DFC Player updates 26/27

[Odd-ball]

Callum has signed for Ramsgate..... of course the love child went there

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[The Futures White]

[Spike]

Jordan Higgs – Career Summary

Jordan Higgs is a 29-year-old central midfielder who began his career in the youth system at Crystal Palace before moving into senior non-league football. Over the years he has gained extensive experience with clubs including Bromley, Welling United, Maidstone United, Tonbridge Angels and Ramsgate.

A hardworking and versatile midfielder, Higgs is comfortable in a holding or box-to-box role and brings valuable National League and National League South experience. Across his senior career he has made well over 200 appearances, contributing around 20 goals, with much of his game focused on energy, discipline and breaking up play rather than goalscoring.

His signing adds experience, versatility and strong Kent non-league pedigree to Dartford’s midfield ahead of the 2026/27 season.

[Park Life]

What looks like another good addition Ben has made to the squad.


SIGNED
Ryan Sandford
George Whitefield, Joe Tennent, Ben Swift, Emmanuel Oke, Adrian Gyamera
Jeremiah Pinder, Jacob Bland, Sammie McLeod, Ben Greenhalgh, Scott Wagstaff, Jordan Higgs
Dan Smith

Academy players retained - Richie Atkins, Albie O'Mara-Knapp, Carter Sullivan, Hugo Taylor
Dean Nayler (invited back for pre-season)

NO DECISION YET
Olly Box, Samuel Okoye, Sam Odaudu, Eddie Dsane, Samir Carruthers

LEFT
Jonny Henly, Callum Jones, Luther Williams, Denzelle Olopade, Evans Kouassi, Michael Olarewaju, Ben Frempah, Sam Smith, Ikechi Eze

[Lars Resort]

Sounds a good signing indeed.

[ArtTheDart]

Samir has announced on Instagram that he will be leaving

[Babylon]

Dissapointing regarding Samir.
A classy player but injuries have caught up with him
I wish him well wherever he goes.

[Park Life]

Samir now gone which was the correct decision imo.


SIGNED
Ryan Sandford
George Whitefield, Joe Tennent, Ben Swift, Emmanuel Oke, Adrian Gyamera
Jeremiah Pinder, Jacob Bland, Sammie McLeod, Ben Greenhalgh, Scott Wagstaff, Jordan Higgs
Dan Smith

Academy players retained - Richie Atkins, Albie O'Mara-Knapp, Carter Sullivan, Hugo Taylor
Dean Nayler (invited back for pre-season)

NO DECISION YET
Olly Box, Samuel Okoye, Sam Odaudu, Eddie Dsane

LEFT
Samir Carruthers, Jonny Henly, Callum Jones, Luther Williams, Denzelle Olopade, Evans Kouassi, Michael Olarewaju, Ben Frempah, Sam Smith, Ikechi Eze

[Tall Dart]

Shame about Samir, a great player but has suffered a lot with injuries. Just hope we don't see too many of the others left to make a decision, end up at rival clubs in our league.

[Sleightly Deceptive]

I loved Samir, but yeah - injury prone and probably the right time. Thanks Samir.

[The 5th Searcher]

Looks like another great signing by Ben, welcome to The Darts Jordan.

Good Luck to Samir where ever he ends up unless he retires that is, I know he said at the end of last season the injury to his leg wasn’t good.
Thanks for your time at the Darts anyway Samir.

[Lars Resort]

Maybe the signing of Jordan gave him a push to a correct decision

[MickW]

Thanks Samir - a joy to watch, a pleasure to have had you as a Dart.

[ozymandias]

What a shame Samir had the injury towards the end of the season. I wasn't a great fan but his influence on the pitch was for all to see. But I must say that it seemed to give Jeremiah a lift when Samir got injured. The lad certainly upped his game when he got back in the starting eleven.
So, in a way I'm sorry to see Samir go, but I'm well pleased with Jeremiah signing. Just waiting for the other lads to get on board.

[Dart of Herts]

No doubt Samir was top quality but it’s the right time for him to leave.

We actually had a better PPG in the final third of the season when he wasn’t playing compared to the rest of the season. The rest of the team relied on him too much when he was playing and kind of switched off. He was our best player when he played, but this season I often felt we looked better as a team when he wasn’t playing.

Some great moments (his performance in play off semi last season) and not-so-great (penalty miss vs St Albans) but there was never a dull moment for him in a Dartford shirt! Wish him all the best - don’t think he’ll go Ramsgate but someone at this level or NLS will snap him up

[Pedro]

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Samir in a player coach role somewhere. Good luck though Samir.

[DA Mikey]

Superb player and all round top fella. Gutted he has decided to leave but not sure how many more seasons he has left in the wake of that knee injury. Coulson and Carruthers were a couple of seriously class acts in the DFC midfield.

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