Source: Northern_Echo
Burn out of Darlington line-up
Highly-rated defender Dan Burn is not in the Darlington starting line-up against Bath City today amid speculation Everton have bid for his services. Highly-rated defender Dan Burn is not in the Darlington starting line-up against Bath City today amid speculation Everton have bid for his services. Toffees boss David Moyes has been reported today as saying he has lodged a bid for the 18-year-old having watched him play in the midweek defeat at Newport County. A number of Premier League clubs have watched him in recent months, and The Northern Echo understands that Newcastle United aborted a spying mission after discovering that Burn would not play today. In his place at the back is Adam Quinn, a player that finished the Newport match up front. In the forward line today is Liam Hatch and John Campbell, neither of which played on Tuesday Bath and Quakers drew 2-2 in September, though only after Mark Cooper's men had chucked away a two-goal lead in injury-time. Goals from Hatch and Chris Senior put Darlington into what appeared to be a winning position, but they managed to concede goals in the 94th and 95th minutes. Bath have lost only one of their last eight matches, a run that has taken them to tenth, one place ahead of Quakers who are resigned to spending another season in the Blue Square Bet Premier. Mark Cooper's men are 11 points off the play-offs with seven matches to play, four of them away from home. Darlington (4-1-2-1-2): Russell; Arnison, Quinn, Miller, Brown; Taylor; Terry, Verma; Bridge-Wilkinson; Hatch, Campbell. Subs: St Louis-Hamilton (gk), P Gray, McReady, Senior, Modest Referee: Paul Graham (Manchester)