Darlington are primed to cause an upset tonight when they travel to Second Division Huddersfield Town in the first round of the League Cup.

Mick Wadsworth's west Yorkshire outfit have made a stuttering start to the season while Darlington have lost just once and have yet to taste defeat away from home.

Darlington have been drawn against competition from a higher level on several occasions since the mid-1990s and on each occasion have given their opposition a fright.

Last year Quakers came close to knocking out Sheffield United while no fan will forget drawing at Leeds in 96 or taking the scalp of Nottingham Forest in 2000.

On Saturday, Huddersfield - who recently signed former Newcastle striker Kevin Gallacher - won for only the second time this season and have yet to score more than once in a home fixture in four games.

The Terriers were supposed to meet Quakers in pre-season but after heavy rainfall the Feethams friendly was cancelled.

The Forest upset two years ago came in the final season when a two-legged format was used, tonight, like last season the game will go to extra-time and then penalties if required.

Hard-working midfielder, Neil Maddison, will be part of the Darlington squad who will be making their first visit to the Alfred McAlpine Stadium tonight.

On the back of a sub-standard first year with the club, the former Middlesbrough man has produced some impressive displays this season and readily admits he was not up to scratch last season.

However, after a strenuous pre-season during which he began training six weeks before many of his teammates, Maddison is fired up for a much better campaign.

"A year ago I had a double hernia which meant I didn't get a proper pre-season so I had to do a bit of training on my own and then went straight into the games," said Maddison who received words of praise from chairman George Reynolds at last week's Supporters' Club annual meeting.

"I picked up a lot of injuries and a lot of things happened off the pitch as well as on the pitch - some of which were true and some weren't true.

"But I've moved out of Darlington and got myself a new house outside of the town, gone a away and kept myself right.

"This year I went out running on my own for six weeks before pre-season started. I ran once a day for two weeks and then twice a day for the four weeks after that.

"I've kept myself fit and injury free and I feel as though I've got something to prove this season, not only to the fans but also to myself as well."

Huddersfield have reduced ticket prices for tonight's match with children being admitted for just £1. Adult prices are £10, senior citizens £5 and supporters are reminded the game kick-off at 7.45pm.

Paul Campbell, meanwhile, has joined Whitby Town on a month loan.

l Faustino Asprilla's insistence that he underwent a medical during his brief flirtation with Darlington took a battering last night.

Over the weekend the Colombian claimed to have had a medical while in the North-East two weeks ago and says he passed the test.

As a routine measure players must undergo a medical before signing for a club but twice he failed to arrive for appointments with Darlington's club doctor, Dr Steve Charlton.

But Dr Charlton last night questioned Asprilla's comments, saying: "It's a strange business this whole thing - but quite categorically he didn't turn up at the times that we'd prearranged and did not have a medical at Darlington."

Two days after being paraded around the Feethams pitch in front of thousands of expectant fans ahead of the Carlisle game, Asprilla failed to show for a morning appointment at Feethams on Thursday, August 27.

Dr Charlton explained: "I was going down at 10am on the Thursday but he didn't turn up so I rang George but he didn't know where Asprilla was at that point.

"So I arranged to come back in the afternoon at 5pm and again he didn't turn up.

"It's just a routine thing for a player to have a medical before he signs. There weren't any unusual circumstances."

Darlington were astonished at Asprilla's claims which surfaced over the weekend and Dr Charton admitted: "It was interesting reading that in the paper - it certainly wasn't me that did any medical!

"I've no idea why he said it because he certainly didn't have one."

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