Dover’s manager, Chris Kinnear, once a favourite son of Maidstone, could easily have enthused about his three forwards, but was keen to
impress on the team performance. 

He said “I’m very happy.  Maidstone gave it a go, at times we hung on, but we’ve got the three points at the end.  It’s not just the strikers who get the result, but for the last couple of years it’s been the whole side working hard for each other.

“If you play for Dover, you’ve got to work for the team; that applies to everybody and it stands out a mile if you don’t.  At times we don’t play
great but we do dig in and get results.  As you saw, at times our centre-half (Richard Orlu) was well into their half, and that means we can create chances for the forwards.”

Kinnear highlighted Ricky Miller’s season, from starting on the bench to his current prolific form, by explaining “Ricky does like a goal, but
he knows he’s got to work back for the team.  We left him out for a couple of games earlier in the season because we were trying to get him
more involved with the team play, and it’s worked.”

“Are we in the mix now?” questioned the Dover manager, knowing his side had moved up to fourth.  “You look at the top eleven and we are by far the smallest squad in there.  You look at it and there are ex-Championship clubs, Football League clubs who are giving it a real go to get back, but it’s not about where you’ve been.  It’s about where you are now and at the moment, we are doing really well.”