After two weeks without a matchday, the Hawks finally get on the road to Dover Athletic.
The almost 300 mile round trip is the Hawks’ first clash since 7th January after last Saturday’s match to Farnborough was called off. Last time out for the Hawks it was a pleasant 3-1 home win against Braintree Town, one which was needed after falling to three straight home defeats. Muhammadu Faal opened the scoring before a delightful free-kick from Benton levelled the scores at the break. Charlie Ruff nodded the Hawks ahead straight after the restart before an ambitious lob from Faal secured his brace and all three points.
Dover have recently had a shift in management. Mitch Brundle put pen to paper on an 18 month minimum contract as a player/manager role following the departure of Andy Hessenthaler. Sat 16th in the league, they come off the back of a 2-1 defeat to league leaders, Ebbsfleet United. Domi took the lead before Wanadio levelled the scores. But an 86th minute penalty to the Fleet was slotted away by Rakish Bingham.
The Hawks are undefeated on the road, claiming 27 points from 33. It’s not an easy place to go though, the Crabble, with them getting a result over Taunton the week before at home.
The last time we met, it was a huge 4-2 victory for the Hawks. Muhammadu Faal had his first start for the club and notched a brace either side of an Alfie Pavey equaliser. McCarthy and Roberts secured all three points before Carney slotted home a consolation.
By: Adam Nixon