Darlington new boy Bobby Petta became an instant hit when he marked his debut with the only goal of the game at Bury, an impressive first half chip over the keeper from 20 yards. However, whether it was intentional remains unclear.

Following Craig Hignett and Clyde Wijnhard, Petta became the third Quakers player to score on his debut this season but the player himself did little to clear up the confusion surrounding the 29th minute goal.

Never a prolific scorer in his days at Ipswich and Celtic, Petta remained coy on the subject and said: "Only I know the answer! The ball went into the net so I'll take it."

Playing as a left-winger in a 4-4-2 formation, Petta received the ball 18 yards out at the corner of the Bury penalty area from a Brian Close pass before placing the ball into the far top corner for an impressive goal.

He added: "I had the ball, looked up to put it into the area but I hit it a bit harder and it went into the net!

"But I'm more of a provider. It was so long ago I can't remember my last goal!"

In fact, Petta's last strike came just over three years ago in a 5-0 Celtic win at Alloa in the Scottish Cup and Saturday's goal was only his 14th in 182 appearances since moving to Britain from Dutch side Feyenoord nine years ago.

The winger was an unused sub in a Champions League game earlier this season but despite dropping down to the lowest level of football that he's ever played, Petta is no stranger to Gigg Lane having played there for Ipswich almost seven years ago when Bury spent two years in what was then Division One.

Just like Saturday's game, Petta's team won 1-0 and he was substituted, but having been out of the game for a short while he was supposed to leave the field much earlier.

"It was my first game for three months so I'm a little tired," said Petta who played all but the final ten minutes.

"I was supposed to play about an hour but it went OK and I stayed on.

"Apart from a couple of trials I've been training on my own in the gym since November which has been tough.

"But I've been with Darlington for a week and am now back in the routine of training every day and now it's a case of getting fit again.

"It's a bit like pre-season all over again for me.

"After playing in the Football League with Ipswich I knew it could get physical, especially the lower down the league you go.

"There a few high balls going up and down the pitch at first so I had to get used to that. Bury started off better than us so we had to weather the storm and after we scored we looked the better side.

"Darlington had a good run and then lost last week so now we have to try and get another run together to stay in the promotion race."

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