Dover Athletic unveil new sponsorship deal

DOVER ATHLETIC have arrived in the fast lane - after Vauxhall dealer Perry's became the club's new main sponsor for the coming season.

Perrys is one of the oldest car retailers in the United Kingdom and one of the largest Vauxhall dealers. The company has over 60 outlets throughout the country, including Whitefield, Dover.

Club director Roger Knight, speaking to www.doverathletic.com, said: "We are delighted to welcome Perrys as our new Main Sponsors. I spoke to Graham Knell (Regional Director) as soon as we knew that the main sponsorship was available. Graham has been extremely supportive and we were able to put together an excellent sponsorship package."



DEAL:  Ryman Premier League club Dover Athletic have today unveiled a new sponsorship deal with Perrys - one of the largest Vauxhall dealers
Photograph courtesy of www.doverathletic.com

The package will see Perrys logo on both home and away shirts as well as having a high profile at the ground which will be renamed 'The Perrys Crabble Stadium'.

Graham Knell said: "We are delighted to support Dover Athletic Football Club as the main sponsors, we have discussed sponsorship with Whites in the past and this was a great opportunity for Perrys to become involved with the local community through football. We wish Dover Athletic Football Club every success in the coming season and we look forward to joining the Directors and Sponsors on match days."

A club statement added: “With last season's promotion, the building of a state of the art Venue and clubhouse, new Directors and Sponsors facilities, and now the exciting news that Perrys join us as our main sponsor - this coming season promises to be very exciting at Dover Athletic Football Club.”

Meanwhile, the club’s website - www.doverathletic.com  - has been named the best non-league club website in the country.

Non League Today has put the Whites' site top of the tree, giving it maximum marks for content, freshness, and user ease, while design got four marks out of five in their scoring system.

The website has been running now for more than 10 years and developed from a message board, and basic information page, to a fully-fledged rolling news website.

Chairman Jim Parmenter said: "Many congratulations to the people who run our website.

"The Internet has grown as the years have gone by and become an excellent vehicle for us to communicate with our supporters, on a daily basis sometimes.

"We're delighted that our site has received this recognition."

Editor Justin Allen said: "This is superb news and excellent endorsement for everyone who helps make www.doverathletic.com a big success.

"The operation is almost on a par sometimes with top Premier League sites - and we even have a team of volunteers larger in number than some national newspaper websites. That for me just reinforces how much passion there is for this club."

www.doverathletic.com Factfile 

Who runs it: Edited and written by Justin Allen, design and coded by Steve Parmenter (GomezIT). Maintained by Chris Thwaites (GomezIT). Contributions are also made by Matthew Clements (deputy editor), Andrew Stucken, Roger Jefferies and "Dover Mosquito". Pictures are taken by Simon Harris, match reports Kevin Harris. Video footage: Dave Shirley (DAFCtv). Club stats: Dave Butler. Reserve updates: Chris Collings. We are sure to have forgotten other volunteers who have helped us at one time or another.

Age: Dover Athletic's official site started around 1997

The site includes: Regularly updated, informed and we'd like to think well-written news items, interviews and features (including a regular fans' Q&A with a club personality, such as the chairman, manager or player). Audio interviews, live text updates on matchdays and a sister site which offers video highlights and post-match interviews, usually uploaded on Saturday night (you can watch Match of the Day and Dover Athletic when coming home from a Saturday night out!!!). Picture galleries are also included.

We are building a club-by-club database and ground-by-ground review of all the team we face. This is an ongoing process.

Obviously the website provides fans with fixtures, league tables and club info that you would expect on any website.

Visit Dover Athletic’s award winning website: www.doverathletic.com