Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Thats very sad news and there are not many left
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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If all goes well Iwill be there .I have to save up so I get a good meal and seat upstairs now it is better on my legs.
Hope for a win this Saturday .
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Sorry to hear about Keith.He was my near neighbour for years .
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Tonight is the fa cup replay
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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Two wins this week would be good for the club
victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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Sorry to report Dover is out of the FA cup this year lost to a team they should have won easy ,,must say it is looking bad for the club feel the management must act now or they will lose the support they are getting already the club is getting less of the public tuning up at each home match,
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Public are fickle .
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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I will be with the club wherever they end up
This isn't the first time dovers gone through such strife .
The chairman may or may not stay
Hopefully the club will survive
But it's looking like the national League would rather have ex football League clubs rather than the likes of Dover
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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Can't see Parmenter staying after the end of season. He built the club back up, but has now nearly destroyed it.
I had heard (third hand) that he allegedly had buyers for the club a while back, but then upped the price.
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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I admit I know B all about the ins and outs of football but it seems to me that the majority of clubs at whatever level are now run for the owners etc and no longer for the club supporters or even fans of the game.
When I was growing up the players were there for the love of the game, I am fairly certain a small local team like Dover would never have had to pay a player, now it is all about transfer fees and the vast fortune they earn if they get to the top.
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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I do not class myself as a supporter of any football club but more of a follower of football with Dover being one of them, but My dad took me to see them in 1948 and I have been following them from that year, right up till now and will still follow them
victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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Lets hope for a win at home this Saturday I hope to be there .
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Dover in football like a lot of small football clubs has to compete with players and even at the club the players have agents!
Dover has battled at a far higher level than it can probably afford .
Without doubt the chairman came in once club be some stable , and then set about getting grants
For a new stand , the social club redevelopment
And other ground improvements .And of course it's rumoured he paid towards some of the wages .
But on the negative side
He hardly ever speaks to anyone in the ground
Many volunteers I know attended outside of games to help paint , or clean up around ground ,stopped going because they used to be given a free hamburger , he stopped all that .
Weigh up the cost of it he lost a lot of voluntary help.
He has in past asked community to get involved but they want to see someone who wants them to be there more than just for there money .
I will be there wherever they end up
A true supporter
Jan
You see also correct that money floods into the premier League and local clubs like Dover are left to go under
The FA cup rewards for winning ties was also reduced in earlier rounds (where small clubs enter)
And increased in later rounds where the premier clubs come in
Of course players wages and such like is all out of control now and unlikely to change
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
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He's lost his job, Keith. He always was a miserable so and so. Times change. I doubt that he'll get the money he thinks he'll get from the sale of DAFC. Glad to hear that you'll keep flying the flag.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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It's about being a real supporter Ray
I'm sure things will move on fairly quickly
As you say there isn't the support to buy out a club
It's more likely to go under again
I hope not. But there are so many things that could change the direction of the club
Will chairman stay
Will manager stay
Will players stay
...
If chairman leaves
I'm sure manager and many players won't be far behind .
I m no fan of the chairman but he's the latest of a line of people to keep the club going
Sadly Dover has not had the sponsorship it deserves
But control of the club and the chairman could be reasons on this .
Let's see what happens next I will be at crabble Saturday Vs Stockport who have just sacked there manager !
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Guest 3925- Registered: 28 Nov 2020
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I have never been a football supporter but my son (15) and his friends have been going to recent matches and loving them, even when they lose!
I know nothing of running a football club, but to see how the youngsters today enjoy it, it's a shame that the club is in a state.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Although hopefully they will see season out
It's the long term future that is now of concern
..see you all at crabble this afternoon
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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Sorry to say Dover lost 2-4 but they played well most of the match ,all they need is that first win, and then there will be no stopping them ,but it must come soon, The meal upstairs was like always very good and also a good viewing point.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
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It was 5-2.
They might win one but it won't lead to to a winning run. The players aren't up to NL standard.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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In reality I think that's the best I have seen Dover
I think we are going down
At 2 2 I think could maybe of gone on to win but there keeper made a great save
They then broke away to score
Then we gave two more sloppy goals away .(those of us that watch to end knew it was 5-2)
If weather improves I might well go to Southend Tuesday but that's a true supporter
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