Darlington F.C. league record by opponent

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Darlington Football Club, an English association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, was founded in 1883. [1] For their first six years, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an occasional basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at both local and national level. In 1889, Darlington joined the newly formed Northern League, and moved into the North-Eastern League in 1908. They were founder members of the Football League Third Division North in 1921, and spent two seasons in the Second Division in the mid-1920s. Thereafter, they remained in the lower divisions of the Football League until 1989, when they were relegated for one season to the Football Conference. After another 20 years in the Football League, they were again relegated to the Conference. [2] Two years later, financial issues stemming from administration forced a demotion of four divisions and a change of name: Darlington 1883 was chosen. [3] [4] Five years later, after three promotions, they reverted to their original name. [5]

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Darlington's record against each club faced in first-team league competition is summarised below. The opening match of the inaugural Northern League season pitted them against Newcastle East End, [6] their first Football League match was against Halifax Town, [7] and they met their 256th and most recent different league opponent, Bishop's Stortford, for the first time in the 2023–24 National League North season. [8] The team that Darlington have played most in league competition is Hartlepool United, whom they first met in 1908 in the North-Eastern League. The 152 encounters between the teams have produced 59 wins and 62 defeats, which are club records. Rochdale have drawn 38 league meetings with Darlington, which is more than any other opponent.

All statistics are correct up to and including the match played against Chester on 20 April 2024, the last fixture of the 2023–24 National League North regular season.

Key

All-time league record

Darlington F.C. league record by opponent
OpponentHomeAwayTotalWin %FirstLastNotes
PWDLPWDLPWDL
Accrington Stanley ‡2920542914245821928036.21 1921–22 1960–61
Accrington Stanley 431042028512062.50 2006–07 2009–10
AFC Bournemouth 1554615339308715026.67 1966–67 2009–10 [lower-alpha 1]
AFC Fylde 311141037214028.57 2016–17 2022–23 [lower-alpha 2]
AFC Telford United 8503722315726046.67 2011–12 2022–23 [lower-alpha 2]
AFC Wimbledon 101011002110050.00 2010–11 2010–11 [lower-alpha 3]
Aldershot ‡24106824107748201315041.67 1958–59 1990–91
Aldershot Town 210120024103025.00 2008–09 2009–10
Alfreton Town †8314944117755041.18 2011–12 2023–24 [lower-alpha 2]
Altrincham 420251409342033.33 1989–90 2019–20 [lower-alpha 4]
Ashington 1091010415201325065.00 1914–15 2012–13
Ashton United 211021104220050.00 2015–16 2018–19
Bamber Bridge 220022004400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Banbury United †210120114112025.00 2022–23 2023–24
Barnet 1462614347289613032.14 1989–90 2009–10
Barnsley 164751614113251116015.63 1925–26 1978–79
Barrow 4121713419131982302032036.59 1921–22 2011–12
Barwell 110010012101050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Bath City 211020114121025.00 2010–11 2011–12
Bedlington Terriers 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Bedlington United ‡110011002200100.00 1920–21 1920–21
Billingham Synthonia 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Billingham Town 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Birmingham City 101010012011000.00 1991–92 1991–92
Birtley ‡101011002110050.00 1889–90 1889–90
Bishop Auckland 171034176473416711047.06 1889–90 2012–13 [lower-alpha 5]
Bishop's Stortford †100110012002000.00 2023–24 2023–24
Blackpool 1023510235204610020.00 1925–26 2000–01
Blyth Spartans †12102011542231562065.22 1913–14 2023–24 [lower-alpha 2]
Bolton Wanderers 420241128314037.50 1985–86 1991–92
Boston United †1291213337251249048.00 1989–90 2023–24 [lower-alpha 4]
Brackley Town †7133821515348020.00 2016–17 2023–24 [lower-alpha 2]
Bradford City 381881238852576261337034.21 1925–26 2009–10
Bradford Park Avenue 28146826851354221121040.74 1922–23 2022–23 [lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 2]
Bradford Park Avenue reserves ‡110010012101050.00 1908–09 1908–09
Braintree Town 110010012101050.00 2011–12 2011–12
Brentford 17548174310349718026.47 1962–63 2008–09
Brighouse Town 110011002200100.00 2014–15 2014–15
Brighton & Hove Albion 8413822416637037.50 1963–64 2000–01
Bristol City 403140228053000.00 1982–83 1986–87
Bristol Rovers 9243921618459022.22 1966–67 2006–07
Burnley 321031026312050.00 1987–88 1990–91
Burscough 210121104211050.00 2013–14 2014–15
Burton Albion 110011002200100.00 2009–10 2009–10
Bury 2487924571248131421027.08 1957–58 2009–10
Buxton †321030036213033.33 2015–16 2023–24
Cambridge United 176741750123411716032.35 1970–71 2011–12
Cammell Laird 110011002200100.00 2013–14 2013–14
Cardiff City 9522932418846044.44 1985–86 2000–01
Carlisle United 5026101450161618100422632042.00 1910–11 2005–06
Carlisle United reserves ‡220022004400100.00 1908–09 1909–10
Celtic Nation ‡110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Chelsea 202020114031000.00 1925–26 1926–27
Cheltenham Town 8611824216853050.00 1989–90 2010–11
Chester †5302512210424040.00 2018–19 2023–24 [lower-alpha 6]
Chester City ‡5224161252161026104402638038.46 1931–32 2008–09 [lower-alpha 6]
Chester-le-Street ‡110011002200100.00 1920–21 1920–21
Chesterfield 3818119385122176232330030.26 1921–22 2000–01
Chorley †7322712414446028.57 1989–90 2023–24
Clitheroe 211021014211050.00 2013–14 2014–15
Colchester United 2211472273124418719040.91 1961–62 1997–98
Colwyn Bay 110011002200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Consett 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Coventry City 100110102011000.00 1958–59 1958–59
Crawley Town 101010012011000.00 2010–11 2010–11
Crewe Alexandra 5728151457101829114383343033.33 1921–22 2009–10
Crook Town 12110112543241644066.67 1896–97 1907–08
Crystal Palace 301230036015000.00 1958–59 1960–61
Curzon Ashton †71069315164111025.00 2013–14 2023–24 [lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 2]
Dagenham & Redbridge 310232016303050.00 2007–08 2009–10
Darlington St Augustine's ‡161123161150322273068.75 1889–90 1907–08
Derby County 431041218431050.00 1925–26 1985–86
Doncaster Rovers 47191513471552794342040036.17 1923–24 2003–04
Droylsden 110010012101050.00 2014–15 2014–15
Dunston UTS 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Durham City 8620832316943056.25 1919–20 2012–13
Eastbourne Borough 110010102110050.00 2010–11 2010–11
Ebbsfleet 100111002101050.00 2011–12 2011–12
Elswick Rangers ‡110010012101050.00 1889–90 1889–90
Enfield ‡110011002200100.00 1989–90 1989–90
Exeter City 30178530891360251718041.67 1958–59 2008–09
Farnborough Town 101010012011000.00 1989–90 1989–90
Farsley Celtic †6321720512426033.33 2013–14 2023–24 [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 7]
FC Halifax Town 110010102110050.00 2016–17 2016–17
F.C. United of Manchester 330033006600100.00 2016–17 2018–19
Fisher Athletic ‡110011002200100.00 1989–90 1989–90
Fleetwood Town 210120114112025.00 2010–11 2011–12
Forest Green Rovers 211020114121025.00 2010–11 2011–12
Frickley Athletic 110010012101050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Fulham 7223701614239014.29 1925–26 1996–97
Gainsborough Trinity 220020114211050.00 2016–17 2017–18
Gateshead ‡341978341191468301622044.12 1908–09 1959–60 [lower-alpha 8]
Gateshead 411230217133014.29 2010–11 2021–22 [lower-alpha 4]
Gateshead Town ‡431043108620075.00 1911–12 1914–15
Gillingham 186841834113691215025.00 1958–59 2008–09
Gloucester City †5320531110631060.00 2016–17 2023–24
Grangetown Athletic ‡7214711514329021.43 1901–02 1907–08
Grantham Town 110011002200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Grimsby Town 26989261141152201220038.46 1921–22 2011–12
Guisborough Town 110010012101050.00 2012–13 2012–13
Guiseley 311142026213033.33 2018–19 2021–22 [lower-alpha 2]
Halesowen Town 110011002200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Halifax Town ‡502991250131324100422236042.00 1921–22 2001–02
Harrogate Railway Athletic 211022004310075.00 2013–14 2014–15
Harrogate Town 210121014202050.00 2016–17 2017–18
Hartlepool United 7635182376241339152593162038.82 1908–09 2006–07 [lower-alpha 9]
Hayes & Yeading United 201120024013000.00 2010–11 2011–12
Hebburn Argyle ‡7520721414734050.00 1908–09 1914–15
Hebburn Town 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Hereford †5320512210442040.00 2018–19 2023–24
Hereford United ‡199551939738121412031.58 1972–73 2009–10
Histon 110011002200100.00 2010–11 2010–11
Houghton Rovers ‡5311550010811080.00 1912–13 1920–21
Howden-le-Wear ‡220021014301075.00 1894–95 1895–96
Huddersfield Town 83148116164210025.00 1908–09 2003–04
Hull City 2474132475124814925029.17 1925–26 2003–04
Hyde United 100111002101050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Ilkeston ‡110010102110050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Jarrow 7700722314923064.29 1910–11 1920–21 [lower-alpha 10]
Kendal Town 220021014301075.00 2013–14 2014–15
Kettering Town 6321523011551045.45 1989–90 2022–23 [lower-alpha 4]
Kidderminster Harriers 1572614257299713031.03 1989–90 2022–23 [lower-alpha 2]
King's Lynn Town †200231025104020.00 2019–20 2023–24 [lower-alpha 4]
Lancaster City 210120204121025.00 2013–14 2014–15
Leadgate Park 5500521210712070.00 1896–97 1907–08
Leamington 404052129252022.22 2017–18 2022–23 [lower-alpha 4]
Leyton Orient 178631733113411914032.35 1925–26 2005–06 [lower-alpha 11]
Lincoln City 5524201155101332110343343030.91 1921–22 2011–12
Luton Town 7331710614437028.57 1965–66 2011–12
Macclesfield Town 135441335526899030.77 1989–90 2009–10
Maidstone United ‡101011002110050.00 1990–91 1990–91
Manchester City 101010012011000.00 1926–27 1926–27
Mansfield Town 4522101345792990291942032.22 1989–90 2011–12
Marine 100111002101050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Marske United 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Matlock Town 110011002200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Merthyr Tydfil ‡101010102020000.00 1989–90 1989–90
Mickleover Sports 110011002200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Middlesbrough 14518140311285419017.86 1889–90 1986–87
Middlesbrough A ‡1382313148269611034.62 1902–03 1920–21
Middlesbrough Ironopolis ‡310230036105016.67 1890–91 1892–93
Millwall 5113521210325030.00 1958–59 1964–65
Milton Keynes Dons 210120024103025.00 2006–07 2007–08
Morecambe 302131026123016.67 2007–08 2009–10
Mossley 220022004400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Nantwich Town 110011002200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Nelson 7502712414626042.86 1921–22 1930–31
New Brighton ‡1916031935113819514050.00 1923–24 1950–51
New Mills 220022004400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Newcastle Benfield 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Newcastle City ‡440042118611075.00 1911–12 1914–15
Newcastle East End ‡411240048116012.50 1889–90 1892–93
Newcastle United A ‡1345413328267712026.92 1902–03 1920–21
Newcastle West End ‡310230036105016.67 1889–90 1891–92
Newport County 2213362225154415821034.09 1962–63 2011–12
Newton Aycliffe 110010012101050.00 2012–13 2012–13
North Ferriby United ‡110010102110050.00 2017–18 2017–18
North Shields Athletic 7610721414824057.14 1908–09 1914–15
North Skelton Rovers ‡220022004400100.00 1893–94 1894–95
Northampton Town 29129829691458181822031.03 1958–59 2009–10
Northwich Victoria 310231116213033.33 1989–90 2014–15
Norton & Stockton Ancients ‡110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Nottingham Forest 211020024112025.00 1925–26 1926–27
Notts County 17737172783491015026.47 1926–27 2009–10
Nuneaton Town 301231116123016.67 2016–17 2018–19
Oldham Athletic 2598825461550131423026.00 1925–26 1988–89
Ossett Albion 220022004400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Ossett Town 220022004400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Oxford United 9513931518828044.44 1962–63 2005–06
Padiham 220022004400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Penrith 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Peterborough Sports †220021014301075.00 2022–23 2023–24
Peterborough United 2412932469948181812037.50 1906–61 2007–08
Plymouth Argyle 6303622212525041.67 1985–86 2001–02
Port Vale 2198421441342131217030.95 1925–26 2009–10
Portsmouth 421140138224025.00 1925–26 1979–80
Prescot Cables 211021104220050.00 2013–14 2014–15
Preston North End 6024612312147008.33 1925–26 1995–96
Queens Park Rangers 101010012011000.00 1966–67 1966–67
Radcliffe Borough 211021104220050.00 2013–14 2014–15
Ramsbottom United 210121014202050.00 2013–14 2015–16
Reading 12426121110245316020.83 1926–27 1991–92
Rochdale 6939151569122334138513849036.96 1921–22 2009–10
Rotherham United 3018102301171260291714048.33 1923–24 2009–10
Runcorn ‡101010012011000.00 1989–90 1989–90
Rushall Olympic †211020024112025.00 2015–16 2023–24
Rushden & Diamonds ‡5230511310343030.00 2001–02 2010–11
Salford City 5122530210424040.00 2013–14 2017–18
Saltburn ‡101011002110050.00 1907–08 1907–08
Saltburn Swifts ‡110011002200100.00 1895–96 1895–96
Scarborough ‡181224188283620412055.56 1900–01 1998–99
Scarborough Athletic †310232016303050.00 2014–15 2023–24
Scotswood 220021014301075.00 1919–20 1920–21
Scunthorpe United †402111840882479281932035.44 1950–51 2023–24
Seaham Harbour ‡66006420121020083.33 1908–09 1913–14 [lower-alpha 12]
Sheffield United 310230126114016.67 1891–92 1981–82
Sheffield Wednesday 110010012101050.00 1925–26 1925–26
Shildon 14122014644281864064.29 1903–04 2012–13 [lower-alpha 13]
Shrewsbury Town 1995519451038131015034.21 1950–51 2009–10
Skelmersdale United 110010102110050.00 2015–16 2015–16
South Bank 1710251732123413417038.24 1889–90 1907–08
South Shields †211022004310075.00 2012–13 2023–24
South Shields reserves ‡210120114112025.00 1919–20 1920–21 [lower-alpha 14]
Southampton 210120024103025.00 1925–26 1926–27
Southend United 16655162593281014025.00 1967–68 2004–05
Southport †512710145091031100352045035.00 1921–22 2023–24 [lower-alpha 4]
Spennymoor Town †9342833217674035.29 2012–13 2023–24 [lower-alpha 2]
Spennymoor United ‡1293012417241347054.17 1905–06 1920–21
Stafford Rangers 110011002200100.00 1989–90 1989–90
Stalybridge Celtic 330031026402066.67 1921–22 2016–17
Stamford 110011002200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Stockport County 582712195871437116342656029.31 1921–22 2018–19
Stockton ‡1911441924133813817034.21 1889–90 1907–08
Stockton St John's ‡430142028503062.50 1899–1900 1902–03
Stoke City 200220024004000.00 1925–26 1991–92
Stourbridge 101010012011000.00 2015–16 2015–16
Sunderland A ‡13733134182611411042.31 1902–03 1920–21
Sunderland Albion ‡220020024202050.00 1890–91 1891–92
Sunderland Royal Rovers ‡77007502141202085.71 1908–09 1914–15
Sunderland RCA 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Sutton Coldfield Town 110011002200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Sutton United 110010012101050.00 1989–90 1989–90
Swansea City 22119222271344131615029.55 1925–26 2004–05 [lower-alpha 15]
Swindon Town 6411611412525041.67 1966–67 2006–07
Tamworth †5302502310325030.00 2010–11 2023–24
Team Northumbria 110010012101050.00 2012–13 2012–13
Telford United ‡101011002110050.00 1989–90 1989–90
Thornaby Utopians ‡220021014301075.00 1899–1900 1900–01
Torquay United 39141213391092078242133030.77 1958–59 2009–10
Tow Law 6600631212912075.00 1894–95 1899–1900
Tranmere Rovers 4120615411172382311338037.80 1921–22 1998–89
Wakefield ‡110011002200100.00 2013–14 2013–14
Wallsend ‡98019612181413077.78 1908–09 1920–21 [lower-alpha 16]
Walsall 208572018114091318022.50 1921–22 2006–07
Warrington Town †321032106420066.67 2013–14 2023–24
Watford 6231602412255016.67 1958–59 1997–88
Welling United 110011002200100.00 1989–90 1989–90
West Auckland Town 110010012101050.00 2012–13 2012–13
West Bromwich Albion 100110012002000.00 1991–92 1991–92
West Hartlepool ‡85128512161024062.50 1900–01 1907–08
West Stanley ‡98019405181206066.67 1908–09 1920–21
Whitby Town 5311540110712070.00 1893–94 2015–16 [lower-alpha 17]
Whitley Bay 110011002200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Wigan Athletic 115421113722679027.27 1978–79 1996–97
Wigan Borough ‡8701813416835050.00 1921–22 1930–31
Wimbledon ‡421140228233025.00 1977–78 1982–83 [lower-alpha 3]
Wingate Albion 431043108620075.00 1909–10 1912–13
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5221500510226020.00 1923–24 1987–88
Worcester City 110010102110050.00 2016–17 2016–17
Workington ‡110010102110050.00 1910–11 1910–11
Workington reserves ‡211021014211050.00 1908–09 1909–10
Workington 25148325671250201515040.00 1951–52 2015–16
Wrexham 4725148476113094312538032.98 1921–22 2011–12
Wycombe Wanderers 7322722314545035.71 1989–90 2008–09
Yeovil Town 330031116411066.67 1989–90 2004–05
York City 552913135571533110362846032.73 1929–30 2021–22

Footnotes

  1. ↑ AFC Bournemouth statistics include matches played against Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 National League North season was declared null and void in February 2021. [9] Darlington had played only 11 matches, which included one against this opponent. [10]
  3. 1 2 A year after its 2003 relocation to Milton Keynes, Wimbledon F.C. was rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons. It renounced all claims to Wimbledon's history in 2007, since when it has regarded itself as a new club founded in 2004. [13] [14] [15]
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019–20 National League season was suspended in mid-March 2020. Six weeks later, the clubs voted to end the regular season programme with immediate effect; Darlington's last nine matches, which included one against this opponent, remained unplayed. [11] [12]
  5. ↑ Bishop Auckland statistics include matches played against Auckland Town.
  6. 1 2 Chester City statistics include Football League matches played against the club under its former name of Chester. The Chester F.C. founded in 2010 is a different club.
  7. ↑ Farsley Celtic statistics include matches played against Farsley.
  8. ↑ Gateshead A.F.C. statistics include matches played against South Shields Adelaide and South Shields.
  9. ↑ Hartlepool United statistics include matches played against Hartlepools United and Hartlepool.
  10. ↑ Jarrow statistics include matches played against Jarrow Croft and Palmers (Jarrow).
  11. ↑ Leyton Orient statistics include matches played against Clapton Orient and Orient.
  12. ↑ Seaham Harbour statistics include matches played against Seaham White Star.
  13. ↑ Shildon statistics include matches played against Shildon Athletic.
  14. ↑ This is the reserve team of the club later known as Gateshead A.F.C., but is listed as South Shields reserves because Darlington only faced them under that name, before the club's move to Gateshead.
  15. ↑ Swansea City statistics include matches played against Swansea Town.
  16. ↑ Wallsend statistics include matches played against Wallsend Park Villa.
  17. ↑ Whitby Town statistics include matches played against Whitby.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Port Vale F.C. league record by opponent</span> Football statistics

Port Vale Football Club, an English association football club based in the town of Burslem, in Stoke-on-Trent, was founded in the late 1870s. In the club's early history, there was no league football, so matches were arranged on an occasional basis, supplemented by cup competitions organised at both local and national level. The club changed its name to Burslem Port Vale in 1884. In 1888, Burslem Port Vale joined the Combination, a league set up to provide organised football for those clubs not invited to join the Football League which was to start the same year. However, the Combination was not well organised, and folded in April 1889 with many fixtures still outstanding. Burslem Port Vale were founder members of the Midland League in 1890, and two years later were elected to the newly formed Second Division of the Football League. They failed re-election in 1896 and spent two seasons in the Midland League, before winning re-election back into the Football League Second Division. However, they continued to struggle and folded in 1907. At this stage, North Staffordshire Church League champions Cobridge Church sought permission from the Football Association to change the club's name to Port Vale and bought the old club's ground. This was the start of a 12-year process that saw the newly formed club work its way through the North Staffordshire Federation League, North Staffordshire & District League and The Central League, to secure election into the Football League in October 1919. The club have remained in the Football League since that time, winning the Third Division North in 1929–30 and 1953–54 seasons and the Fourth Division title in 1958–59.

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