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*BS*Havant & Waterlooville*BF* have confirmed the departure of manager Shaun Gale following Saturday’s defeat to Basingstoke.

Gale was appointed by the club in October 2007, following the departure of then manager Ian Baird and represented the Hawks as player for three seasons, in the twilight of his playing career.

Commenting on the departure of Gale, chairman Derek Pope told the club’s official website: “Maybe it is something that should have been done a little while ago but this situation can’t go on.

“We feel Shaun can’t do anymore and by intervening it can’t get any worse. It has not been easy because I have known Shaun for a long time. But we have reached a point where we feel a need to move on.

“Shaun has done a good job at the club over the years and we would like to thank him for all he has achieved here.”

*BS*Tonbridge Angels*BF* manager Tommy Warrilow has bolstered his squad with the signing of striker Carl Rook and goalkeeper Jack Smelt.

Smelt, 20, has represented Colchester United, Croydon Athletic, Guildford City, Cray Wanderers, Ramsgate and Margate.

Rook, 29, joins the Angels from Eastbourne and has previously donned the colours of Dartford, Dover Athletic and Horsham, amongst others.

Commenting on the signing of the duo, Warrilow told Kent Online: “We have got two forwards Frannie Collin and Mikel Suarez but ‘Rooky’ has come with no money involved, just in case we might need him.

“Jack’s the same but if he can get a game elsewhere then he will.”

*BS*Basingstoke Town*BF* have secured Ashley Bayes, Stuart Lake and Jide Ogunbote on new one-year deals.

Veteran goalkeeper Bayes joined Basingstoke from Stevenage Borough in the summer of 2011 and has been ever present this term, making 38 appearances.

He started his career as an apprentice at Brentford in 1990 and has gone on to represent Torquay, Exeter, Leyton Orient, Bohemians and Woking, amongst others.

*BS*Truro City*BF* chairman Kevin Heaney has confirmed the club has been served with a winding-up order, but says their unpaid bill will be settled before the end of the month.

A statement from Heaney read: “Truro City can confirm that HM Revenue and Customs have served a fresh winding-up petition for £51,000 on Truro City FC, in relation to tax issues.

“We can confirm that at the last hearing we paid 100 per cent of what we were asked to pay at that point.

“HMRC indicated that there would be some further monies to pay and we said we would clear these monies in April, by agreement, but HMRC rejected this and subsequently told us they wanted the £51,000 sum to be paid immediately.

“We reiterated our wish to delay payment until April, which was again rejected, and the winding-up order has now been issued, for hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice on April 30.

“The club can confirm that the £51,000 will be paid in full by that date.”

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*BS*In the town of Sligo, which sits on the North West coast of Ireland, there’s only one kind of football – the Gaelic kind. However growing up in the town Dover midfielder Barry Cogan only had eyes for what was known locally as soccer.*BF*

To get his footballing aspirations off the ground he knew he had to move away from the sleepy surroundings he’d grown up in. At the age of 12 he managed to hit this first rung of ladder and was scouted for a team called Belvedere in Dublin.

After spending two years with the club Barry was offered an unbelievable chance to come and play football in England for a short time. The interested party where Championship outfit, Millwall who offered him an initial week long trial and then a months spell that summer. After impressing in both he was offered a contract by the club.

For the 15 year old Cogan this was nothing short of a dream come true. Upping sticks in an instant and moving on your own to a different country might sound like a daunting prospect for someone so young, but the change didn’t actually faze Barry much at all.

When he landed in England the hard work really began as Cogan had to adopt to a whole new lifestyle centred around optimising his physical performance on the pitch. Fitting into this new regime carried its own problems which eventually took its toll.

“When I first came over I was quite small and actually played as a winger, then like most I had a growth spurt which caused me lots of problems when it came to staying fit”.

*Ppic1*Putting his body under so much strain led to a range of injuries which plagued his crucial early years at the club.

“I was out for a whole year with a back injury and after that I couldn’t seem to finish a whole season without picking up more injuries. This all came at a time when I was trying to break into the team”.

Despite the set backs Barry managed to break into the first team in 2004 after four years of hard work. In his time there Barry enjoyed a number of highlights including winning several man of the match awards, playing Everton in the FA Cup and appearing in two UEFA Cup matches.

But for Barry there is one moment that stands above the rest, taking on his favourite club Manchester United in the 2004 FA Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium. Barry made his appearance in the 74th minute, replacing fellow countryman Robbie Ryan, in the first substitution of the final.

Although he admits he didn’t really have a chance to take the whole occasion in, Barry still has a lot of clear memories of the day. “I was only 19 but I was still excited rather than nervous, everyone had come over from Ireland to watch the game which made things a little surreal really! But the whole build up to the day and the final itself was just an unbelievable experience”.

During Barry’s second season in the first team Millwall went through a rocky period which led to a very unsettling time at the club. “It was a time when the club was going through a lot of changes, we had four managers in one season and then the next summer they brought in 17 new players”.

The sudden influx of players had a drastic effect on the amount of first team football that was available to everyone at the club and Barry started to look elsewhere for opportunities to play more regularly.

Just before the start of the 2006 season he was given the opportunity to sign for League Two side Barnet, a chance that he jumped at. “Although I only spent a year at Barnet it was actually a really good time for me, I made 46 appearances that season and just enjoyed being part of a solid team”.

The following summer he was offered the opportunity to move up to League One and play under Ronnie Jepson at Gillingham but the manager resigned just six weeks into the new season and was replaced by Mark Stimson. The new appointment led to a huge reshuffle at the club which didn’t provide a good platform for stable performances. “It was a very difficult time to play at the club with so many players coming and going, plus I have to admit that personally I didn’t have a great season”.

With relegation beckoning and with only 21 appearances under his belt Barry went out on loan to Blue Square Premier side Grays Athletic for a month. Despite the financial difficulties at the club, which saw players taking large pay cuts, Cogan flourished and capped off a successful season as the club’s top goalscorer in all competitions.

*Lpic1*This form didn’t go unnoticed and during the season Grays received a number of offers from Crawley Town manager Steve Evans. Grays managed to keep Barry during the season but when the summer came around he was released and soon joined the Red Devils.

Cogan joined Crawley and enjoyed a fruitful first season. However, unbeknown to Barry, history was about to repeat itself. “I’d had a good season but then in the summer the club had a huge injection of money and brought in a lot of new players. Competition for places suddenly got very tough and I’m not one to sit around on the bench, I just don’t enjoy it”.

In a bold move Barry arranged a meeting with the Crawley boss and asked to be released by the club. It was at this point, when Barry was looking for a new club, that he happened to speak to an old friend of his, Adam Birchall. Things moved quickly from this point and he made his debut in November 2010.

Cogan admits that he didn’t really know what to expect when he moved, “I’d never played in Conference South before but I was impressed with the club’s professionalism and the way that everything was run from the top down”.

“I thought it was going to be difficult going part time but I actually really enjoy it, it’s really helped bring back my hunger to play football”.

Driven by the simple prospect of playing first team football Barry sees his energy and work rate as key strengths and is now working on finding the net a few more times before the end of the season, which could make all the difference.

*BS*In the town of Sligo, which sits on the North West coast of Ireland, there’s only one kind of football – the Gaelic kind. However growing up in the town Dover midfielder Barry Cogan only had eyes for what was known locally as soccer.*BF*

To get his footballing aspirations off the ground he knew he had to move away from the sleepy surroundings he’d grown up in. At the age of 12 he managed to hit this first rung of ladder and was scouted for a team called Belvedere in Dublin.

After spending two years with the club Barry was offered an unbelievable chance to come and play football in England for a short time. The interested party where Championship outfit, Millwall who offered him an initial week long trial and then a months spell that summer. After impressing in both he was offered a contract by the club.

For the 15 year old Cogan this was nothing short of a dream come true. Upping sticks in an instant and moving on your own to a different country might sound like a daunting prospect for someone so young, but the change didn’t actually faze Barry much at all.

When he landed in England the hard work really began as Cogan had to adopt to a whole new lifestyle centred around optimising his physical performance on the pitch. Fitting into this new regime carried its own problems which eventually took its toll.

“When I first came over I was quite small and actually played as a winger, then like most I had a growth spurt which caused me lots of problems when it came to staying fit”.

*Ppic1*Putting his body under so much strain led to a range of injuries which plagued his crucial early years at the club.

“I was out for a whole year with a back injury and after that I couldn’t seem to finish a whole season without picking up more injuries. This all came at a time when I was trying to break into the team”.

Despite the set backs Barry managed to break into the first team in 2004 after four years of hard work. In his time there Barry enjoyed a number of highlights including winning several man of the match awards, playing Everton in the FA Cup and appearing in two UEFA Cup matches.

But for Barry there is one moment that stands above the rest, taking on his favourite club Manchester United in the 2004 FA Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium. Barry made his appearance in the 74th minute, replacing fellow countryman Robbie Ryan, in the first substitution of the final.

Although he admits he didn’t really have a chance to take the whole occasion in, Barry still has a lot of clear memories of the day. “I was only 19 but I was still excited rather than nervous, everyone had come over from Ireland to watch the game which made things a little surreal really! But the whole build up to the day and the final itself was just an unbelievable experience”.

During Barry’s second season in the first team Millwall went through a rocky period which led to a very unsettling time at the club. “It was a time when the club was going through a lot of changes, we had four managers in one season and then the next summer they brought in 17 new players”.

The sudden influx of players had a drastic effect on the amount of first team football that was available to everyone at the club and Barry started to look elsewhere for opportunities to play more regularly.

Just before the start of the 2006 season he was given the opportunity to sign for League Two side Barnet, a chance that he jumped at. “Although I only spent a year at Barnet it was actually a really good time for me, I made 46 appearances that season and just enjoyed being part of a solid team”.

The following summer he was offered the opportunity to move up to League One and play under Ronnie Jepson at Gillingham but the manager resigned just six weeks into the new season and was replaced by Mark Stimson. The new appointment led to a huge reshuffle at the club which didn’t provide a good platform for stable performances. “It was a very difficult time to play at the club with so many players coming and going, plus I have to admit that personally I didn’t have a great season”.

With relegation beckoning and with only 21 appearances under his belt Barry went out on loan to Blue Square Premier side Grays Athletic for a month. Despite the financial difficulties at the club, which saw players taking large pay cuts, Cogan flourished and capped off a successful season as the club’s top goalscorer in all competitions.

*Lpic1*This form didn’t go unnoticed and during the season Grays received a number of offers from Crawley Town manager Steve Evans. Grays managed to keep Barry during the season but when the summer came around he was released and soon joined the Red Devils.

Cogan joined Crawley and enjoyed a fruitful first season. However, unbeknown to Barry, history was about to repeat itself. “I’d had a good season but then in the summer the club had a huge injection of money and brought in a lot of new players. Competition for places suddenly got very tough and I’m not one to sit around on the bench, I just don’t enjoy it”.

In a bold move Barry arranged a meeting with the Crawley boss and asked to be released by the club. It was at this point, when Barry was looking for a new club, that he happened to speak to an old friend of his, Adam Birchall. Things moved quickly from this point and he made his debut in November 2010.

Cogan admits that he didn’t really know what to expect when he moved, “I’d never played in Conference South before but I was impressed with the club’s professionalism and the way that everything was run from the top down”.

“I thought it was going to be difficult going part time but I actually really enjoy it, it’s really helped bring back my hunger to play football”.

Driven by the simple prospect of playing first team football Barry sees his energy and work rate as key strengths and is now working on finding the net a few more times before the end of the season, which could make all the difference.

*BS*Dover Athletic welcome pupils and their parents from St Faith’s at Ash School to Perrys Crabble tomorrow, in recognition of them winning the Dover & Deal Primary Schools FA Hammond Cup.*BF*

The final was played last Saturday at Warden House Primary School against Charlton Primary. St Faith’s brought home the cup for the first time in the school’s history.

We would like to congratulate them on their success and we hope that the experience of winning a trophy and the added bonus of leading the teams out at tomorrow’s game will encourage them to keep up the hard work in training!

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So a disappointing week after such a long successive spell.

After some great performances against Chelmsford, Eastleigh and Farnborough of late, Saturday and Tuesday was a different story.

It’s been a hard few weeks with a lot of clocked up miles and I think it showed Saturday where we looked tired physically and mentally.

It’s always going to be tough when teams are fighting for their lives to stay in the league, but on the other hand we are fighting to reach the play-offs so it was a very disappointing week for everyone at Dover. We realised we had a great chance to overtake Chelmsford and put the pressure on Sutton, but the good news is we still have six games, 18 points to do so.

We have had some great runs this season, going unbeaten for a long time, and it just takes one win to get the ball rolling so hopefully Saturday is the start.

It’s all about coming together at this important stage of the season now and getting everyone behind the team. We have the owners, directors, management, staff and all the players to do it, to make the play-offs and I’m positive from the players point of view we will put these last two games behind us and use that to kick start the remaining games of the season.

As you may know, Chelmsford and Sutton have a few hard games remaining with teams inside the playoffs, which puts pressure on them to do well.

So Saturday brings us to Crabble to play Boreham Wood. They have beaten us twice already this season so it’s not going to be an easy game, but one I believe we will win and close the gap on the teams above.

We hope to see as many there as possible, if you can make it, to support the team.

*BS*Dover Athletic welcome pupils and their parents from St Faith’s at Ash School to Perrys Crabble tomorrow, in recognition of them winning the Dover & Deal Primary Schools FA Hammond Cup.*BF*

The final was played last Saturday at Warden House Primary School against Charlton Primary. St Faith’s brought home the cup for the first time in the school’s history.

We would like to congratulate them on their success and we hope that the experience of winning a trophy and the added bonus of leading the teams out at tomorrow’s game will encourage them to keep up the hard work in training!

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So a disappointing week after such a long successive spell.

After some great performances against Chelmsford, Eastleigh and Farnborough of late, Saturday and Tuesday was a different story.

It’s been a hard few weeks with a lot of clocked up miles and I think it showed Saturday where we looked tired physically and mentally.

It’s always going to be tough when teams are fighting for their lives to stay in the league, but on the other hand we are fighting to reach the play-offs so it was a very disappointing week for everyone at Dover. We realised we had a great chance to overtake Chelmsford and put the pressure on Sutton, but the good news is we still have six games, 18 points to do so.

We have had some great runs this season, going unbeaten for a long time, and it just takes one win to get the ball rolling so hopefully Saturday is the start.

It’s all about coming together at this important stage of the season now and getting everyone behind the team. We have the owners, directors, management, staff and all the players to do it, to make the play-offs and I’m positive from the players point of view we will put these last two games behind us and use that to kick start the remaining games of the season.

As you may know, Chelmsford and Sutton have a few hard games remaining with teams inside the playoffs, which puts pressure on them to do well.

So Saturday brings us to Crabble to play Boreham Wood. They have beaten us twice already this season so it’s not going to be an easy game, but one I believe we will win and close the gap on the teams above.

We hope to see as many there as possible, if you can make it, to support the team.

Dover came into this game after only playing two days earlier away at Weston-super-Mare, putting in a great team performance to earn a 2-2 draw.

Dover got off to a bad start after Basingstoke took advantage from sloppy defending at the near post to score a header past the Dover keeper. Once again we had to go behind to get us going. Luke Girt then drove through the midfield and broke into the 18 yard box where he was tripped; the ref instantly gave Dover a penalty. Sean Raggett stepped up to coolly put the scoreline level.

For the next 10 minutes Dover piled on the pressure with Girt running at the Basingstoke defence and putting in a couple of crosses. However it was again Basingstoke that took the lead from another corner, this time the sloppy defending was at the back post.

Dover came into half-time 2-1 down, manager Michael Sandmann and coach Robert Peck rightly questioned the teams passion and effort.

This talk seemed to liven up the Dover players, with Tom Axford and Luke Girt having early shots. The Dover defence began to be more dominant in their defending too. Our bright start paid off when an in swinging corner fell to Lloyd Harrington who clipped the ball with the inside of his boot into the Basingstoke net.

After this goal Connor Coyne began to hold to ball up brilliantly and linking up fluently with the lively Girt. Once again Basingstoke had a chance to take the lead, but this time Alistair Wren did superbly to scoop the ball of the goal line and keep Dover level. Dover went straight up the other end and a flick on from Coyne went straight into Girt’s path who beat the full back and crossed the ball to Scott Crane who was unable to finish.

Girt then nearly sealed all three points with a dipping shot just going over the crossbar. But with minutes to go Coyne scored the winner with a slice of luck, picking up the ball at an acute angle but somehow managed to lob the keeper to hit the post and go in.

Dover were nowhere near their best but still managed to grind out the result in the hot conditions.

Man of the Match: Luke Girt

Dover Team: Ashley Bourne, Joe Ellet, Lloyd Harrington, Sean Raggett, Scott Crane ©, Sam Allen, Joe Blythe, Tom Axford, Luke Girt, Jack Crittenden, Connor Coyne.

Dover came into this game after only playing two days earlier away at Weston-super-Mare, putting in a great team performance to earn a 2-2 draw.

Dover got off to a bad start after Basingstoke took advantage from sloppy defending at the near post to score a header past the Dover keeper. Once again we had to go behind to get us going. Luke Girt then drove through the midfield and broke into the 18 yard box where he was tripped; the ref instantly gave Dover a penalty. Sean Raggett stepped up to coolly put the scoreline level.

For the next 10 minutes Dover piled on the pressure with Girt running at the Basingstoke defence and putting in a couple of crosses. However it was again Basingstoke that took the lead from another corner, this time the sloppy defending was at the back post.

Dover came into half-time 2-1 down, manager Michael Sandmann and coach Robert Peck rightly questioned the teams passion and effort.

This talk seemed to liven up the Dover players, with Tom Axford and Luke Girt having early shots. The Dover defence began to be more dominant in their defending too. Our bright start paid off when an in swinging corner fell to Lloyd Harrington who clipped the ball with the inside of his boot into the Basingstoke net.

After this goal Connor Coyne began to hold to ball up brilliantly and linking up fluently with the lively Girt. Once again Basingstoke had a chance to take the lead, but this time Alistair Wren did superbly to scoop the ball of the goal line and keep Dover level. Dover went straight up the other end and a flick on from Coyne went straight into Girt’s path who beat the full back and crossed the ball to Scott Crane who was unable to finish.

Girt then nearly sealed all three points with a dipping shot just going over the crossbar. But with minutes to go Coyne scored the winner with a slice of luck, picking up the ball at an acute angle but somehow managed to lob the keeper to hit the post and go in.

Dover were nowhere near their best but still managed to grind out the result in the hot conditions.

Man of the Match: Luke Girt

Dover Team: Ashley Bourne, Joe Ellet, Lloyd Harrington, Sean Raggett, Scott Crane ©, Sam Allen, Joe Blythe, Tom Axford, Luke Girt, Jack Crittenden, Connor Coyne.