Source: Northern_Echo
Five debuts for Darlington
Darlington hand debuts to five players for the first game of the season today at home to Braintree Town.[LNB] Ben Purkiss, Graeme Lee, Chris Atkinson, Kris Taylor and James Walshaw all make their first senior appearance for Quakers.[LNB] The line-up features five of the team that started the club's last competitive game, at Wembley on May 7: Sam Russell, Ian Miller, Jamie Chandler, Marc Bridge-Wilkinson and Liam Hatch.[LNB] But there is no place for the out-of-favour Tommy Wright, who played in the FA Trophy final win, and he is not even on the bench, Among the subs is keeper Scott Pocklington who signed yesterday from Newton Aycliffe.[LNB] Braintree are playing their first game in the Conference having won the title in the division below last season. They remain part-time and travelled to today's game this morning, setting off early from Essex.[LNB] Darlington: Russell; Purkiss, Miller, Lee, G Taylor; Chandler, K Taylor, Atkinson; Bridge-Wilkinson; Hatch, Walshaw. Subs: Pocklington (gk), Arnison, McReady, Campbell, Bowman[LNB]
