Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Darlington 1883 (1st, 104 pts) held a 66-point advantage over Colwyn Bay (23rd, 38 pts). Colwyn Bay had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 16th in the league over the last five rounds against 23rd overall. Per game in the league, Darlington 1883 were scoring 2.28 and conceding 0.91, Colwyn Bay 1.11 and 2.07, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
The five-game form split read 12/15 points for Darlington 1883 against 4/15 for Colwyn Bay.
The venue was Heritage Park in Bishop Auckland, with room for 34,988 spectators.


