Remember the name. Youngster Chris Hughes proved that life is not all doom and gloom for Darlington Football Club.

Yesterday's Bank Holiday win over Leyton Orient was far from inspiring, but 18-year-old Hughes, a product of the youth system, celebrated his full home debut in style with a late strike to lift Quakers off the bottom of Division Three in front of a disappointing crowd of just 4,666.

Orient appeared to be on their way to condemning Quakers to their fourth straight League defeat thanks to Lee Thorpe's second half strike, but Matt Clarke equalised with ten minutes remaining and Hughes sealed a dramatic win two minutes from time.

Manager Mick Tait said: "I thought he deserved that because he was outstanding. I thought all our young lads did well, especially Hughes and David McGurk."

After losing their previous three League games, Tait admitted he was a relieved man at full-time.

"They pinched that goal and it looked as if we were never going to get back in it," said Tait.

"We didn't deserve to lose four on the trot and that was a massive win for us."

Tait opted for a three-pronged attack, keeping faith with defender Clarke after he impressed at Northampton three days earlier, where he was joined by the recalled Glen Robson and last season's top scorer Barry Conlon.

Midfielder Neil Maddison was left on the bench while Ashley Nicholls was rested.

The Os, fresh from a 2-0 win over new boys Yeovil Town at the weekend, handed a start to former Quakers loanee Tom Newey, who made seven appearances for the club last season.

After two minutes Matthew Lockwood's in-swinging corner to the near post was met by Wayne Purser but keeper Andy Collett bravely smothered the ball.

At the other end former Blyth striker Glen Robson was denied what looked a certain goal when his low effort was cleared off the line by Greg Heald.

The Londoners looked far from comfortable in the opening stages and Ryan Valentine was the next to test the Os rearguard when he found space on the edge of the area before firing wide of Morris' goal.

Wales Under-21 defender Valentine came even closer to breaking the deadlock with 20 minutes played when his dipping free-kick shaved the upright with Morris beaten. Quakers continued to dominate and Barry Conlon should have done better when he glanced a header wide of the Os' goal from Valentine's pinpoint free-kick.

Orient striker Lee Thorpe wasted a similar opportunity when he rose above skipper Craig Liddle to head over the bar from Purser's far post cross.

Liddle then came within inches of putting through his own net when another dangerous corner from Lockwood struck the back of the defender's head.

With half-time approaching a speculative clearance from Gary Pearson reached Conlon, who had a clear run on goal only to be harshly flagged offside.

After a fairly subdued start to the second half Robson linked up well with Conlon, but yet again the Irishman fell foul of the linesman's flag.

Conlon then crossed low for Clarke but the presence of defender Billy Jones was enough to put off the emergency striker, who slid well over.

Just as Quakers were left to rue another missed chance a spectacular effort at the other end broke the deadlock.

With almost an hour on the clock it was the unmarked Thorpe who was allowed all the time in the world in the box before sending an acrobatic scissor kick beyond the despairing dive of Collett.

With the game creeping away from Quakers, Tait made a double substitution with Danny Mellanby and Maddison replacing Robson and Fabian Bossy.

It was Clarke who came to his side's rescue when he headed home at the back post from Hughes' beautifully flighted corner with ten minutes left.

After a late spell of pressure and with full-time approaching Hughes pounced at the back post to lash home Clarke's cross to ensure Quakers their first points of the season and their first win at the Reynolds Arena.

Result: Darlington 2 Leyton Orient 1.

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