Dover Athletic manager Andy Hessenthaler hoping to keep defender Danny Collinge at the club next season

Boss Andy Hessenthaler hopes to keep hold of Dover defender Danny Collinge next season.

The former Colchester centre-back was an unlikely goalscoring hero last weekend as Whites drew 2-2 away to FA Trophy finalists Bromley in the National League.

Collinge scored twice, including a last-gasp leveller, as already-relegated Dover try to finish their awful season on a high.

“Danny has been good this season,” said Hessenthaler. “He has been very consistent.

“He’s somebody we would like to keep at the football club but we need to have a conversation about that.

"He was good on Saturday.”

In their last away league fixture of the season, Dover fell behind to Chris Bush’s effort before Collinge levelled at Hayes Lane.

It looked as if the hosts had won the points when Corey Whitely struck in the final minute, but Collinge equalised again deep into stoppage time.

It was a point Whites boss Hessenthaler felt his troops had deserved.

The draw moves Dover to one point after they were handed a 12-point deduction before a ball was kicked this season.

He reflected: “It’s nice that we got a late equaliser to get something out of the game. That’s happened a lot against us this season so it was nice to have it the other way round.

“It’s a good point. We deserved it. It was a young team that we put out again.

“They made eight changes and we, obviously, cannot do that, but we did well Saturday.

“We are on plus [points] which is nice.

"Hopefully we can get a win on Sunday and get to four points.”

Whites will finally finish a dreadful campaign this Sunday having had relegation confirmed in mid-March and still only picked up two league victories all season.

Since their fate was sealed though, far from throwing in the towel, they have drawn