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Andy Hessenthaler delighted with Dover Athletic's spirit

08:00, 14 January 2010

Andy Hessenthaler
Andy Hessenthaler

Dover manager Andy Hessenthaler believes his side's 1-0 win at Fleetwood in the FA Trophy on Tuesday proves their season is back on track.

Whites delivered the most emphatic reply to their recent poor spell of form despite being without a number of key men through injury and suspension.

Hessenthaler said: "We’ve had a few issues over the Christmas period and I’ve had to ask questions of the players, myself and the coaching staff as to why that happened.

"But we’ve got a five-year plan to get to the Conference Premier and we’re ahead of schedule.

"There’s no question of me going anywhere. This shows that everyone is together and we can now push on and look forward."

Whites welcome back Jamie Rogers and Sammy Moore from suspension for Saturday’s Blue Square South match at home to Havant.

Tom Davis is also in contention after his month-long loan spell at Croydon Athletic ended with him playing just two matches for the Ryman League outfit.

However, Jake Leberl and Sam Gore (groin) are still ruled out and Dean Hill serves the second game of his three-match ban.

Hakeem Adelakun, who joined on loan from Crystal Palace last Friday, could feature in midfield after impressing on his debut at left-back against Fleetwood with Hessenthaler likely to leave himself out of the squad having featured in midweek.

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