games we can have
like that, with a good atmosphere
and with the supporters behind
us, the better the team plays, it's
as simple as that.
"If it's a poor crowd and they
are not behind us then you fancy
the opposition to win, so it was
great that all the fans were behind
us and they created an excellent
atmosphere."
Darlington's injury problems
continued on Saturday with
three players leaving the field
with knocks.
Tommy Wright won't play
Rochdale this weekend while the
conditions of defenders Ben
Parker and Alan White will be assessed
today.
"The three substitutions we
made were all down to injuries,"
said Penney.
"Whitey's got a dead leg,
Tommy got a bang on his knee
and Ben's got a hamstring. We'll
have a look at them on Monday to
see how they are.
"It's been one of them seasons.
You could see today David Stockdale's
kicking wasn't as good as
it usually is because he's had
some injections in his foot so that
he could play."
Penney dismissed suggestions
that Pawel Abbott could be nearing
a surprise comeback.
A fortnight ago the striker suffered
a recurrence of a hamstring
injury but before Saturday's
game was put through his
paces on the Arena pitch.
However, Penney said: "I don't
think Pawel be back. It was five
weeks before we fetched him
back last time and we're only two
weeks into his recovery now. I've
written him off for the rest of the
season.'
9:09am Monday 12th May 2008
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