Tommy Taylor has guided Darlington to five victories in the last six games, but believes there is still plenty of room for improvement in his side.

The only blemish in the last six matches has been the debacle at Scunthorpe.

The blame for that, considering the refereeing of Paul Alcock, cannot be completely laid at the feet of Taylor or his team.

Saturday's FA Cup win at Altrincham saw Quakers make a handful of defensive mistakes, including two in the first five minutes, while scorer Dan Chillingworth was supposed to be marking Robins' Mark Maddox when he equalised.

"There are one or two things we're going to have to work on, defensively and in attack," said Taylor. "You always learn from your team, every game you watch them you see things you want to improve.

"The two Dannys up front really worked hard and they could have got a couple of goals apiece. But I'm pleased the pair of them have played together so we can work on that in the next week.

"I said to Andy Collett their second chance early on was his fault because he tried to find the full-back with a nice a little ball out, instead of just clearing it up the pitch.

"It was bobbling all over the place so he should have just got the ball forward, pushed people up and made that area nice and safe."

The FA Cup third round tie against Peterborough United will be played on the weekend of January 5, meaning the visit of Hartlepool will be rescheduled.

Darlington are awaiting a response from Pool after faxing two possible dates: February 19 or March 19.

After an under-strength Peterborough side overcame Bourne-mouth 1-0 on Saturday, Posh boss Barry Fry spoke of his disappointment at being drawn to play at Darlington.

Although the Quakers were hardly ecstatic after being paired with Peterborough, Fry said: "It's the biggest anti-climax of my life to be drawn at Darlington when big clubs like Man United and Spurs were left in the draw.

"Without any disrespect to Darlington it is not a good tie from the point of view of glory or financial reward.

"But it gives them or us a brilliant opportunity of getting through to round four when the odds of a draw against a Premiership club are much narrower.

"Chairman George Reynolds is still working hard to make Darlington tick and they have a magnificent new stadium taking shape and he has tempted Tommy Taylor to the North-East as a manager and they have certainly picked up lately.

"Darlington will certainly be up for the Cup and whichever way you look at it, it is another intriguing test for us and with a couple of live wires like George and Tommy up there it all adds to the romance of the Cup."

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