GLENN Naylor made his long-awaited comeback from injury in Darlington's draw at home to Swansea last Saturday but despite not scoring he admitted simply being on the pitch was an achievement.

The 29-year-old's previous appearance was on the last day of last season when he was carried from the field with cruciate ligament damage - a career-threatening injury.

Naylor, who looks set to partner Barry Conlon at Hull tomorrow after the Dublin-born forward successfully came though his own comeback in the reserves on Wednesday, breathed a sigh of relief after safely coming through an hour of the 0-0 draw.

He said: "I was just pleased to be back to be honest because there's been times over the last few months when I thought I might not play again.

"I was having trouble straightening my leg but I had an operation at Christmas which sorted all of that out. The physio, the rest of the lads and my girlfriend have all been brilliant, they've all supported me and wished me the best.

"I think Kilty might have come back a bit too early but I've just taken my time, worked hard and I think I've timed it just right.

"It's definitely been worth all the hard work."

Including 41 appearances as a substitute, Naylor has now played 195 games for Darlington so, as Quakers have another six matches to play, is on course to surpass the 200-mark by the end of the season. But he admits he's not yet ready for a full 90 minutes.

"I've played about two halves in the reserves and an hour last weekend so I'm building my fitness up and it looks as though I should be fit by the end of the season which is a bit late!

Darlington were affected by the Barclays Bank fiasco yesterday which meant thousands of customers across did not receive their wages.

However, allaying fears that chairman George Reynolds had stopped the players' wages in light of them refusing to apologise for walking out of a fans' forum last month, a spokesman explained the bank's mistake means the players will now receive their wages sometime next week.

After getting the season off to a good start Quakers' reserve side rose to second in the Avon Insurance League Division Two, but have since slumped to several defeats with 8-1 and 2-1 losses to Stoke and Shrewsbury respectively sending Darlington to fourth from bottom.

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