Dover Athletic manager Jake Leberl hoping Whites can replicate club’s 2013/14 success in Isthmian Premier promotion bid; First trip to Cray Wanderers’ new stadium up next

History could be repeating itself at promotion-chasing Dover, according to manager Jake Leberl.

Fifth-placed Whites saw off Dulwich Hamlet 1-0 in front of a massive crowd at Crabble on a club community day as they responded to back-to-back Isthmian Premier defeats.

While Dover’s title hopes now appear remote, they remain in the thick of it for a top-five finish and a shot at a National League South return at the first attempt via the play-offs.

Leberl was recently reminded of Whites’ memorable promotion from National League South during their 2013/14 season as he bumped into another member of that squad.

With Leberl No.2 to legendary boss Chris Kinnear, they got into the play-off positions on goal difference on the final day before they edged out Ebbsfleet 1-0 in the play-off final.

He said: “There’s going to be indifferent results for all teams at this stage of the season.

“I bumped into one of the lads, who was about a decade ago, the other day. I’d actually forgotten about it, but we got into the play-offs once before with the last kick of the season.

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“With the way this season is going, it could go down to the very last game.

“But what’s nice is our season is far from over. There’s lots of clubs, with huge budgets, whose seasons are.

“If we can take it all the way down to the last game, (that’ll be great), and our aim now is to get into the play-offs.”

Whites had looked on course to be involved in the title race at the turn of the year.

But a run of 11 points from 11 league matches all-but-ended their chances to be crowned champions, although defensive midfielder Luca Cocoracchio’s