Darlington are appealing for information in order to identify those responsible for various off-the-field incidents during Saturday’s game at Salford City.

After the match, attended by close to a thousand supporters from the North-East, Salford claimed toilets and signage were vandalised at their Moor Lane ground.

Former England footballer Gary Neville, who has a stake in Salford, says £10,000 worth of damage was caused. He used social media on Sunday evening to make the claim.

Salford chairwoman Karen Baird said photographs had been taken and a letter detailing the damage would be sent to Darlington.

Police also confirmed they were called to a “skirmish”, believed to have taken place before the game, although no arrests were made.

Quakers are keen to identify the perpetrators, and a statement released last night read: “There have been reports of several alleged incidents of crowd disturbance involving a very small number of people from Darlington.

“The club will work with the police and other authorities to investigate these incidents and identify perpetrators of the disturbances, and if identified the club will then take the most severe sanction available to us.

“The club would like to receive, in strictest confidence, any information whatsoever which will help our investigation into this matter. Please contact us at commercial@dfc1883.co.uk “DFC is proud of its community and family based support and will not tolerate inappropriate behaviour. The Club will do everything we can to eradicate the very small minority who seek to tarnish the club’s reputation.”

Although the official attendance was 902 at a game Darlington lost 2-0, Ms Baird said: “We were expecting 800-900 in total and there was a lot more there than that. The official total was 902, but people were coming in that quick and there were people climbing over the walls as well, we couldn’t stop them.”

She also admitted that in future she would segregate supporters, while Quakers fans have voiced concerns over the Greater Manchester club’s preparations for the game with a lack of toilet facilities among their complaints.

This is the second time this season there have been unsavoury incidents at a Darlington game. A match at Droylsden in September was briefly suspended due to crowd trouble.