Andy Hessenthaler hopes Dover’s shock weekend loss serves as “a kick up the backside” for his players. Whites were beaten 1-0 by Larkfield & New Hythe, who play in Southern Counties East League Division 1 - some four leagues below.
Dover’s boss admits it was a game he expected his side to win, but says he learnt plenty from the fixture. “[It’s] not good to be honest,” Hessenthaler reflected. “I will be honest, the pitch was not particularly good.
It was going to be the youth section that was going to use it but we didn’t have a game ourselves. “We expected to go and win the game - but we didn’t.
Not being disrespectful to them, but we should be winning those games. “But if you win the game 5-0 or 6-0, how much do you learn from it?
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