Cash-strapped Darlington Football Club is urging fans to turn out in force for its last home game of the season - yet another historic occasion in the Quakers' history.

Saturday's clash against Swansea City represents the last chance this season for townspeople to show their support for the players and manager David Hodgson, who have battled through a torrid time.

The club's administrators and the 1,300-strong supporters' trust called for strong backing for the Quakers to help end a calamitous season off the pitch on a high note.

Darlington went into administration, with debts of more than £20m, at Christmas.

But the Quakers are still in business after months of uncertainty and the crunch talks that could decide the club's long-term future will be held shortly.

This weekend's game will be the first since the giant Reynolds Arena signs were removed from the south side of the club's Neasham Road home.

And after next weekend's match away to Scunthorpe, administrators will sit down to decide the club's fate.

Supporters' trust secretary Pete Ashmore said: "David Hodgson and the players deserve a huge show of support at the last home game for what they have done this season.

"Nobody will ever forget what the manager achieved with the celebrity fund-raising game in January and things have been turned around in the League.

"It's well documented that the last few months have been a very difficult and uncertain time, so we hope as many people as possible will get along on Saturday to back Darlington."

Joint administrator David Field said the club would not have survived this long without the efforts of Mr Hodgson and his team.

Mr Field will sit down at the end of the season to consider whether the club can go on.

At present, its fate lies in the hands of stadium owners the Sterling Consortium and former chairman George Reynolds.

Sterling is reluctantly trying to take over the club, but must find some kind of agreement with Mr Reynolds to do so.

Mr Field said: "If anything happens between George and Sterling we will respond and send a proposal out to creditors straight away."