Chichester City v Dartford Sat 18 Apr 2026

[Ajaxman DFC]

Prime development land for the council ….don’t trust em one bit

Will be interesting to see what becomes of VCD's ground. Sounds like they've been sold out by an unscrupulous hotelier.

[Harry]

Unfortunatley the fact is this will be our lowest league placing for 15 years.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for DFC to compete at NS level, however there are other clubs who have managed relative success with smaller crowds, significantly worse facilities and historically being a smaller club.

We are in an excellent catchment area for both players and fans, we have facilities that would hold their own in the national league or even league two.

We do have a good academy that has produced several players for our first team, and others that are playing at a higher level. There are positives, including the excellent womens team.

Every season in this league is a season below the level we "should" be competitively playing at.

[Paulcanary]

Unfortunatley the fact is this will be our lowest league placing for 15 years.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for DFC to compete at NS level, however there are other clubs who have managed relative success with smaller crowds, significantly worse facilities and historically being a smaller club.

We are in an excellent catchment area for both players and fans, we have facilities that would hold their own in the national league or even league two.

We do have a good academy that has produced several players for our first team, and others that are playing at a higher level. There are positives, including the excellent womens team.

Every season in this league is a season below the level we "should" be competitively playing at.

Very good post

An away in Athens for a gig so was never going to Chichester but I’ve never felt so deflated with a season - 2009 I recall being the year - a long time ago

I’m not settling for more of this coz for a thousand reasons.

[KentC]

PL constructively says what I emotionally think. The pattern of the decline is there to see.

[Matt85]

I think it’s fair to say this season has been a disaster ever since the first ball was kicked.
Another summer of poor recruitment was followed by a terrible choice of captain and vice.

The reluctance to play a front 3 that doesn’t contain Callum has also cost us. Callum had a very good season last year but has failed to get anywhere near those standards this season. A front 3 of Olly and Eddie either side of Dan smith would have been my choice.

The signing of Dave winfield was bizarre, why sign someone who you know could be recalled. All it did was unsettle a solid pairing of George and Joe tennant.

We then sign kouassi from hashtag despite having only signed Rohan a few weeks before.
What was the point in signing kouassi and then leaving him on the bench every week.

A big summer ahead where I expect several of the squad may leave. Personally I don’t think i would trust Ady to ever build a squad capable of getting us out of this league.

Big decision ahead for the board and one that needs to be made very quickly. Attendances are dwindling and I don’t think an announcement of a new contact for Ady will do much to make people eager to come back next year.

New season = new manager.

[Ozytalksbull]

Is it a priority to get a new manager in regular fans opinions?? Surely as has been said the board control decisions and the budget
But have they been making the right decisions over the last five years ?
And mark sweets opinion doesn’t really count in my humble opinion . Commercial decisions help with the budget and the decision to ban youths was a poor one
The future of dfc is in the hands of the current board , but they need to think fast or get more knowledgeable people in, another manager imo will not change things

[DA Mikey]

Absolute belter of a weekend in Chi. The decent weather allowed us to party like youngsters until 2am. Well, sort of. Only slight pity was that more Darts didn’t stop over to give it that town takeover vibe akin to Truro back in 2012 or Bognor / Butlins two years before that. The obvious reason for this being in 2010 we had been crowned IPL champions by end of March and two years later our playoff place (2nd) was guaranteed to ultimately set up the 1-0 playoff final victory over Welling to gain promotion to the Conference Premier. This season by contrast has been far less triumphant. Not only did the first two months’ results mean we were out of the title race by October, but also out of the FA cup & trophy at the first knockings yet again. Very difficult to stay motivated after all that and it showed. The form table shows us 2nd and having scored the most goals, but poor organisation at the start of the campaign has rendered all the decent effort pointless in harsh reality.

To have three or four goals ruled offside was hard to take yesterday. We were the better side, deserved to win and are now at a stage whereby a draw away to mid-table opposition is a big disappointment. But it’s too late, damage proved too much and comments about reaching playoffs being an “amazing achievement” is a shambles. Pinder’s season has been pretty good and he gets my vote for yesterday's game.

[Spike]

I presume the board will be organising an open top bus through the town to celebrate the "double" of our amazingly close proximity to a league position that would have given us an opportunity to defer failure for a couple of weeks coupled with the astonishing avoidance of relegation. Princes Park will be rocking on Saturday.

[MINTY]

Well another season all but done and dusted. The board will be happy now that they don't have to increase the budget because of promotion. Perhaps we can try again next season and see if we can be also rans again. A new manager probably coming in, will have his hands tied behind his back with the budget restraints until new blood is introduced at Board level. This Board has let Dartford stagnate and Dartford has now fallen way down the pecking order in Kent. Perhaps the Board are happy to just bounce around the Isthmian league, I'm sure the fans are not. They are the lifeblood of this club and they will vote with their feet, as many already have.