Source: Northern_Echo
Quakers hit by the weather
Darlington'S attentions now switch to Saturday's home game with Port Vale after their suffering a third consecutive postponement.[LNB] Yesterday's home match with Lincoln City was called off due to a frozen pitch despite huge efforts in the last week by the club and supporters to clear the playing surface of snow.[LNB] Freezing overnight temperatures, which were forecast not to rise during the day, meant the game was postponed following a morning pitch inspection.[LNB] Quakers have thanked everyone who volunteered to help clear the pitch.[LNB] It's incredibly disappointing,[LNB] said general manager Phil Preston. We've done everything we possibly can and the help of our fans has been brilliant.[LNB] Darlington's previous two matches, at home to Northampton and at Rotherham, suffered the same fate meaning Quakers have been out of action since December 12 the defeat at Torquay.[LNB] Their enforced winter break could even continue into this weekend when the Valiants are due to visit.[LNB] Forecast on Friday is snow and overnight freezing temperatures.[LNB] But Darlington will be keen to have the game played in order to avoid a backlog of fixtures in the second half of the season.[LNB] Dates for the rearranged Lincoln match and Rotherham game have to yet to announced.[LNB] While Quakers were without a game yesterday, several sides in the bottom of the table picked up points to further leave Darlington adrift.[LNB] Macclesfield and Cheltenham both in the bottom five before yesterday's matches collected three points, although second-bottom Grimsby lost at home to Port Vale.[LNB] The results mean Darlington are now 14 points behind third-bottom Lincoln, though Quakers have two games in hand on many of teams in the lower half of the table.[LNB]
