We play our first home friendly of pre-season when Rochdale come to Blackwell Meadows on Saturday.

The visit of the Football League side is one of the terms of the Luke Charman transfer in January, and he is expected to line up for the visitors on Saturday.

Luke was a big hit when he was with us, and he scored 19 goals in 33 matches before moving to Spotland. Here are a few of them.

Darlington manager Alun Armstrong will be using a full squad of players, with a couple of triallists thrown in.

Darlington keeper Tommy Taylor chats about facing his old team mate and the game here:

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.

Thanks to our kit sponsors:

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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: