Darlington are preparing for their final home friendly of pre-season when they face Middlesbrough Under 23s at Blackwell Meadows on Saturday, kick off 1pm.

Quakers put in a good performance last week against Rochdale in the 2-1 home defeat by Rochdale, and the management team will be hoping for more of the same against Craig Liddle's side.

Here are assistant manager Darren Holloway's thoughts on the game:

There are two away friendlies left before the league kicks off: At Guiseley on Tuesday (kick off 7.30pm) and at Whitby on Saturday 30th July (kick off 12.30)

We'd like to thank our sponsors, Cleveland Containers:

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You can buy a ticket for Saturday's friendly here:

https://yourclub.darlingtonfc.co.uk/match-tickets

Or you can pay at the gate:

Adults £10

Concessions £8

Junior £5

Under 12s free.

Kit sponsors season 2022-23

Tommy Taylor:   Home: Lynn Norrie and Hannah Minchin. Away: Paul and Jen Hodgson

Ben Hedley: Home: PBH Couriers. Away: Lynn and Pete Jasper

Kallum Griffiths: Home: Ron Stobbart. Away: Polam Enders

Jake Lawlor: Home: Josh Moate JTM Cricket. Away: Karl Buckle

David Wheater: Home: Mark Adams. Away: Marc Colman

Jassem Sukar. Home: Steve Rees. Away: David Steel

Junior Mondal. Home: Bandera Texas. Away: Bandera Texas

Lucas Martin: Home: Acklam Car Centre. Away: Acklam Car Centre

Adriano Moke: Home: Northallerton Tykes. Away: Paul Morris

Alex Purver: Home: Bandera Texas. Away: Bandera Texas

Jarrett Rivers: Home: Paul and Jen Hodgson. Away: Bandera Texas

Jack Lambert: Home: Joyce Park. Away: Bandera Texas

Jacob Hazel. Home: Glen and Mary Bowes Away: Craig Stoddart

Danny Rose: Home: Craig Stoddart. Away: In memory of Peter King

Mark Beck: Home: Dave Hardisty. Away: Little Quaker Distillery

Marcus Maddison: Home: Kev Luff. Away: The Rudd Family

Alun Armstrong training kit:  Geoff Liddle and Phill Everitt

Darren Holloway training kit: First Class Learning

Jim Provett:

Danny O’Connor: James Houghton and Friends

Mark Thistlethwaite: