Accrington Stanley 0, Darlington 3.

Two wins in two games, five goals scored and none conceded amounts to a perfect start to the season for Darlington. It also means they have an equal share of League Two leadership - but don't bother telling manager Dave Penney because he does not want to hear it.

Difficult to blame him too as it is still very early days and will be for at least another month.

Although there has been room for improvement in each game, league wins over Wrexham and Accrington Stanley have given Quakers an excellent start.

Further reason to be cheerful came on Saturday when £100,000 Pawel Abbott twice found the net, one being a late penalty. Many a striker in previous seasons has struggled to get off the mark but Abbott wiped away any doubts while his partnership with Tommy Wright, who scored his second of the season at Accrington, is beginning to show promise.

So smiles all around then. Well, maybe. Before a ball had been kicked this season, Penney made it clear he was not going to set any promotion targets, not yet anyway, and he was quick to quell any over excitement.

Immediately after Saturday's game he warned: "I heard the fans shouting about being top of the league. If we're top of the league after 46 games I'll be delighted but certainly not after two games. Don't get me wrong, it's a good start but that's all it is.

"Wherever we are in the league now don't be thinking that it's all over, that we're going to do it.

"It's a great start, six out of six points. As I've said before, we want to pick up as many points as we can as quickly as we can and see where it takes us.

"Yes, it's six points, five goals and none conceded - but we can play better and the daft thing is, probably the best we've played so far was at Barnsley in the League Cup where we got beat."

His caution is not necessary. Those supporters singing about being top of the league are well aware how irrelevant the league table is at this stage.

Besides, they are well aware how quickly optimism can turn to despair as Quakers' season has a distinct touch of Groundhog Day about it.

Last season's trip to Accrington was also the second game of the campaign, after which Darlington had also amassed six points and had yet to concede a goal.

However, after winning that game 2-0, Shelton Martis left and with him went Darlington's defensive dependability.

Quakers went into free-fall, losing the next three games, while they kept just one clean sheet in 12 league matches. But, with Penney's newly-assembled defence proving resolute, such an alarmingly scenario is not going to happen this time around.

Early indications are that the experienced back-line could be Darlington's trump card, especially now that David Stockdale has replaced Andy Oakes in goal.

Oakes was available after suspension but Penney kept faith with Stockdale and he repaid the manager with an assured display which peaked just on half-time with an impressive reflex save to deny Paul Mullin from close-range.

By then Darlington were 1-0 up with Wright having scored a header in the 26th minute and, just as at Barnsley, it was right-back Rob Purdie who got forward to swing in a perfect cross for the striker to head home.

Quakers had more chances before the break, the pick being Wright's shot an open goal following a goalkeeping error, but it sailed just over from 35 yards.

Stockdale protected the lead by denying Mullin just before the break, and four minutes into the second half it was game over thanks to Abbot.

From the centre circle he laid the ball off to Chris Palmer on the left before racing into the penalty area to collect the cross and sweep past the keeper to complete a textbook example of how to score a goal on the counter attack.

At 2-0 down the hosts, having sent on a striker, put Darlington under pressure and although it was sustained, rarely did Accrington come close to goal.

Instead, they were reduced to hopeful punts from distance that Stockdale collected with ease while crosses into the penalty area were dealt with by Steve Foster and Alan White.

Given the possession Accrington enjoyed, the second half was hardly convincing but Quakers' defence at least demonstrated they could cope under fire.

"I thought we defended brilliantly because the two centre halfs and the keeper were excellent again," said Penney. "The defenders headed everything out and the keeper dealt with everything he had to.

"We're always likely to score goals if we can keep a clean a sheet and that's what's happened so far."

The final goal came via Abbott's injury-time penalty, won after sub Gregg Blundell was bundled over in the box by Mark Roberts, to complete Darlington's first league away win by such a margin since December 2005 at Stockport.