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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]

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 258th and most recent different league opponent, Needham Market, for the first time in the 2024–25 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 Needham Market on 26 April 2025, the final day of the 2024–25 regular season.

Key

  • The table includes results of matches played by Darlington (under that name and as Darlington 1883) in the Northern League, the North-Eastern League, the Football League, the National League and predecessors, and the Northern Premier League. Matches from the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season are excluded, as are promotion play-offs and matches in the various wartime competitions.
  • The name used for each opponent is the name they had when Darlington most recently played a league match against them. Results against each opponent include results against that club under any former name. For example, results against Leyton Orient include matches played against Orient (1966–1987) and Clapton Orient (before 1945).
  • The columns headed "First" and "Last" contain the first and most recent seasons in which Darlington played league matches against each opponent.
  • P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; Win % = percentage of total matches won
  •    Clubs with this background and marked † in the "Opponent" column are Darlington's divisional rivals in the current season, the 2022–23 National League North.
  •    Clubs with this background and marked ‡ in the "Opponent" column are defunct. Reserve or "A" teams that Darlington faced in the early years of their history are classed as defunct because they no longer compete in the English football league system.

All-time league record

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Darlington F.C. league record by opponent
Opponent Home Away Total Win % First Last Notes
PWDL PWDL PWDL
Accrington Stanley ‡ 292054 291424 5821928036.21 1921–22 1960–61
Accrington Stanley 4310 4202 8512062.50 2006–07 2009–10
AFC Bournemouth 15546 15339 308715026.67 1966–67 2009–10 [a]
AFC Fylde 3111 4103 7214028.57 2016–17 2022–23 [b]
AFC Telford United 8503 7223 15726046.67 2011–12 2022–23 [b]
AFC Wimbledon 1010 1100 2110050.00 2010–11 2010–11 [c]
Aldershot ‡ 241068 241077 48201315041.67 1958–59 1990–91
Aldershot Town 2101 2002 4103025.00 2008–09 2009–10
Alfreton Town † 9324 10451 19775036.84 2011–12 2024–25 [b]
Altrincham 4202 5140 9342033.33 1989–90 2019–20 [d]
Ashington 10910 10415 201325065.00 1914–15 2012–13
Ashton United 2110 2110 4220050.00 2015–16 2018–19
Bamber Bridge 2200 2200 4400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Banbury United 2101 2011 4112025.00 2022–23 2023–24
Barnet 14626 14347 289613032.14 1989–90 2009–10
Barnsley 16475 161411 3251116015.63 1925–26 1978–79
Barrow 4121713 4191319 82302032036.59 1921–22 2011–12
Barwell 1100 1001 2101050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Bath City 2110 2011 4121025.00 2010–11 2011–12
Bedlington Terriers 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Bedlington United ‡ 1100 1100 2200100.00 1920–21 1920–21
Billingham Synthonia 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Billingham Town 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Birmingham City 1010 1001 2011000.00 1991–92 1991–92
Birtley ‡ 1010 1100 2110050.00 1889–90 1889–90
Bishop Auckland 171034 17647 3416711047.06 1889–90 2012–13 [e]
Bishop's Stortford 1001 1001 2002000.00 2023–24 2023–24
Blackpool 10235 10235 204610020.00 1925–26 2000–01
Blyth Spartans 121020 11542 231562065.22 1913–14 2023–24 [b]
Bolton Wanderers 4202 4112 8314037.50 1985–86 1991–92
Boston United 12912 13337 251249048.00 1989–90 2023–24 [d]
Brackley Town † 8134 9216 173410017.65 2016–17 2024–25 [b]
Bradford City 3818812 388525 76261337034.21 1925–26 2009–10
Bradford Park Avenue 281468 268513 54221121040.74 1922–23 2022–23 [d][b]
Bradford Park Avenue reserves ‡ 1100 1001 2101050.00 1908–09 1908–09
Braintree Town 1100 1001 2101050.00 2011–12 2011–12
Brentford 17548 174310 349718026.47 1962–63 2008–09
Brighouse Town 1100 1100 2200100.00 2014–15 2014–15
Brighton & Hove Albion 8413 8224 16637037.50 1963–64 2000–01
Bristol City 4031 4022 8053000.00 1982–83 1986–87
Bristol Rovers 9243 9216 18459022.22 1966–67 2006–07
Burnley 3210 3102 6312050.00 1987–88 1990–91
Burscough 2101 2110 4211050.00 2013–14 2014–15
Burton Albion 1100 1100 2200100.00 2009–10 2009–10
Bury 24879 245712 48131421027.08 1957–58 2009–10
Buxton † 4211 4004 8215025.00 2015–16 2024–25
Cambridge United 17674 175012 3411716032.35 1970–71 2011–12
Cammell Laird 1100 1100 2200100.00 2013–14 2013–14
Cardiff City 9522 9324 18846044.44 1985–86 2000–01
Carlisle United 50261014 50161618 100422632042.00 1910–11 2005–06
Carlisle United reserves ‡ 2200 2200 4400100.00 1908–09 1909–10
Celtic Nation ‡ 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Chelsea 2020 2011 4031000.00 1925–26 1926–27
Cheltenham Town 8611 8242 16853050.00 1989–90 2010–11
Chester † 6402 6123 12525041.67 2018–19 2024–25 [f]
Chester City ‡ 52241612 52161026 104402638038.46 1931–32 2008–09 [f]
Chester-le-Street ‡ 1100 1100 2200100.00 1920–21 1920–21
Chesterfield 3818119 3851221 76232330030.26 1921–22 2000–01
Chorley † 8332 8125 16457025.00 1989–90 2024–25
Clitheroe 2110 2101 4211050.00 2013–14 2014–15
Colchester United 221147 227312 4418719040.91 1961–62 1997–98
Colwyn Bay 1100 1100 2200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Consett 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Coventry City 1001 1010 2011000.00 1958–59 1958–59
Crawley Town 1010 1001 2011000.00 2010–11 2010–11
Crewe Alexandra 57281514 57101829 114383343033.33 1921–22 2009–10
Crook Town 121101 12543 241644066.67 1896–97 1907–08
Crystal Palace 3012 3003 6015000.00 1958–59 1960–61
Curzon Ashton † 8116 10325 184311022.22 2013–14 2024–25 [d][b]
Dagenham & Redbridge 3102 3201 6303050.00 2007–08 2009–10
Darlington St Augustine's ‡ 161123 161150 322273068.75 1889–90 1907–08
Derby County 4310 4121 8431050.00 1925–26 1985–86
Doncaster Rovers 47191513 4715527 94342040036.17 1923–24 2003–04
Droylsden 1100 1001 2101050.00 2014–15 2014–15
Dunston UTS 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Durham City 8620 8323 16943056.25 1919–20 2012–13
Eastbourne Borough 1100 1010 2110050.00 2010–11 2010–11
Ebbsfleet 1001 1100 2101050.00 2011–12 2011–12
Elswick Rangers ‡ 1100 1001 2101050.00 1889–90 1889–90
Enfield ‡ 1100 1100 2200100.00 1989–90 1989–90
Exeter City 301785 308913 60251718041.67 1958–59 2008–09
Farnborough Town 1010 1001 2011000.00 1989–90 1989–90
Farsley Celtic † 7421 8305 14626042.86 2013–14 2024–25 [b][g]
FC Halifax Town 1100 1010 2110050.00 2016–17 2016–17
F.C. United of Manchester 3300 3300 6600100.00 2016–17 2018–19
Fisher Athletic ‡ 1100 1100 2200100.00 1989–90 1989–90
Fleetwood Town 2101 2011 4112025.00 2010–11 2011–12
Forest Green Rovers 2110 2011 4121025.00 2010–11 2011–12
Frickley Athletic 1100 1001 2101050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Fulham 7223 7016 14239014.29 1925–26 1996–97
Gainsborough Trinity 2200 2011 4211050.00 2016–17 2017–18
Gateshead ‡ 341978 3411914 68301622044.12 1908–09 1959–60 [h]
Gateshead 4112 3021 7133014.29 2010–11 2021–22 [d]
Gateshead Town ‡ 4310 4310 8620075.00 1911–12 1914–15
Gillingham 18684 183411 3691215025.00 1958–59 2008–09
Gloucester City 5320 5311 10631060.00 2016–17 2023–24
Grangetown Athletic ‡ 7214 7115 14329021.43 1901–02 1907–08
Grantham Town 1100 1100 2200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Grimsby Town 26989 2611411 52201220038.46 1921–22 2011–12
Guisborough Town 1100 1001 2101050.00 2012–13 2012–13
Guiseley 3111 4202 6213033.33 2018–19 2021–22 [b]
Halesowen Town 1100 1100 2200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Halifax Town 5029912 50131324 100422236042.00 1921–22 2001–02
Harrogate Railway Athletic 2110 2200 4310075.00 2013–14 2014–15
Harrogate Town 2101 2101 4202050.00 2016–17 2017–18
Hartlepool United 76351823 76241339 152593162038.82 1908–09 2006–07 [i]
Hayes & Yeading United 2011 2002 4013000.00 2010–11 2011–12
Hebburn Argyle ‡ 7520 7214 14734050.00 1908–09 1914–15
Hebburn Town 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Hereford † 6420 6222 12642050.00 2018–19 2024–25
Hereford United ‡ 19955 19397 38121412031.58 1972–73 2009–10
Histon 1100 1100 2200100.00 2010–11 2010–11
Houghton Rovers ‡ 5311 5500 10811080.00 1912–13 1920–21
Howden-le-Wear ‡ 2200 2101 4301075.00 1894–95 1895–96
Huddersfield Town 8314 8116 164210025.00 1908–09 2003–04
Hull City 247413 247512 4814925029.17 1925–26 2003–04
Hyde United 1001 1100 2101050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Ilkeston ‡ 1100 1010 2110050.00 2015–16 2015–16
Jarrow 7700 7223 14923064.29 1910–11 1920–21 [j]
Kendal Town 2200 2101 4301075.00 2013–14 2014–15
Kettering Town 6321 5230 11551045.45 1989–90 2022–23 [d]
Kidderminster Harriers † 16727 15357 3110714032.26 1989–90 2024–25 [b]
King's Lynn Town † 3102 4103 7205028.57 2019–20 2024–25 [d]
Lancaster City 2101 2020 4121025.00 2013–14 2014–15
Leadgate Park 5500 5212 10712070.00 1896–97 1907–08
Leamington † 5140 6213 11353027.27 2017–18 2024–25 [d]
Leyton Orient 17863 173311 3411914032.35 1925–26 2005–06 [k]
Lincoln City 55242011 55101332 110343343030.91 1921–22 2011–12
Luton Town 7331 7106 14437028.57 1965–66 2011–12
Macclesfield Town 13544 13355 26899030.77 1989–90 2009–10
Maidstone United ‡ 1010 1100 2110050.00 1990–91 1990–91
Manchester City 1010 1001 2011000.00 1926–27 1926–27
Mansfield Town 45221013 457929 90291942032.22 1989–90 2011–12
Marine † 2101 2110 4211050.00 2015–16 2024–25
Marske United 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Matlock Town 1100 1100 2200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Merthyr Tydfil ‡ 1010 1010 2020000.00 1989–90 1989–90
Mickleover Sports 1100 1100 2200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Middlesbrough 14518 140311 285419017.86 1889–90 1986–87
Middlesbrough A ‡ 13823 13148 269611034.62 1902–03 1920–21
Middlesbrough Ironopolis ‡ 3102 3003 6105016.67 1890–91 1892–93
Millwall 5113 5212 10325030.00 1958–59 1964–65
Milton Keynes Dons 2101 2002 4103025.00 2006–07 2007–08
Morecambe 3021 3102 6123016.67 2007–08 2009–10
Mossley 2200 2200 4400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Nantwich Town 1100 1100 2200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Needham Market † 1100 1100 2200100.00 2024–25 2024–25
Nelson 7502 7124 14626042.86 1921–22 1930–31
New Brighton ‡ 191603 193511 3819514050.00 1923–24 1950–51
New Mills 2200 2200 4400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Newcastle Benfield 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Newcastle City ‡ 4400 4211 8611075.00 1911–12 1914–15
Newcastle East End ‡ 4112 4004 8116012.50 1889–90 1892–93
Newcastle United A ‡ 13454 13328 267712026.92 1902–03 1920–21
Newcastle West End ‡ 3102 3003 6105016.67 1889–90 1891–92
Newport County 221336 222515 4415821034.09 1962–63 2011–12
Newton Aycliffe 1100 1001 2101050.00 2012–13 2012–13
North Ferriby United ‡ 1100 1010 2110050.00 2017–18 2017–18
North Shields Athletic 7610 7214 14824057.14 1908–09 1914–15
North Skelton Rovers ‡ 2200 2200 4400100.00 1893–94 1894–95
Northampton Town 291298 296914 58181822031.03 1958–59 2009–10
Northwich Victoria 3102 3111 6213033.33 1989–90 2014–15
Norton & Stockton Ancients ‡ 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Nottingham Forest 2110 2002 4112025.00 1925–26 1926–27
Notts County 17737 17278 3491015026.47 1926–27 2009–10
Nuneaton Town 3012 3111 6123016.67 2016–17 2018–19
Oldham Athletic 25988 254615 50131423026.00 1925–26 1988–89
Ossett Albion 2200 2200 4400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Ossett Town 2200 2200 4400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Oxford City † 1010 1010 2020000.00 2024–25 2024–25
Oxford United 9513 9315 18828044.44 1962–63 2005–06
Padiham 2200 2200 4400100.00 2013–14 2014–15
Penrith 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Peterborough Sports † 3210 3102 6312050.00 2022–23 2024–25
Peterborough United 241293 24699 48181812037.50 1906–61 2007–08
Plymouth Argyle 6303 6222 12525041.67 1985–86 2001–02
Port Vale 21984 214413 42131217030.95 1925–26 2009–10
Portsmouth 4211 4013 8224025.00 1925–26 1979–80
Prescot Cables 2110 2110 4220050.00 2013–14 2014–15
Preston North End 6024 6123 12147008.33 1925–26 1995–96
Queens Park Rangers 1010 1001 2011000.00 1966–67 1966–67
Radcliffe † 3210 3210 5320060.00 2013–14 2024–25 [l]
Ramsbottom United 2101 2101 4202050.00 2013–14 2015–16
Reading 12426 121110 245316020.83 1926–27 1991–92
Rochdale 69391515 69122334 138513849036.96 1921–22 2009–10
Rotherham United 3018102 3011712 60291714048.33 1923–24 2009–10
Runcorn ‡ 1010 1001 2011000.00 1989–90 1989–90
Rushall Olympic † 3120 3012 6132016.67 2015–16 2024–25
Rushden & Diamonds ‡ 5230 5113 10343030.00 2001–02 2010–11
Salford City 5122 5302 10424040.00 2013–14 2017–18
Saltburn ‡ 1010 1100 2110050.00 1907–08 1907–08
Saltburn Swifts ‡ 1100 1100 2200100.00 1895–96 1895–96
Scarborough ‡ 181224 18828 3620412055.56 1900–01 1998–99
Scarborough Athletic † 4202 4202 8404050.00 2014–15 2024–25
Scotswood 2200 2101 4301075.00 1919–20 1920–21
Scunthorpe United † 4121128 418825 81282033034.57 1950–51 2024–25
Seaham Harbour ‡ 6600 6420 121020083.33 1908–09 1913–14 [m]
Sheffield United 3102 3012 6114016.67 1891–92 1981–82
Sheffield Wednesday 1100 1001 2101050.00 1925–26 1925–26
Shildon 141220 14644 281864064.29 1903–04 2012–13 [n]
Shrewsbury Town 19955 194510 38131015034.21 1950–51 2009–10
Skelmersdale United 1100 1010 2110050.00 2015–16 2015–16
South Bank 171025 173212 3413417038.24 1889–90 1907–08
South Shields † 3120 3300 6420066.67 2012–13 2024–25
South Shields reserves ‡ 2101 2011 4112025.00 1919–20 1920–21 [o]
Southampton 2101 2002 4103025.00 1925–26 1926–27
Southend United 16655 16259 3281014025.00 1967–68 2004–05
Southport † 52281014 5191131 102362145035.29 1921–22 2024–25 [d]
Spennymoor Town † 10442 9333 19775036.84 2012–13 2024–25 [b]
Spennymoor United ‡ 12930 12417 241347054.17 1905–06 1920–21
Stafford Rangers 1100 1100 2200100.00 1989–90 1989–90
Stalybridge Celtic 3300 3102 6402066.67 1921–22 2016–17
Stamford 1100 1100 2200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Stockport County 58271219 5871437 116342656029.31 1921–22 2018–19
Stockton ‡ 191144 192413 3813817034.21 1889–90 1907–08
Stockton St John's ‡ 4301 4202 8503062.50 1899–1900 1902–03
Stoke City 2002 2002 4004000.00 1925–26 1991–92
Stourbridge 1010 1001 2011000.00 2015–16 2015–16
Sunderland A ‡ 13733 13418 2611411042.31 1902–03 1920–21
Sunderland Albion ‡ 2200 2002 4202050.00 1890–91 1891–92
Sunderland Royal Rovers ‡ 7700 7502 141202085.71 1908–09 1914–15
Sunderland RCA 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Sutton Coldfield Town 1100 1100 2200100.00 2015–16 2015–16
Sutton United 1100 1001 2101050.00 1989–90 1989–90
Swansea City 221192 222713 44131615029.55 1925–26 2004–05 [p]
Swindon Town 6411 6114 12525041.67 1966–67 2006–07
Tamworth 5302 5023 10325030.00 2010–11 2023–24
Team Northumbria 1100 1001 2101050.00 2012–13 2012–13
Telford United ‡ 1010 1100 2110050.00 1989–90 1989–90
Thornaby Utopians ‡ 2200 2101 4301075.00 1899–1900 1900–01
Torquay United 39141213 3910920 78242133030.77 1958–59 2009–10
Tow Law 6600 6312 12912075.00 1894–95 1899–1900
Tranmere Rovers 4120615 4111723 82311338037.80 1921–22 1998–89
Wakefield ‡ 1100 1100 2200100.00 2013–14 2013–14
Wallsend ‡ 9801 9612 181413077.78 1908–09 1920–21 [q]
Walsall 20857 201811 4091318022.50 1921–22 2006–07
Warrington Town † 4220 4310 8530062.50 2013–14 2024–25
Watford 6231 6024 12255016.67 1958–59 1997–88
Welling United 1100 1100 2200100.00 1989–90 1989–90
West Auckland Town 1100 1001 2101050.00 2012–13 2012–13
West Bromwich Albion 1001 1001 2002000.00 1991–92 1991–92
West Hartlepool ‡ 8512 8512 161024062.50 1900–01 1907–08
West Stanley ‡ 9801 9405 181206066.67 1908–09 1920–21
Whitby Town 5311 5401 10712070.00 1893–94 2015–16 [r]
Whitley Bay 1100 1100 2200100.00 2012–13 2012–13
Wigan Athletic 11542 11137 22679027.27 1978–79 1996–97
Wigan Borough ‡ 8701 8134 16835050.00 1921–22 1930–31
Wimbledon ‡ 4211 4022 8233025.00 1977–78 1982–83 [c]
Wingate Albion 4310 4310 8620075.00 1909–10 1912–13
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5221 5005 10226020.00 1923–24 1987–88
Worcester City 1100 1010 2110050.00 2016–17 2016–17
Workington ‡ 1100 1010 2110050.00 1910–11 1910–11
Workington reserves ‡ 2110 2101 4211050.00 1908–09 1909–10
Workington 251483 256712 50201515040.00 1951–52 2015–16
Wrexham 4725148 4761130 94312538032.98 1921–22 2011–12
Wycombe Wanderers 7322 7223 14545035.71 1989–90 2008–09
Yeovil Town 3300 3111 6411066.67 1989–90 2004–05
York City 55291313 5571533 110362846032.73 1929–30 2021–22
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Footnotes

  1. [a]
    AFC Bournemouth statistics include matches played against Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.
  2. [b]
    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. [c]
    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. [d]
    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. [e]
    Bishop Auckland statistics include matches played against Auckland Town.
  6. [f]
    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. [g]
    Farsley Celtic statistics include matches played against Farsley.
  8. [h]
    Gateshead A.F.C. statistics include matches played against South Shields Adelaide and South Shields.
  9. [i]
    Hartlepool United statistics include matches played against Hartlepools United and Hartlepool.
  10. [j]
    Jarrow statistics include matches played against Jarrow Croft and Palmers (Jarrow).
  11. [k]
    Leyton Orient statistics include matches played against Clapton Orient and Orient.
  12. [l]
    Radcliffe statistics include matches played against Radcliffe Borough.
  13. [m]
    Seaham Harbour statistics include matches played against Seaham White Star.
  14. [n]
    Shildon statistics include matches played against Shildon Athletic.
  15. [o]
    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.
  16. [p]
    Swansea City statistics include matches played against Swansea Town.
  17. [q]
    Wallsend statistics include matches played against Wallsend Park Villa.
  18. [r]
    Whitby Town statistics include matches played against Whitby.

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