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Gateshead 4 Dover Athletic 2

Gateshead International Stadium… Saturday October 8th… 3pm

Attendance: 688

Ticket: £15 – Programme: £2

A cracking game on a fresh and sunny afternoon at Gateshead International Stadium…

Awaiting a Goalkick…

Gateshead Attack…

Gateshead; Hanford, Smith, Hogan, Fyfield, Jones, Brundle (YC), Jones, York (YC) (Styche 76), Bell (Mafut 85), Penn, McLaughlin

Not Used; Johnson, Wrightson, Hannant

Goals; York (36), Jones (44, 59), McLaughlin (48)

Dover Athletic; Walker, Thomas (YC), Grimes, Pinnock, Kinnear (Moore 90), Sterling, Stevenson, Fazackerley, Parkinson, Miller (YC), Lafayette

Not Used; Obileye, Marsh, Howlett-Mundle, Jackson Jr.

Goals; Parkinson (35), Miller (57)

As usual, more pictures on flickr…

Nuneaton Town 3 Dover Athletic 2

JPR James Parnell Stadium… Tuesday October 7th… 7.45pm

Attendance: 753

Ticket: £14 – Programme: £3 (Double Issue Lincoln / Dover)

The final leg of a busy football watching weekend…

A 340 mile round trip to Swansea on Saturday, followed by an 80 mile round trip to Nottingham on Sunday. Ironic then that a six mile round trip to Nuneaton tonight should serve up the best game of the three by far…

Warming Up…

Nuneaton raced into a 2-0 lead through goals from Onome Sodje (on his debut) and James Armson (an absolute screamer), only to be pegged back to 2-1 before half-time. In the second-half Dover brought the game back to 2-2, Nuneaton’s attempts to hold on to what they had failing rather quickly. Instead of folding however, having soaked up some pressure, Nuneaton rallied and Connor Franklin headed a third goal in the 77th minute for a much needed 3-2 victory…

Second Half Action…

And the best thing about tonight? Even better than the win? I was back home within 45 minutes of the final whistle…

Nuneaton Town; Charles-Cook, Charles, Dean, Franklin, Fowler (YC), Streete, Armson, Walker (Smith 92), Dawson, Curran (Hutchinson 61), Sodje Not Used; Brown, Dyer, Mcsweeney

Goals; Sodje (16 ), Armson (33), Franklin (77)

Dover Athletic; Rafferty, Orlu, Essam, Bonner, Stone, Lock, Deverdics, Sterling (YC) (Raggett 15 (Murphy 83)), Nanetti, Payne (Reid 63), Miller Not Used; Kinnear, Hook

Goals; Miller (37), Payne (51)

As usual, More pictures on flickr…