Christmas Memories .....

[Graeme H]

Beating Hillingdon Borough 1-0 in the early eighties with a goal by the bearded wonder Lennie Lee - then losing 0-5 to them six days later !!

Losing a top of the table clash to Basingstoke in 84/5 0-1.

A totally depressing 0-6 defeat to Crawley in 83/4 when by friend Martyn Lambert contemplated topping himself on Radio Hartsdown.

Drawing 2-2 at Chatham when Gary Pugh sat on the ball two yards out from goal instead of scoring.

Going to Canterbury City a lot. Usually losing, always freezing.

Losing 3-2 at Tonbridge when we had been 2-0 up at half time - - just before the above mentioned Basingstoke game.

 

We were usually rubbish at Christmas in the eighties !!

[Graeme H]

More recently, beating Gravesend 4-2 at Hartsdown with a 4 goal second half salvo.

Marvellous

[Boney Crisp]

LETS JUST HOPE IT IS NOT GOING TO BE A REPEAT OF THE LAST LOCAL DERBY LEAGUE GAME TO PLAYED AT HDP ON BOXING DAY WHEN THE GATE LOST 1-0 TO DOVER IN THE CONFERENCE INFRONT NEARLY 4000. UP THE GATE

[Chris1]

Thanks for the memories Graeme!

 

More recently I remember getting a whole gang of people together to go to the home Boxing Day Conference fixture against Dover. They were all non-league virgins, but I talked them into it with promises of cut-and-thrust end-to-end excitement.

 

The match was dire, and we lost 1-0.

[Chris1]

Add to that the return match on New Year's Day when we all travelled to Dover in the freezing cold, only for the match to be called off at 20 minutes' notice.

[Rob_Butler]

So it is tradition for that to happen to Dover it has happend twice this month!

[seasidesteve]

and those buggers at dover took our money b4 calling it off but

[Rob_Butler]

Infact they did that to Kingstonian!

[JeremyJacobs]

Margate 4 Dover 2 , 1967 - a Terry Morris brace

[Gate Watcher]

Margate 3 Folkestone 2, NYD 2001 (sort of christmas). Last minute winner!