International Stadium Saturday, July 27th, 2013   1st Team Friendly Attendance: 571         Gateshead 2-1 Darlington
2013 /14

Comments :

A pretty solid performance from Darlington. A shame the away fans had to sit in the East stand, they could have easily just split the Main stand in two. As the match was played on the same day as the Sunderland Airshow, we were treated to flypasts from many of aeroplanes transiting to and from Newcastle Airport, including the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight's Lancaster. Only real downer of the day (apart from the score) was that some chavs decided to set off a smoke grenade right next to where I was sat. I'm not sure whether they were thrown out or whether they left on their own but either way they departed shortly after.