Officials at Darlington Football Club say they are confident the club can shake off the shackles of administration in weeks not months.

The club is still in administration after being saved from the threat of closure by the Sterling Consortium's take-over.

The Quakers' share in the Football League has yet to be transferred to Darlington FC Ltd, the new company formed to take charge of the club at the end of May.

Sheffield-based insolvency practitioners Wilson Field say there are several loose ends to tie up before they apply to the courts to end the administration.

Joint administrator David Field said he was hopeful of making that application "within the next couple of months".

But club bosses insisted that they wanted the matter resolving in a shorter timescale.

Chief executive Andy Battison said he had held recent talks with the administrators.

"I had a meeting with their staff last week to sort out where the club needs to be in its relationship with the administrator," he said.

"I have a meeting with the League on Friday to go through things and ensure they have got all the information they need before the matter of transferring the share goes to their board. I think we're getting there quite quickly."

Regulations mean Darlington can only have a limited number of players while in administration.

That figure was initially considered to be 20, although the League has now dropped that to 18.

However, Mr Battison said he would be seeking clarification of whether Darlington could operate with 20 as it was originally informed.

Meanwhile, the club will unveil two new developments for Saturday's home game against Bristol Rovers.

A new bar in the north-west corner of the stadium will open, while a subsidised bus service to bring fans to Neasham Road from Tubwell Row, in the town centre, will be launched.

Six Stagecoach buses will operate a service from Tubwell Row, starting at 1.15pm and leaving every 15 minutes until the last bus at 2.30pm.

Following the match, buses will leave from outside the stadium at 4.45pm, 5pm, 5.15pm and 5.30pm.