Andy Hessenthaler looks for Dover Athletic to keep their form going in Kent derby against Bromley
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by Kevin Redsull
With his side’s play-off
ambitions back on track after two consecutive away wins, Dover
Athletic manager Andy Hessenthaler has called on all supporters to
get behind the side again at home to Bromley on Saturday.
Dover followed up their 3-1 weekend success at Basingstoke with
a 2-0 victory at Bishop’s Stortford on Tuesday to move back into
joint fifth place in the Blue Square Conference South table with
Bath City.
Hessenthaler felt his players had
produced the perfect response after picking up only one point from
their two previous home matches, which he felt had provoked
unjustified criticism from some supporters.
He said: "We have all got to be in
this together now if we are going to make the play-offs and the
players need to feel the fans are right behind them.
"I don’t think it’s a coincidence
that we are playing better away from home because the players are
feeling under pressure in our home games.
"But although we haven’t won any of
our last three games at Crabble, we have only lost twice in the
last 10 league matches and a lot of teams would like to have that
record going into the business end of the season."
Hessenthaler added: "We will be
looking to carry that on against Bromley, so our football might
perhaps not be as pleasing on the eye as our supporters have become
used to but it’s a question of ‘needs must now’ as we try to get
into the play-offs."
Hessenthaler will be hoping that
Shaun Welford (knee) and Frannie Collin (groin) will be fit after
having to be substituted on Tuesday night, but defender Danny
Walder is out for three or four weeks with a calf strain.
Wednesday, March 17 2010
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