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Is that Olly Box better?. Fox in the box.
COYD's

FT Box 2-1 Cray

Well done team and Olly to keep the run going. Contender for player of the month, and maybe the dreaded manager of the month?

Thanks for the updates Steve. Been very quiet on here and your updates have been the only source of info that I could find, so many thanks indeed. 3 points is 3 points, whatever the performance, but Ollie seems to have done the business for us in the second half, and I got nervous when I read he had been substituted. Will look forward to reading the match comments when they are posted.

COYD Keep it going!

Happy Olly Box-ing Day everyone. Great result and thanks for the updates Park Life.

Cracking

What a great game and atmosphere. Take a bow Ollie Box. MOTM by hundreds of country miles!

Another game where we were so poor in the first half and deserved to be losing at the break .
Second half we looked back to our best with Ollie scoring two fantastic strikes , the second being an absolute worldy .

Enjoy the goals and a Happy New year to you all

Ollie Box scores Dartford’s equaliser v Cray Wanderers



Ollie Box smashes in Dartford’s winner with worldy from the edge
of the box

First half we never got going and the last 10-15 mins of the half were a bit nervy as it looked like Cray might get a second.
However we dug in and improved in the second half and won the game purely on the individual class of Olly.
We have again found a way to win a game when we've not been at our best and the unbeaten run continues.
Well done Ady, his management team and the players

Olly Box Of The Match goes to Olly Box....

Well done lads, another good result ground out.
COYDs

We keep finding a way to win, and the run continues with a place now properly cemented into the play-off positions. There’s an awful lot of football still to play though - one game at a time.

If I am permitted to say this on here, it was good to see Tom Bonner back at the Park today despite wearing different colours. Thought he had a good game actually. Also good to see his old man.

Difficult to see beyond Mr Box for MoM but again Samir proved instrumental midfield, Callum as tireless as ever, Josh put in another strong Captains performance, but Olly gets the nod from me!

I didn't vote for Jacob today, unfortunately someone else gets the plaudits. But I have to say Jacob has taken some stick just recently. But against Folkestone he didn't have to do a lot but what he did brought some confidence to the team. His handling has been spot on the last few games and I'm really happy for him.
Well done Jacob, just a shame I didn't vote for you today.

Park Life wrote: Thu Dec 26, 2024 2:23 pm 2-1 Box, absolute worldy screamer

That was our 200th Isthmian Premier goal in the two and half seasons (106 games) we’ve spent in this division. Nice little milestone, but not as nice as a 12 match unbeaten run!

Another excellent win after having to come from behind, Ady really has sorted this team out and got them playing and fighting for each other and the team spirit must be immense which is great stuff.
Now if we can only half 2 excellent half’s instead of starting off poorly and having to rectify it in the 2nd half then that would be great.

We are starting to create a bit of a gap in the table and moving away from the teams below as well as closing that gap on the teams above, now only 3pts behind 2nd & 3rd although both have slightly better goal difference to us.

Everything is moving in the right direction nicely though which is great stuff.

Keep it going Ady & the team.

Talk about game of two halves ... what a difference half-time made. Cray played some nice football and totally bossed the first half and I was relieved to make the mid-point only one goal behind. Second half was much better from Darts right from the off and once again the boy wonder turned the game our way. MOTM is a no brainer but the whole squad played very well in the second half and they just seem to have so much belief. I'm quite enjoying how we finish games so strongly, it's so much better than the other way round. At the end of the day, the only time the score matters is at the end

For the first time in ages it felt like we had a decent crowd in the ground and the atmosphere was really good, a game of 2 halves and Cray are a decent side who for whatever reason sit in the bottom half of the league however I don’t think they will for much longer this season!

Oly was the difference between the 2 sides in the end however overall I think everyone put in a decent shift, good to see Tom B back at PP and you could tell he was the calming influence in the Cray side god how we missed that last season! Honestly believe they will be in and around the play offs come May.

Only gripe was the main food stall ran out of food before the second half started and the women behind the counter said they were told to have enough food to cater for 800 . Even though I was surprised we had over 1300 in attendance I always knew the crowd would be bigger than 800 ok Boxing Day with no real fixture clashes and our recent run of form!

Maybe we need to invest in a few more freezers for storage?

Still a great day to be a dart and we are edging closer to 2nd place the next 2 games will also be as tough as today let’s see where we sit on the 2nd Jan

Well, if that's the only gripe I'm still well pleased.
It would be daft to expect catering for a full house then as once we've crammed 4,300 in, no one moves.

Merry Boxmas everyone! Enjoy the Ollidays!