Darlington manager Steve Staunton has revealed his disappointment at last night’s game with Notts County being postponed.

He says that being without a match denied Darlington the opportunity to atone for Saturday’s setback.

His side threw away a twogoal lead over Chesterfield to lose 3-2, but The Northern Arena playing surface was declared frozen at an 11am inspection yesterday.

“We’re gutted the game was postponed, we were ready for it, especially after what happened on Saturday,”

said Staunton.

“The lads were ready to make amends after Saturday’s disappointment and they were in good spirits. We were certainly looking to right a wrong.

“But it’s frustrating we’ve had yet another postponement and we have to live with it, I’m afraid. There’s nothing we can do about the weather.

“The one slight blessing in disguise is that it gives the lads a few extra days for their legs to recover from the weekend ahead of Saturday’s trip to Bradford.

“The games are coming thick and fast so this gives us a little bit of breathing space going into the weekend and we’ll certainly be looking to go to Bradford to get a result on Saturday.”

Last night’s fixture was Quakers’ fifth home game to be called off this season, the seventh match in total, and only added to the backlog of games facing Staunton’s side.

No date for a rearranged game has been set, but there is limited availability due to the lack of free midweeks in Darlington’s schedule.

Most likely dates are March 30, April 27 and May 4. March 16 is unavailable as Notts County play the previous evening.

The Meadow Lane club, who have said they will not be entering administration following negotiations with creditors, yesterday appointed Steve Cotterill as manager.

Meanwhile, Darlington fans will be able to see the club’s 2010-11 season kits for the first time at the club’s fans’ night tomorrow evening.

Supporters voted on their favourite designs from two options for both the home and away strips and the winning kits will be unveiled at the club’s Question of Sport event.

Tickets for the evening at the Ron Greener Suite cost £5 each, which includes food, and can be bought in advance from the Arena reception, by calling 01325 387000, or email commercial@darlingtonfc.

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