Source: Northern_Echo
Burn out of Darlington line-up
Highly-rated defender Dan Burn is not in the Darlington starting line-up against Bath City today amid speculation Everton have bid for his services.[LNB] Highly-rated defender Dan Burn is not in the Darlington starting line-up against Bath City today amid speculation Everton have bid for his services.[LNB] Toffees boss David Moyes has been reported today as saying he has lodged a bid for the 18-year-old having watched him play in the midweek defeat at Newport County.[LNB] A number of Premier League clubs have watched him in recent months, and The Northern Echo understands that Newcastle United aborted a spying mission after discovering that Burn would not play today.[LNB] In his place at the back is Adam Quinn, a player that finished the Newport match up front.[LNB] In the forward line today is Liam Hatch and John Campbell, neither of which played on Tuesday[LNB] Bath and Quakers drew 2-2 in September, though only after Mark Cooper's men had chucked away a two-goal lead in injury-time.[LNB] Goals from Hatch and Chris Senior put Darlington into what appeared to be a winning position, but they managed to concede goals in the 94th and 95th minutes.[LNB] Bath have lost only one of their last eight matches, a run that has taken them to tenth, one place ahead of Quakers who are resigned to spending another season in the Blue Square Bet Premier.[LNB] Mark Cooper's men are 11 points off the play-offs with seven matches to play, four of them away from home.[LNB] Darlington (4-1-2-1-2): Russell; Arnison, Quinn, Miller, Brown; Taylor; Terry, Verma; Bridge-Wilkinson; Hatch, Campbell. Subs: St Louis-Hamilton (gk), P Gray, McReady, Senior, Modest[LNB] Referee: Paul Graham (Manchester)[LNB]
