Up the Lilywhites!

The first season of the new Dover Football Club, now with professional players.

Dover F.C. Statistics 1947-48
Date	Opponents	Competition	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
23-Aug-47	Trial Match	-	H		1,000+	(Unknown)		DOVER FOOTBALL CLUB
30-Aug-47	Aylesford P.M.	KL 1	H	2-4	2,700	Collins,Carter		KENT LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
06-Sep-47	Canterbury City	KL 1	A	1-2	2,000	Collins		SEASON 1947-48									Dover's Results
13-Sep-47	Chatham Town	KL 1	H	2-1	2,500	Simpkins,Durrant				P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	H	A
20-Sep-47	Gravesend & Northfleet	FAC Pre	H	1-5	3,000+	Aicken(pen)		1	Margate	34	24	1	9	103	44	49	1-4	0-3
27-Sep-47	Maidstone United	KL 1	H	1-1	3,000+	Simpkins		2	Folkestone Town	34	21	5	8	103	43	47	3-3	2-2
04-Oct-47	R.N.Depot(Chatham)	KSC	H	3-0	3,170	Collins,Simpkins,Muttitt		3	Gillingham Reserves	34	19	5	10	71	45	43	0-1	3-1
11-Oct-47	Deal Town	KL 1	A	0-0	2,700	-		4	Ramsgate	34	20	2	12	72	53	42	2-1	1-2
18-Oct-47	Lloyds P.M.	KL 1	A	1-1	600	Edmundson		5	Maidstone United	34	18	5	11	72	61	41	1-1	1-4
25-Oct-47	Chatham Town	KL 1	A	1-1	1,200	Simpkins		6	Lloyds P.M.	34	18	3	13	86	74	39	2-1	1-1
01-Nov-47	Snowdown C.W.   (1)	KSC	H	2-1	3,400	Webb,Collins		7	DOVER	34	15	8	11	70	60	38	XXX	XXX
08-Nov-47	Folkestone	KL 1	H	3-3	5,062	Muttitt 3		8	Gravesend & N. Reserves	34	14	10	9	65	54	38	0-0	2-1
15-Nov-47	Snowdown C.W.	KSC	A	2-1	1,500	Muttitt,Simpkins		9	Sittingbourne	34	15	7	12	86	79	37	8-1	1-5
22-Nov-47	Sittingbourne	KL 1	H	8-1	2,000	Baldwin 4,Muttitt 2,Collins,Simpkins		10	Chatham Town	34	15	6	13	82	67	36	2-1	1-1
29-Nov-47	Betteshanger C.W.	KSC	H	5-1	1,515	Muttitt,Aicken,Collins 2,Baldwin		11	Canterbury City	34	15	4	15	77	71	34	3-2	1-2
06-Dec-47	Folkestone	KL 1	A	2-2	4,000	Simpkins,Muttitt(pen)		12	Ashford Town	34	12	5	17	59	68	29	2-1	0-3
13-Dec-47	Maidstone United	KL 1	A	1-4		Summerfield(og)		13	Betteshanger C.W.	34	11	6	16	68	81	28	4-1	3-3
20-Dec-47	Thameside Amateurs	KSC	H	7-1	2,000+	McDonald,Ives 3,Muttitt,Simpkins,Collins		14	Deal Town	34	9	8	17	55	79	26	2-0	0-0
25-Dec-47	Snowdown C.W.	KL 1	A	1-4		Quail		15	Snowdown C.W.	34	8	8	18	61	89	24	3-0	1-4
26-Dec-47	Ramsgate	KL 1	A	1-2		McDonald		16	Sheppey United	34	10	2	22	64	98	22	8-1	2-1
27-Dec-47	Ramsgate	KL 1	H	2-1	2,500	Smith,own goal		17	Aylesford P.M.	34	6	8	20	46	99	20	2-4	2-1
03-Jan-48	Gravesend & Northfleet	KSC	A	0-4	2,400	-		18	Royal Marines	34	7	3	24	49	121	17	4-0	2-4
10-Jan-48	Gillingham Reserves	KL 1	H	0-1	2,600	-
17-Jan-48	Betteshanger C.W.	KL 1	H	4-1	2,000+	Muttitt 2,Simons(pen),Edgington
24-Jan-48	Margate	KL 1	A	0-3		-
31-Jan-48	Sheppey United	KL 1	H	8-1		Warman,Muttitt 2,Simons 5
07-Feb-48	Gravesend & Northfleet Res.	KL 1	H	0-0	2,616	-
14-Feb-48	Margate	KL 1	H	1-4	3,800	Simpkins
28-Feb-48	Chelsea Reserves	Friendly	H	2-4	2,786	Collins,Wright(pen)
06-Mar-48	Reading Reserves	Friendly	H	0-2	2,747	-
13-Mar-48	Canterbury City	KL 1	H	3-2	3,050	Collins,Baldwin,Weedon
20-Mar-48	Sheppey United	KL 1	A	2-1		Collins,Jack(og)
26-Mar-48	Ashford Town	KL 1	A	0-3	2,000	-
27-Mar-48	Sittingbourne	KLC	A	3-1		Warman,Collins,Lightning(og)
29-Mar-48	Ashford Town	KL 1	H	2-1	3,850	Weedon,Aicken
03-Apr-48	Sittingbourne	KLC	H	4-1	2,056	Collins,Wright,Warman 2
07-Apr-48	Snowdown C.W.	KL 1	H	3-0	2,000+	Ives,Collins,Quail
10-Apr-48	Canterbury City	KLC	A	0-0	2,000+	-
14-Apr-48	Deal Town	KL 1	H	2-0	2,800+	Baldwin,Aicken
17-Apr-48	Canterbury City	KLC	H	1-2	2,500	Hancock
21-Apr-48	Gillingham Reserves	KL 1	A	3-1		Ives,Baldwin,Collins
23-Apr-48	Lloyds P.M.	KL 1	H	2-1	2,500+	Baldwin,Wright(pen)
24-Apr-48	Sittingbourne	KL 1	A	1-5		Collins
26-Apr-48	Gravesend & Northfleet Res.	KL 1	A	2-1		Hancock,Wright(pen)
27-Apr-48	Aylesford P.M.	KL 1	A	2-1		Dutton,Morgan
28-Apr-48	R.M.Chatham	KL 1	H	4-0	2,100+	Hancock 3,Ives
29-Apr-48	R.M.Chatham   (2)	KL 1	A	2-4		(Unknown)
01-May-48	Betteshanger C.W.	KL 1	A	3-3	1,000	Dutton,Hancock,Wright(pen)
08-May-48	Brentford	Friendly	H	0-4		-
(1) Match replayed as Dover fielded ineligible player.
(2)  No details of match on 29/4/48 have been traced.