- Purdie (10 pen), Hatch (24), Hatch (26), Austin (28), Blundell (85)
- Martin, C (30)
- Date:2009-01-17
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:The Balfour Webnet Darlington Arena
- Attendance:3319
- Referee:Moss, J
Live Commentary
90mins
That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
85mins
Goal!! Gregg Blundell scores for Darlington.
78mins
Liam Hatch is being taken off, Gregg Blundell has come on in his place.
76mins
Kevin Gallen is being taken off, Asa Hall has come on in his place.
71mins
Luton are replacing George Beavan with Jake Howells.
62mins
Darlington are replacing Franz Burgmeier with Seb Carole.
54mins
Neil Austin is replaced by Ryan Valentine.
46mins
Rossi Jarvis is replaced by Akanni-Sunday Wasiu.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 4 v 1.
45mins
Half time whistle is blown by J Moss
44mins
Neil Austin goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
42mins
Ian Roper goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
30mins
Goal!! Chris Martin scores for Luton.
28mins
Goal!! Neil Austin scores for Darlington.
26mins
Goal!! Liam Hatch scores for Darlington.
24mins
Goal!! Darlington have scored with Liam Hatch putting it in the back of the net.
10mins
Rob Purdie takes a penalty for Darlington and scores!.
0mins
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
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Match Report
Luton Town came crashing back to earth as their unbeaten eight-match run was brought to a halt by rampant Darlington.
The Hatters enjoyed the better of the game in the opening minutes as Darlington's on-loan keeper Dean Gerken was called into action.
The Colchester man's poor clearance after only 90 seconds gave an early opportunity to Ian Henderson, who was off-target with a 20-yard low drive.
Two minutes later Gerken was in the right place to smother a shot from Rossi Jarvis as the visitors threatened an early breakthrough.
The hosts had a goal ruled out after eight minutes when Liam Hatch was ruled offside, but seconds later Darlington took the lead when Rob Purdie was tripped inside the area and the midfielder picked himself up to send Conrad Logan the wrong way from the spot.
Worse was to come for the visitors when Hatch produced two goals in three minutes to put the home side in full control.
Hatch's first came from a well placed header to convert Purdie's corner in the 24th minute and then two minutes later when an Alan White header came back off the bar, Hatch was in position to slot in his side's third goal of the game.
A mix-up in the Luton defence left Darlo full-back Neil Austin with a simple chance for the fourth in the 28th minute and this extraordinary game took another turn when Chris Martin pulled a goal back with a sweet volley on the half-hour mark to give Town a bit of hope.
In the second half Darlington had further chances to increase their advantage, but Purdie and Pawel Abbott were denied by goal-line clearances from George Beavan in the 55th minute.
Purdie then had a shot tipped over the bar by Logan in the 72nd minute, before substitute Gregg Blundell raced on to a pass from Abbott to steer the ball under the exposed Logan five minutes from time.
Darlington Team
Luton Town Team
Darlington | Luton Town |
Corners
| 13 | 4 |
Fouls
| 9 | 10 |
Goal attempts
| 19 | 13 |
Shots off target
| 10 | 9 |
Offsides
| 2 | 3 |