Fancy watching the Whites take on Bath City in style? Of course you do.

The boys will be looking to put on a show and where else would you rather watch it than here with us.

Watch the game from the best seats in the house and let our match day hospitality provide the ultimate way to spend your time with us.

The package includes:

• Butler hosted lounge with large TVs and a projector showing the game
• A three-course meal served at your table
• Reserved undercover premium padded seating
• Complimentary tea, coffee & mineral water, plus a dedicated paid bar before and after the match
• Complimentary match day team sheet

The very special experience costs £28 per person and is available for individual and group bookings, or as a gift voucher.

Please note that this price does NOT include entry for non-season ticket holders who do attend, and they will still need to pay at the turnstile on the day.

On the menu for the game will be :

• Duck and Orange pate
• Roast beef sirloin, roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables
• Belgium chocolate and black cherry mountain

Arrival at the ground should be at 1pm and food will be served at 1.30pm.

There are only 64 spaces available, so all tickets will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

The dress code is smart casual.

To buy your VIP ticket please email [email protected] or call the office on 01304 822373

Got to be in it to win it.

The Dover Athletic Supporters’ Club and the Dover Athletic Community Trust are currently working together organising a Christmas Raffle, to be drawn on Tuesday 26th December 2023, in The Centre Spot, after the Aveley game.

Tickets cost £1 each.

Currently we have prizes of;

£200 cash

£100 cash

1 Night Gourmet Break Voucher – The Blazing Donkey

1 Night Safari Tent Stay Voucher – Ham Hideaway, Sandwich

Crabble Corn Mill Family Ticket

DFDS Voucher

Drinks Hamper

£25 Hollis Motors Voucher

DAFC Matchday Hospitality and ground entry for 4 people

Signed DAFC match ball

Bottles of spirits and champagne

Sekonda Swatch Watch

Laser Distance Meter

DAFC Home Shirt – 2023/24 season

DAFC Away Shirt – 2023/24 season

McDonald’s Food Vouchers

Plus more prizes on their way to be announced soon!

Tickets are available to buy from Dover Athletic Supporters’ Club Committee members, Vikki Pawley of the Community Trust and are also available to buy from the club office. Tickets will also being sold at our home game against Bath City on 16th December and the home game against Aveley on 26th December (prior to the draw taking place after the game finishes.)

An updated list of prizes is available on the Dover Athletic Supporters’ Club website DAFCSC

Latest Striker Results for Wednesday 6th December.

Congratulations to all the winners and better luck next time if your name wasn’t drawn out. It could well be your time next week.

For anyone who doesn’t know how the Striker Lottery works well let me explain if for you. Each week, so long as you have paid your £1 weekly subscription, your number will be entered into a draw. If your number is drawn, congratulations – you’re a winner! It’s as simple as that. The draw is held every Wednesday. Keep an eye on the website and social media pages for full details. Who knows, your number could scoop the £1,000 top prize.

Please note that only paid-for tickets are entered in the draw. For your convenience, your membership fee can be collected from you, or you can pay at the Club Office or, to save time, you can pay monthly or quarterly by standing order.

Contact [email protected] to register your interest and good luck

This morning the club announce that Mitch Brundle has left his position as First Team manager.

Chairman Jim Parmenter said in a statement:

I would like to thank Mitch for his tireless efforts during his time at the club, he has worked diligently to try and improve the club’s results. Unfortunately, even when we have drawn so many matches those wins have continued to be elusive, therefore it is time to take a different direction. A further statement will be made in due course confirming the new Management structure”

Good luck in the future, Mitch.

Whites face crunch clash with the Hawks.

As we edge nearer to the halfway point of the 2023/24 campaign, the Whites head coastbound to Havant & Waterlooville to face the Hawks in a must win Vanarama National League South encounter.

Mitch Brundle and his new assistant Jake Leberl will have been glad to have had a full weeks training, being the first time since the end of October, due to a run of midweek fixtures. This will give the squad a chance to gain new impetus from a new voice, with new ideas, as we look to start climbing the table.

Havant have been on a terrible run, losing all five of their last five fixtures in all competitions but despite the lack of form, will still pose a threat to Brundle’s charges as we look to escape the relegation zone. It’s going to take some togetherness and for us to actually get that little bit of luck in games that we just haven’t had lately.

Form Guide:

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Ticket Information:

Latest Striker results for Wednesday 29th November

Congratulations to all the winners and better luck next time if your name wasn’t drawn out. It could well be your time next week.

For anyone who doesn’t know how the Striker Lottery works well let me explain if for you. Each week, so long as you have paid your £1 weekly subscription, your number will be entered into a draw. If your number is drawn, congratulations – you’re a winner! It’s as simple as that. The draw is held every Wednesday. Keep an eye on the website and social media pages for full details. Who knows, your number could scoop the £1,000 top prize.

Please note that only paid-for tickets are entered in the draw. For your convenience, your membership fee can be collected from you, or you can pay at the Club Office or, to save time, you can pay monthly or quarterly by standing order.

Contact [email protected] to register your interest and good luck

Weston take the points as Whites falter at home again. – By Fred Deveson

It was a bitterly cold afternoon in Dover as The Whites hosted Weston-Super-Mare in the National League South but the home side fell short, losing 0-1 to the Somerset based team.

The lineup saw George Wilkinson replaced by captain James Dunne, who looked to bring more experience in the middle of the park, while Sinn’Kaye Christie missed out at the back due to an injury picked up in the warm up. He was replaced by Charlie Naylor at the heart of the defence.

From minute one, it was clear that the visitors were intent on dominating possession and tiring out the home team, both physically and mentally. The away side combined some good passes together and looked to open up the back line of the hosts and were nearly successful on a couple of occasions early on in the first half if not for Naylor and Akehurst being solid at the back.

Dover did threaten with balls over the top, however Weston coped with that threat well, neutralising the likes of Pearce and Allen. Dontai Stewart had a chance on the left-hand side which hit the advertising hoardings behind the goal and Luke Pearce had a hopeful penalty shout, but that was quickly waved away by the referee, and that was largely it for Dover’s attacking threat in the first half.

It was the away side that continued to pile on the pressure and a very well worked passing move ended with Dayle Grubb being left free inside the penalty area to finish past the on-loan Bournemouth goalkeeper, Billy Terrel, who could do nothing about it. The visitors went into the break a goal ahead and in full control.

The two sides came out for the second half and Dover made two changes to try and shift the momentum in the home side’s favour. Paris Lock was brought on for Iffy Allen, who picked up an injury late in the first half, and super-sub-Sutherland came on to try and make an impact in the second half from the left.

Both were very lively at the start of the second period, with Lock causing problems for the left back of the away side, and Zidan using his skills to cut inside. The latter did just that, but his shot was tame and easily gathered up by the goalkeeper.

The pressure did continue for a little while at the start of the second half, with a corner coming in from the left finding its way to Bailey Akehurst outside the area, who hit a wonderful volley that was goal-bound, but his strike was blocked by the defender.

The pressure unsurprisingly riled up the home fans, who got right behind their team and they had hope for better things to come in the second half, despite the time-wasting tactics that the away side were deploying from early in the second half. The fans particularly enjoyed the visitors’ bench receiving a yellow card, and then later a red card, after they were incredibly animated at some of the referee’s decisions.

As the second half progressed, Weston-Super-Mare gained more control of the game after they weathered the early storm from Dover in the first half. They played some good intricate passes in around the Dover penalty area, and whilst they largely didn’t come to anything, it did allow them to keep hold of the ball, which was valuable to them as it did not allow Dover any chance on the ball to break and find the equaliser. The hosts were pinned back and could do nothing.

This was how the game ended, Dover had very little of the ball and, despite the threat of Sutherland and Lock on the counter, the away side kept The Whites at bay and saw the game out, taking all 3 points back to Somerset.

A crucial game awaits Dover next, as they head to bottom placed Havant and Waterlooville. Is this where Dover’s fortunes change?

Dover Athletic: Terrell, Oyenuga, Mensah, Naylor, Allen, Akehurst, Dunne, Young, Anifowose, Stewart, Pearce

Subs: Wilkinson, Zidan, Dembele, Lock, Charles-Cooke

Weston-Super-Mare: Lee, Morton, Reid, Bastin, Humphries, Fletcher, Wilmott, Cane, Pope, Grubb, Avery

Subs: Purnell, Dodd, Thomas, Manning, Jackson

Attendance: 532

Mitch Brundle adds to his backroom staff.

Jake Leberl has re-joined the Whites today as he joins Mitch Brundle on his coaching staff as our new assistant manager. Leberl will come straight into the mix in time for tomorrows crunch clash with Weston-Super-Mare and will look to add his knowledge and experience to the dressing room, following his previous spell on the bench under then manager, Chris Kinnear.

Jake, who had two spells at Crabble as a player, was delighted to be back at his hometown club.

Looking forward to getting back involved with the club that’s played a massive part in my life & career and am thankful to be given the opportunity by Mitch & Jim. I helped bring Mitch to the club as a player & we had some great times so I am looking forward to picking up where we left off. I fully appreciate it’s a different club to when I left last & is going to be an extremely difficult challenge but hopefully I can pass on my knowledge I’ve picked up throughout onto the group to make us more organised, disciplined & a harder team to beat, in the hope of picking up enough points to get us out the situation we currently find ourselves in. I’ve watched the last few games so have an understanding of what we have as a group & where I feel we can improve, it’s a start of a new era for myself with the ultimate aim of fans walking down the slope at the end of games with a smile on their faces. – Jake Leberl

Welcome back, Jake.

The Seagulls flock to the White Cliffs for our next league fixture.

Weston-Super-Mare head to town in what will no doubt be an exciting encounter in the Vanarama National League South. The Seagulls come to White Cliffs country, buoyed by their victory over St Albans City last time out.

Weston sit five places in front of the Whites with Mitch Brundle looking to get his players firing on all cylinders as we head into a cluster of crunch fixtures. It would have been seen as two points dropped on Tuesday night so the lads will be looking to put that right this time out. Winning is a habit, as well as losing so if we can break the draw jinx and get the full points, we can be sure to start climbing that league table. We hope to see as many of you there as possible to cheer the lads on.

This weeks match sees the return of the rainbow laces campaign, now entering its 10th season.

COYW!

Form Guide:

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We still have players available to sponsor, an updated list will be in todays match day programme. If you are interested click HERE

Ticket Information:

Admission for this match is by turnstile only. We accept both card and cash on the gate.

Adults – £17

Over 60 – £15

Under 18 – £9

Under 11s continue to be free with paying adult

We are also offering a five game ticket. These can only be used by one individual per match and not in groups.

Adult – £75 (£10 saving)
Concession – £65 (£10 saving)

Striker lottery to be replaced by a new version.

Dover Athletic have announced that their STRIKER lottery will be discontinued and replaced with a more modern 200 CLUB.

Chairman Jim Parmenter commented ‘There are laws around lotteries of the Striker format which require a certain percentage of the takings to be paid to the intended recipient. With falling membership, mainly due to the ever-increasing competition, with a new charity lottery being announced nearly every month, coupled with people having to watch their budgets in the current environment, we have struggled to meet those legal obligations. With a drop in prize money not being a viable option, we have taken the only decision open to us, which is to discontinue the Lottery which has been an important source of income to the club over many years.

I would like to thank all of those involved in the lottery over the years and in particular Harry Reed who has worked tirelessly over the last few years on a voluntary basis to try to keep the Striker up and running. The last draw will take place on the 3^rd of January 2024.

However, those wishing to regularly support the Cub whilst still having the chance to win £1,000 every month will have the opportunity to do so through our new 200 CLUB format.’

The odds of winning will be significantly better than the Striker and more details will be announced soon, those interested can register for membership by contacting the club office or e-mailing [email protected].