So near, but so far! Defeat at amateurs Faversham handed the League title to local rivals Snowdown.

Dover F.C. Statistics 1954-55
Date	Opponents	Competition	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14-Aug-54	U. de S. Calais	Friendly	A	3-2		Blaikie,Allum,Loukes	KENT LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
28-Aug-54	Trial Match	-	H	?	2,000+	(Unknown)
29-Aug-54	Boulogne	Friendly	A	2-1		(Unknown)	SEASON 1954-55 - FINAL TABLE									Dover's results
04-Sep-54	Tunbridge Wells United	KL 1	A	1-0	2,000	Winter			P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	H	A
11-Sep-54	Woking	FAC Pre	H	2-1	5,000-	Banks(og),Allum	1	Snowdown C.W.	32	18	9	5	60	36	45	0-1	0-0
15-Sep-54	Deal Town	KSS 1	H	2-1	3,000+	Winter 2	2	DOVER	32	16	11	5	64	38	43	XXX	XXX
18-Sep-54	Sheppey United	KL 1	H	2-0		Winter,Blaikie	3	Folkestone Town	32	16	11	5	73	55	43	0-0	3-2
25-Sep-54	Dartford	FAC 1Q	A	2-1	2,982	Winter,Loukes	4	Sittingbourne	32	18	5	9	77	50	41	0-3	2-2
30-Sep-54	Faversham Town	KLC	A	3-0	500	Sturgess,Blaikie 2	5	Margate	32	17	6	9	82	48	40	1-0	2-7
02-Oct-54	Sittingbourne	KL 1	H	0-3	4,162	-	6	Ramsgate	32	15	8	9	65	49	38	1-1	2-1
09-Oct-54	Whitstable	FAC 2Q	H	2-1		Blaikie,Loukes	7	Tunbridge Wells United	32	15	8	9	60	52	38	3-3	1-0
16-Oct-54	Ramsgate	KL 1	A	2-1		Blaikie 2	8	Gillingham Reserves	32	12	9	11	53	51	33	4-2	1-0
23-Oct-54	Tonbridge	FAC 3Q	A	2-3		Watts,Allum	9	Canterbury City	32	12	8	12	57	53	32	2-1	2-1
30-Oct-54	Sittingbourne	KL 1	A	2-2		Winter,Watts	10	Bexleyheath & Welling	32	13	6	13	76	71	32	3-2	1-2
06-Nov-54	Deal Town	KL 1	H	2-2		Blaikie,Winter	11	Deal Town	32	10	12	10	66	62	32	2-2	1-1
13-Nov-54	Folkestone	KL 1	A	3-2	4,494	Winter 2,Blaikie	12	Ashford Town	32	11	7	14	49	52	29	4-0	0-0
20-Nov-54	Ashford Town	KL 1	A	0-0	2.756	-	13	Whitstable	32	9	8	15	51	64	26	5-0	0-0
27-Nov-54	Gillingham Res.	KL 1	H	4-2		Watts,Blaikie 2,Winter	14	Faversham Town	32	9	5	18	47	72	23	3-0	1-2
04-Dec-54	Chatham Town	KL 1	A	4-1	400-	Loukes,Winter,Watts 2	15	Betteshanger C.W.	32	6	8	18	46	68	20	3-2	1-1
11-Dec-54	Margate	KL 1	A	2-7		Allum,Blaikie(pen)	16	Chatham Town	32	6	4	22	63	121	16	9-0	4-1
18-Dec-54	Margate	KL 1	H	1-0		Yeomanson(og)	17	Sheppey United	32	3	7	22	42	89	13	2-0	1-1
25-Dec-54	Canterbury City	KL 1	A	2-1		L.Smith,Blaikie
27-Dec-54	Canterbury City	KL 1	H	2-1		L.Smith,Loukes
01-Jan-55	Chatham Town	KL 1	H	9-0		Watts 2,Allum 2,Blaikie 2,Parsons,Winter,Anderson	KENT LEAGUE DIVISION TWO
08-Jan-55	Ramsgate	KL 1	H	1-1		Watts
22-Jan-55	Bexleyheath & Welling	KL 1	H	3-2		Watts,L.Smith,Blaikie	SEASON 1954-55 - FINAL TABLE									Dover's results
29-Jan-55	Deal Town	KSC 2	H	2-1		L.Smith,Loukes			P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	H	A
05-Feb-55	Tunbridge Wells United	KL 1	H	3-3		Winter 3	1	Herne Bay	34	28	4	2	121	45	60	0-3	2-4
12-Feb-55	Deal Town	KL 1	A	1-1		Loukes	2	Margate Reserves	34	24	6	4	111	39	54	0-0	0-3
26-Feb-55	Bromley	KSC 3	H	2-1		Blaikie(pen),Allum	3	Tunbridge Wells United Reserves	34	20	8	6	105	64	48	1-1	1-2
05-Mar-55	Bexleyheath & Welling	KL 1	A	1-2	1,164	Morris	4	Folkestone Town Reserves	34	21	4	9	97	50	46	2-1	3-1
12-Mar-55	Snowdown C.W.	KLC	H	0-2	3,000	-	5	Ramsgate Reserves	34	18	9	7	106	65	45	2-2	2-2
19-Mar-55	Dartford	KSC SF	H	1-2	3,668	Blaikie	6	Sittingbourne Reserves	34	21	2	11	114	57	44	3-5	0-5
26-Mar-55	Whitstable	KL 1	H	5-0		Blaikie 4(1 pen),Linstrem	7	Snowdown C.W. Reserves	34	20	2	12	114	57	42	1-0	1-3
02-Apr-55	Margate	KSS SF	A	0-0		-	8	Ashford Town Reserves	34	18	4	12	90	63	40	3-2	1-2
09-Apr-55	Snowdown C.W.	KL 1	A	0-0	2,500	-	9	Dover Reserves	34	15	8	11	88	51	38	XXXXX	XXXXX
11-Apr-55	Snowdown C.W.	KL 1	H	0-1	5,000+	-	10	Faversham Town Reserves	34	16	4	14	81	82	36	0-1	5-0
13-Apr-55	Faversham Town	KL 1	H	3-0		Blaikie 2,Linstrem	11	Sheppey United Reserves	34	11	5	18	70	79	27	6-1	4-0
16-Apr-55	Gillingham Res.	KL 1	A	1-0	3,000	Winter	12	Canterbury City Reserves	34	12	3	19	66	79	27	2-0	1-3
18-Apr-55	Betteshanger C.W.	KL 1	H	3-2	3,000	Blaikie,Winter,Morris	13	Bexleyheath & Welling Reserves	34	10	5	19	79	81	25	5-0	2-0
20-Apr-55	Sheppey United	KL 1	A	1-1		Blaikie	14	Whitstable Reserves	34	9	5	20	67	127	23	1-1	3-3
23-Apr-55	Folkestone	KL 1	H	0-0	5,402	-	15	Chatham Town Reserves	34	8	2	24	50	146	18	5-0	0-1
27-Apr-55	Betteshanger C.W.	KL 1	A	1-1		Blaikie(pen)	16	Deal Town Reserves	34	7	1	26	67	110	15	6-1	2-2
30-Apr-55	Ashford Town	KL 1	H	4-0		McCarthy 3(1 pen),Morris	17	Betteshanger C.W. Reserves	34	6	2	26	38	142	14	10-0	0-0
02-May-55	Whitstable	KL 1	A	0-0		-	18	Royal Marines (Deal)	34	5	0	29	45	172	10	8-1	6-1
05-May-55	Faversham Town	KL 1	A	1-2		McCarthy(pen)
07-May-55	Margate	KSS SF	H	1-2	3,000+	(AET) McCarthy
DOVER RESERVES - KENT LEAGUE DIVISION TWO
01-Sep-54	Royal Marines (Deal)	KL 2	H	8-1	2,000+	Sturgess 3,Watts,McCarthy 2,Ruddick(pen),Smith
04-Sep-54	Tunbridge Wells United Reserves	KL 2	H	1-1		Sturgess
08-Sep-54	Folkestone Reserves	KL 2	H	2-1	2,219	McCarthy,Smith
11-Sep-54	Royal Marines (Deal)	KL 2	A	6-1		King,Smith 2,Alltimes(og),Sturgess,McCarthy
18-Sep-54	Faversham Town Reserves	KL 2	A	5-0		Sturgess 3,Daly,McCarthy
25-Sep-54	Ashford Town Reserves	KL 2	H	3-2		Smith,Daly,McCarthy
30-Sep-54	Deal Town Reserves	KLC 1	A	2-2		Smith,McCarthy
09-Oct-54	Betteshanger C.W. Reserves	KL 2	A	0-0		-
13-Oct-54	Deal Town Reserves	KLC 1	H	2-1		Gawler,Daly
16-Oct-54	Ramsgate Reserves	KL 2	H	2-2		Parsons,McCarthy
23-Oct-54	Whitstable Reserves	KL 2	H	1-1		King
30-Oct-54	Sittingbourne Reserves	KL 2	H	3-5		Sturgess,King,Francis
06-Nov-54	Deal Town Reserves	KL 2	A	2-2		McCarthy,Sturgess
13-Nov-54	Betteshanger C.W. Reserves	KL 2	H	10-0		Sturgess 3,McCarthy 5(2 pens),Daly,Francis
20-Nov-54	Folkestone Reserves	KL 2	A	3-1		King,Sturgess,Watts
27-Nov-54	Herne Bay	KL 2	A	2-4		Sturgess 2
04-Dec-54	Whitstable Reserves	KLC 2	H	2-1		Ellis(og),Smith
11-Dec-54	Margate Reserves	KL 2	H	0-0		-
18-Dec-54	Margate Reserves	KL 2	A	0-3		-
25-Dec-54	Canterbury City Reserves	KL 2	H	2-0		Sturgess,McCarthy(pen)
27-Dec-54	Canterbury City Reserves	KL 2	A	1-3		Allum
01-Jan-55	Chatham Town Reserves	KL 2	A	0-1		-
08-Jan-55	Bexleyheath & Welling Reserves	KL 2	A	2-0		King,McCarthy
22-Jan-55	Sheppey United Reserves	KL 2	A	4-0		Francis 3,King
05-Feb-55	Folkestone Reserves	KIC 2	A	0-2		-
12-Feb-55	Whitstable Reserves	KL 2	A	3-3	195	Thake,McCarthy,Watts
26-Feb-55	Ashford Town Reserves	KL 2	A	1-2		McCarthy
05-Mar-55	Bexleyheath & Welling Reserves	KL 2	H	5-0		Watts 3,Linstrem 2
12-Mar-55	Ramsgate Reserves	KL 2	A	2-2		Sturgess,McCarthy
19-Mar-55	Tunbridge Wells United Reserves	KL 2	A	1-2		McCarthy
26-Mar-55	Sittingbourne Reserves	KL 2	A	0-5		-
08-Apr-55	Chatham Town Reserves	KL 2	H	5-0	1,000+	King 2,Watts 2,McCarthy
09-Apr-55	Snowdown C.W. Reserves	KL 2	H	1-0		Watts
11-Apr-55	Snowdown C.W. Reserves	KL 2	A	1-3		McCarthy
16-Apr-55	Sittingbourne Reserves	KLC SF	A	0-1		-
20-Apr-55	Sheppey United Reserves	KL 2	H	6-1		McCarthy 2,King 2,Watts,Sherrell
25-Apr-55	Deal Town Reserves	KL 2	H	6-1		Linstrem,McCarthy 2,King 2,Watts
27-Apr-55	Herne Bay	KL 2	H	0-3		-
04-May-55	Faversham Town Reserves	KL 2	H	0-1		-

The programme for this season was the usual one for the 1950s. Eight pages included very little reading matter.