Danny Kedwell is calling upon Chatham fans to come out in their numbers this season. Successive crowds of more than 2,000 watched Chats do what they needed to against Ramsgate and Cray Valley in their final two home fixtures last season to be crowned Isthmian South East champions at the Bauvill Stadium in their first campaign back at the level.
Kevin Hake’s side topped the average attendance table - albeit bumper crowds in their season run-in did contribute to that overall figure, a shade more than 1,000.
Hake’s No.2 wants to see more of the same, ahead of their opening-day home match against Bognor Regis this Saturday. Kedwell said: “This club is going places. “Each week, the support has been getting bigger and bigger. “But we need that support from the beginning of the season.
Fans do play a big part in what we do. “They were a bit quiet against Cray Valley, but they were probably about as nervous as we were at the beginning of the game.