Karlos- Location: Dover
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Good they have queen's counsel to represent them at appeal .
Going part time again will be hard in the national league
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,798
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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It's quite tragic really when you see players in the premier being paid £100,000 a week and some leagues further down , whilst money is reduced in the FA cup earlier rounds to give more to premier clubs ...
If anything more should go to non league clubs and a little to premier clubs ..
But of course it's big business now , and already the premier League and FA are terrified that the top 6 or 8 premier clubs may break away stopping the FAs little party.
Clubs like Dover (there will be more ) struggle just to survive , and whilst the National league may have thought they needed to satisfy the ex football league clubs in the league , they should have looked at the bigger picture, and there own rules which stated they wouldn't allow clubs to continue if they run out of money .
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The chairman made the right decision in pulling the club and now has to look at attempting to fight the unjustified fine and as important 12 point deduction .
I understand a barrister is giving up his time to take on the appeal for Dover
And the supporters are trying to raise the £40,000
Because they want the club to survive .
If course there will always be a club it's at what level it continues .
Of course it's great to be in the national League up against far bigger clubs , but there may come a time where they need to cut losses and survive at a lower level and one it may be easier to finance
That's one for the future though .
K
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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Ricky Miller has re-joined Dover today, along with another experienced forward Ben Williamson.
Looks like Parmenter has found some money down the back of the sofa!
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
- Posts: 637
Reda Johnson looks like a good signing too.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Although Ricky is a maverick and certainly dips in and out
This should be a good signing
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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1st friendly tomorrow - a glamourous one at home to Ashford!
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Quite a few friendlies including
Watford and Stevenage
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Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
- Posts: 637
Looking forward to being back at Crabble tomorrow.
Karlos- Location: Dover
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Predictably Dover's 1st league next Saturday has been postponed because of covid in the camp
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Such a shame when supporters had actually rallied to try to get a big crowd there
There are questions being asked about the recent kick a bout between the ex players and supporters and no tests etc some it could easily have been passed around thus two carried the covid now there all isolating
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
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Weather grim. Football grimmer.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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The squad has been upgraded from a Ryman to a NL South one, but there is no way the club will survive relegation.
Can't see where the 12 points to get back to zero is going to come from tbh.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Having watched both games home and away playing against very avarage sides , Dover yesterday just ran out of ideas going back to pumping high balls up front to very unfit looking miller .
It's only hopeful that once they get a first goal that the team starts to come together , it is early days , but they need to start picking points. Up .
But they need to look like they might score .
At the mo the pressure is on the players to score/win
And the national League will never be forgiven for putting the club this , with very dubious findings in the last season.
But we are where we are and having held onto national League status needs to decide if that status is for this club .
It's going to be a long season
Next up Altrincham away
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Guest 3925- Registered: 28 Nov 2020
- Posts: 541
Just linking into the other post, should it be called River Athletic?
It's a genuine question.
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,227
The ground straddles the boundary of St Radigunds and River, but both are in the Dover district.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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You are correct Reginald .I lived in those flats for twelve years in River which are located in front of the grounds..Theboundary is unclear.However the The Athletic Ground !is St Radigunds Behind the football ground River.
Oh dear .!I enjoyed watching the game between Dover Athletic and The Dons at Milton Keynes.Ialso enjoyed watching a game at Dover Athletic .Im more of a Rugby fan .
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I have seen Dover this season once with Watford and last Saturday. I think they doing the best they can at this time but the find and the lost of 12 points by the league was wrong now they find it very hard to get anywhere lets hope for a good run in the FA cup.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Let's hope once they score the confidence rises
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