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Aldershot Town vs Darlington. Sky Bet League Two.

The EBB Stadium at the Recreation GroundAttendance2,866.

Aldershot Town 3

  • M Morgan (3rd minute)
  • A Sandell (30th minute)
  • L Soares (47th minute)

Darlington 1

  • D Dowson (85th minute)

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Darlo Shot down on first day

Saturday 8 August 2009 18:32, UK

Image: Morgan: On target

Aldershot eased to a comfortable 3-1 home win over Darlington on the opening day of the season.

Todd's new-look side come unstuck

First-half strikes from Marvin Morgan and Andy Sandell set Aldershot on the way to a comfortable 3-1 opening day victory over sorry Darlington. Morgan latched onto Chris Blackburn's lofted through-ball after only four minutes, steadied himself and confidently slotted the ball past David Knight to give the Shots the lead. Colin Todd's Darlington side - which featured seven debutants and only officially came out of administration on Friday - were unsurprisingly disjointed as the Shots dominated, with Sandell doubling the lead on the half-hour, driving home through a crowded box after Knight had dropped Ben Harding's seemingly harmless free-kick. The Quakers' Jeff Smith saw a goal chalked off eight minutes before the break, but with Aldershot's John Halls running things in midfield, Louis Soares killed the game a minute after the break. Scott Donnelly set Kirk Hudson racing down the left and when his low cross avoided everybody, Soares side-footed home from a tight angle. Morgan and Halls threatened a fourth in a complete Shots performance, before sub David Dowson grabbed a consolation five minutes from time.

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