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Community News

THE VOICE – IS IT YOURS?

The Whites are on the lookout for a volunteer PA announcer to join our team of announcers.

We are looking for a volunteer PA announce to work as part of the team covering matchdays works on a rota basis. Your role will be to read out the teams, goals, substitutions and any other announcements that you would normally hear on a matchday.

A free meal will be provided for the candidate.

For anyone interested in the position please contact jointheteam@doverathletic.com or call 01304 822373

SUPPORTERS CLUB SCOUT TRIP

Whites add Wyscout to its armoury courtesy of the Supporters Club.

This week the football club received the welcomed news that the DASC will purchase the scouting tool Wyscout for the coming season. For anyone not familiar with the product, it is the worlds largest football library of video and data. Every football club in the world that films their match are obliged to provide the footage for teams to run analysis over. It is an essential tool at this level for a club with little to no scouting network. It can help scout players and opposition data as well as reviewing your own performances.

They offer:

  • Worldwide coverage, play by play data on more than 600 competitions globally, as no one else in the market.
  • A detailed analysis on 2.000 events per match delivered by our experts.
  • Millions of plays, from the Big Five to the most promising youth tournaments all over the world

We have a team of full-time video ana­lysts who work exclu­sive­ly with Wyscout, so that we’re not wast­ing trav­el time, air­fares, hotels. We can see a lot of good or bad attrib­ut­es in the play­ers from the Wyscout footage’ – John Marshall, Head of Recruitment, Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Picture taken from actual Wyscout footage

Kirsty Noble from DASC said ‘The Supporters Club is delighted to purchase the Wyscout product, to help Mitch Brundle prepare the team in the best way possible. There is much more the Supporters Club can do, but we need more members, to raise more funds, in order to make more donations. Please support the Football Club by becoming a member of the Supporters Club. We are speaking with Mr Parmenter, Chairman of Dover Athletic FC, about further donations, but we can only do this with the support of our fans.

There will be a presentation of a cheque in the Centre Spot at 1.15pm. This will be presented by the Supporters Club to both the Chairman, Jim Parmenter and manager, Mitch Brundle.

There will be a fund raising bucket in the Centre Spot on Saturday to help replenish Supporters’ Club funds, there will be membership forms available to collect. Alternatively, you can download a membership form from the top of the Supporters Club website which is www.dafcsc.co.uk.

To see the latest events and travel information you can follow us on Facebook @DoverAthleticSC, Instagram @dafc_supportersclub, Twitter @DAFCClub or @DASC_Coaches.

@DoverAthleticSC – https://www.facebook.com/DoverAthleticSC

@dafc_supportersclub – https://www.instagram.com/dafc_supportersclub/

@DAFCClub – https://twitter.com/DAFCClub

@DASC_Coaches –  https://twitter.com/DASC_Coaches

STRIKER – DID YOU HIT THE NET?

Latest Striker results for Wednesday 23rd August

 

Congratulations to all the winners and better luck next time if your name wasn’t drawn out. It could well be your time next week.

For anyone who doesn’t know how the Striker Lottery works well let me explain if for you. Each week, so long as you have paid your £1 weekly subscription, your number will be entered into a draw. If your number is drawn, congratulations – you’re a winner! It’s as simple as that. The draw is held every Wednesday. Keep an eye on the website and social media pages for full details. Who knows, your number could scoop the £1,000 top prize.

Please note that only paid-for tickets are entered in the draw. For your convenience, your membership fee can be collected from you, or you can pay at the Club Office or, to save time, you can pay monthly or quarterly by standing order.

Contact harry.reid@doverathletic.com to register your interest and good luck

WORTHING – VIP STYLE

Fancy watching the Whites take on Worthing in style? Of course you do.

Mitch Brundle and the boys will be looking to put on a show and where else would you rather watch it than here with us.

Watch the game from the best seats in the house and let our match day hospitality provide the ultimate way to spend your time with us.

The package includes:

  • Butler hosted lounge with large TVs and a projector showing the game

  • A three-course meal served at your table

  • Reserved undercover premium padded seating

  • Complimentary tea, coffee & mineral water, plus a dedicated paid bar before and after the match

  • Complimentary match day team sheet

The very special experience costs £28 per person and is available for individual and group bookings, or as a gift voucher.

Please note that this price does NOT include entry for non-season ticket holders who do attend, and they will still need to pay at the turnstile on the day.

On the menu for the game will be :

  • Minestrone Soup with Roll and Butter
  • Cottage pie , vegetables & gravy
  • Lotus Biscoff cheesecake and cream

Arrival at the ground should be at 1pm and food will be served at 1.30pm.

There are only 64 spaces available, so all tickets will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

The dress code is smart casual.

To buy your VIP ticket please email gavin.hughes@doverathletic.com or call the office on 01304 822373

STRIKER – DID YOU HIT THE NET?

Latest Striker results for Wednesday 2nd August

 

Congratulations to all the winners and better luck next time if your name wasn’t drawn out. It could well be your time next week.

For anyone who doesn’t know how the Striker Lottery works well let me explain if for you. Each week, so long as you have paid your £1 weekly subscription, your number will be entered into a draw. If your number is drawn, congratulations – you’re a winner! It’s as simple as that. The draw is held every Wednesday. Keep an eye on the website and social media pages for full details. Who knows, your number could scoop the £1,000 top prize.

Please note that only paid-for tickets are entered in the draw. For your convenience, your membership fee can be collected from you, or you can pay at the Club Office or, to save time, you can pay monthly or quarterly by standing order.

Contact harry.reid@doverathletic.com to register your interest and good luck

STRIKER – DID YOU HIT THE NET?

Latest Striker results for Wednesday 26th July 

 

Congratulations to all the winners and better luck next time if your name wasn’t drawn out. It could well be your time next week.

For anyone who doesn’t know how the Striker Lottery works well let me explain if for you. Each week, so long as you have paid your £1 weekly subscription, your number will be entered into a draw. If your number is drawn, congratulations – you’re a winner! It’s as simple as that. The draw is held every Wednesday. Keep an eye on the website and social media pages for full details. Who knows, your number could scoop the £1,000 top prize.

Please note that only paid-for tickets are entered in the draw. For your convenience, your membership fee can be collected from you, or you can pay at the Club Office or, to save time, you can pay monthly or quarterly by standing order.

Contact harry.reid@doverathletic.com to register your interest and good luck

A BIG THANK YOU FROM THE COMMUNITY TEAM

Thank you to those of you for attending our first community day of the 2023/24 season. Although not quite the huge event I would have liked to have run, but with 3 weeks to put it together, I feel like the day was a success, even with the Great British Summer having other ideas!

A big thank you goes out to my team of volunteers, for handing out the giveaway bags and balloons as well as tirelessly running the various raffles and children’s tombola, both of which raised funds which will be used to continue our work within the community over the coming season.

The inflatable football pitch, provided and staffed by Holly and Lou at the Football Fun Factory, proved popular and a huge success. Thank you, Holly and Lou, for coming along, we hope to see you again at future events.

Photos courtesy of Neil Care

 

The amazingly talented Tracey was providing non-stop face painting for the children and even some of the adults were spotted showing off their painted faces too. Thank you Tracey for all of your hard work.

I was hugely grateful of the generosity shown from local pubs, The Old Endeavour and The Red Lion, for supporting the day with contributions to the Bucket of Booze raffle, alongside donations from supporters of the club.

The re-appearance of Captain Crab was a delight to see as he made his way around the ground posing for photos. I think we need to see Captain Crab more often, however, this is not always possible due to staffing. So, if anyone would like to offer themselves as a potential Captain Crab contender, please drop me an email.

Local band Turmoil played a sensational set in the Centre Spot bar and we hope to see them again soon at Crabble.

Over the coming weeks, we look forward to supporting LDC Care with their activities day up on the Community Training Pitch, as well as being on the lookout for news that the reading packs we have sponsored have been found. The initiative is to keep children reading over the summer holidays and has been organised by the Secret Garden Book Shop. We wish Caroline every success with this project and are glad to have helped give something back to the children of Dover.

With the season almost upon us, work is going into giving your match day experience a more community feel. I have plenty of ideas but am always happy to hear your thoughts. You are after all the club’s community. Any ideas and suggestions can be sent to me directly on vikki.pawley@doverathletic.com

Existing projects currently running are the Happy Feet football sessions, which run every Saturday morning on the Community Training Pitch. Ages 5-10 years play from 9am-10am and ages 11-15 years play from 10.15am-11.15am. Sessions cost £4 per child per session.

On a Sunday morning, Walking Football sessions are held from 10am-11am, up on the Community Training Pitch. These sessions are anyone aged 45 and over. Sessions cost £4.

I will update you all over the next few weeks with upcoming events and look forward to seeing and talking you on match days.

Vikki

COMMUNITY DAY SUCCESS

We hold our first community day of the season.

With the season fast approaching, we held our first community day of the year. There were prizes to win in the children’s tombola as well as a meat raffle, bucket of booze and a chance to win a mascot for a match day. Hopefully some of you have woken up as winners this morning. The first team were then put through their paces with an open training session which consisted of a period of keep ball followed by a short match, with the yellows defeating the blues 2-0.

Captain crab was on hand to make sure that everything ran smoothly before the band Turmoil sung us out with a cracking selection of tunes. It was a fantastic day and one that will be repeated midway through the campaign.

We would like to thank all of you that volunteered, sponsored and gifted towards our day and well done to our community team on a day well done, despite the rain.

Raffle winners:

Shirt – Emma Cook

Meat – Kay Holness

Bucket of Booze x 2 – Paula Lewis & Val McLester

Match Day Mascot – Jamie Yelverton

There is still time to get your season ticket by clicking HERE.

We are also offering the chance to book mini season tickets for games in blocks of 5. Click HERE for more details.

We have a game at Deal Town on Tuesday night followed by our final match at home against Ashford United next Saturday before the season opener with Torquay United on the 5th August. It’s nearly time to get down to business and you don’t want to miss out.

COYW.

STRIKER – DID YOU HIT THE NET?

Latest Striker results for Wednesday 19th July 

 

Congratulations to all the winners and better luck next time if your name wasn’t drawn out. It could well be your time next week.

For anyone who doesn’t know how the Striker Lottery works well let me explain if for you. Each week, so long as you have paid your £1 weekly subscription, your number will be entered into a draw. If your number is drawn, congratulations – you’re a winner! It’s as simple as that. The draw is held every Wednesday. Keep an eye on the website and social media pages for full details. Who knows, your number could scoop the £1,000 top prize.

Please note that only paid-for tickets are entered in the draw. For your convenience, your membership fee can be collected from you, or you can pay at the Club Office or, to save time, you can pay monthly or quarterly by standing order.

Contact harry.reid@doverathletic.com to register your interest and good luck

COMMUNITY DAY & OPEN TRAINING SESSION

Come and get involved as we throw our first community day.

With the re-energised Community Trust team being assembled in the summer, we look forward to throwing our first community day of the season. Come along and see what fun and entertainment we will have at Crabble, with the added bonus of the first team completing an open training session, followed by an in house match. We would love to see some new faces as well as old, so why not bring a friend or family member, and come and take a look at what we will be doing this campaign. And best of all, admission will be FREE for all.

Following the first team training session there will be some live music in the Centre Spot with a chance to meet and greet the players and management team. Why not bring along something for them to sign?

The running order for the day will be as follows:

  • 12-2pm – Inflatable Football Pitch supplied by the Football Fun Factory
  • Face Painting and Temporary Tattoo’s
  • A Shirt Raffle
  • Raffle to Win a Bucket of Booze.

Raffle tickets will be £1 each but the face painting and inflatable football is FREE and will be held on the community pitch behind the stadium.

  • 2pm – First Team begin Open Training Session on main pitch
  • 2.45/3pm – First Team in house match
  • 4-6pm – Live Music from Turmoil, in the Centre Spot.

We hope to see as many of you there as possible.

COYW.