THE Hess Express has reached its destination … all change, please … all change.
All good things come to an end and sadly the great ride for my local club Dover Athletic with Andy Hessenthaler is going no further.
Quite simply, Hess – in just three years – has established himself as a legend. He has dragged the club back from the Ryman League outposts to the verge of being back among non-league’s elite.
Sure, it would have been perfect had he finished the job he set out to do, which was to return the Mighty Whites back into the Blue Square Premier … but the lure of League football was just too much to resist.
Andy will be back at Gillingham. If not tomorrow, he will be unveiled over the next few days. I know he is meeting the odious Penfold-lookalike Paul Scally tonight to thrash out terms.
But although Dover have reached their destination with Hess – the club’s journey is by no means over.
In fact, not only is chairman Jim Parmenter eyeing Blue Square Premier football within the next two years, the ultimate ambition of becoming Kent’s second Football League club is the carrot that is driving everyone on.
Make no mistake, Jim will be appointing a top-rate replacement.
The new man at the helm will be full-time, earn a very good salary, be handed a decent budget for players and will have the chance to build his own empire.
Everything at Dover is in place. The facilities are Football League standard and there is a strong and passionate fan-base.
In short, it’s a great little club.
Although today is disappointing, tomorrow is sure to be exciting.
C’mon you Whites.
All good things come to an end and sadly the great ride for my local club Dover Athletic with Andy Hessenthaler is going no further.
Quite simply, Hess – in just three years – has established himself as a legend. He has dragged the club back from the Ryman League outposts to the verge of being back among non-league’s elite.
Sure, it would have been perfect had he finished the job he set out to do, which was to return the Mighty Whites back into the Blue Square Premier … but the lure of League football was just too much to resist.
Andy will be back at Gillingham. If not tomorrow, he will be unveiled over the next few days. I know he is meeting the odious Penfold-lookalike Paul Scally tonight to thrash out terms.
But although Dover have reached their destination with Hess – the club’s journey is by no means over.
In fact, not only is chairman Jim Parmenter eyeing Blue Square Premier football within the next two years, the ultimate ambition of becoming Kent’s second Football League club is the carrot that is driving everyone on.
Make no mistake, Jim will be appointing a top-rate replacement.
The new man at the helm will be full-time, earn a very good salary, be handed a decent budget for players and will have the chance to build his own empire.
Everything at Dover is in place. The facilities are Football League standard and there is a strong and passionate fan-base.
In short, it’s a great little club.
Although today is disappointing, tomorrow is sure to be exciting.
C’mon you Whites.
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