1. A first win for Aaron Downes as a manager.
At the third time of asking, Torquay United secured their first win of Aaron Downes' reign as interim manager.
Following creditable draws against Aveley and Weymouth, the Gulls ended a run of nine games without a victory in emphatic fashion. It was also only their second win of 2024, and timely one as the threat of a ten-point deduction should the club enter Administration hangs over the club.
2. Aaron Jarvis and Brad Ash's race to 20 goals continues.
By finding the back of the net for the Gulls against the Dart's, Aaron Jarvis and Brad Ash have now both netted twice in their last three appearances.
Jarvis opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the 48th minute after he had been fouled by Joash Nembhard and Ash scored United's third on 52 minutes, when he reacted quickest to the rebound after Jarvis had seen his initial shot parried away by Dartford keeper Billy Terrell.
The duo have also taken their respective tallies for the season to 11, as they look to make up for the time that they lost through injury as they look to reach 20 goals for the season in their remain ten games of the regular campaign.
Former United boss Leroy Rosenior, a former striker himself, would surely have been impressed by their display.
3. Two in two for Arkell Jude-Boyd.
By netting United's second goal of the afternoon, QPR loanee Arkell Jude-Boyd made it two in two, as he followed up his first for the club against Weymouth with another goal against Dartford.
After a move which started when Jarvis flicked on a goal kick from Mark Halstead to Jack Stobbs, whose cross found Lewis Collins, who then squared the ball to Jude-Boyd who duly slotted home.
In recent years, the Gulls have had several talented youngsters on loan from QPR, most notably Sinclair Armstrong and Stephen Duke-McKenna, and Jude-Boyd looks set to join that list.
4. Austen Booth produces his finest performance to date.
When he signed for his hometown club, centre back Austen Booth was achieving a life-long ambition, and against Dartford he delivered arguably his finest performance to date for the Gulls.
Booth, 25, won a number of key tackles and also looked comfortable in possession when playing the back out of defence, and he appears to be making a seamless transition to full-time football.
5. Duane Ofori-Acheampong's first goal of his second spell at Plainmoor.
By rounding off the scoring with United's fourth goal against Dartford, substitute Duane Ofori-Acheampong found of the back of the net for the first time in his second spell with the Gulls.
It was also his first goal for United since he netted against Bristol Rovers on New Year's Day 2015.
