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CAPTAIN’S REACTION

Dover captain Jamie Grimes on the win against Bromley and his surprise Man of the Match award.

MAGRI ISSUES RALLYING CALL

Sam Magri says Dover players must show some ‘personal pride’ as they look to bounce back from Tuesday’s defeat at Boreham Wood against Bromley at Crabble on Saturday.

The Malta international also said the team owe the fans following their 5-0 humbling in Hertfordshire.

Magri, who is in the 23-man Malta squad for the FIFA World Cup Group F qualifier against Slovakia on March 26, was not about to pull any punches.

The defender said: “It was a bad day for us and the club as a whole at Boreham Wood.

“We were well below where we should have been, but we can’t start making excuses.

“We can’t dress up what happened up on Tuesday – everyone now needs to stand up and be counted, everyone.

“That was a miserable showing and we need to respond to it now.

“We have already shown that we have character in this team, and now we have to do it again.”

Whites are sixth, two points behind fifth-placed Gateshead, with 10 games left to play.

And Magri has urged the fans to maintain their faith in the team, despite the recent disappointing results.

He said: “I can fully understand how they (the fans) must feel – it’s disappointing and frustrating for all of us.

“We all hurting after Tuesday – all of us.

“If I was a fan paying to watch that performance, I wouldn’t have been happy.

“I really do understand how they must feel, but it isn’t them and us, we have to stick together – all of us.

“We need them (the fans) to keep behind us.”

 

PREVIEW: WHITES V BROMLEY

Dover be out to end a run of three National League games without a win when boss Chris Kinnear’s side host Kent rivals Bromley on Saturday.

Whites remain sixth on the ladder, despite not winning since the 3-0 triumph against visiting Eastleigh on February 25.

Defeats on the road at Woking and Boreham Wood, and the goalless stalemate with Solihull Moors, have left Whites two points adrift of fifth-placed Gateshead, but with a game in hand over the Heed.

After the 5-0 loss at Boreham Wood on Tuesday, boss Kinnear is looking for an instant response from his players as Whites look to do do the double over Bromley this season.

Kinnear said: “We lost at Chester 5-0 earlier in the season and bounced back to beat Sutton three days later – I am confident we will do the same at Crabble on Saturday.

“We may have a good relationship with our Kent neighbours, but they are standing between us and three points.

“They will no doubt work hard, so we will have to work even harder in order to get a result.”.

BROMLEY’S RECENT FORM

Bromley are currently 11th on the National League ladder after beating visiting North Ferriby United 3-0 last Saturday.

Bradley Goldberg, George Porter and Jordan Wynter scored the goals as Bromley ended their six-match winless run with the win.

Their previous two games saw them draw 0-0 at Boreham Wood after losing 5-0 at home against Braintree Town.

RECENT MEETING

25/10/16: Bromley 0-2 Dover Athletic

Dover won their first Kent derby of the season thanks to a first half double from Ricky Miller and Ross Lafayette.

Miller opened the scoring in the 26th minute after latched onto Lafayette’s delightful through ball to slot home.

Three minutes later it was the turn of Lafayette to get on the scoresheet as he pounced on Rob Swaine’s horrendous back header to fire home.

HITMEN

Whites’ leading scorer in the National League this season is Miller with 30, but he will miss the game through suspension.

Moses Emmanuel (11) and Ross Lafayette (10) are also in double figures in the league.

Bromley’s leading man with 10 league goals is Blair Turgott.

DOVER TEAM NEWS

Dover will be without the suspended Miller while assistant boss Jake Leberl said on Friday that there are no injury concerns following the defeat at Boreham Wood on Tuesday.

COVERAGE

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

MATCH SPONSOR

Port of Dover are sponsors for the Bromley match.

We thank them for their support.

SATURDAY’S OTHER NATIONAL LEAGUE FIXTURES

Aldershot Town v Sutton United

Barrow v Dagenham & Redbridge

Boreham Wood v Guiseley AFC

Braintree Town v Southport

Chester FC v Eastleigh

Forest Green Rovers v Wrexham

Gateshead v Woking

North Ferriby United v Solihull Moors

AWAY TRAVEL

There will be a Supporters Club coach heading to Guiseley next Saturday.

It leaves Crabble at 7am and the cost is as follows:

Adults Members £15, Adult Non Members £30 and accompanied child (under 16) £10.

Please call or text Andy Fisher on 0793 4300335 to book your seat or see him in the Centre Spot on Saturday.

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

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

ACADEMY BEAT FLEET

Matthew Robinson’s goal proved the difference at Mike Sandmann’s Academy beat their Ebbsfleet counterparts 1-0 in the Conference Youth Alliance League.

Sandmann’s young side had not played for three weeks, so it was a great win against their Kent rivals.

The game started slowly and although Ebbsfleet had more of the ball they failed to carve out any real chances to worry captain Stan Waller in the Dover goal.

Dover made the breakthrough in the 29th minute after Chris Barnard was fouled about 30 yards from goal.

Robinson took the kick, it struck the wall and sailed over the Ebbsfleet keeper to give Dover the lead.

Sandmann gave the players a dressing down about the lack of intensity at half-time and Dover looked a completely different side in the second half.

The central defence paring of Joshua Spencer and Kyron Connolly stopped any form of attack from Ebbsfleet.

Although Dover started a lot brighter in the second half, they were rather lack-lustre in front of goal and couldn’t find that final pass.

Sandmann said: “We lacked intensity, but a good result and couldn’t fault the work rate.”

MOM: Kyron Connolly

Report by Lewis Mitchell

PREVIEW: BOREHAM WOOD VS WHITES

Dover will be looking to get back in the play-off places when we head to Hertfordshire to play Boreham Wood on Tuesday night.

Boss Chris Kinnear’s side had no game last Saturday due to Tranmere’s FA Trophy involvement and dropped a place from fifth to sixth after Gateshead won 2-0 at Wrexham.

Whites, who will start Tuesday’s game one point behind Gateshead but with a game in hand, will also want to end a two-game losing streak against Boreham Wood, which includes a 3-0 defeat at Meadow Park in the corresponding game last March.

Boreham Wood made it two-from-two against Dover earlier this season after they came from 1-0 down at half-time to win 4-1 at Crabble in the first home game of the campaign.

Ricky Miller gave Whites the lead from the penalty spot (pictured above) before the striker was sent off for a second yellow four minutes after the break.

Wood took full advantage of having the extra man by scoring three times in seven minutes before adding the fourth 13 minutes from time to complete a miserable night for Kinnear’s side.

BOREHAM WOOD’S RECENT FORM

The Wood are currently 14th on the National League ladder after the 0-0 draw at Woking last Saturday.

They also drew their previous home game 0-0 against Bromley, four days after a 2-1 defeat at Sutton United.

RECENT MEETING

09/08/16: Dover Athletic 1-4 Boreham Wood

HITMEN

Whites’ leading scorer in the National League this season is Miller with 30, but he will miss the game through suspension.

Moses Emmanuel (11) and Ross Lafayette (10) are also in double figures in the league.

Boreham Wood’s leading man with 10 league goals is Morgan Ferrier.

DOVER TEAM NEWS

Dover will be without Miller while Hartlepool midfielder Nicky Deverdics has returned to his parent club after his month-long loan.

Assistant boss Jake Leberl said on Monday that defender Richard Orlu (knee) is the only injury concern.

DOVER COLOURS

For Dover fans wanting to show their colours at Boreham Wood  by wearing the matching shirts as the players, captain Jamie Grimes and his team-mates will be wearing their blue shirts.

COVERAGE

The game starts at 7.45pm 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!

TUESDAY’S OTHER NATIONAL LEAGUE FIXTURES

Macclesfield Town v Gateshead

Sutton United v Forest Green Rovers

Torquay United v Tranmere Rovers

AWAY TRAVEL

There will be a Supporters Club coach heading to Tuesday’s game and it’s not too late to get on it.

It leaves Crabble at 4.15pm and the cost is:

Adults Members £15, Adult Non Members £30 and accompanied child (under 16) £5.

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

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

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