Dartford took the derby day spoils as they won at Dover in National League South on Tuesday. First-half strikes from Samir Carruthers, Luke Coulson and Maxwell Statham put the Darts in command and, despite a strike from Dover’s Luke Baptiste, Whites have now lost five of their past six matches, falling to a 3-1 home loss.
Prior to the contest, a minute’s silence was observed by both sets of players within the centre circle as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
There was a cagey start to the action at Crabble in front of a 626 crowd and it took six minutes for the first chance to be created.
Alfie Paxman’s long throw fell kindly to Dover midfielder Baptiste who blasted high and wide. It was an impressive start by Andy Hessenthaler’s men, though, and a Paxman corner in the 12th minute just evaded centre-back Jake Goodman.