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VIDEO: PLAYER REACTION

Scorer of two goals in Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Harrogate Town, Inih Effiong speaks to the camera after the match.

PREVIEW: HARROGATE V WHITES

Andy Hessenthaler’s first task as Athletic manager will be to secure a first win on the road this campaign when his side travel to North Yorkshire on Saturday.

Athletic have drawn three and lost four matches from seven outings this season and face a Harrogate side searching for a home win at the third attempt.

A 3-0 defeat by Leyton Orient, followed by a goalless draw with Wrexham ended a run of four consecutive victories at the CNG Stadium for Simon Weaver’s men.

And Dover’s two new signings are in contention to feature.

Stewart Lewis and Joshua Debayo joined Whites’ on Thursday, with Lewis joining permanently from fellow National League side Maidstone United and Debayo on loan from League One Cheltenham Town.

HARROGATE’S KEY MAN

Callum Howe has been finding the back of the net on a regular basis.  The former Lincoln defender has netted five goals already this term.

HARROGATE’S LAST FIVE RESULTS

Ebbsfleet 0-2 Harrogate
Boreham Wood 2-4 Harrogate
Harrogate 0-0 Wrexham
Harrogate 0-3 Leyton Orient
Maidstone 0-2 Harrogate

TOP SCORERS

Mitch Brundle leads the way for Athletic with four goals.  For Harrogate, Jack Muldoon heads the scoring chart with six goals this season.

TEAM COLOURS

For fans wanting to show the same shirts as the players, captain Mitch Brundle and his teammates will be wearing their blue ones.

MATCHDAY TICKET PRICES

The match kicks off at 3pm and the prices are as follows:

Adults: £16 (Standing) £17 (Seating)
Concessions:  £12 (Standing) £13 (Seating)
17-21 year olds:  £12 (Standing) £13 (Seating)
Under 16s:  £6 (Standing) £7 (Seating)

COVERAGE

If you are unable to make the game, we will have live updates on Twitter – @DAFCLiveText – follow us and get all the news as it happens.

Coverage starts from 2:15pm

SATURDAY’S OTHER NATIONAL LEAGUE FIXTURES (Kick off 3pm unless stated).

AFC FYLDE V MAIDSTONE UNITED
BOREHAM WOOD V MAIDENHEAD UNITED
BROMLEY V BARROW
DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE V WREXHAM
EASTLEIGH V ALDERSHOT TOWN
HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE V GATESHEAD
LEYTON ORIENT V HARTLEPOOL UNITED
SALFORD CITY V BRAINTREE TOWN
SOLIHULL MOORS V EBBSFLEET UNITED
FC HALIFAX TOWN V CHESTERFIELD (5:15pm)

AWAY TRAVEL

There is a coach travelling to Concord on 20th October for Athletic’s Emirates FA Cup fourth round qualifier and it is not too late to book your space on it.

The coach leaves Crabble at 11am and the costs are as follows:

Adult member £18, adult non-member £33, youth member (Under 18) £7, youth non-member £10 and accompanied child (Under 16) £7.

There is also a coach leaving Crabble at 11am for the league match at Braintree on Saturday 27th October and the costs are:

Adult member £18, adult non-member £33, youth member (Under 18) £7, youth non-member £10 and accompanied child (Under 16) £7.

Please call or text Andy on 0793 4300335 to book your seat.

Please note you are now required to pay for your seat in advance by cash or by cheque or via bank transfer.

Visit http://www.dasc.co.uk/ for all the details.

VIDEO: WHITES GO FULL TIME

It’s the start of a new era at Crabble as Dover have moved to full time training for the first time in the club’s history.

Coinciding with the appointment of Andy Hessenthaler as manager this week, Athletic’s player’s will now train during the daytime.

Watch as Andy, chairman Jim Parmenter and joint first team coaches Darren Hare and Nicky Southall discuss why the training schedule has changed and how it will impact the club.

DEBAYO JOINS ON LOAN

The Club is delighted to announce the arrival of left-back Joshua Debayo on loan from League Two Cheltenham Town.

The 21-year-old joined the Robins on a two-year contract after leaving Leicester City at the end of the 2017/18 campaign.

The Nigerian has made five League Two appearances and two in the EFL Cup this season.

Debayo started his career with Fulham and Chelsea before moving to Southampton in 2013.

Our new number 28 then joined Leicester City and spent two seasons playing for the Foxes Under-23s before making the move to Gloucestershire.

Welcome to Crabble Joshua!!

 

LEWIS MAKES MOVE TO CRABBLE

Andy Hessenthaler has made his first signing as Dover manager.

Midfielder Stuart Lewis joins on a two-year deal from Maidstone United and is set to make his debut at Harrogate Town on Saturday.

The 30-year-old Lewis was captain at the Stones and made 74 appearances for our National League rivals after making the move to the Gallagher Stadium on loan from Ebbsfleet United in January 2017.

He won the Maidstone Supporters’ Player-of-the-Year award three months later before making the move a permanent one last summer.

Before joining Maidstone, Lewis made 83 appearances, scoring seven goals for Ebbsfleet after arriving from Wycombe Wanderers two years earlier – he Lewis was Fleet’s  Player-of-the-Year for the 2015–16 campaign.

He was one of Wanderers’ longer-serving players, having joined the club from Dagenham & Redbridge in January 2011 after a successful loan spell, and made a total of 168 appearances, scoring eight times.

Lewis, who will wear the number 27 shirt for Dover, has also played in the Football League  with Barnet, Stevenage, Gillingham and Dagenham.

Welcome to Crabble Stuart!!

 

SMITH HEADS TO SEVENOAKS

Young forward  David Smith has joined Bostik League South East side Sevenoaks Town on loan for one month to get some games under his belt.

The 19-year-old has made three appearances for us in the National League this season.

Good luck David!!

 

 

YOUNG WHITES BOW OUT OF KENT CUP

Whites’s academy side were beaten 4-2 by a strong Maidstone United on Tuesday evening at the Gallagher Stadium.

With Andy Hessenthaler overseeing his first training session with the first team squad that same evening since being announced as Dover’s new boss, Mike Sandmann’s academy side represented Athletic in the second round of the Kent Reliance Senior Cup.

The home side were two goals ahead thanks to strikes from Ollie Muldoon and Olu Durojaiye, with the lead further extended by George McLennan and substitute Blair Turgott following the restart.

However Sandmann’s boys, made up of players aged 16-18, hit back twice late on thanks to a Harrison Kempston penalty and Joshua Spencer’s scrambled effort.

And Dover’ academy manager was full of praise for his young team in spite of their defeat.

”That is the best they have played this season by some distance.”  Said Sandmann afterwards.

”I only found out Saturday my lads would be playing in the Kent Cup instead of the first team, but they acquitted themselves ever so well against professional players.

”As you can imagine Maidstone dominated possession, but the boys kept their discipline and shape fantasticaly well, which was always a big challenge as we only have one player over six-feet tall in the side!”

And Mike believes the academy’s Kent Cup experience will only benefit his young charges in the future.

“This is a new group and it takes time to gel, but they showed how well they can play.  They have set the bar very high for themselves and if they can maintain that level of performance, the future is very bright for Dover.”