Osagi Bascome, Justin Donawa and their Darlington teammates couldn't record two wins in a row as they were beaten at the Tameside Stadium 3 – 1 by Curzon Ashton.
Darlington played some good football in the first half and created some good chances, but Curzon stopped them doing so in the second, and added a third goal which gave hard-working Darlington too much to do. But Darlington only had themselves to blame, as slack defending was a big factor in each of the goals.
Darlington had the first attempt on 3 minutes. Bascome made a good run and set up Adam Campbell, whose shot was charged down.
Bascome was again involved on 10 minutes when he slipped the ball out to the left for Jordan Watson to cross first time for O’Neill to head over.
Curzon had a penalty shout on 24 minutes when Sinclair dribbled into the Darlington box and went down after he was challenged by Bascome, but the referee waved play on.
Curzon took the lead from a free kick on 42 minutes. A free kick came in from the right that Halls headed against the crossbar, and Miller reacted first and headed the ball across Elliott into the net.
But Darlington were level within two minutes. O’Neill found Rivers on the right, he whipped the ball into the middle for Hatfield to fire at goal, and O’Neill came sliding in at the far post to equalize.
But Curzon went straight down the other end, and Miller picked the ball up in the box and fired past the stranded Elliott for 2-1.
Darlington went 3-1 down on 57 minutes, A clearance was picked up by Sinclair, who burst past two challenges and beat Elliott with a low shot.
Darlington made two subs on 65 minutes, Donawa and Terry Galbraith coming on for Jarrett Rivers and Josh Heaton.
In the 80th minute Donawa had a chance when he instantly controlled a crossfield pass from Watson, but blazed his shot over the bar.
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