Darwen made it two home league wins out of two with this result, and moved up to seventh in the Vodkat League Division 2.

The match was devoid of any meaningful action for the first 25 minutes, until Ben Stanford scored after Cheadle failed to clear a corner.

And five minutes before half-time, Ricky Fogarty fed the ball into Jason Jones and he applied the finish.

With the second half barely a minute old, Darwen had the ball in the net again, but Stanford was penalised for a push while scoring.

Another combination move between Fogarty and Stanford twelve minutes later resulted in the Darwen number nine turning the defender, but shooting just over the bar.

Cheadle came close to scoring as they hit the bar but Darwen held on and took the points.