Morecambe secured their biggest away win since their Football League promotion with a 4-0 triumph over Darlington.

Rout leaves Quakers boss in unenviable predicament

Morecambe strolled to their biggest away win since securing promotion to the Football League as a second-half stroll saw them leave the Darlington Arena with a 4-0 triumph. Phil Jevons started the rout after 56 minutes when Quakers midfielder Jon Hogg, making his home debut, gave the ball away cheaply. Rock bottom Darlington's heads dropped and Laurence Wilson raced away to fire home a second seven minutes later. Stewart Drummond converted Craig Stanley's free-kick from close range then, when home keeper Nick Liversedge failed to control the ball, substitute Wayne Curtis rolled in the fourth. Darlington have a mountain to climb to steer clear of relegation trouble, though ironically in the first half they had much the better of it. Jeff Smith beat two defenders with a touch of class could not apply a finish from right in front of goal, he then sent another drive wide of target before the luckless Hogg saw a goalbound shot strike his own team-mate. But that was nothing compared to the nightmare that unfolded in the second half.