SEVENOAKS TOWN 1 DEAL TOWN 2
Dean Hill’s late goal earned Deal a very welcome first away league win of the season on Saturday. The Hoops’ skipper struck 12 minutes from time, heading home a Danny Smith free kick for his third goal in two matches, to decide a contest which, like the previous weekend’s game against Lordswood, featured plenty of […]
FROM THE DUGOUT
Deal Town manager Derek Hares said Saturday’s eventful 4-4 draw with Lordswood felt “more like a win than a draw”. “After losing our last four home league games we couldn’t afford another one,” Hares said, “and I think it will give the boys’ spirits a big lift because it feels more like a win than […]
DEAL SNATCH AN UNLIKELY POINT
Deal struck twice in injury time to snatch an unlikely point in this incident filled clash which contained virtually everything including four red cards. The hoops fell behind after just minutes when Enoch Adeji scored the best individual goal seen at the Charles Ground this season. Picking the ball up just inside his own half, […]
DEAL TOWN 2 ASHFORD UNITED 6
Deal suffered their second heavy defeat in the space of four days as Ashford stepped up their pursuit of the Southern Counties East League leaders on Tuesday night. On a heavy Charles Ground pitch United, with experienced strike duo Paul Booth and Shaun Welford sharing five goals between them, had too much firepower for a […]
FA VASE RUN COMES TO AN END
KIDLINGTON 7 DEAL TOWN 0 Deal were caught in the centre of a “perfect storm” as they crashed out of the FA Vase on Saturday. The absence of six players, skipper Dean Hill (suspended), Charlie Dickens and Mitch Knight (both injured), Sam Short and Brad Short (both working) and new dual registration signing Michael Yianni, […]
Away Days with the 1st Team
This Saturday the 1st Team travel away to Kidlington for the next round in The FA Vase. We are providing coach travel to any of our supporters who wish to come and watch the game. The coach will leave Tides Car park at 9am on Saturday 21st Nov, seats are just £10 per person. Please […]
WHAT KIDLINGTON ARE SAYING ABOUT US
The following preview of our FA Vase tie at Kidlington this weekend has been posted on the Oxfordshire’s club website by the club’s press officer Simon Dickens: “This Saturday we take on Deal Town from Kent, who play in the Southern Counties East League, at Yarnton Road. Deal visit us for the first time […]
DEAL TOWN 1 BECKENHAM TOWN 3
Deal were again let down by their inability to finish off some good approach work as they slipped back to joint bottom of the Southern Counties East League table on Saturday. Both sides produced some entertaining football despite the difficult conditions, with rain and strong winds lashing the Charles Ground for all of the 90 minutes, […]
DEAL TOWN v BECKENHAM TOWN PREVIEW
The Hoops are at home on Saturday to a Beckenham Town side who are currently in impressive scoring form. They have scored 10 goals in their last two matches, a 6-3 success over AFC Croydon Athletic in the FA Vase followed by a 4-2 victory at Holmesdale last Saturday which lifted them to sixth place […]
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF “BOBBY SMITH GAME”
It’s 50 years ago this week that Deal Town last enjoyed an attendance of more than 1,000 for a league game. The occasion was a Southern League Division 1 fixture between Deal and Hastings United on Thursday, November 11, 1965 and the special ingredient that drew 1,073 spectators to the Charles Ground that night was […]
