Lost Property
Any fan who travelled on the Aveley coach and has lost a scarf, please contact us so we can get you reunited with your property.
You can contact us via sc.dafc@gmail.com or via 07934 300335
End of season awards
The votes for the 23/24 season are in.
We started off with awarding a £100 donation to Archie Hatcher who is raising money for NSPCC by running the London Marathon.
You can donate by clicking here.
We then awarded a £100 donation to Nick Dembele who is raising money for Cancer Research UK by doing a push-ups challenge.
You can donate by clicking here.
The winner of the Golden Boot is Zidane Sutherland.
Although we couldn't show his goals when presenting the trophy, you can see them to the left.
The Andy Fisher Memorial Trophy for the Away Player of the Season is George Nikaj.
Due to spoilt votes we had to null and void the vote and for this season asked Jake for his player of the season.
The Simon Harris Memorial Trophy for the Overall Player of the Season is John Oyenuga.
A £100 donation has been made to his chosen charity which is the Anchor of Hope Church.
Thank you to both Donna Fisher and Kevin Harris for attending and presenting the awards.
The shields are once again on display in the Centre Spot.
Help needed! British Heart Foundation football fan campaign 2024
You can see the communication we received from the Raw Research Casting Team below.
You can see more about them by clicking here.
If you’re interested and would like to speak to them you can email casting@rawresearch.co.uk with ‘BHF’ in the subject line.
Dear Dover Athletic ST team,
My name is Katie - I run the casting and research team at Raw Research Casting. I hope you don't mind us reaching out to you. We are working on a campaign for the British Heart Foundation that will be launched around the time of the start of the UEFA Euros. The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness about the fact that 12 young people lose their lives per week due to sudden cardiac death in the UK (an absolutely staggering statistic).
We are getting in touch with football networks all around the UK, as we are looking to speak to the families of young people (aged 35 and under) who lost their lives due to a sudden cardiac death in the last 20 years, who were also football fans. The plan is to paint beautiful murals of 12 football supporters who are no longer with us, dressed in their national side football kit (12 to represent the 12 young people who lose their lives each week). Each mural will also have some information about the person as part of the tribute to them. Their story will be treated with the utmost sensitivity - we’d work closely with each person's family to plan what the mural would look like. All families will be supported throughout by the BHF’s Heart Stories team and the production team.
Do you happen to know if your football community has experienced the loss of a young fan at any point in the last 20 years? We'd also be so grateful if you'd be happy to share the casting information with your network or perhaps even on your social media? If this is something you'd be prepared to do, please let us know and we can send you our campaign flyer.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if you'd like to chat further. It's going to be a really special campaign that will hopefully do some real good.
Kindest regards,
Katie
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Raw Research Casting Team
Coach booking deadlines
Details about upcoming coaches can be seen on the dedicated coaches page.
Quiz night
Congratulations to the winning quiz team.
Thank you to everyone who attended.
We hope to see you all again at our next quiz, the date will be announced soon
Letter of support to the new management team
A copy of the letter that was sent to the new management can be seen on the left.
Christmas Raffle
Thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets and to the businesses and individuals who donated prizes to the Christmas Raffle.
Winners list to the left.
Your Supporters' Club supports the Under 13's
The Supporters' Club are pleased to confirm our sponsorship of the Under 13's with the supply of their training tops as can be seen in the picture to the left.
Our Secretary Derek Stroud can be seen with Colin Wilkins and the under 13's captain Harry Wilkins.
First Crosskeys journey
Thank you to Crosskeys for getting us to the ground in perfect timing and a hassle free journey.
Coaches update
The Supporters’ Club has recently made the decision to change coach supplier.
This decision was made so that we can go back to taking bookings on a Saturday game preceding an away game.
This change will also allow us to offer a 16 seater if we are unable to get sufficient bookings for a larger coach, that will allow us to run more coaches which otherwise would have not been viable.
More information about the change can be seen in our October newsletter.
DASC Vacancy
There is now a Vacancy as COACH CO-ORDINATOR.
If you are interested and require further details, please email Dover Athletic Supporters Club on sc.dafc@gmail.com
Your Supporters' Club supports the Team with Wyscout scouting tool purchase
The Supporters' Club has recently made a £1,900 donation to the football club to fund the purchase of the Wyscout scouting tool. This equipment will enable the club to analyse both their opposition's data as well as their own.
With Dover Athletic being one of the few clubs in our league that previously did not have access to this product. We felt that this would be a important and intuitive tool for the club to have access to.
Thank you for your continued support!
Our primary objective is to strengthen the bond between Dover Athletic Football Club, its fans and the community which it serves, to represent the interests of the community in the running of the Club and promoting the game of football as a recreational facility and focus for community involvement.
Letter To Local MP
Our Chairman wrote to Dover MP Natalie Elphicke on behalf of The Dover Athletic Supporters Club. See her response is on the Left.
Your Supporters' Club supports the Team Management with GPS purchase
The Supporters' Club has recently made a £4,000 donation to Andy Hessenthaler and his management team to fund the purchase of twenty 'Catapult' GPS tracker vests and associated software for use by the first team squad. This equipment will enable the management to assess the fitness, effort, injury status and more of the players.
With 70% of Premiership and EFL clubs, and 75% of National League teams using the software, we felt it was an important and intuitive system for our players and management to have.
Thank you for your continued support!
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