*BS*Dover Athletic have signed former Chelmsford striker Rob Edmans on loan from Dagenham & Redbridge until the end of the season.*BF*

Rob is well known to Dover fans having scored four goals against us for Chelmsford in four games between 2009 and 2011.

He netted three times against Whites last season in two pulsating clashes.

In 2009/10 the 25 year-old was a regular weapon from the substitutes bench for City and performed that role at Perrys Crabble last season when he scored the equaliser in Chelmsford’s 3-2 victory five minutes after coming on.

From that point on Rob became a regular in the starting line-up and scored both goals against Whites in the 2-2 draw at Melbourne Park. Dagenham & Redbridge signed him in July 2011 on a two-year contract.

Rob started his football career in 2006 playing college soccer in the United States for the Virginia Tech Hokies. Upon his return to England he trialled with Southend United before joining Tiptree United then Maldon Town in 2007/08.

He impressed Chelmsford during a pre-season game in 2009/10 when playing against the Clarets for Witham Town and went on to score 19 goals in 70 appearances for the Essex club.

Rob is available for selection on Saturday, when Whites taken on Staines at Perrys Crabble.

Well, what a fantastic week for Dover Athletic.

Two great victories that puts us right in the mix to grab that all important play-off spot. Not only our victories but also other results have gone our way as well lately which has allowed us to close the gap on Chelmsford and Sutton.

So Saturday saw us travel to Eastleigh, who are a big strong side and right on our tail, so it was a massive game in all accounts.

It was important that we started off well and that’s exactly what we did. We didn’t give them time to breathe and applied pressure everywhere on the pitch.

We grabbed an early lead from a great corner and an excellent finish from the ‘Man in Form’ Billy Bricknell, who sidefooted a nice volley into the net. This is the exact start we needed.

Unfortunately Eastleigh grabbed an equaliser shortly after. This is where we showed our character because straight away we pressed again, resulting in a Dover free kick which was whipped in by Baz, who has been fantastic in recent games so it was nice he could get a goal to reward his performances.

At half time we knew they were going to come at us because if they lost that game then we would pull another three points away from them and their chances of getting into the play-offs would be hit.

From the off we started well again and a great bit of play and fantastic through ball from Donovan, who was instrumental on Saturday, allowed Bill to get on the end of it, take it round the keeper and slide it into the net for his brace.

Eastleigh had to change things and they soon threw more bodies forward and grabbed another goal, but this was the only one they could get after great defending from all 11 players in a Dover shirt.

On Wednesday we travelled to our fourth consecutive away game, this time at Farnborough. After seeing the results on Tuesday night, it was good to see Dartford do us a favour by beating Sutton, which meant winning this game against Farnborough would close the gap even further, so yet another massive game ahead.

Yet again, we flew out the traps and grabbed an early lead from a great set piece from Georgie who found Simpemba’s head for his second goal in three games. We were able to get the ball down and play as the conditions were pretty good for the time of year, so some nice football was played creating lots of chances.

We bagged a second from more good work by Donovan Simmonds. He nicely dinked the ball to an unmarked Bricknell, who (for the cameras) dived in to head the ball home for his seventh goal in six games.

We had some more great chances throughout the game from George, Bill, Terry and also Donovan but couldn’t convert due to some good stops from their keeper.

So our run continues, with only one loss in the last 14 league matches. We are looking very strong from start to finish and this has a lot to do with Niall Clark, who has come in and looked after the players, supplying us with the right ingredients for a fit and hungry team.

With only a few games to go until the end of the season we have found great form and I’m sure this run will continue.

Thank you all for your support.

Hukey

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*BS*Dover Athletic have signed former Chelmsford striker Rob Edmans on loan from Dagenham & Redbridge until the end of the season.*BF*

Rob is well known to Dover fans having scored four goals against us for Chelmsford in four games between 2009 and 2011.

He netted three times against Whites last season in two pulsating clashes.

In 2009/10 the 25 year-old was a regular weapon from the substitutes bench for City and performed that role at Perrys Crabble last season when he scored the equaliser in Chelmsford’s 3-2 victory five minutes after coming on.

From that point on Rob became a regular in the starting line-up and scored both goals against Whites in the 2-2 draw at Melbourne Park. Dagenham & Redbridge signed him in July 2011 on a two-year contract.

Rob started his football career in 2006 playing college soccer in the United States for the Virginia Tech Hokies. Upon his return to England he trialled with Southend United before joining Tiptree United then Maldon Town in 2007/08.

He impressed Chelmsford during a pre-season game in 2009/10 when playing against the Clarets for Witham Town and went on to score 19 goals in 70 appearances for the Essex club.

Rob is available for selection on Saturday, when Whites taken on Staines at Perrys Crabble.

Well, what a fantastic week for Dover Athletic.

Two great victories that puts us right in the mix to grab that all important play-off spot. Not only our victories but also other results have gone our way as well lately which has allowed us to close the gap on Chelmsford and Sutton.

So Saturday saw us travel to Eastleigh, who are a big strong side and right on our tail, so it was a massive game in all accounts.

It was important that we started off well and that’s exactly what we did. We didn’t give them time to breathe and applied pressure everywhere on the pitch.

We grabbed an early lead from a great corner and an excellent finish from the ‘Man in Form’ Billy Bricknell, who sidefooted a nice volley into the net. This is the exact start we needed.

Unfortunately Eastleigh grabbed an equaliser shortly after. This is where we showed our character because straight away we pressed again, resulting in a Dover free kick which was whipped in by Baz, who has been fantastic in recent games so it was nice he could get a goal to reward his performances.

At half time we knew they were going to come at us because if they lost that game then we would pull another three points away from them and their chances of getting into the play-offs would be hit.

From the off we started well again and a great bit of play and fantastic through ball from Donovan, who was instrumental on Saturday, allowed Bill to get on the end of it, take it round the keeper and slide it into the net for his brace.

Eastleigh had to change things and they soon threw more bodies forward and grabbed another goal, but this was the only one they could get after great defending from all 11 players in a Dover shirt.

On Wednesday we travelled to our fourth consecutive away game, this time at Farnborough. After seeing the results on Tuesday night, it was good to see Dartford do us a favour by beating Sutton, which meant winning this game against Farnborough would close the gap even further, so yet another massive game ahead.

Yet again, we flew out the traps and grabbed an early lead from a great set piece from Georgie who found Simpemba’s head for his second goal in three games. We were able to get the ball down and play as the conditions were pretty good for the time of year, so some nice football was played creating lots of chances.

We bagged a second from more good work by Donovan Simmonds. He nicely dinked the ball to an unmarked Bricknell, who (for the cameras) dived in to head the ball home for his seventh goal in six games.

We had some more great chances throughout the game from George, Bill, Terry and also Donovan but couldn’t convert due to some good stops from their keeper.

So our run continues, with only one loss in the last 14 league matches. We are looking very strong from start to finish and this has a lot to do with Niall Clark, who has come in and looked after the players, supplying us with the right ingredients for a fit and hungry team.

With only a few games to go until the end of the season we have found great form and I’m sure this run will continue.

Thank you all for your support.

Hukey

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*BS*Dover Athletic Under 13s are looking for new players for next seasons Under 14s.*BF*

They are having the first open trials game on the 25th March 2012. To qualify you must be under 14 years old on 31 August 2012.

If you are playing at a decent level now and would like to be part of Dover Athletic, please apply. These are exciting times for the Youth section.

We have a UEFA Licensed coach and we play in the Kent Youth League.

To register your interest in these trials please contact the manager Joe Brady on 07904 910836.