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VIP TREATMENT OFFER EXTENDED

We have extended our discounted offer for you to enjoy a quality new way of experiencing watching a game at Crabble in our VIP Platinum Lounge.

Businesses, families and groups of friends can enjoy high level hospitality for their chosen match, so why not get a table of eight together and try it out .

Exclusive tables of eight are available for any home league match this season (provided it is booked and paid for before 6th January) at the special discounted rate of £500 plus vat.

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

  • Entry to the game
  • Reserved Parking in our ‘Premier Club’ parking area
  • Hosted lounge with large TVs and Projector showing the game
  • Three course meal, served at your table
  • Reserved undercover premium padded seating
  • Complementary tea, coffee and mineral water, plus dedicated bar before and after match
  • Complementary matchday magazine and team sheet

If you are interested in finding out more about this special offer, or any of the sponsorship packages we have on offer, please contact Dave Comley at the club on 01304 822373 or email him at david.comley@doverathletic.com

All of us here at the club appreciate your support.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The club are looking for volunteers to help take the protective covers off the pitch at Crabble ahead of Saturday’s FA Trophy First Round tie against Eastbourne Borough.

With temperatures forecast to dip towards zero over the next few days, we are taking no chances and making sure the playing surface is protected from the elements.

So if you are able to give us a helping hand, please be at the ground at 7.30am.

All assistance will be greatly appreciated.

ACADEMY TRIAL DATE

The Dover Athletic Academy initial trial for the 2018/19 intake will be held at The Abbey School in London Road, Faversham on Wednesday 14th February at 11am.

  • The Football Academy represents Dover Athletic FC in the National Youth League, the highest league outside professional status.
  • Coaching from UEFA ‘A’ licensed coaches
  • Train everyday
  • Academy players study a range of courses alongside their football commitments
  • Excellent progression routes
  • Wide range of A Level, BTEC or International Bacclaureate courses
  • Opportunity to take additional Coaching and Fitness Instructor courses
  • Study 3 A levels/ BTEC’s or GCSE subjects depending on your GCSE results
  • Excellent academic results
  • Travel grants available to all students living outside Faversham.

What do you need to know about the trial:

  • Registration at 10.30am for an 11am start.
  • Finish approximately 2pm.
  • Bring full training kit including shin pads.
  • It will be outside on our 3G pitch (suitable for football boots).
  • Trials will consist of a variety of matches.
  • There will be shower and changing room facilities available for you to use.
  • Parents/Carers are welcome to stay and watch

If you are interested in attending the trials please email msandmann@abbeyschoolfaversham.co.uk or call the school on 01795 532633

 

 

 

FOUR-GOAL WHITES BEAT HARTLEPOOL

DOVER 4-0 HARTLEPOOL

Pinnock (3, 25)
Bird (79, 90)

Dover ended their four-match winless run in style with an impressive  4-0 win over 10-man Hartlepool in freezing temperatures at Crabble on Saturday.

A brace in each half from Mitch Pinnock and Ryan Bird saw Whites complete the double over their visitors, who had former Athletic midfielder Nicky Deverdics sent off late on for an alleged elbow on Connor Essam.

The hosts made the ideal start, Pinnock latched onto Nortei Nortey’s lay-off and fired into the bottom corner to double his league tally for the season.

Ryan Bird stabbed Pinnock’s pass wide and visiting keeper Scott Loach dived low to push away Manny Parry’s downward header from Mitch Brundle’s corner.

Man-of-the-match Pinnock then curled an effort straight down the throat of Loach, but the midfielder did not have to wait long to bag his second goal of the game.

Anthony Jeffrey, making his first start for Whites since signing on-loan from Sutton, took advantage of Louis Laing’s slip and passed across the area for Pinnock to tap in.

A spectator for much of the half, home stopper Mitch Walker blocked Liam Donnelly’s drive before diving onto the loose ball.

Femi Ilesanmi had an effort deflected wide following the restart and Pinnock almost found himself clean through, only for the ball to strike the midfielder on the back of the leg.

Walker gratefully clasped onto the ball after Rhys Oates flick-on bounced goalwards off Jack Munns and Dover’s stopper dived onto sub Tom Adeloye’s low drive soon after.

But Hartlepool were unable to breach Whites’ backline and Bird secured the points late on with his 10th and 11th league goals of the campaign.

The striker headed in sub Kadell Daniel’s cross and completed the rout in injury time, stroking home Pinnock’s free kick to move joint top of the National League goalscoring charts.

Earlier, boss Chris Kinnear made two changes to the side that started at Bromley last Saturday.  Ejiro Okosieme and Jeffrey came in for Loui Fazakerley and Kadell Daniel, who were on the bench.

The win sees Whites move up one place to fourth in the standings, three points behind new leaders Macclesfield Town.

Dover now take a break from the league as their FA Trophy campaign gets underway, with Eastbourne Borough the visitors to Crabble on Saturday 16th December.

Dover: Walker, Okosieme, Essam, Parry, Gallifuoco, Ilesanmi, Brundle (c), Nortey, Jeffrey (Daniel 64), Bird, Pinnock.

Subs not used: Deen-Conteh, Richards, Alabi, Fazakerley.

Hartlepool: Loach, Magnay (c), Ledger (Adams 76), Laing, Deverdics, Munns, Donnelly, Newton, Oates (Adeloye 62), Cassidy.

Subs not used: Richardson, Hawkins, Rodney.

Referee: Richard Hulme

Attendance: 1,083

PREVIEW: DOVER V HARTLEPOOL

Whites will be aiming to show the same spirit on Saturday as they did in the second half of their last league match at Bromley.

A sublime strike from Mitch Brundle and an injury-time Kane Richards header saw Chris Kinnear’s men battle back from a two-goal deficit at the break to earn a point.

And Athletic, currently on a four-match winless run in the National League, will be looking to complete a league double over a Hartlepool United side visiting Crabble for the first time.

But one of Craig Harrison’s squad will be very familiar with his surroundings.

Midfielder Nicky Deverdics featured 79 times for Dover over two spells, scoring 18 goals.

HARTEPOOL’S RECENT FORM

HARTLEPOOL 1-2 MACCLESFIELD

John Askey’s men completed an impressive late comeback to win at Victoria Park on Saturday.

The visitors were behind thanks to Michael Woods effort, but strikes in the last five minutes from Ryan Lloyd and Keith Lowe handed Town maximum points.

Woods popped up six minutes before the break to put the hosts ahead and home stopper Scott Loach pulled off a great save to deny Mitch Hancox an equaliser.

Loach also stopped efforts from Scott Burgess, but was finally beaten on 85 minutes when Lloyd turned in Elliot Durrell’s pinpoint cross.

And Lowe struck in stoppage time to win the match for Macc.

PREVIOUS MEETING

5/8/17 – HARTLEPOOL 0-1 WHITES

Jamie Allen’s first half strike stunned Hartlepool as Dover won 1-0 at a sodden Victoria Park.

The Summer signing from Southport turned and fired into the bottom corner on 28 minutes as Dover won their opening National League fixture of the season at the fourth attempt.

Whites goalscorer showed a glimpse of what was to come early on, running clear of the home defence and squaring for Nortei Nortey to shoot, but the midfielder’s skewed effort failed to reach the target.

But Athletic were ahead on 29 minutes.

Brundle’s corner was initally cleared to Femi Ilesanmi and the defender’s first-time ball back into the box was fired home by livewire Allen.

The lead should have been doubled minutes later as Ryan Bird thundered a header the wrong side of the post from Josh Passley’s cross.

And the monkey hangers came close to finding an equaliser late on.

Connor Newton created space for himself to shoot from just inside the box, but Walker was able to catch his effort with a diving save.

TICKET NEWS

Prices are as follows:

Adults – £17
Over 60’s – £14
Under 18’s – £8
Under 11’s (With an accompanying adult) – Free

Please note the match will be segregated

COVERAGE

The game starts at 3pm but if you are unable to make the trip, we will have live updates on Twitter – @DAFCLiveText – follow us and get all the news as it happens!

Coverage starts from 2pm.

SATURDAY’S OTHER NATIONAL LEAGUE FIXTURES

MACCLESFIELD TOWN V WREXHAM
ALDERSHOT TOWN V FC HALIFAX TOWN
BARROW V DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE
BOREHAM WOOD V AFC FYLDE
CHESTER V SOLIHULL MOORS
EASTLEIGH V BROMLEY
EBBSFLEET UNITED V GUISELEY
GATESHEAD V WOKING
LEYTON ORIENT V SUTTON UNITED
MAIDENHEAD UNITED V MAIDSTONE UNITED
TRANMERE ROVERS V TORQUAY UNITED

AWAY TRAVEL

There is a coach travelling to Wrexham on Saturday 23rd December and it’s not too late to book a seat on it.

Prices are as follows:

Adult members £30, adult non-members £45 and accompanied child (Under 16) £15

And there is also a coach travelling to Maidstone on Monday 1st January.

The costs are:  Adult members £12, Adult non-members £25 and accompanied child (Under 16) £6.

Please call or text Andy on 0793 4300335 to book your seat, or see him in the Centre Spot after the match against Hartlepool.

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

MAIDSTONE TICKETS ON SALE

Tickets for our National League game at Maidstone United on January 1st (3pm) are now on sale at the club office at Crabble.

We have been allocated 600 tickets for the Gallagher Stadium and NO tickets will be available on the day for Dover fans.

Prices are as follows:

Adults £15

Concessions £12 (65+/students with valid ID)

Youth (11-16) £7

Under-11 £2

Office hours are 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.

You will also be able to buy tickets in the office directly after Saturday’s game against Hartlepool United.

Please note that there is a charge for debit / credit card purchases, this is to cover the cost of providing the service.

VIDEO: MANAGER REACTION

Boss Chris Kinnear speaks to the camera following Whites 6-0 defeat at home to Folkestone Invicta in the quarter-final of the Kent Reliance Senior Cup.

https://youtu.be/nrdNLv40uvM

WHITES SUFFER HEAVY DEFEAT IN KENT CUP

DOVER 0-6 FOLKESTONE

Ter Horst (6, 64)
Vincent (20)
McCann (40)
Taylor (45, 50 pen)

Dover crashed out of the Kent Reliance Senior Cup at the quarter-final stage after being hit for six by local neighbours Folkestone Invicta at Crabble on Monday night.

Johan Ter Horst, Josh Vincent, Kieron McCann and Joe Taylor were all on the scoresheet as Invicta proved too much for a Dover side featuring a number of academy players.

Chris Kinnear’s side made the worst possible start as Maidstone loanee Ter Horst rose highest to head Jordan Wright’s cross past home stopper Chris Lewington.

Ronnie Dolan’s free-kick deflected narrowly wide for the visitors, but the lead was doubled from the resultant corner.

Defender Vincent jumped above the Dover defence to nod in Heard’s sent piece and leave Athletic with a tough task ahead.

Lewington blocked Wright’s close-range effort and James Alabi’s swivel and shot was palmed away by visiting keeper Nick Shaw.

And Whites defence of the cup was all but over after Folkestone netted twice more before the break.

McCann slotted Ryan Cooper’s back-post centre and Taylor chipped in after Wright tackled Kyron Connelly and passed to the striker.

Alabi nodded over sub Jack Smith’s assist and Kane Richards volleyed wide when found in space.

But the Bostik Premier side extended their lead once more as Taylor slotted in his second from the spot after Loui Fazakerley fouled Ter Horst in the box.

Alabi was denied a consolation by the inside of the post following a surging run with Folkestone wrapping up their scoring soon after.

Ter Horst poked in his second of the match following good work by Heard out wide.

Lewington dived onto sub Sam Hasler’s low free kick, but his save was of little consequence as Folkestone comfortably progressed to the semi-finals.

Earlier, boss Kinnear changed the entire starting line-up from Saturday’s draw at Bromley.

Dover next host Hartlepool on Saturday in the league. Kick off 3pm.

Dover: Lewington, Passley (Smith 46), Bond (Spencer 46), Connelly, Adebowale, Fazakerley (c), Richards, Tiemoko, Alabi, Robinson (Cussen 76), Wratten.

Subs not used: Okosieme, Hook.

Folkestone: Shaw, Cooper, Madden, Vincent, O’Mara, Dolan, Wright, Heard (c) (Sahadow 67), Taylor (Yussuf 67), Ter Horst (Hasler 67), McCann.

Subs not used: Newman, Roberts