 Knight left the club for the second time in May 2009 after failing to earn a long-term contract.He agreed on 2 July to re-sign for Darlington on a one-year contract once the League Two club had left administration.His 2009–10 season started with a "flurry of errors" and his second debut for the club came in a 3–1 defeat at Aldershot Town on 8 August 2009.