Welling Utd v Dartford Sat 28 Feb 2026

[Bagdhad Billy]

Ady will see out the season as I’m sure we can’t afford to pay him off, unless there is a drastic change in form, tactics, selection we are going to be playing in this league again next season however I’m sure it is all part of the 5 year plan.

Year 1 fail in play offs
Year 2 loss youth support and finish top 10
Year 3 ?????

[KSTDART]

Well the result certainly matters more than the performance today . We were so poor with no quality, just hoofing the ball to wherever it landed . Fortunately Welling were worse although the incompetence of the officials helped then out . Second half we improved just enough to get the winner. I hope Welling go down , I will not miss their shit ground .

Rohan Vaughan scores an injury time winner for Dartford away at Welling

[KSTDART]

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Welling team photo

[Park Life]

Wasn't looking forward to this game as we've been in poor form recently and with Bus Stop FC battling for survival and it being a local derby, it was a game i wasn't confident we'd get anything from. However what i didn't know was how bad they were going to be, without doubt the worse team i have seen this season. But to be fair for the vast majority of the game we were no better. It was another really poor game of football not helped by a very difficult pitch and so lacking in any quality.

First half a non event (getting use to that) but we did improve very slightly second half and that was more than enough to beat a really poor Bus Stop FC side.

Starting eleven would not have been my choice today and substitutions imo not great again, but it's a game of opinions and we won so what do i know.
However the one player who looked the most comfortable on the ball was subbed (Dan Carter) and why sub your top scorer (Oly) when your chasing a goal? Certainly no tactical masterclass, I just think we got lucky today.

The general opinion seems to be that George was fit to play today but was left out, no doubt there will be some "explanation" as to why but does ANYONE think that's a good decision??

Footballs a funny old game that takes you through every emotion in the book.
So whilst i understand the excitement with the last gasp winner and the importance of that goal, i left the ground today feeling very fortunate and embarrassed. Fortunate that they were so bad because had we faced anyone half decent it cold have been very different, and also embarrassed by the celebrations at the end....

MOTM for me, Dan Carter.

[KentC]

I hope the “yoof “ behaved ok today, first half was fine I was to the left of them in the second half. I thought their constant singing, and anyone who joined in, did very well at that soulless shitehole. I couldn’t see them all all of the time, but I thought they were excellent today and so pleased they were there.

[KentC]

Wasn't looking forward to this game as we've been in poor form recently and with Bus Stop FC battling for survival and it being a local derby, it was a game i wasn't confident we'd get anything from. However what i didn't know was how bad they were going to be, without doubt the worse team i have seen this season. But to be fair for the vast majority of the game we were no better. It was another really poor game of football not helped by a very difficult pitch and so lacking in any quality.

First half a non event (getting use to that) but we did improve very slightly second half and that was more than enough to beat a really poor Bus Stop FC side.

Starting eleven would not have been my choice today and substitutions imo not great again, but it's a game of opinions and we won so what do i know.
However the one player who looked the most comfortable on the ball was subbed (Dan Carter) and why sub your top scorer (Oly) when your chasing a goal? Certainly no tactical masterclass, I just think we got lucky today.

The general opinion seems to be that George was fit to play today but was left out, no doubt there will be some "explanation" as to why but does ANYONE think that's a good decision??

Footballs a funny old game that takes you through every emotion in the book.
So whilst i understand the excitement with the last gasp winner and the importance of that goal, i left the ground today feeling very fortunate and embarrassed. Fortunate that they were so bad because had we faced anyone half decent it cold have been very different, and also embarrassed by the celebrations at the end....

MOTM for me, Dan Carter.

What was it about the celebrations at the end.

[Bagdhad Billy]

I hope the “yoof “ behaved ok today, first half was fine I was to the left of them in the second half. I thought their constant singing, and anyone who joined in, did very well at that soulless shitehole. I couldn’t see them all all of the time, but I thought they were excellent today and so pleased they were there.

They had a lot of singing to make up for as we don’t allow them into home games so away games are their only opportunity .

How many Darts fans do we think today from the 1500 crowd?

[Park Life]

What was it about the celebrations at the end.

As already mentioned, totally get the excitement with the late winner and the importance of the goal, but we'd just scraped home against the worse team I've seen and the way "some" were celebrating you'd think we'd won the league. A bit over the top imo, maybe my expectation levels are higher than others....

[WillDfc42]

What was it about the celebrations at the end.

As already mentioned, totally get the excitement with the late winner and the importance of the goal, but we'd just scraped home against the worse team I've seen and the way "some" were celebrating you'd think we'd won the league. A bit over the top imo, maybe my expectation levels are higher than others....

Agreed. Goal felt extra sweet due to the circumstances but the performance/current standings definitely didn’t warrant the FT celebrations imo.

[KentC]

What was it about the celebrations at the end.

As already mentioned, totally get the excitement with the late winner and the importance of the goal, but we'd just scraped home against the worse team I've seen and the way "some" were celebrating you'd think we'd won the league. A bit over the top imo, maybe my expectation levels are higher than others....

Agreed. Goal felt extra sweet due to the circumstances but the performance/current standings definitely didn’t warrant the FT celebrations imo.

I see, totally agree, the worst team I’ve seen, I said something similar about watching them Tuesday. As for us, yes we’re dreadful imo, performance again was unbelievably poor in quality and the hoofball type tactics and decisions around substitutions for me added to the already very difficult watch.
As for the celebrations, away at our local rivals, who also can’t stand us, an injury time winning goal for me is something I’m happy to see any Darts fans enjoy to the maximum and go nuts.
It definitely does not gloss over the tripe being served.
Different take on it from my side, that’s all. We can’t agree on everything all the time

[Bagdhad Billy]

Wasn't looking forward to this game as we've been in poor form recently and with Bus Stop FC battling for survival and it being a local derby, it was a game i wasn't confident we'd get anything from. However what i didn't know was how bad they were going to be, without doubt the worse team i have seen this season. But to be fair for the vast majority of the game we were no better. It was another really poor game of football not helped by a very difficult pitch and so lacking in any quality.

First half a non event (getting use to that) but we did improve very slightly second half and that was more than enough to beat a really poor Bus Stop FC side.

Starting eleven would not have been my choice today and substitutions imo not great again, but it's a game of opinions and we won so what do i know.
However the one player who looked the most comfortable on the ball was subbed (Dan Carter) and why sub your top scorer (Oly) when your chasing a goal? Certainly no tactical masterclass, I just think we got lucky today.

The general opinion seems to be that George was fit to play today but was left out, no doubt there will be some "explanation" as to why but does ANYONE think that's a good decision??

Footballs a funny old game that takes you through every emotion in the book.
So whilst i understand the excitement with the last gasp winner and the importance of that goal, i left the ground today feeling very fortunate and embarrassed. Fortunate that they were so bad because had we faced anyone half decent it cold have been very different, and also embarrassed by the celebrations at the end....

MOTM for me, Dan Carter.

What was it about the celebrations at the end.

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Maybe this

[Bagdhad Billy]

It was possibly more for Rohan who got his first senior goal as a last minute winner I loved the passion he showed not often seen by a loan player bless him he is young and will remember that moment for the rest of his career.

Hopefully it puts the boys in a confident mood for Tuesday as we will need an Aveley like performance which seems a long time ago however we completely bossed them that game although it doesn’t feel like it the squad can beat any team on its day we just lack consistency TBH.

[Mark Sweet]

There's no pleasing some people is there.

People say the celebrations were over the top are the same people who will say the players don't care

I recall someone saying last week the body language was bad?
Was it bad today when everyone went over to the crowd at the end?

[Lars Resort]

I see it as a positive today. We have 51 points, we're safe from relegation.

[Bagdhad Billy]

There's no pleasing some people is there.

People say the celebrations were over the top are the same people who will say the players don't care

I recall someone saying last week the body language was bad?
Was it bad today when everyone went over to the crowd at the end?

Trying to work out are you an Ebsfleet supporter or welling not to sure

[Lars Resort]

Great post from Kev.
Not so much the goal but the team photo.

[Park Life]

[Spike]

It was an abysmal game of football to watch, completely devoid of quality and lacking any entertainment value. Welling were dreadful, easily the worst team we've played this season, yet for the majority of the game there was nothing between the two teams. Nevertheless, we ground out the win and are somehow still hanging in there hoping to scrape into the playoffs. We have played well in some games this season so it is possible, but it does feel like we're going backwards. I'm a bit torn about the celebrations at the end, on the one hand I am happy to see that it means something to the players, but it felt over the top to play so badly and be celebrating like we'd won the world cup. Maybe the expectations of those of us that have been around a bit longer are a lot higher than the club's own aspirations. I don't think yesterday's performance would have been good enough against anyone other than Welling

[KentC]

It was an abysmal game of football to watch, completely devoid of quality and lacking any entertainment value. Welling were dreadful, easily the worst team we've played this season, yet for the majority of the game there was nothing between the two teams. Nevertheless, we ground out the win and are somehow still hanging in there hoping to scrape into the playoffs. We have played well in some games this season so it is possible, but it does feel like we're going backwards. I'm a bit torn about the celebrations at the end, on the one hand I am happy to see that it means something to the players, but it felt over the top to play so badly and be celebrating like we'd won the world cup. Maybe the expectations of those of us that have been around a bit longer are a lot higher than the club's own aspirations. I don't think yesterday's performance would have been good enough against anyone other than Welling

Spike you go to far more games than I do and you’ve been around DFC longer than me, I’m pretty sure. But I’ve been doing 20 years myself since the day I moved to Dartford, so I’ve not seen it all, but I’ve seen a lot of good, bad and indifferent. I don’t think too many would disagree with you around the performances, particularly of late, and how hard a watch it is. Also how low our quality levels seem to be plus the awful tactics we often inflict on all those watching.
I agree with everything you say.

I often go, and when I don’t go to games it’s yours, and a few others, posts on here that I look out for because I know it’s going to balanced, fair and a good description of the game.

The celebrating thing is each to their own, I like to think all the supporters who celebrated wildly on Saturday did so only because of the nature of the entire fixture and the injury time winner. If anything it was possibly a release of built up emotion from a truly terrible football match. 95th minute winner away at your local rivals potentially sending them down is something to celebrate for me.

No right or wrong way imo, just a different feeling of how some felt celebrating the result and the way it happened, definitely not the performance.

[Ken Shabby]

Speaking for myself, I totally get the celebrations. A last minute winner is always sweet, and against a local rival who hates you is even better. Once outside the ground, the reality of having scraped a win against a team who can barely buy a win, and a dreadful performance to boot, should cool the excitement a little. But you have to live the moment in football and enjoy the highs. We got beaten by Potters Bar two weeks ago didn't we?
Frankly I think we'll be in this division next season. And probably no better than this season. So a bit of a fun time with the players is to be welcomed.