Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,790
While not following the ins and outs of football I thought it was normal practice for those responsible for poor performance to get the order of the boot.
When fans stop attending matches there is obviously something wrong with either the leadership, management, cost or the quality of players.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,845
Jan
I hope I can help without boring you on football .
Dover has been playing in higher leagues and really in a league of high wages competing against very big clubs
Since relegation in this league other clubs are investing a lot more.
Wages and lack of big sponsors is having a big affect on Dover.
Iv watched them since the 60s and they have never really been able to attract big sponsors .
The present chairman is one that wants control of the club, he came in after I helped to save the club after it owed £660,000 last time through poor management.
This chairman came in as the new savior, but I'm finding this a little suspect after Hes now asking for £3million for club .
The buck stops in any business with the tactics of the manager and of course the budget .
With the support reducing from avarages of around 900 to 1,000 down often to 500
The club was in trouble.
Quite a lot of passionate Dover supporters who went to home and away games , had enough and stopped attending.
I did ask this very question at the ore season manager /chairman's supporters meeting
Does the club feel the attendances dropping so vastly is down to the lack of support for the present manager.
The chairman quickly jumped in stating the manager is here to stay
Now having gone through the season and only 6 points off relegation zone, the manager jumps ship getting a better job at Gillingham FC
You can't blame him for that, but some blame must lay with his tactics this season.
With the chairman supporting him it was becoming dire.
As a real supporter I kept going but it was becoming expensive more so with games being lost against very Avarage sides.
I think the inclusion this season of the youth team manager has given the club more youth, but it is still quite a high level for the youth to play in.
That said the youth have had a great season .
A new manager willbe announced in next few weeks
But with lack of resources the dangerous words of a restructure of club is worrying.
Playing on acouncil pitch and asking so much for a club that won't make any money I wonder what the future holds .
If the chairman's seriously wanting £3m after giving the impression he was donating the money then I'm not sure of the club's future .
If less money goes into club then players will rightly leave and the club could well go down the leagues
Some supporters do have high expectations which is good , but it also needs money which remains unlikely
A model maybe like hungerford FC who they play this sat is maybe a good option for Dover
Run by supporters .
But that can't happen without the chairman giving up his position and the need for his money.
No sponsors going to come into a loss making venture.
I watch with interest
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,790
Keith Sansum1 wrote:Jan
I hope I can help without boring you on football .
I watch with interest
Well that must have kept you busy typing all that, sorry but I did not bother reading any of it, life is far to short.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,845
Well Jan you won't know and that's fine
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ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
- Posts: 2,158
Jan Higgins wrote:Well that must have kept you busy typing all that, sorry but I did not bother reading any of it, life is far to short.
Given the amount of time you appear to spend on this forum....really?
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,790
ray hutstone wrote:Given the amount of time you appear to spend on this forum....really?
Well I do have a lot of time to waste now I am a housebound ancient old lady who likes to visit this great (usually friendly) group while drinking my coffee.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,845
Lost again 1-0 to bottom of the league hungerford
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,845
Next up
Tonight
Home to Taunton FC. 7.45pm kick off
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Well they won 1-0
And Taunton missed a penalty !
Good three points for Dover
Home this sat.
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DFL- Registered: 21 Jul 2020
- Posts: 126
Hess jumped ship because Gills are splashing the cash and when they sack Harris he'll get the job - simple.
Dover have now got a new manager about to be announced: HARRY WHEELER a modern coach who really knows the league and the players, but he is himself becoming a bit of a journeyman of managment. He will do a job for the chairman, but without money there's not much the manager can really do.
So yeah, new manager, Mr Wheeler.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,469
Are you basing Harry Wheeler on this?
https://www.doverathletic.com/staff/harry-wheeler/
Then it's just a glitch with the club website.
ray hutstone- Registered: 1 Apr 2018
- Posts: 2,158
Not the best piece of on-line journalism whatever the facts are!
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,845
Let's see if that happens
But with no Dosh we can only slide down the leagues
380 at Deal last week!
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Dover. 1
Ebbsfleet. 2
Have to say with the 980 off fans getting behind the team they did battle and I believe they were worth a point against one of the sides favourite to win the league
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Tonight Dover play in the Kent senior cup at Chatham
I understand it's not a competition Dover wishes to be in
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Dover home on Sat under its new manager
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
- Posts: 1,016
If not to cold I might go along.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,845
Postponed 1pm
Second time iv turned up for it to be off
I would prefer as I'm sure the away side would
Postponing day before or morning
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victor matcham- Registered: 5 Oct 2021
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they should be find if it was a late one .I went along only to find it was not on,did not have my pie or chips
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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Next up
Tuesday away to Tonbridge
Weather permitting
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