Cooper has blooded Dan Burns into his first-team squad this season

Darlington manager Mark Cooper has said he would be happy to use players from the club's youth team within his first-team set-up.

Craig Liddle's Quakers Juniors reached the FA Youth Cup third round this season and have a League Cup semi-final against Wigan later this month.

"We're not averse to throwing the young kids in," Cooper told BBC Tees.

"Craig's done a magnificent job with the youth team, and he's a big part of what we're trying to do."

Cooper added: "You've seen that with Dan Burn coming into the team and Dan Grey coming into the squad. Burn was tremendous on Saturday.

"Sometimes with young lads you can get a little bit of inconsistency, but you have to use them sparingly to start with."

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