DARWEN boss Steve Wilkes has blasted Accrington Stanley chief Wayne Harrison for taking the shine off his team's shock Lancashire ATS Challenge Trophy quarter final victory.

Harrison branded some of the Anchormen's tackling in the tie as 'atrocious' after Stanley defender Les Thompson was taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg.

Darwen came back from 2-0 down to win the game 3-2 with a stunning last minute strike from John Whittaker.

"What Wayne said is bang out of order," fumed Wilkes.

"Six of my players rang me up after they heard what he'd said to complain about it.

"I think it must have been sour grapes because there were no really bad tackles in the game and as far as I remember there was only one booking.

"I went over to the ref whilst Les Thompson was being treated and he just said it was a hard 50/50 challenge.

"This has taken the edge off what we achieved on the night and it has left us feeling a bit upset."

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