Yeovil Town are one of the best attacking sides in League Two but on Saturday they angered Darlington with some controversial attempts at winning free-kicks.

But Quakers' Neil Wainwright says Darlington knew what to expect from the top-of-the-table side who have this season won more penalties than anyone other team in the Football League.

Their 13th spot-kick of the season could have arrived in the first half of Quakers' 2-1 win but the referee wasn't conned by Kevin Amankwaah's simulation in the penalty area, an incident repeated elsewhere on the pitch by the Somerset side.

Wainwright was a second half substitute for Bobby Petta who suffered a hamstring strain that could keep him out for three weeks.

The ex-Sunderland winger's role was restricted, his brief being to run the clock down as Yeovil's pressure mounted and he said: "A lot of their free-kicks were debatable.

"Before the game the gaffer warned us about them being liable to go to the ground easily and they did that again.

"There were times after soft challenges when they went to ground for periods of time.

"They were trying to get people into trouble.

"With them pushing forward I suppose my pace is an asset when we were trying to catch them on the break.

"I was just trying to eat up a few seconds, especially after Clyde (Wijnhard) got sent off.

"After that there wasn't as much chance of us getting a goal so it was a case of keeping things tight and trying to kill time.

"When they got that free-kick in the last minute I thought it was going to happen again. (Brian) Close got sent off then so this was the same sort of situation, hearts in our mouths time, but we defended well throughout and I don't think Sam Russell had too much to do all afternoon."

Both footballing sides, Darlington and Yeovil have produced some entertaining encounters both this season and last with Quakers winning the same fixture a year ago with Wainwright scoring twice.

Each team has had a win apiece from the clubs' meetings this season, Yeovil's coming in November's FA Cup replay while the first league game at Huish Park in August ended 1-1.

Although the Glovers have scored more goals that every other club in League Two, their defence is not so effective and Quakers were able to exploit that weakness.

Wainwright said: "They always seem to be decent games against Yeovil.

"That's the fourth time we've played them this season and they've all been good matches.

"But they tend to go a bit gung-ho at times and that's shown in the amount of goals that they've conceded.

"Before the game only Kidderminster Harriers had conceded more.

"That was the basis of the gaffer's teamtalk, and he told us just to get at them which we did and deserved the win."

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