Dover will tonight be out to earn their first Kent derby win of the season against Dartford. It will be Whites’ third derby clash this campaign having last month lost 2-1 at home to Tonbridge and 3-0 at Ebbsfleet.
Dartford, 14th in National League South, like 16th-placed Dover, have had a mixed start to the season ahead of the clash at Crabble (7.45pm kick-off). “They have been a bit up and down, like ourselves,” Dartford-born Dover boss Hessenthaler said of the Darts, now managed by Alan Dowson. “A new manager has gone in there.
I know Alan really well, he has had to change things around. “I have been at Dover for a while but we are rebuilding with a lot of new players.
The new manager at Dartford is finding his feet but, listen, he knows non-league football very well. “It’s going to be a tough game.