Darlington Building Society will work closely with the football club across a broad spectrum of youth football and community match day initiatives.

The building society has been associated with the Quakers since the time the Club was at Feethams many years ago, and it is a significant gesture that they have re-established those links through the youth and community aspects of the Club.

The brand new Darlington Building Society logo, pictured here, will be featured on the front of the playing shirts of all the Darlington FC youth teams from under 8’s to under 18’s and it will also appear on the t shirts worn by the children taking part in the Community Schools Programme on match days throughout the season.

Darlington Football Club Director Dave Mills said, “It is an honour to welcome back Darlington Building Society to the football club as our new Youth and Community sponsor and we look forward to building a successful relationship with them, not only for this season but hopefully for the long term. Darlington Building Society is an iconic local business with a real family and community ethos which we feel is the perfect fit for the Club. As the partnership has youth at its heart, it will be fun and will provide both parties with the opportunity to interact with each other's core followers to ensure the supporters also benefit from this new deal.”

Colin Fyfe, Chief Executive of Darlington Building Society added, “We are proud to be supporting the youth team at Darlington FC. It is such a perfect fit for the Society as we start a new chapter in our long and successful history in the town. Our whole ethos is to make a positive difference in the community and the involvement with the town’s youth team demonstrates our desire to create firm links with organisations that will help us to do that. We are looking forward to an enjoyable season.”