Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#101
This thread was started by VM at the start of the season and has been used ever since (except by members who seem unable to type 'football' into the box in the 'search' facility). I don't see any reason to change now. Besides, the title of the newcomer on the block, 'Dover Athletic Information', seems more appropriate to club news rather than reports by people who were actually at matches. There is a niche, though, for anyone who wants to start yet another thread: we don't have one for away matches. Who'll be the first of many?
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#102
Chelsea won 1- 0 at a lunch time kick off.
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,599
#103
Perhaps just merge the 2 threads and then re-name it?
It’s not like other subjects have duplicate threads. How many A20 threads have there been?
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#104
Brian Dixon wrote:Chelsea won 1- 0 at a lunch time kick off.
And there was me thinking this was a football thread.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#105
wgs, nah cricket thread,.
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#106
Dover 1 : 2 Harrogate. Well that was a waste of time, effort, entrance money and hot chocolate. The most exciting event was a half-time shouting match in the bar which attracted the attention of security and police. At least it livened things up a bit. On the pitch Harrogate were all over us, Whites never looked like winning despite scoring first and, after Town's 2nd goal, the team more or less stopped playing, probably put off by the prospect of a long midweek trip to Yorkshire should they equalise. Perform like that in the league and we've had it.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Judith Roberts- Registered: 15 May 2012
- Posts: 637
#107
I agree it was a very poor performance.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,709
#108
they were indeed at home today against Gateshead
Dover went ahead in the 8th minute courtesy of a goal by Lokko and held on until the 79th minute when Gateshead equalised, it looked like a draw until the 5th minute of added time when Gateshead managed to snatch a winner.
The lack of bite in front of goal is beginning to look like a problem no matter what Hess says...
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#109
Weird Granny Slater wrote:Perform like that in the league and we've had it.
Well, we did and I suspect we have. Dover 2:3 Harrogate. Following Town's early goal I thought Whites were pretty clueless for the rest of the first half. They gradually built up some steam in the second half and, after a couple of subs, blew the valve in the last 10 minutes with two quickfire goals from Allen and Reason. That's when Hess should have reorganised the team into a tighter unit. Instead, they allowed Harrogate to equalise and then to snatch it in added time. With the other teams around us picking up points we are back in the relegation places with fewer games to play. Still, a bonus at this time of year is that, though the dog shite on the cut-through to London Road is voluminous, it is also very visible.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#110
Dover 3:0 Braintree. A decent performance from the Whites this afternoon. I'd not even settled down before Braintree had a man red-carded, and didn't see what happened. Worgan (his first game I believe), hardly troubled in the 1st half, made a couple of excellent saves in the 2nd, including one from a penalty. Pavey got the nod over Effiong, and scored our first after a defensive shambles. But even though Braintree never gave up, the result was never in doubt, and Dover might have had a couple more. Braintree are surely doomed, but losses for Maidstone, Aldershot, Havant, Chesterfield and Maidenhead mean Dover, though still only just above the relegation places, are in a much better position after this win.
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Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,599
#111
The Braintree threw a punch / or slapped the Dover player - I heard both ( was up the other end)
Now where's the other DAFC thread?
Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
- Posts: 1,300
#112
I am 3,000 miles away and could see it, definite red card!
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,599
#113
Neil Moors wrote:I am 3,000 miles away and could see it, definite red card!
Having seen the highlights, definite red card
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
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#114
Dover up to 17th after the win over Aldershot yesterday, their highest placing since last August, and now only 16 points away from a play-off place. Shame there's only 2 matches left. On a happier note, it'll soon be time for a few new threads for next season's matches.
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Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#115
Remember: 1230 kick-off for this season's final game.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,095
#116
Dover 3:0 Sutton. Excellent high-energy first half from Dover, with one scored, one disallowed for off-side and chances for a couple more. Rather an end-of-the-season feel to the second half following the half-time substitutions. MoM to Mitch Walker in his last game for the club. It's been an impressive 9 match unbeaten run to see Whites finish in 14th place, a height unimaginable at the turn of the year. If Hessenthaler's higher profile (if he stays, that is) can recruit a few in the summer, next season could be a cracker.
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