The Official website of Dover Athletic Football Club | Team Guide

Dover Athletic
Crabble
Lewisham Road
River, Dover
CT17 0JB

The Official website of Dover Athletic Football Club | Team Guide - Information about Dover Athletic

Telephone Number: 01304 822373

E-mail Address: info@doverathletic.com

Official Website: www.doverathletic.com

Images from Crabble:

Crabble Stadium

Getting to Crabble:

By Road

From outside of Kent, find your way to the M25, then take the M2/A2 (follow the signs for Canterbury, the signs for Dover will take you down the M20) as far as the Whitfield roundabout (near the Esso petrol station and McDonald's Drive-Thru). Take the fourth exit at this roundabout, down Whitfield Hill. At the bottom of the hill turn left at the roundabout and follow this road until the first set of traffic lights. At the lights turn right (180 degrees down the hill) and follow the road under the railway bridge, the ground is just up the road. If you have to take the M20/A20 leave the A20 in Folkestone (the exit immediately after the tunnel through the hill) and travel through the Alkham Valley (turn left at the roundabout at the end of the slip-road and then left again, following the signs for Alkham) which will eventually take you near Kearsney train station (turn right into Lower Road just before the railway bridge, before you get to the station).

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Admission:

There is a £1 transfer to sit for Under 18s and OAPs / £1.50 for Adults. Under 11's are FREE

The club's main turnstiles are up at the top of the slope of the Crabble Athletic Ground. The club also has a second set of turnstiles, as part of the requirements that were needed to bring the ground up to Football League standard, for away fans (when games are segregated) at the top of the steps, just off the main playing field.

The stadium capacity is 5745.

Adult: £12 Over 60s: £9 U18: £5 Under 11: FREE (when accompanied by an adult - up to 4 u11s with 1 adult)

Recent History:
2012/13: Finished 3rd in Blue Square Bet South, beating Eastleigh on penalties in the play-off semi final.
2011/12: Finished 7th in Blue Square Bet South.
2010/11: Beat Gillingham and Aldershot to reach the FA Cup 3rd round proper. Finished 7th in Blue Square South.
2009/10: Finished 2nd in Blue Square South, losing 2-1 to Woking in the play-off semi finals.
2008/09: Champions of Ryman Premier with 104 points.
2007/08: Champions of Ryman South with 98 points.
2006/07: Finished third in Ryman South, losing 2-0 to Hastings in the play-off semi-final.
2005/06: Finished fifth in Ryman One, losing 3-2 to Tonbridge in the play-off final.

Club Information:
Club won the Southern League title in 1990 and again in 1993, gaining promotion to the Conference where the club spent nine seasons.

Whites paid a then non-league record £50,000 for striker David Leworthy from Farnborough Town in August 1993.

Eventually relegated in 2002, Whites finished third in their first season back in the Southern League Premier Division - but disaster struck and Dover were relegated the following season, finishing fourth from bottom.

Things only got worse, as Dover finished second from bottom in 2004/05 of the Ryman Premier - leaving the club in the fourth tier of non-league football for the first time in its history.

A new board took over in January 2004 and immediately cleared huge debts - and Whites are now financially stable and ambitious to once again climb back up the non-league football ladder. Wikipedia Entry