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Chris Kinnear talks to the camera after Whites Emirates FA Cup fourth qualifying match with Bromley ends goalless.

WHITES HELD BY RAVENS IN CUP

Dover 0–0 Bromley

Chris Kinnear’s men will do battle with their Kent rivals once again on Tuesday night following a goalless draw in the Emirates FA Cup fourth qualifying round.

The two sides will replay at Hayes Lane after both defences came out on top in Saturday’s match at Crabble.

Ryan Bird had the best chance of the match early on, flicking the ball over a stranded David Gregory following a poor defensive clearance.

However the striker’s first-time effort bounced agonisingly over the bar, much to the relief of the the visiting keeper.

Giancarlo Gallifuoco then smashed Mitch Pinnock’s near-post corner into the side netting and at the other end Alan Dunne forced home stopper Mitch Walker into a low save from 25-yards.

Pinnock stabbed Josh Passley’s cross to the far post wide after sneaking behind the Bromley defence and the midfielder then blazed a long-range effort over the bar and into the Bromley supporters.

Louis Dennis, a scorer for the visitors in the league match between the teams back in August, somehow volleyed Alan Dunne’s centre wide after a quick throw-in.

And the away side were even closer to scoring with their next chance, as Jack Holland scraped the woodwork with a header from Frankie Raymond’s cross.

With full-time looming, Pinnock’s deflected effort flew into the hands of Gregory and the away defence bravely blocked Manny Parry’s volley.

Earlier, boss Kinnear made two changes to the side that won 2-0 at Torquay last Saturday. Nortei Nortey replaced the cup-tied Paul Lewis and Kadell Daniel came in for Jamie Allen, who started as a substitute.

Dover: Walker, Passley, Ilesanmi, Gallifuoco, Parry, Essam, Brundle(c), Pinnock, Bird, Nortey (Richards 79), Daniel.

Subs not used: Allen, Fazakerley, Adebowale, Okosieme, Lewington, Deen-Conteh.

Bromley: Gregory, Dunne (Wynter 88), Holland(c), R.Johnson (D.Johnson 90), Sterling, Raymond, Higgs, Rees, Dennis, Williams, Mekki (Wanadio 62).

Subs not used: Allen, Enver, Tullen, Anderson.

Attendance: 932

Referee: Alan Young

FA CUP TICKETS

FA CUP PREVIEW: WHITES V BROMLEY

Boss Chris Kinnear will be hoping his side can extend their five-game unbeaten run when they tackle Bromley at home in Saturday’s all-Kent fourth qualifying round tie.

But a tough task lies ahead for Dover with the Ravens winning two of their last three matches at Crabble, including a 2-1 victory back in August.

Should Athletic progress, It will be the fifth consecutive season they have qualified for the first round proper.

Neil Smith’s team will be looking to go one better in the competition this time around, having lost to 4-2 Braintree Town at the same stage last year.

BROMLEY’S RECENT FORM

GATESHEAD 1-2 BROMLEY

Neil Smith’s team completed a remarkable turnaround with 10 minutes remaining to take all three points at the Heed.

Sub Richard Peniket crossed for Danny Johnson to head the home side in-front on 64 minutes.

But the visitors hit back with Louis Dennis converting from the spot six minutes from full-time, following a foul by Scott Barrow on Jack Holland in the area.

And deep into injury time, sub Brett Williams headed the visitors ahead to ensure victory for the Kent side.

PREVIOUS MEETING

09/08/17: WHITES 1-2 BROMLEY

Whites were unable to extend their winning league start after losing their first Kent derby of the season 2-1 at Crabble on a Tuesday evening.

Joshua Rees slotted Bromley in front midway through the first-half and a quick breakaway strike from Louis Dennis extended the visitor’s lead after the break.

Connor Essam saw his header cleared off the line and seconds later the ball was in the back of the net at the other end of the pitch.

Iffy Allen started a swift counter-attack that ended with Dennis passing the ball underneath home stopper Mitch Walker’s body to double the away team’s advantage.

An own goal from David Gregory gave Whites hope after substitute Kadell Daniel’s free-kick struck the underside of the bar and went in off the unfortunate keeper.

But the visiting goalie redeemed himself moments later with a flying save to deny Daniel from a tight angle as Whites were unable to find an equaliser.

OTHER LEAGUE MEETINGS

18/03/17: Dover 1-0 Bromley
25/10/16: Bromley 0-2 Dover
28/12/15: Dover 2-3 Bromley

TICKET NEWS

Prices are as follows:

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

Tickets can still be purchased on the day but supporters should note that this match IS 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.

OTHER EMIRATES FA CUP FOURTH QUALIFYING ROUND FIXTURES

AFC FYLDE V WREXHAM
AFC TELFORD UNITED V FC UNITED OF MANCHESTER
ALDERSHOT TOWN V TORQUAY UNITED
BATH CITY V CHELMSFORD CITY
BRACKLEY TOWN V BILLERICAY TOWN
BURGESS HILL TOWN V DARTFORD
BUXTON V GATESHEAD
CHORLEY V BOSTON UNITED
DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE V LEYTON ORIENT
EAST THURROCK UNITED V EBBSFLEET UNITED
EASTLEIGH V HEREFORD FC
FC HALIFAX TOWN V TRANMERE ROVERS
GUISELEY V SHILDON
HAMPTON & RICHMOND BOROUGH V TRURO CITY
HARINGEY BOROUGH V HEYBRIDGE SWIFTS
HARROGATE TOWN V GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY
KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS V CHESTER FC
MAIDENHEAD UNITED V HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE
MAIDSTONE UNITED V ENFIELD TOWN
MARGATE V LEATHERHEAD
NANTWICH TOWN V KETTERING TOWN
OXFORD CITY V BOGNOR REGIS TOWN
PAULTON ROVERS V SUTTON UNITED
SCARBOROUGH ATHLETIC V HYDE UNITED
SHAW LANE ASSOCIATION V BARROW
SLOUGH TOWN V FOLKESTONE INVICTA
SOLIHULL MOORS V OSSETT TOWN
SOUTH SHIELDS V HARTLEPOOL UNITED
ST ALBANS CITY V BOREHAM WOOD
STOURBRIDGE V MACCLESFIELD TOWN
WOKING V CONCORD RANGERS

AWAY TRAVEL

There will be a Supporters Club coach making the trip to Gateshead on Saturday 28th October and it’s not too late to reserve your seat on it.

It leaves Crabble at 6:15am and the costs are as follows:

Adults members £40, adult non-members £55 and accompanied child (under 16) £20.

Please call or text Andy on 0793 4300335 to book your seat, or see him in the Centre Spot after the games against Bromley, Maidenhead or Woking.

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

ACADEMY TRIUMPH AT HOME

Coach Mike Sandmann’s Academy side remained unbeaten in the National Youth Alliance League after beating Hastings 4-2 at Crabble on Wednesday.

A double from Josh Spencer and one each from Ryan Kingsford and Matty Robinson secured the win, a second consecutive league win for the young Whites.

Man-of-the-match Spencer scored from close range to give his side a 1-0 lead at half-time before the visitors leveled just after the restart.

Robinson restored Dover’s lead before Spencer added a third and Kingsford made it four.

Hastings reduced the deficit from the penalty spot but it was too little, too late to prevent Sandmann’s side from registering another win.

Dover: Harry Earls, Jack smith, Josh Spencer, Tom Bond, Jordan Bartlett, Lyndon Dixon, Shusanta Rai, Marshall Wratten, Matty Robinson, Jack Cussen, Ryan Kingsford.

Subs: Lewis Mitchell, Jake Creed, Kyron Connolly, Jamie Chamberlin, Felix Medquita, Harrison Avery.

Report by Josh Spencer

 

 

 

GET THE VIP TREATMENT

Looking for a new quality way to experience watching a game at Crabble?

Why not get a table of eight together and try out our brand new VIP Platinum Lounge.

The new “VIP PLATINUM CLUB” brings a new level of matchday experience to guests and offers the ultimate season ticket membership with all the benefits of the Premier Club and much more.

All home league games and all cup games are included in the price of the VIP PLATINUM CLUB.

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

  • 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.
  • Complimentary matchday magazine and team sheet.
  • Reserved Parking in our ‘Premier Club’ parking area.

And as a special one-off for Christmas deal, a table of eight will cost you £500, £50 off the normal price.

If you are interested in finding out more about the special offer or any of the sponsorship packages we have on offer, please get in touch and contact the commercial team on 01304 822373 or email them at commercial@doverathletic.com

You can also call club director Matthew Jaenicke on 07900 690206

All of us here at the club appreciate your support.

WOMEN WALK INTO FOOTBALL

Dover Athletic is giving women aged over 40 a shot at playing walking football at Crabble.

The first session will be held this Sunday, October 15 and the action kicks-off at 10am and finishes at 11.30am.

It will include an hour of football followed by refreshments in the Centre Spot.

The rules of the game are much the same as what we normally see played – however, there are some major differences.

Anything so much as a jog is prohibited for a start!!

Teams playing are also smaller, with between five and seven players a-side.

Other rules include free kicks are indirect, kick-ins replace throws, there are no offsides and the ball must be kept below head height.

The first five weeks will also be FREE of charge.

So, come along and have a go at playing!

FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

Make sure you don’t miss the unique opportunity to see one of the legends of British rock music up close and personal when the Strawbs take to the stage in the Centre Spot at Crabble on October 15th.

The special one-off gig is part of the bands European leg of their ‘Hero & Heroine’ tour.

The album of the same name has been listed by Rolling Stone magazine as ‘one of the 50 greatest progressive rock albums of all time’ and it is the band’s biggest seller worldwide.

They have sold three million albums worldwide, including Bursting At The Seams,’ ‘Grave New World,’ and the beloved ‘Hero and Heroine,’ since their formation in 1967.

Founder member Dave Cousins, who has been described by All Music Guide as ‘the most talented Dylan-influenced songwriter to come out of England’, is also a personal friend of Dover Athletic chairman Jim Parmenter.

The band, who are often mentioned in the same breath as progressive rock bands such as Yes, King Crimson, and The Moody Blues, actually started out 50 years ago as a bluegrass-based trio called the Strawberry Hill Boys.

That same year, the group — now rechristened the Strawbs, and doing repertory well beyond the bounds of bluegrass music.

In 1969, the Strawbs were signed to A&M Records and cut their first album, the acoustic-textured ‘Strawbs,’ that same year.

Since then, the band went on to have seven consecutive albums in the Billboard Top 200 in the United States.

The current Strawbs line-up comprises of Cousins, lead guitarist Dave Lambert, bass player Chas Cronk, and drummer Tony Fernandez, who recorded and toured together in the 1970s.

They will be joined by keyboard virtuoso Dave Bainbridge of Iona, a band whose mystical blend of rock, folk, Celtic and ambient music has endeared them to audiences across Europe and North America for the last 25 years.

This performance promises to be a remarkable evening spanning Progressive Rock and English Folk across the decades – do NOT miss out!

There will a limited release of tickets for this intimate night.

Tickets are £16 and are available from the reception at Crabble Stadium (open Monday to Friday 9am – 4pm) AND online from the DAFC Direct

 

WHITES SWOOP FOR POINTS AT GULLS

TORQUAY 0-2 WHITES

A headed goal in each half from Paul Lewis and Ryan Bird saw Dover run out comfortable winners at bottom-of-the table Torquay at a windy Plainmoor on Saturday.

Cambridge loanee Lewis nodded in Mitch Pinnock’s cross after six minutes to give Chris Kinnear’s men an early lead and Bird powered in Jamie Allen’s assist off both the bar and home goalkeeper Vincent Dorel to double the advantage in the 64th minute as Athletic extended their unbeaten run to five games.

After the visitors had gone in front, Pinnock headed Passley’s cross harmlessly over and was then denied by the woodwork minutes later.

The wideman struck the underside of the crossbar with a fierce volley after latching onto Femi Ilesanmi’s lobbed pass.

Lewis thought he had doubled the lead after flicking in Bird’s shot, but the linesman chalked off his effort for offside and the midfielder was booked for protesting.

Ryan Higgins fired well wide from 20-yards and at the other end Bird nodded Allen’s cross just wide just before the break.

Luke Young drove a free-kick into Mitch Walker’s arms a minute before Bird struck Dover’s second.

The points were almost secured when Giancarlo Gallifuoco struck the post against his old side from sub Kadell Daniel’s corner.

Daniel then tried his luck with an audacious volley that flew into the arms of Gulls stopper Dorel.

Jamie Reid’s blast into the side netting summed up a disappointing day in front of goal for United.

The win sees Whites remain second in the standings, one point below current leaders Macclesfield Town.

Earlier, boss Kinnear kept the same side that started at Sutton on Tuesday night. Aziz Deen-Conteh replaced Tobi Sho-Silva on the bench, who missed out through injury.

Torquay: Dorel, Davis, Lathrope (Myrie-Williams 45), McGinty, Gowling(c), Young, Evans, McQuoid, Reid, Higgins (Pittman 68), Murphy (Keating 78).

Subs not used: Clarke, Efete.

Dover: Walker, Passley, Gallifuoco, Essam, Parry, Ilesanmi, Brundle(c), Lewis, Pinnock (Daniel 59), Allen, Bird.

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

Attendance: 1,915

Referee: Samuel Allison.