Our postponed National League game away at Wrexham has now been re-arranged.
We will now travel to The Racecourse ground on January 16th with the game kicking off at 3pm.
The original game had been postponed due to our first team staff and players self-isolating after a player tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of our game at Maidenhead United on December 1st.
Please continue to stay safe one and all.
Tuesday night’s National League game against Chesterfield at Crabble has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 results being returned in The Spireites camp.
We wish those affected a swift and safe recovery, and look forward to welcoming them to Crabble soon.
A revised date for the re-arranged fixture will be confirmed in due course.
Streaming tickets already purchased will be carried over to the re-arranged fixture.
Everyone at Dover Athletic is deeply saddened by the news that life-long supporter, Norman Clark, passed away last week after a period of ill health.
The 83-year-old was a regular at Crabble and was still traveling up and down the country in support of his beloved club on the Supporters Club Coach last season.
Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with Norman’s family and friends at this difficult time.
Boss Andy Hessenthaler gave his view on Saturday’s 2-1 FA Trophy defeat at Woking and reveals former Premier League star Liam Ridgewell has been giving the club a helping a helping hand this week.
After almost a month without a game, Dover travel to Woking on Saturday to kick off their Buildbase FA Trophy campaign.
Andy Hessenthaler’s men have not played since their 2-0 defeat against King’s Lynn Town in November due to a positive COVID-19 case which saw five matches postponed.
Since last month’s defeat to King’s Lynn, this weekend’s hosts have played three games, winning one and losing two. The Cards currently occupy the final play-off place, level on points with Wrexham and Maidenhead.
Whites will be looking to put their league form behind them as they head into a new competition on the back of a three-game losing streak. They currently sit bottom of the National League table, however due to the aforementioned postponements, have a number of games in hand over the teams above them.
This will be the second time in five weeks that these two sides have met, however Whites will want to forget about the result in the first game having been served with a 5-1 defeat.
Despite going ahead through Steve Rigg, Dover were hit for five through goals from Josh Davison, Kane Ferdinand and Max Kretzschmar, with the latter two getting two goals each.
Last season’s FA Trophy campaign was short-lived for Whites after losing on penalties against The Linnets after a 2-2 draw, whilst Woking also fell at the same stage, losing 3-1 away to Kingstonian.
Coverage
This game will be played behind closed doors, however, you can watch the game for £10 on Woking’s streaming service.
Details on how to buy your match pass can be found here.
We will also have live updates on Twitter – @DAFCLiveText – Follow us and get all the news as it happens.
The Dover Athletic squad returned to training today (Tuesday) ahead of the FA Trophy Third Round clash at Woking on Saturday after completing their period of self-isolation.
One player tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago, prompting our National League game at Maidenhead United to be postponed, and forcing our management and players into a 14-day self-isolation period.
Mark Ives is to join The National League management team from early next month.
Ives’ nearly two decades at The FA included the senior role of Head of Judicial Services.
The experienced executive has been appointed as The National League’s Interim General Manager from January on a three-month contract.
The National League will use the early part of 2021 to assess the management structure the organisation best needs following the imminent departure of its long-serving CEO, Michael Tattersall, at the end of this month.
We have been drawn away to fellow National League side Woking in the FA Buildbase Trophy Third Round Proper.
The tie is due to take place during the weekend of Saturday 19th December.
Full details of the second and third round draws can be found here.
Three of our postponed National League games have now been re-arranged.
We will host Chesterfield on December 22nd and Solihull Moors on February 2nd with both games kicking off at 7.45pm.
On January 19th, we will make the trip to Wealdstone (7.45pm).
All three games had been postponed due to our first team staff and players self-isolating for 14 days after a player tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of last Tuesday’s game at Maidenhead United.
We will update this story as and when the dates for the other postponed games away against Maidenhead and Wrexham are confirmed.
Please continue to stay safe one and all.
