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Darlington have joined around a dozen professional football clubs in the English Leagues that are up for sale or chasing significant investment.
Ready investment for several of those sides has already been hard to come by. Some have been on the market for some time with Chester having been up for sale - on and off - for more than a year, while Bournemouth require a second buyer in less than six months after the first ran out of cash - or patience - to invest into the club.
A number of sides are hoping the emotional bond a club has with it's local support will see them through. Weymouth are negotiating with a Devon based businessmen after a consortium of nine locals also made an offer, while Notts County have acknowledged talks over a £2million investment into their black hole from local sources.
Football League chairman Brian Malwhinney doesn't expect clubs to disappear off the map, but a number of clubs that are living close to the edge will find themselves short of offers if they continue to spend themselves into oblivion.
