AN INFORMATION pack for anyone interested in buying Darlington Football Club and the Reynolds Arena should be ready by this weekend.

David Field, of administrator Wilson Field, said he had received fewer than half-a-dozen expressions of interest up to now.

"They are waiting for us to come up with a package to find out what we have to sell, so they can decide if they are interested, and if so how they want to bid.

"There is some pressure on us now. We have to be able to pay wages and bills from ticket money taken on the gate and in the bars etc.

"The problem is that the money we receive depends on the match itself.

"In January, three home games should have been enough to pay the costs. Now we are not so certain we will have enough to manage.

"There are alternatives available to us to get funding while we are waiting for someone to take us over, but at this stage it is getting more serious.

"If we took out a loan, it would be us and not the club who were borrowing and we would have to guarantee we were able to pay it back.

"One option would be getting money from the Football League - if we can convince them to do it - but because we are in administration it may be reluctant to do that.

"We are reviewing the situation on a weekly basis but we are optimistic we will be able to carry on until the end of the season."

Mr Field said former chairman George Reynolds, who resigned completely from the club this week, was mistaken in thinking a buyer would have to deal with him because he owned 96pc of the shares. Mr Reynolds also claimed to be the largest creditor, owed £15m.

"He is on paper as being a large creditor but, until we have investigated, that is not necessarily correct. We haven't investigated any claims as yet.

"It is the creditors who will determine who buys the club and, theoretically, he could be involved in that decision. We, as administrators, are more than likely to say we think this is the party we consider to be acceptable - and the reasons why."