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All the action came in the second-half with the scoreline at 0-0 at the interval, although both Andy Hardman and Stephen Hindmarch had seen good chances come and go for United in the first-half. Darlington scoring the opening goal three minutes after the break to take the lead, only for Carlisle to level through Mike Stewardson after 65 minutes. The young striker latching on to a through ball and holding off a Quakers defender to fire home past the visitors goalkeeper with almost his first touch of the game. Darlington retook the lead after 75 minutes though to leave United looking at the wrong end of a 2-1 scoreline.
Carlisle came back into the match strongly though and found another equaliser, this time from a close-range Dan Wordsworth shot at the back-post, following a Shaun Vipond corner across the Quakers' penalty area. The Blues kept their late pressure up and were rewarded with a winner five minutes from time after a good run forward by Luke Joyce. Left-back Matthew Blake eventually rifling home a powerful drive from the left-angle of the box across the Darlington keeper to seal an excellent 3-2 comeback victory for United.
United line-up :
Adam Bradley (Grant Carson 60), Ashley Combe (Matthew Brown 85), Matthew Blake, Dan Kirkup, Dan Wordsworth, Luke Joyce, Shaun Vipond, James Earl (Richie Hoban 80), Andy Hardman, Stephen Hindmarch (Mike Stewardson 64), Dan Rayson (trialist) (Matthew Wood 80).
Unused substitute :
Terry Stewart.
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