Source: Northern_Echo
Darlington axe keeper among five changes
Darlington manager Steve Staunton has reacted to Tuesday's 4-0 thumping at Notts County by dropping keeper Ashlee Jones as one of five changes for today's home game with Bradford City.[LNB] Jones made his debut on Tuesday but after a nightmare start to his Quaker, in which he was at fault for two goals, he has been replaced by Nick Liversedge.[LNB] Also drafted into Staunton's side are striker Lee Thorpe and ex-Bradford defender Mark Bower, both returning after being injured.[LNB] Josh Gray starts at left-wing while Andrew Milne becomes the 40th different player to represent Quakers this season.[LNB] The defender has joined on loan from Leeds and comes into a side does not feature Ian Miller who is sidelined with a hamstring strain.[LNB] At Notts County Miller took the captaincy from the dropped Steve Foster, who is on the bench today, so today is captain against his hometown team.[LNB] As well as Miller and Jones, also dropping out of the starting XI are Simon Thomas, James Collins and Danny Groves.[LNB] In the Bradford side former Quakers defender Matt Clarke and midfielder Michael Flynn who had a short loan spell with Darlington last season.[LNB] Darlington: Liversedge, Hall, Milne, Bower, Giddings, Gray, Harsley, Hogg, J Smith, Thorpe, Diop. Subs: Jones (gk), Foster, G Smith, Groves, Convery, Main, Collins[LNB] Bradford City: Eastwood, Ramsden, Clarke, Whalley, Flynn, L O'Brien, Hanson, Bullock, Neilson, Williams, M Boulding. Subs: McLaughlin, Evans, Brandon, Bateson, R Boulding, J O'Brien, Horne[LNB] Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Preston)[LNB]
