User:ChrisTheDude/Sandbox/Dover Athletic F.C. season 2007-08

The 2007–08 season was the 25th year of football played by Dover Athletic, and their fourth season in the Isthmian League. Athletic won the championship of Division One South to gain promotion back to the Premier Division three years after being relegated from that division.

After a mid-table finish in the previous season, manager Clive Walker was dismissed. He was replaced by former Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler, who brought in a number of new players, including several who had played with him at Priestfield Stadium. The team began the season with a run of eight matches without defeat, and clinched the championship with a 1–0 win over Burgess Hill Town on 5 April 2008.

Chronological list of events
This is a list of the significant events to occur at the club during the 2007–08 season, presented in chronological order. This list does not include transfers, which are listed in the transfers section below, or match results, which are in the results section.


 * 29 May: Andy Hessenthaler appointed as new manager following the dismissal of Clive Walker at the end of the previous season.
 * 21 July: Played a pre-season friendly against Hessenthaler's old club, Gillingham.

Match results
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In the cup competitions the team reached the second qualifying round of the FA Cup and the final qualifying round of the FA Trophy. In the minor cups the club fielded teams primarily comprised of reserve players and bowed out at the first stage of both the Isthmian League Cup and the Kent Senior Cup.

League progress
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