| Darlington 3 | Peterborough Utd 1 |
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Basic Information
| Date | 13th January 2007. |
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| Stadium | The Darlington Arena. |
| Competition | League Two. |
| Attendance | 3,005 (274 away). |
| Officials | R. Shoebridge. |
Keith Alexander takes Posh's spending up to £800,000 and promptly sets a new club record of 6 league defeats in a row. New signings Micah Hyde and George Boyd start the game brightly, then Adam Smith scores his first goal for the club. Posh surrender their lead, however, and Peterborough-born Julian Joachim scores his second brace of the season against his home-town club to end Darlington's own run of 8 defeats in a row. After the game Alexander insists that he has no fear of the sack, "Why should I be worried about my job? I've been here six months and even Sir Alex Ferguson couldn't turn Manchester Utd around in that time." He leaves the club on Monday afternoon.
Teams
| Darlington | |
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| Management | |
| Dave Penney | |
| Martin Gray (assistant) | |
| Starting line-up | |
| 24 | Lee Jones (loaned from Blackpool) |
| 7 | Neil Wainwright |
| 10 | Clark Keltie |
| 11 | Simon Johnson (-78') |
| 12 | Julian Joachim  |
| 15 | Tim Ryan |
| 18 | Brian Close  |
| 25 | Alun Armstrong (-89') |
| 26 | David Rowson |
| 28 | Evan Horwood (loaned from Sheffield Utd) |
| 30 | David Wheater (loaned from Middlesbrough) |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 | David Stockdale |
| 3 | Craig James (+78') |
| 4 | Darren Holloway |
| 6 | Kalusivikako Ngoma (+89') |
| 32 | Sean Reay |
| Peterborough Utd | |
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| Management | |
| Keith Alexander | |
| Starting line-up | |
| 1 | Mark Tyler |
| 2 | Josh Low |
| 4 | Mark Arber |
| 5 | Guy Branston (-52') |
| 6 | Micah Hyde |
| 7 | Adam Newton |
| 8 | Richard Butcher (-71') |
| 14 | Aaron McLean |
| 27 | Adam Smith (-64') |
| 28 | Craig Morgan |
| 30 | George Boyd |
| Substitutes | |
| 10 | Trevor Benjamin (+64') |
| 11 | Peter Gain (+71') |
| 20 | Simon Yeo |
| 23 | Ben Futcher (+52') |
| 31 | Shwan Jalal |