#COYD - Come on You Dockers

Newhaven 1 Sheppey United 2, FA Cup Preliminary Round replay Match sponsor: JPE Guttering & Property Servives: www.jpeguttering.co.uk) Finally, after a run of six away games to start the new season (well, technically five I suppose as the Extra Preliminary Round replay against Canterbury City in Lancing was classed as a home game) the Dockers were back at Fort Road.  Home at last! After Saturday’s goalless draw in Sheppey , what should have been a midweek league encounter against Little Common was replaced by an FA Cup replay, with the Dockers looking to produce a mini-cupset by ousting higher division opponents. With the greatest respect to Little Common, it certainly made for a more enticing opening fixture on paper; and it was rewarded with a crowd in excess of 300. Not bad for a team who averaged just over 140 last season! Fingers crossed we continue to see most of you throughout the coming campaign! The crowd started to build early, with the bars and coffee hatch do...

Sheppey United 0 Newhaven 0, FA Cup Preliminary Round After a fairly lengthy away trip in the Extra Preliminary Round of the FA Cup earlier this month, the Preliminary Round provided the Dockers with another long away day. And to an island, no less! Okay, it was only the Isle of Sheppey. But it’s still an island. The glamour of being a non-league fan! Unfortunately, a family commitment meant that I was unable to catch the team/supporter’s coach this time round. Thereby I’m unable to report on any karaoke or drunken hijinks that, or may not, have taken place on the journey home! Fortunately, the aforementioned family commitment was taking place in the morning in Tunbridge Wells, meaning I was at least in the right county for my afternoon journey, and already roughly halfway to my destination. The Dockers arrived at the really impressive Holm Park stadium, home of Sheppey United, knowing they were facing a team very much on the up. Sheppey won the largely Kent-based SCEFL leag...