Marcus Dinanga happy to go the extra mile during loan spell with Dartford from National League Altrincham

New Dartford forward Marcus Dinanga is going the extra mile to help reignite their promotion push.

Dinanga scored twice in Saturday's 4-2 derby win over Welling in National League South, a third successive win for the Darts.

The 24-year-old is based in Birmingham but travels down with fellow loanee Kory Roberts and admits that goals will make the long journey worthwhile.

"It's two hours and 40 minutes, sometimes three hours with a bit of traffic, but it's worth it when you score goals and get results," said Dinanga, who is on loan from Altrincham.

"I've known Kory since we were young. I spoke to him before I signed and we got it sorted. We used to play against each other when I was at Burton and he was with Walsall. He's a good lad, and it makes it much easier."

Dinanga impressed on his Dartford debut against Ebbsfleet, deployed in an unfamiliar withdrawn role to help thwart the attacking threat of Fleet's Tobi Adebayo-Rowling.

But he played as a central striker alongside Jake Robinson against Welling and felt he had to deliver.

"I felt a bit of pressure for some reason," he added. "It was my second game and I needed to show the gaffer what I was all about. I'm happy for the team to get the three points.

"We didn't panic after conceding the goals, the mentality was strong and we knew that we were going to come back and win the game. We said in the changing room at half-time that we've got another two more gears to go up.

"Sometimes I like playing down the right so I can cut in and shoot as well, I spoke to George Porter and said we'd swap every five minutes so I managed to get myself another goal."

The Ebbsfleet game was particularly tough for Dinanga, who had a brief spell on loan at Kidderminster after falling down the