DEAL TOWN 0 RAMSGATE 2
Two superb individual goals by Kyron Lightfoot gave Ramsgate victory at the Charles Ground on Tuesday night. Lightfoot opened the Rams’ account with an 18th-minute free-kick and then struck again three minutes after the break when he finished off some good work by former Hoops’ player Charlie Dickens. At the other end Charlie Walsh tested […]
Pax steps up to Margate
The club can confirm that Jack Paxman has left the club to join Margate Football Club in the Bostik Premier League. After impressing in the early pre-season games against Dover Athletic and Margate, Jack was offered the opportunity to trial at the latter and impressed during that period leading to him signing with the club […]
DEAL TOWN 4 NEW ROMNEY 0
DEAL TOWN 4 NEW ROMNEY 0 Alfie Foster fired in a splendid hat-trick as the Hoops cruised to a comfortable victory in their latest pre-season friendly against Kent County League Premier Division side New Romney on Tuesday. After Connor Coyne had given Deal a 25th-minute lead Foster struck the visitors’ bar with one effort before […]
DEAL TOWN 2 GILLINGHAM XI 2
Deal drew 2-2 with a Gillingham XI in their latest pre-season friendly on Monday night. Against a pacey and skilful Gills’ youth side the Hoops earned a share of the spoils thanks to an 81st-minute penalty from substitute Troy Howard, himself a product of the Deal Town Rangers youth set-up, after he had been brought […]
DEAL TOWN 1 MARGATE 0
A superb first-half strike by new signing Harris Rogers gave the Hoops a 1-0 victory over Margate in their second pre-season friendly on Saturday. The tall frontman curled a 25-yarder into the top corner two minutes before the break and that proved enough for Deal to defeat a Margate side who finished seventh in the […]
DEAL TOWN 1 DOVER ATHLETIC 5
Deal manager Derek Hares felt Monday night’s friendly against near-neighbours Dover Athletic would have benefitted both clubs as they started their respective pre-season campaigns in front of a 300-plus crowd at the Charles Ground. Hares said: “Hopefully it was a good exercise for both teams. The Dover officials seemed pleased with the hospitality they received […]
UPDATE FROM THE MANAGEMENT TEAM
As we have our first pre-season game against Dover tonight we felt that this would be a good time to update you about what has been going on. We have been back in training for the last week and a half and have completed 5 training sessions in the lead up to tomorrow’s game. We […]
HOOPS HOSTING RANGERS’ “FOOTBALL FESTIVAL”
The Hoops’ partners, Deal Town Rangers FC, are holding their second annual “Football Festival” at the Charles Ground this weekend (May 5-6). The action will start at 9.30am on Saturday and 11am on Sunday and run through to the early evening on both days. Nearly every one of Rangers’ 25 teams will be taking part […]
DEAL’S AVERAGE ATTENDANCE RISES AGAIN
Saturday’s attendance of 219 took the Hoops’ average gate for the season to 120, the fourth successive seasonal rise, and chairman Dave Chmura is hoping the trend will continue, saying: “This young team deserve more people watching them on a regular basis next season.”
DEAN HILL ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT
Hoops’ club captain Dean Hill has decided to “hang up his boots”. The 34-year-old defender, whose long and distinguished career took in spells with Ashford, Dover Athletic, Ramsgate and Sittingbourne before he joined Deal three years ago, said in a statement after Saturday’s win over AFC Croydon: “I have decided to retire from playing football […]
