DARWEN seemed to throw in the towel against Tetley Walker.
Steve Wilkes's side were 3-0 down within the first 25 minutes.
An early second half strike from Lee Webb wasn't enough to lift the side and they crashed to their fifth league defeat of the season.
Gary Bickerstaffe put the visitors in front in the 13th minute. A poor clearance from a long throw came out to Bickerstaffe, whose shot rebounded off the post onto the head of diving keeper Lee Purvis and into the net.
Just 10 minutes later Neil Smith added a second after picking the ball up in midfield and taking it past three Darwen players and around Purvis to double the lead.
And two minutes later Darwen were dead and buried when Karl Jones chipped Purvis from 35 yards after a missed tackle from Jimmy Khan.
Two minutes after the break a long ball from Andy Walsh fell to Webb, who stuck it in for a consolation.
Jimmy Khan was sent off late in the game fro his second yellow as frustration boiled over. DARWEN 'threw in the towel' as they went three down in the first 25 minutes against Tetley Walker.
Manager Steve Wilkes was livid as his side crumbled.
He said: "We seem to have thrown in the towel. Our season now is the quarter final of the Second Division Trophy against Squires Gate next week."
An early second half strike from Lee Webb wasn't enough to lift the side and they crashed to their fifth league defeat of the season.
Gary Bickerstaffe put the visitors in front in the 13th minute. A poor clearance from a long throw came out to Bickerstaffe, whose shot rebounded off the post onto the head of diving keeper Lee Purvis and into the net. Just 10 minutes later Neil Smith added a second after picking the ball up in midfield and taking it past three Darwen players and around Purvis to double the lead.
And two minutes later Darwen were dead and buried when Karl Jones chipped Purvis from 35 yards after a missed tackle from Jimmy Khan.
Two minutes after the break a long ball from Andy Walsh fell to Webb, who stuck it in for a consolation.
Jimmy Khan was sent off late in the game for his second yellow as frustration boiled over. DARWEN 1
TETLEY WALKER 3 Darwen 'throw
in the towel'
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