Darlington are bidding to complete a clean sweep of derby victories on the road when they take on York City this afternoon.

Quakers have won on opposition territory just twice this season in Division Three, but both of those wins came against teams close to home -Hartlepool and Carlisle.

A win today would complete a hat-trick, though with Quakers' campaign petering out into a series of almost meaningless matches, Taylor admits he's desperate to see the back of this season.

"We go out to win every game, I can assure you of that, but it would be nice for the fans to make it three out of three because it's not been the cleverest of seasons for them," he said.

"I want the season over with so I can get some fresh blood in, have a pre-season and then go from there."

Although in supporters' eyes playing against Hartlepool will forever hold more significance than games against Carlisle or York, London-born Taylor believes today's game is just as big.

"York is a big derby game - playing Hull feels like a derby game to me!" he said.

With Darlington's place in the Football League seemingly safe, despite bottom club Halifax's first win in 13 games on Tuesday, the play-off dream long-forgotten and the farewell to Feethams seemingly put on hold for a few months, Quakers are facing a muted close to the season.

But they don't want to be dragged into the relegation fight, even though it would create some much-needed excitement during the run-in.

Although Darlington have little but personal pride to play for, Taylor has given his squad an indication as to the qualities he looks for in a player, and those chosen to play this afternoon would do well to heed his words.

He said: "They've got to learn to put in 90 minutes of hard graft because that's what the Third Division demands.

"I want characters who want to put their foot in and work for 90 minutes, players who, if they're losing 1-0, are determined not to lose and will come out with a draw or a win.

"I don't think we've got any stars here; some of them might think they're stars but they're not.

"You don't need stars in the Third Division, you just need good, honest, hard-working players.

"Cheltenham aren't a great team but they're hard-working, they've got the right balance, with a big man and a quick one up-front, and it works for them."

Much has been said of the promising youngsters who have broken into the team this season with Mark Sheeran, Adam Rundle and David McGurk all catching the eye.

But Taylor knows their progression alone won't turn Darlington into a better side.

"We have got some good youngsters who can play,'' he admitted. "But the reserves played a non-League team (Doncaster Rovers) on Wednesday night and they were quicker than us. When we passed it we were better than them, but they had more pace.

"We have to get pace into the club."

Seven days after his first-team return at home to Plymouth was postponed because of the weather, striker Glenn Naylor is in line to play after completing an hour of Wednesday's reserve run-out.

As midfielders Ian Clark and Neil Maddison have been filling the forward line void recently, Taylor may be tempted to play Naylor from the start.

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