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Dover Athletic boss Jake Leberl confident of reaction to 4-1 FA Cup exit at Farnborough as club holds first community day of the season against Hampton & Richmond Borough

Manager Jake Leberl is confident Dover will deliver a reaction to their FA Cup exit.

Whites were knocked out at the second qualifying round stage, losing 4-1 at National League South rivals Farnborough last weekend - facing the same opponents for the second time inside seven days - despite forward Ruben Soares-Junior’s first-half goal.

While Leberl naturally wanted Dover to enjoy a strong cup run, his troops find themselves in the play-off places in seventh.

They will host fellow early high-fliers Hampton & Richmond in the latest club community day at Crabble on Saturday.

Among the activities on offer will be a children’s disco in their clubhouse and a face-painting stall while more than 1,000 tickets have been handed out to local schools, community groups and the care sector.

On Alan Julian’s team, who have only lost once this season and are on a six-match unbeaten run, Leberl said: “They have had a really good start.

"Obviously it will be our community day, which should go in our favour.

“We know we let everyone - the fans, the club and the chairman (Jim Parmenter) - down last weekend.

“But I’m sure we will be bang up for it against an extremely competitive Hampton side, who have started the season really well.

“Hampton are a bit similar to us. They don’t have a load of experience or a load of money but they have started the season extremely well.

“Our players will react, I’ve got no doubt about that at all.”

In the bread and butter of the league, Whites find themselves ahead of Kent rivals Ebbsfleet, Maidstone and Tonbridge, having won 2-1 at Farnborough, before their cup loss.

Leberl said: “I keep going back to Bath (a 2-1 victory) where I felt we were fortunate.

“In the Dagenham game (a 2-2 draw), the sending-off

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