Penney downplays Hereford rivalry

Penney is refusing to talk about promotion until it is secured

Darlington boss Dave Penney has refused to focus on promotion rivals Hereford United as the season nears its end.

With just 10 games left to play and three automatic places available in League Two, Penney is happy to concentrate on the Quakers' own fate.

"We know what games we've got left, five at home, five away starting with Grimsby on Saturday," he told BBC Tees.

"There's a lot of games before we play Hereford and we want to make sure we pick up points before then."

We just try and pick points up as we can Darlington boss Dave Penney

He added: "I don't hype anything up. We just get on with it week to week.

"We aren't saying we're going to do this, we aren't saying we're going to do that. We just try and pick points up as we can.

"We'll see where that brings us at the end of the season and hopefully we'll go straight up, if not then via the play-offs."