2014–15 Dover Athletic F.C. season

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Dover Athletic
2014–15 season
Manager Chris Kinnear
Ground Crabble Athletic Ground
Conference Premier 8th
FA Cup Third Round
FA Trophy Fourth Round
Kent Senior Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League:
Stefan Payne (15)
All:
Stefan Payne (20)
Highest home attendance 5,645 vs Crystal Palace
(4 January 2015)
Lowest home attendance 274 vs Faversham Town
(4 November 2014)
Average home league attendance 1,354
Biggest win 6–1 vs Dartford
5–0 vs Nuneaton Town
Biggest defeat 1–6 vs Woking
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was the thirty-second season of competitive association football played by Dover Athletic Football Club, a professional football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. Their promotion via the Conference South play-offs in 2013–14 meant they played in Conference Premier, after twelve years away from the division.[1] The season ran from 1 July 2014 to 25 April 2015.

Chris Kinnear made five signings in his second summer transfer window as Dover manager.[2] After a poor start to the season Dover made a late surge for a play-off place but failed to reach one as they finished in eighth position in the twenty-four-team 2014–15 Conference Premier.[3] Dover were eliminated from the 2014–15 FA Cup in the third round by Crystal Palace,[4] and from the 2014–15 FA Trophy in the fourth round by Bath City.[5] Dover also took part in the 2014–15 Kent Senior Cup and were knocked out in the second round by Folkestone Invicta.[6]

Thirty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were fourteen different goalscorers.[7] Defender Richard Orlu missed only three of the fifty-nine competitive matches played over the season. Stefan Payne finished as leading scorer with twenty goals, of which fifteen came in league competition, two came in the FA Trophy, two came in the Kent Senior Cup and one came in the FA Cup.[7][8] At the end of season awards Tyrone Sterling won the Supporters Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year.[9]

Background and pre-season

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See also: 2013–14 Football Conference and List of Dover Athletic F.C. seasons

The 2013–14 season was Chris Kinnear's first full season as Dover Athletic manager, having taken over the role in January 2013.[10] Dover finished the season in the fifth and final Conference South play-off place.[11] Dover beat Sutton United Town 4–1 on aggregate in the play-off semi-final.[12] Ebbsfleet United were then beaten 1–0 in the 2014 Conference South play-off Final at Stonebridge Road, which meant the club was promoted into the Conference Premier, returning to the non-League top flight after an twelve-year absence.[1]

Released following the end of the season were Moses Ademola, Terrell Forbes, Elliott Charles, Ashley Carew and James Rogers.[13] Michael Bakare, Michael Kamara and Sam Long also left the club after departing for Tonbridge Angels, Dulwich Hamlet and Bromley respectively.[14][15][16]

New additions in defence ahead of the season's start included goalkeeper Andy Rafferty from Hartlepool United and defenders Matt Lock from Chelmsford City and Sean Francis from Bishop's Stortford. Midfielder Christian Nanetti signed from Havant & Waterlooville and forward Stefan Payne signed from Hornchurch.[2]

In the pre-season campaign Dover participated in ten matches.[17] This comprised four home games, against Margate, Faversham Town, Colchester United and Gillingham, and six away games at Canvey Island, Tonbridge Angels, Erith & Belvedere, Sevenoaks Town, Kingstonian and Chatham Town. The match against Erith & Belvedere was abandoned after 80 minutes, with Dover winning 2–0, due to a serious injury to club trialist Tambeson Eyong.[18] The club completed the pre-season unbeaten, winning eight of the completed fixtures and drawing the other.

Conference Premier match details
Date Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Att. Ref
12 July 2014 Canvey Island A W 4–1 Payne 1' pen., Sands 29' o.g., Bellamy (2) 60', 85' 160 [19]
15 July 2014 Tonbridge Angels A W 2–0 Elder 61', Reid 89' pen. 252 [20]
17 July 2014 Erith & Belvedere A Abandoned 2–0 Deverdics 13', Goulding 41' [18]
19 July 2014 Margate H W 1–0 Reid 81' 521 [21]
22 July 2014 Faversham Town H W 4–0 Reid (2), Sterling, Nanetti 247 [22]
24 July 2014 Sevenoaks Town A W 2–0 Goulding 45', Appiah 81' 117 [23]
25 July 2014 Colchester United H D 2–2 Stone 5', Elder 78' [24]
29 July 2014 Gillingham H W 1–0 Raggett 64' 869 [25]
2 August 2014 Kingstonian A W 2–0 Modeste (2) 21', 29' 176 [26]
5 August 2014 Chatham Town A W 1–0 [27]

Summary and aftermath

Final Conference Premier table (part)
Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 46 21 15 10 60 46 +14 78
7 46 21 13 12 77 52 +25 76
8 46 19 11 16 69 58 +11 68
9 46 17 15 14 60 54 +6 66
10 46 17 15 14 66 62 +4 78

Dover mostly occupied the bottom half of the table before the turn of the year, and dropped as low as twenty-third in September 2014.[28] On the final day a 0–0 draw with Forest Green Rovers gave Dover an eighth place finish,[29] three places outside the play-off places which Dover made a late surge for. Richard Orlu made the highest number of appearances over the season, appearing in fifty-six of Dover's fifty-nine matches. Stefan Payne was Dover's top scorer in the league and in all competitions, with fifteen league goals and twenty in total. Two other players, Nicky Deverdics and Tom Murphy, reached double figures.[7]

After the season ended Barry Cogan, Nathan Elder, Connor Essam, Sean Francis, Yado Mambo, Adam Mekki, Jake Reid and Craig Stone left Dover to sign for Dartford, Tonbridge Angels, Leyton Orient, Bromley, Hayes & Yeading United, Tranmere Rovers, Maidenhead United and Eastbourne Borough respectively.[2] Dover's summer signings included defenders Jaydon Gibbs from Aldershot Town, Jaydon Gibbs from Aldershot Town, Jamie Grimes from Kidderminster Harriers, Sam Magri loaned from Queens Park Rangers and Matt Young from Sheffield Wednesday, midfielder Naby Diallo from Bath City and strikers Ricky Miller from Luton Town and Duane Ofori-Acheampong from Torquay United.[2]

Results

League positions are sourced by Statto,[28] while the remaining information is referenced individually. Dover's score is listed first in the score columns.

League

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Main article: 2014–15 Football Conference
Conference Premier match details
Date Position Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Att. Ref
9 August 2014 17th Halifax Town H L 0–1 1,321 [30]
12 August 2014 22nd Braintree Town A L 0–3 786 [31]
16 August 2014 21st Grimsby Town A D 1–1 Lock 86' 3,548 [32]
23 August 2014 16th Eastleigh H W 2–1 Payne 43', Elder 78' 787 [33]
25 August 2014 18th Woking A L 1–6 Payne 30' 1,454 [34]
30 August 2014 20th Kidderminster Harriers H L 0–1 833 [35]
6 September 2014 16th Telford United A W 4–1 Bonner 38', Reid (2) 76', 90+3', Miller 87' 1,515 [36]
10 September 2014 18th Barnet H L 0–3 1,023 [37]
13 September 2014 19th Macclesfield Town H L 0–1 754 [38]
16 September 2014 22nd Dartford A L 1–2 Miller 8' 1,103 [39]
20 September 2014 23rd Torquay United A L 0–2 2,363 [40]
27 September 2014 19th Alfreton Town H W 1–0 Miller 38' 715 [41]
30 September 2014 19th Aldershot Town H W 3–0 Sterling 22', Nanetti 54', Miller 69' 797 [42]
4 October 2014 19th Bristol Rovers A D 1–1 Murphy 90' 6,162 [43]
7 October 2014 20th Nuneaton Town A L 2–3 Miller 37', Payne 51' 753 [44]
11 October 2014 18th Chester H W 2–0 Heneghan 47' o.g., Essam 64' 1,009 [45]
18 October 2014 20th Macclesfield Town A L 0–1 1,439 [46]
1 November 2014 19th Southport A D 2–2 Payne 1', Francis 70' 1,398 [47]
11 November 2014 17th Braintree Town H W 1–0 Deverdics 45+3' 696 [48]
15 November 2014 17th Alfreton Town A W 3–2 Deverdics (2) 53', 65, Payne 73' 650 [49]
22 November 2014 17th Forest Green Rovers H D 0–0 916 [50]
25 November 2014 15th Nuneaton Town H W 5–0 Murphy 21', Essam 24', Deverdics 32', Payne (2) 59', 82' 727 [51]
29 November 2014 13th Gateshead A W 2–1 Payne 21', Francis 43' 1,111 [52]
2 December 2014 14th Torquay United H D 2–2 Essam 75', Sterling 90+3' 795 [53]
20 December 2014 14th Altrincham A D 2–2 Densmore 50' o.g., Payne 79' 870 [54]
26 December 2014 13th Welling United H W 4–0 Payne 20', Murphy (2) 37', 47', Poole 90+4' pen. 1,509 [55]
28 December 2014 13th Barnet A D 2–2 Murphy 8', Payne 18' 2,048 [56]
1 January 2015 12th Welling United A W 2–0 Raggett 63', Cogan 78' 783 [57]
17 January 2015 12th Dartford H W 6–1 Deverdics 5', Orlu 45+2', Murphy (2) 53', 79', Bellamy 55', Cogan 77' pen. 1,042 [58]
20 January 2015 8th Wrexham H W 2–0 Murphy 12', Raggett 35' 793 [59]
31 January 2015 12th Lincoln City A L 0–1 2,509 [60]
14 February 2015 13th Halifax A L 2–3 Murphy 34', Holman 77' 1,151 [61]
21 February 2015 12th Southport H D 2–2 Raggett 13', Holman 73' 1,008 [62]
3 March 2015 13th Aldershot Town A L 1–3 Francis 76' 1,154 [63]
7 March 2015 13th Lincoln City H L 1–2 Modeste 7' 1,016 [64]
14 March 2015 13th Kidderminster Harriers A W 2–0 Murphy (2) 7', 79' 1,484 [65]
17 March 2015 10th Altrincham H W 2–1 Deverdics (2) 11', 85' 550 [66]
21 March 2015 10th Gateshead H W 1–0 Essam 54' 725 [67]
24 March 2015 10th Grimsby Town H L 0–1 911 [68]
28 March 2015 10th Telford United H W 1–0 Payne 4' 795 [69]
31 March 2015 10th Wrexham A D 1–1 Modeste 60' 1,831 [70]
4 April 2015 9th Eastleigh A W 1–0 Raggett 71' 1,703 [71]
6 April 2015 9th Woking H W 2–1 Payne (2) 49', 89' pen. 1,078 [72]
11 April 2015 8th Chester A L 1–3 Payne 35' 1,645 [73]
18 April 2015 8th Bristol Rovers H D 1–1 Modeste 88' 2,351 [74]
25 April 2015 8th Forest Green Rovers A D 0–0 2,674 [75]

FA Cup

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Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup
FA Cup match details
Date Round Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Att. Ref
25 October 2014 QR4 Eastbourne Borough A D 0–0 911 [76]
28 October 2014 QR4 replay Eastbourne Borough H W 1–0 Deverdics 37' 1,032 [77]
8 November 2014 R1 Morecambe H W 1–0 Payne 45' 1,609 [78]
7 December 2014 R2 Cheltenham Town A W 1–0 Essam 83' 3,552 [79]
4 January 2015 R3 Crystal Palace H L 0–4 5,645 [80]

FA Trophy

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Main article: 2014–15 FA Trophy
FA Trophy match details
Date Round Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Att. Ref
13 December 2014 R1 Lowestoft Town A W 3–1 Sterling 26', Murphy 65', Poole 90+2' 575 [81]
10 January 2015 R2 Havant & Waterlooville A W 1–0 Modeste 86' 405 [82]
24 January 2015 R3 Woking A D 3–3 Essam 35', Deverdics 49', Payne 53' 1,167 [83]
27 January 2015 R3 replay Woking H W 1–0 Deverdics 60' 586 [84]
7 February 2015 R4 Bath City H D 3–3 Payne 7', Orlu 87', Reid 90+4' 985 [85]
10 February 2015 R4 replay Bath City A L 1–2 Sterling 68' 858 [86]

Kent Senior Cup

Kent Senior Cup match details
Date Round Opponents Venue Result Score Scorers Att. Ref
14 October 2014 R1 Faversham Town H W 2–1 Payne (2) 10', 81' pen. 274 [87]
4 November 2014 R2 Folkestone Invicta H L 1–3 Rutherford 74' 305 [88]

Appearances and goals

Source:[7][89][90]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players included in matchday squads
No. Pos. Nat. Name League FA Cup FA Trophy Kent SC[upper-alpha 1] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Mitch Walker 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 0
2 MF  ENG Craig Stone 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
3 DF  ENG Tom Wynter 14 (11) 0 1 (3) 0 2 (4) 0 1 0 18 (18) 0
4 MF  ENG Chris Kinnear, Jr. 25 (2) 0 4 0 2 (1) 0 0 0 31 (3) 0
5 DF  ENG Sean Raggett 26 (5) 4 1 (2) 0 5 0 2 0 34 (7) 5
6 DF  ENG Richard Orlu 45 1 5 0 6 1 0 0 56 2
7 MF  ENG Ricky Modeste 15 (7) 3 0 (1) 0 0 (4) 1 0 0 15 (12) 4
8 MF  ENG Liam Bellamy 10 (7) 1 1 (1) 0 3 0 2 0 16 (8) 1
9 FW  ENG Nathan Elder 7 (3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 (3) 1
10 FW  ENG Tom Murphy 31 (5) 11 5 0 6 1 1 0 43 (5) 12
11 MF  IRL Barry Cogan 12 (8) 2 2 (1) 0 6 0 1 0 21 (9) 2
12 MF  ENG Matt Lock 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 1
14 FW  ENG Stefan Payne 37 (5) 15 4 1 5 2 1 2 47 20
15 DF  ENG Sean Francis 21 (1) 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 27 (1) 3
16 DF  ENG Tyrone Sterling 42 2 4 (1) 0 6 2 0 0 52 (1) 4
17 MF  ENG Nicky Deverdics 37 (6) 7 5 1 6 2 0 0 48 (6) 10
18 DF  ENG Callum Davies 1 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 (1) 0
18 DF  IRL Joe O'Cearuill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW  ENG Jake Reid 4 (15) 2 1 (1) 0 1 (3) 1 2 0 8 (19) 3
20 MF  ITA Christian Nanetti 7 (12) 1 1 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 9 (14) 1
21 DF  ENG Yado Mambo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
21 MF  ENG Adam Mekki 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
21 MF  ENG Greg Rutherford 0 (3) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 (3) 1
21 MF  ENG Matthew Saunders 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0
22 GK  ENG Lee Hook 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
23 DF  ENG Brendan Owusu-Ansah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW  ENG Dan Holman 4 (2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (2) 2
26 DF  SCO Tom Bonner 22 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 29 1
27 FW  ENG Ricky Miller 8 (2) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 (2) 5
28 MF  NGA Solomon Taiwo 21 (2) 0 2 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 1 0 25 (4) 0
29 DF  ENG Connor Essam 38 4 5 1 6 1 0 0 49 6
30 GK  ENG Andy Rafferty 25 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 35 0
31 FW  ENG James Poole 1 (16) 1 0 0 0 (3) 1 0 0 1 (19) 2

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