The postponement of Saturday's game suggests Darlington are certainly being made to prolong the agony of what's been a disastrous season and one which most fans will be glad to forget.

But there can't have been many complaints about the decision to postpone Saturday's match as there were pools of water on the Feethams pitch when referee Frazor Stretton conducted a hastily-arranged pitch inspection at 1pm.

The Nottingham official was not expected to be required to check the playing surface, but at around 11.30am heavy rain and then an hour of snowfall rendered Feethams unplayable.

PR Director Luke Raine explained: "There's nobody to blame. The pitch was perfect at 11.30am and then the heavens opened with snow and sleet. The pitch has been rolled that many times over the season that it needs two or three hours for the rain to get through it."

In recent seasons Darlington have had games postponed on the day not long before kick-off at Argyle' West County neighbours Exeter City.

Raine said: "We're devastated for the Plymouth fans but we had 20 to 30 stewards on the pitch forking the water away but it was just reappearing as fast as they could get it away - it wasn't for the want of trying that we couldn't get the game on.

"I sympathise with the Plymouth fans, but we all get our turn at it. We've been down the other end of the country a couple of times for a game - that's how it is at this level."

Quakers have eight games to play until this disastrous campaign, which has featured poor performances, a 7-1 defeat at Scunthorpe, a string of injuries, and a shambolic fans' forum amongst it's lowlights, can be completed and then swiftly erased from memory.

But although the season drags on, it shouldn't be forgotten that Darlington still have something to play for this season.

That's because, on current form, Quakers are threatening to finish second bottom but are almost certainly spared the indignity of becoming the first club to drop into the Conference for a second time as Halifax seem destined for the drop.

The Shaymen are 12 points away from safety with eight games to play while Quakers are now just five points above second-bottom York City, who Darlington visit on Saturday.

Although many of the 400 travelling fans were already in the region as the game was postponed, not all of the Plymouth supporters had a wasted journey as Darlington steward Brian Moseley used a club mini-bus to take a group of disabled fans to watch Hartlepool's draw with Bristol Rovers.

The Newton Aycliffe branch of the Darlington Supporters Club meet at the Iron Horse tonight (7.30pm). Luke Raine will be in attendance.

Darlington fans did have something to celebrate on Saturday after they recorded a 4-1 victory over their Plymouth counterparts in a pre-arranged match held at Hundens Lane.

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