DARLINGTON yesterday launched a package of season ticket offers for the forthcoming league campaign.

It includes free club shirts, parent and child season tickets, the option to spread payments across the season and new dining facilities for fans.

The club is making the first floor corporate facilities - the Ron Greener and Platinum lounges - of the Williamson Motors Stadium open to season ticket holders for a pre-match fans' carvery.

The packages are:

* South and West stands: adults £249 or £269 after August 1; senior citizens and students £165 or £175 after August 1; children aged seven to 16 £95; under-7s free.

Ticket holders will also receive a free home or away shirt and a voucher to try the new fans' carvery free for one match.

All season ticket deals also include an invitation to ten players' social evenings and access to the Ron Greener or Platinum lounge for a carvery lunch.

* North Stand: the parent and child season ticket, £249 or £269 after August 1, allows entry for one adult and one child to all home League Two matches and a voucher to try the fans' carvery free for one match; children aged seven to 16 pay £59, which includes a voucher for a free shirt.

Supporters will also be able to spread the cost over three interest-free payments.

Fans who want to buy a joint season ticket and car park pass can do so for £325 for adults or £240 for senior citizens before August 1, when prices rise to £345 and £250.

Quakers' manager David Hodgson said: "By giving free shirts as part of the season ticket packages we are bringing a real team spirit to the club, on and off the pitch."

Hodgson, meanwhile, has admitted he is tracking Gillingham goalkeeper Bertrand Bossu.

The French 24-year-old has seen his opportunities at Priestfield limited and spent time on loan at Torquay United.

* Rushden & Diamonds have signed former West Ham forward Greg Pearson on a two-year deal.

Pearson, 20, arrives at Nene Park less than a day after striker Daniel Chillingworth made the move from Cambridge.

* Former Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall has joined League Two side Grimsby on a free transfer.

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