National League North

WRIGHT’S BIG DAY GOES ALL WRONG!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
29 October 2017

By Matty Hewitt

REID ALL ABOUT IT: Sean Reid scores his side’s second goal
PICTURES: ShutterPress

BLYTH SPARTANS spoiled the party for new Darlington manager Tommy Wright as they came from behind to clinch a derby victory at a windswept Croft Park.
The Quakers, without a win on the road since the opening day of the season, are now nine points behind their local rivals.
A crowd of more than 1,500 packed Croft Park to see Blyth consolidate their top-three position after a dominant second-half performance.
Manager Alun
Armstrong, who had been linked with the Darlington job, told Th...

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