Debuts handed to two Darlington signings

24 October 2009 14:10
Two of Darlington's new signings make their debut today among four changes to the side which faces Barnet today. Striker James Collins and midfielder David Davis are both in the line-up having arrived on loan from Aston Villa and Wolves respectively this week. Collins starts up front alongside fellow loan striker Simon Thomas while Davis is in central midfield alongside Jamie Chandler as Gary Smith has a knee injury. Goalkeeper Nick Liversedge makes his first league start as a replacement for Russell Hoult who has returned to Notts County. Although Liversedge was sent off in the final minute of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy defeat at Leeds United earlier this month, he impressed at Elland Road so is selected ahead of David Knight. Youth team product Corey Barnes also makes his first start of the season, with the midfielder being played on the right of midfield. Quakers have named only six subs, one short of the permitted seven, but there is no place for defender Rikki Bains who played in the midweek home defeat to Crook Town in the Durham Challenge Cup. Bottom of the table Quakers are hoping to carry on where they left off last week when they put in their best performance of the season to beat Shrewsbury Town 2-1. Barnet (4-4-2): Cole; Devera, Yakubu, Breen, Gillet; Adomah, Hughes, M Hyde, Bolasie; O'Flynn, Furlong. Subs: Carpenter (gk), Deverdics, O'Neill, Jarrett, Hyde, Kamdjo, Deen Darlington (4-4-2): Liversedge; Arnison, Foster, Miller, Barnett; Barnes, Chandler, Davis, J Smith; Thomas, Collins. Subs: Knight (gk), Plummer, Bennett, Groves, Convery, Main Referee: Steve Bratt (Walsall)

Source: Northern_Echo