Hampton and Richmond Borough
Heading for a relegation battle in February, Hampton and Richmond Borough decided a managerial change was necessary a month earlier. Gary McCann departed, and Mel Gwinnett was appointed as boss, but the new man couldn’t buy a win in his first six games in charge. The Beavers rallied and swam to safety showing excellent form throughout March in particular. After a heavy defeat against the league champions, Hampton and Richmond Borough won eight of their next eleven fixtures beating the sides down at the bottom such as Dulwich Hamlet, Cheshunt, Dover Athletic and Hungerford Town. Keeping their cool during those six pointers including victory over Weymouth in April lifted the Middlesex club away from the battle at the wrong end of the table with plenty of time to spare.
2022/2023 Season
National South: 17th
F.A Cup: 4th Qualifying Round
F.A Trophy: 2nd Round
County Cup: 2nd Round
Top League Scorers: Alfie Whittingham & Ruaridh Donaldson (6 goals)
Manager – Mike Gwinnett
A first full season as manager is ahead of Gwinnett who was appointed by Hampton and Richmond Borough back in January. He left his coaching role at Barnet to have a shot as a boss with the Beavers. A former Goalkeeper, Gwinnett worked closely with Paul Tisdale at Exeter City when he began his coaching career with the Grecians. He followed Tisdale to Milton Keynes Dons on to Bristol Rovers as football operations manager and later Stevenage. After his coaching role with the Bees, he became head of football operations with Hampton and Richmond Borough before moving into the Beveree hotseat.
Summer Transfers
Winger Brandon Barzey is one of Dartford’s new signings this summer as he leaves the Beveree. Mason Bloomfield scored 11 league goals last term with Farnborough and moves to MIddlesex. Joining from the National League, Robert Hall arrives from Barnet and Jordan Cheadle from Dorking Wanderers. Adam Debois was relegated with Cheshunt in April, but he will have another shot at the National South. George HUnt is in from Slough Town, whilst Alex Solomon and Ben Seymour make the step up from Kingstonian and Plymouth Parkway respectively. Georgian, Teimouraz Vasagkasvilli also joins the club.
| Transfers In | Transfers Out |
| Robert Hall (Barnet) | Brandon Barzey (Dartford) |
| George Hunt (Slough Town) | Jack McKnight (Hanwell Town) |
| Alex Solomon (Kingstonian) | Danny Rowe (Basingstoke Town) |
| Mason Bloomfield (Farnborough) | |
| Jordan Cheadle (Dorking Wanderers) | |
| Ben Seymour (Plymouth Parkway) | |
| Adam Debois (Cheshunt) | |
| Isaac Pitblado (Queens Park Rangers) |
Head to Head
Dartford wins: 9 / Hampton and Richmond Borough wins: 5 / Draws: 5
Previous Matches
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0 – 0 Dartford (29/04/2022 – National South)
Dartford 2 – 1 Hampton & Richmond Borough (24/09/2022 – National South)
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0 – 1 Dartford (26/03/2022 – National South)
Dartford 2 – 2 Hampton & Richmond Borough (22/01/2022 – National South)
Hampton & Richmond Borough 0 – 0 Dartford (10/10/2020 – National South)
Dartford 1 – 2 Hampton & Richmond Borough (08/02/2020 – National South)
Next Meetings
Dartford v Hampton and Richmond Borough – Tuesday 15th August 2023
Hampton and Richmond Borough v Dartford – Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Statistics
- Dartford have lost just one of the last 12 league games against Hampton and Richmond Borough (W6, D5) and are unbeaten in the last five (W2, D3)
- Dartford have lost just once in their last seven home league games against the Beavers (W4, D2)
- The Darts have kept three consecutive clean sheets at the Beveree (W1, D2)
Match Highlights – 2022/2023
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