Dover Athletic to host Notts County in the National League at Crabble after the previous two scheduled matches were postponed

Dover Athletic are ready to welcome Notts County once again and the weather’s looking good.

The first two attempts to play the fixture at Crabble were postponed, firstly in January and the again the following month, which led to statements from both teams criticising each other.

Tuesday night’s visit will be the first of two games in quick succession between the sides, with Whites playing the reverse fixture at the County Ground on Monday (May 2).

Notts County will arrive looking to strengthen their grip on a play-off spot and Dover boss Andy Hessenthaler is hoping his men can do all they can to make that difficult.

Hessenthaler said: “I am sure Dagenham (one place below the Magpies) will be watching the game because they are in and around the play-offs still, they will be hoping we can put a performance on.

“The one thing we haven’t done is score enough at home, we tend to perform better away from home and I said to the boys after the game on Saturday, we have another tough game Tuesday but we need to perform at home better than we have been and hopefully that will be the case.

“I understand we have lost some fans, they have gone because we have gone down and we haven’t been winning game, the atmosphere in the ground has been difficult but hopefully with Notts County coming to our place, the atmosphere will be a lot better and help us in our performance.”

Dover lost 3-2 at Chesterfield on Saturday but were leading 2-1 with just eight minutes left before the home side fought back. It’s a sign that Hessenthaler’s men may be down but they’re not out.

“It was disappointing (to lose) but the effort from the players was phenomenal,” said the Whites boss.

“It would have put a spanner in their works and I know their manager