Bring on Bury! That was the call from caretaker boss Mick Tait last night ahead of Saturday's clash at Feethams.

A win for Tait's Darlington side will almost certainly guarantee Third Division football next season.

Saturday's narrow victory at Scunthorpe lifted Quakers six points clear of the relegation zone with just seven games left.

And Tait believes the result and performance at Glanford Park has instilled some much-needed belief into a side which only a week ago looked prime relegation candidates after losing to fellow strugglers Boston.

"The Scunthorpe game has given everyone a lift and we're all looking forward to Saturday now," said Tait.

"It's amazing what one game can do for the confidence and we'll be doing everything we can to make sure we get another three points against Bury.

"We just need to approach every game in the right way and I'm sure we'll be able to pull away from the bottom."

And while Tait remains confident his young squad will be playing Third Division football next season, he has warned that results must come sooner rather than later.

"Some of them are young lads and they still need to develop as players," said Tait.

"They still have a lot of learning and growing up to do and the sooner the better because they're playing first-team football.

"We have one of the youngest squads in the Division but I think we've already proved that they're capable of competing with the very best as we showed against Scunthorpe.

"We had to be disciplined and the lads did everything we asked of them.

"It was a good away performance and something we need to build on for the rest of the season.

"We still have a lot of work to do as a team but you can already see we have some very good young players."

Tait, who is already without the suspended Barry Conlon at the weekend, will also have to re-think his plans in defence too with Ryan Valentine on international duty with the Wales Under-21s for their UEFA Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan on Friday.

* The club has announced that due to the high level of demand for tickets, the South Terrace has been allocated to away supporters only for the visit of Hull City on Monday April 21.

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