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Chatham Town v Dartford

The Bauvill Stadium
Maidstone Road
Chatham
Kent
ME4 6LR

Surface: 3G (made this larger for people like Lars Resort to see this )

Website: http://www.chathamtownfc.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChathamTownFC
Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/chathamtownfc/

Directions: https://www.chathamtownfc.com/club/how-to-find-us/

Admission: https://www.chathamtownfc.com/tickets/

Forum: https://chathamtown.freeforums.net/

Referee: Simon Cutler
Assistant Referee: Myles Hewson
Assistant Referee: Ayden Gillespie

Think we could get 500 away fans there for this one !

Who is going? 10 mins walk from my house I will be there after over indulging on Christmas Day will be my first visit I’ve heard good things about the ground would be amazing to make the atmosphere a proper Darts Boxing Day derby sing along like Ebsfleet 2 years ago!

Gutted I can’t make this one as it’s the wife’s birthday & the ground is only about a 5min drive from my house .

Should be a cracking atmosphere with a very big crowd, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a sell out tbh.

The 5th Searcher wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:15 pm Gutted I can’t make this one as it’s the wife’s birthday & the ground is only about a 5min drive from my house .

Should be a cracking atmosphere with a very big crowd, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a sell out tbh.

Bring the wife. Gift opportunity. Win win!

The 5th Searcher wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:15 pm Gutted I can’t make this one as it’s the wife’s birthday & the ground is only about a 5min drive from my house .

Should be a cracking atmosphere with a very big crowd, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a sell out tbh.

Where do you live the 5th ? I’m walderslade village Boxley Road

Sleightly Deceptive wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:14 pm

The 5th Searcher wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:15 pm Gutted I can’t make this one as it’s the wife’s birthday & the ground is only about a 5min drive from my house .

Should be a cracking atmosphere with a very big crowd, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a sell out tbh.

Bring the wife. Gift opportunity. Win win!

if only I could SD, I think she’d give me a New Years gift of divorce papers.

Bagdhad Billy wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:23 pm

The 5th Searcher wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:15 pm Gutted I can’t make this one as it’s the wife’s birthday & the ground is only about a 5min drive from my house .

Should be a cracking atmosphere with a very big crowd, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a sell out tbh.

Where do you live the 5th ? I’m walderslade village Boxley Road

I’m on Davies Estate by The Tiger Moth pub.

The 5th Searcher wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:27 pm

Bagdhad Billy wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:23 pm

The 5th Searcher wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 3:15 pm Gutted I can’t make this one as it’s the wife’s birthday & the ground is only about a 5min drive from my house .

Should be a cracking atmosphere with a very big crowd, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a sell out tbh.

Where do you live the 5th ? I’m walderslade village Boxley Road

I’m on Davies Estate by The Tiger Moth pub.

Was in the Tiger Moth last week for lunch . Small world

Where's best for parking the car lads?

They have a car park at the ground but it’s not that big so I’d advise getting there early.
Otherwise you should be able to park in the side roads just outside the ground, I don’t think it gets coned off round there.

Cheers 5th , I don't intend getting there early.
All the best for the festive season

Lars Resort wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 7:49 am Where's best for parking the car lads?

Went there for a KSC final. (I think it was.) Parked on the street outside the ground.

Any chance this could be a sell-out? El Thaneto sold out pretty quickly, although it is the first meeting between Margate and Ramsgate for 15 years and I believe the ‘gate’ is limited to 2,500.

DA Mikey wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 4:48 pm Any chance this could be a sell-out? El Thaneto sold out pretty quickly, although it is the first meeting between Margate and Ramsgate for 15 years and I believe the ‘gate’ is limited to 2,500.

Any idea what the capacity is at Chatham? They usually get close to 2k crowd so presume capacity must be reasonably high

It says on Wiki that capacity is 3000 with seating for 500.

According to Football Web Pages they're average crowd this season atm is 1344.

The 5th Searcher wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 5:27 pm It says on Wiki that capacity is 3000 with seating for 500.

Thanks 5th

Park Life wrote: Thu Dec 19, 2024 6:56 pm According to Football Web Pages they're average crowd this season atm is 1344.

That’s good to know I see against Folkestone they had over 1700 there, guessing they will keep getting bigger crowds now their form has picked up I think DFC could learn from some of the things Chatham do within the community as most of my wife’s family of all ages go to every home game.

I remember Chatham being followed by a few hundred people each game how times have changed, loved the incentive at the top of the page where they offered tickets to home games in the Black Friday sale for only £8 (nearly half our price on the gate)

Having lived down this way for the last 26 years Mikey El Thanito has been pretty non existent.
Margate have been ordinary and Ramsgate have some guy throwing money at them the last few seasons.
A friend is a Rams supporter and he was banging on last season that they were 'walking it's and were looking forward to playing us next season whilst by passing Margate.
The arse fell out on that theory. But he's now looking forward to next season. I'm not too sure on that either as Sittingbourne are closing the gap on the Ram's and if they slip up again on the automatic position it would be a better shout for an El Thanito in the play offs.
I've tried to watch all clubs down this way but of course, there's been nothing like the pull of the Dart's even when we were struggling in the Kent league/step4.

Having said all that if it all stays as it is Ram's do get the automatic spot and Margate win the play offs it will cut my mileage down considerably.

What chance Tonbridge having a dip in form??