*BS*Dover Athletic are pleased to announce the squad numbers for the 2014/15 Conference Premier season.*BF*

Following tonight’s 1-0 pre-season friendly over Gillingham, manager Chris Kinnear announced this season’s squad numbers.

As opposed to last season, clubs are required to submit a list to the Football Conference prior to the season starting and adhere to these throughout.

Kinnear explained that those players who were with the club last season were given first pick of the numbers.

New signings Matt Lock, Stefan Payne, Sean Francis, Tyrone Sterling, Nick Deverdics, Jake Reid and Christian Nanetti will wear 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20 respectively.

The full list is as follows:

*BS*1*BF*. Mitch Walker
*BS*2*BF*. Craig Stone
*BS*3*BF*. Tom Wynter
*BS*4*BF*. Chris Kinnear Jr
*BS*5*BF*. Sean Raggett
*BS*6*BF*. Richard Orlu
*BS*7*BF*. Ricky Modeste
*BS*8*BF*. Liam Bellamy
*BS*9*BF*. Nathan Elder
*BS*10*BF*. Tom Murphy
*BS*11*BF*. Barry Cogan

*BS*12*BF*. Matt Lock
*BS*14*BF*. Stefan Payne
*BS*15*BF*. Sean Francis
*BS*16*BF*. Tyrone Sterling
*BS*17*BF*. Nick Deverdics
*BS*18*BF*. Jeff Goulding
*BS*19*BF*. Jake Reid
*BS*20*BF*. Christian Nanetti
*BS*22*BF*. Lee Hook

*BS*DOVER ATHLETIC vs GILLINGHAM
Tuesday 29th July, 7.30pm at Crabble

Watch Gillingham at Crabble tonight for the bargain price of just £5. Whites take on Peter Taylor’s League One side at 7.45pm in the last pre-season friendly at Crabble.*BF*

Dover Athletic are offering the people of Dover the chance to get a taster of their local team for a five pound note.

Children under 11 years and Season Ticket holders go FREE.

Come along; bring family and friends for an evening of live football at your local football club.

We really hope that the people of Dover come out in numbers to support their local club and get a taster of what they can expect from the forthcoming season of football in the Football Conference Premier.

Chairman, Jim Parmenter said “This pre-season we really want to give the people of Dover a chance to come and see what we have to offer up at Crabble. We hope that we might get a few people hooked and see some new faces joining the party up at Crabble for our first season back with the elite of non-league football.

“With the support of the town anything is possible, but we do need the people of Dover to get involved. We hope this gesture offers everyone a little incentive to give it a try.”

As an extra bonus, supporters will be able to buy season tickets at the pre-season games, using their debit or credit card, at the early bird rate.

Dover put in a courageous performance against full time League 1 Colchester on Friday night in a thrilling 2-2 draw. Craig Stone scored early on before Colchester hit back with two goals before half time. Nathan Elder struck late on as both teams shared the spoils.

Boss Chris Kinnear was happy with the result, but still clearly fully aware that term ‘friendly match’ means nothing in terms of points. ‘It was a good exercise and was played in the right spirit with no unpleasantness between the two sides. It was tough, but we want tough tests at home like this and the one coming up on Tuesday night against Gillingham. It is not just about pre season, you have to learn things, whether you win or lose. If we had every pre season game I would be saying the same, we would still be learning.’ *Q1*

He also added. ‘I learnt how fit we are, but we are still a little way from sharpness. We have a fair old squad now and there are a few new ones that we are learning about.

One player that Chris feels he has learnt enough about is Jake Reid, with the former Bath man penning a contract prior to the game after a fine pre season so far. Chris said of his new signing. ‘He has done well and scored goals and I really think he can help the squad. We are still looking to sign players if they can improve the squad.

Reid’s strike partner on the night, Stefan Payne, who signed from Hornchurch and was well known to Chris from his times at Ebbsfleet, Sutton and Fulham, has also impressed fans with his determination, effort and clever forward runs. His manager however, believes he may be working too hard at the moment. ‘He is still getting a bit tired when he is playing, but it is because he is working so hard and is doing a lot more than the training we provide. He just needs to work a bit smarter and he has been talking to John the fitness guy to work on some things.’ *Lpic1*

Another player worth mentioning is Chris Nanetti, who followed up his goal on Tuesday night with another blistering cameo performance, delivering at least three quality balls into the penalty area within minutes of coming off the bench. ‘He is a blinking good player. He is not quite fit yet, but you can see in one game he scored one goal and in the next he put in some great crosses. The crowd will love him as he is different to anyone else we have here.’

One player that has moved on though is the Lloyd Harrington, much to the disappointment of the fans who are clearly saddened to see the versatile youngster leave. Kinnear explained the reasons behind his departure. ‘He had gone down to Ebbsfleet without telling me as they said they would take him on and loan him out. We told him he needs games, but financially loaning him out is not something that we can afford to do. If he had said that he wanted to stick at it a bit longer, then I would have been happy to, but he wanted a decision right now. Unfortunately anyone would take time to recover from an injury like that, even someone like Messi. That is the way football is and I hope there are no hard feelings.’ *Lpic2*

Dover put in a courageous performance against full time League 1 Colchester on Friday night in a thrilling 2-2 draw. Craig Stone scored early on before Colchester hit back with two goals before half time. Nathan Elder struck late on as both teams shared the spoils.

Boss Chris Kinnear was happy with the result, but still clearly fully aware that term ‘friendly match’ means nothing in terms of points. ‘It was a good exercise and was played in the right spirit with no unpleasantness between the two sides. It was tough, but we want tough tests at home like this and the one coming up on Tuesday night against Gillingham. It is not just about pre season, you have to learn things, whether you win or lose. If we had every pre season game I would be saying the same, we would still be learning.’ *Q1*

He also added. ‘I learnt how fit we are, but we are still a little way from sharpness. We have a fair old squad now and there are a few new ones that we are learning about.

One player that Chris feels he has learnt enough about is Jake Reid, with the former Bath man penning a contract prior to the game after a fine pre season so far. Chris said of his new signing. ‘He has done well and scored goals and I really think he can help the squad. We are still looking to sign players if they can improve the squad.

Reid’s strike partner on the night, Stefan Payne, who signed from Hornchurch and was well known to Chris from his times at Ebbsfleet, Sutton and Fulham, has also impressed fans with his determination, effort and clever forward runs. His manager however, believes he may be working too hard at the moment. ‘He is still getting a bit tired when he is playing, but it is because he is working so hard and is doing a lot more than the training we provide. He just needs to work a bit smarter and he has been talking to John the fitness guy to work on some things.’ *Lpic1*

Another player worth mentioning is Chris Nanetti, who followed up his goal on Tuesday night with another blistering cameo performance, delivering at least three quality balls into the penalty area within minutes of coming off the bench. ‘He is a blinking good player. He is not quite fit yet, but you can see in one game he scored one goal and in the next he put in some great crosses. The crowd will love him as he is different to anyone else we have here.’

One player that has moved on though is the Lloyd Harrington, much to the disappointment of the fans who are clearly saddened to see the versatile youngster leave. Kinnear explained the reasons behind his departure. ‘He had gone down to Ebbsfleet without telling me as they said they would take him on and loan him out. We told him he needs games, but financially loaning him out is not something that we can afford to do. If he had said that he wanted to stick at it a bit longer, then I would have been happy to, but he wanted a decision right now. Unfortunately anyone would take time to recover from an injury like that, even someone like Messi. That is the way football is and I hope there are no hard feelings.’ *Lpic2*

*BS*Book your seat on the Supporters Club coach to Braintree on Tuesday 12 August for Dover’s first away game back in the Conference National.

Adults £16 (£10 deposit – Non refundable unless DASC cancel the coach)

Accompanied Child (under 16) £5 (£3 deposit – Non refundable unless DASC cancel the coach)

Departs Crabble @ 16:45pm*BF*

All coaches are covered by insurance, if the game gets called off you get a refund.
(Supporters Club Members only)

*BS*Please call or text Andy on 07934300335*BF*

*BS*Andy will be in the Centre Spot before & after every home game*BF*

*BS*Please book early so we know what size of coach to book as the larger one if needed may not be available later in the week*BF*

*BS*RULES FOR THE COACH TRAVEL*BF*

*IS*All vehicles are NON SMOKING
No alcohol will be permitted on our vehicles at any time (which means not just drinking alcohol but also taking it on the coach).
Any damage caused will be charged to the Supporters Club.
Any abnormal or excessive cleaning will result in a £50 fine payable by the Supporters Club.
No excessively rowdy behavior will be tolerated.

The Coach company runs a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY if any of the above restrictions are breached and any individual found to be flaunting the rules, they will be removed from the coach immediately, irrespective of the location of the vehicle.

It is obviously in everyone’s interest and to encourage people who are understandably wary about using the coach, that behavior is kept within the bounds of common sense.

Supporters Coaches are operated by the Dover Athletic Supporters’ Club and are in no way organised by or the responsibility of Dover Athletic F.C.*IF*

*BS*Book your seat on the Supporters Club coach to Braintree on Tuesday 12 August for Dover’s first away game back in the Conference National.

Adults £16 (£10 deposit – Non refundable unless DASC cancel the coach)

Accompanied Child (under 16) £5 (£3 deposit – Non refundable unless DASC cancel the coach)

Departs Crabble @ 16:45pm*BF*

All coaches are covered by insurance, if the game gets called off you get a refund.
(Supporters Club Members only)

*BS*Please call or text Andy on 07934300335*BF*

*BS*Andy will be in the Centre Spot before & after every home game*BF*

*BS*Please book early so we know what size of coach to book as the larger one if needed may not be available later in the week*BF*

*BS*RULES FOR THE COACH TRAVEL*BF*

*IS*All vehicles are NON SMOKING
No alcohol will be permitted on our vehicles at any time (which means not just drinking alcohol but also taking it on the coach).
Any damage caused will be charged to the Supporters Club.
Any abnormal or excessive cleaning will result in a £50 fine payable by the Supporters Club.
No excessively rowdy behavior will be tolerated.

The Coach company runs a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY if any of the above restrictions are breached and any individual found to be flaunting the rules, they will be removed from the coach immediately, irrespective of the location of the vehicle.

It is obviously in everyone’s interest and to encourage people who are understandably wary about using the coach, that behavior is kept within the bounds of common sense.

Supporters Coaches are operated by the Dover Athletic Supporters’ Club and are in no way organised by or the responsibility of Dover Athletic F.C.*IF*

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*BS*Dover Athletic are delighted to announce the signing of Christian Nanetti from Havant & Waterlooville. The attacking midfielder scored 12 goals in 43 appearances for The Hawks last season.*BF*

The 22-year-old becomes Chris Kinnear’s third signing of the summer, following the earlier captures of defender Tyrone Sterling and striker Stefan Payne.

Italian-born Nanetti was on the books of Queens Park Rangers as a youth player, before moving to Scottish side Raith Rovers in September 2010. Before signing for Havant in March 2012, the midfielder also played for Ashford Town (Middlesex) and Lewes.

Nanetti has previously attracted the attention of League sides Bradford City and Charlton Athletic, but has now signed on at Crabble to bolster Chris Kinnear’s midfield options ahead of the club’s first season back in the Conference Premier in over a decade.

The club are pleased to have sealed the signing of Nanetti and wish him the very best of luck as he begins the next chapter in his footballing career.

A full interview with Christian will be available on www.doverathletic.com later on this week.