Dartford lost 2-1 to Ramsgate and slipped to third, three points behind Welling. Wingate & Finchley visit on Saturday; the women play Brentford in the FA Cup.
Updated 8 October: Dartford are no longer top. They lost 2-1 at home to Ramsgate on Tuesday 6 October, their second defeat in a row after the FA Cup exit at Tadley Calleva. Emmanuel Oke scored on five minutes, his first goal for the club. Billy Munday equalised on 19 minutes and former Dartford striker Callum Jones won it on 44. The club says 928 people watched (Dartford FC match report).
| Pos | Club | Played | Points | Goal difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welling United | 10 | 24 | +11 |
| 2 | Enfield Town | 9 | 21 | +13 |
| 3 | Dartford | 10 | 21 | +5 |
| 4 | Carshalton Athletic | 11 | 21 | -1 |
| 5 | Lewes | 10 | 19 | +4 |
Isthmian League Premier Division top five, from the table on the club’s website, read 8 October 2026. Enfield Town have a game in hand.
Next: Wingate & Finchley at Princes Park, Saturday 10 October, 3pm.
Dartford Women are through to the FA Cup first round proper. They won 1-0 at London Bees on Sunday 4 October, with Abbey Davies scoring on 11 minutes. London Bees knocked them out in extra time in last season’s third round (match report). They now travel to Brentford Women at the Honeycroft Ground on Sunday 25 October at 2pm (Dartford FC).
Updated 1 October: Dartford won 2-1 and are top of the table. Max Fiddes scored in the 21st and 51st minutes; Kamarni Ryan equalised for Whitehawk on 31 minutes. The club says 702 people watched, and that the win completes an unbeaten September in all competitions: eight wins in nine games. (Dartford FC match report)
| Pos | Club | Played | Points | Goal difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dartford | 9 | 21 | +6 |
| 2 | Enfield Town | 8 | 18 | +12 |
| 3 | Welling United | 8 | 18 | +9 |
| 4 | Carshalton Athletic | 9 | 18 | +2 |
| 5 | Dulwich Hamlet | 8 | 16 | +9 |
Isthmian League Premier Division top five after Tuesday’s games, from the table on the club’s website, read 1 October 2026. Enfield Town and Welling United have a game in hand. The report from before the game follows.
Dartford FC can go top of the Isthmian League Premier Division at Princes Park on Tuesday night. The Darts host Whitehawk at 7.45pm, and the club’s own match preview says a single point would be enough.
They go into the game level on 18 points with the top two, after a 3-0 win at Leiston on Saturday. That was their first FA Trophy win since January 2022.
Where the table stands
Four clubs are on 18 points. Dartford are third on goal difference, and they have played a game fewer than Carshalton Athletic.
| Pos | Club | Played | Won | Lost | Goal difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enfield Town | 8 | 6 | 2 | +12 | 18 |
| 2 | Welling United | 8 | 6 | 2 | +9 | 18 |
| 3 | Dartford | 8 | 6 | 2 | +5 | 18 |
| 4 | Carshalton Athletic | 9 | 6 | 3 | +2 | 18 |
| 5 | Lewes | 9 | 5 | 3 | +3 | 16 |
The table is the one the club publishes on its own website, read on Tuesday morning.
Tuesday’s game
The club’s preview sets out the facts:
- kick-off 7.45pm at Princes Park, Dartford
- Dartford have won their last seven meetings with Whitehawk, including the last four at home
- the overall record between the clubs is nine Dartford wins to three
- Whitehawk had gone 21 league games without a win before back-to-back victories under their new manager, Jay Lovett
Player-manager Ben Greenhalgh told the club: “We’ve played six games in September with different teams every time… It’s been incredible so far and we’ve got one more job to do on Tuesday to finish off a brilliant September.”
Tickets are sold through the club’s tickets page.
Saturday at Leiston
Dartford won 3-0 at Leiston’s Flannery Stadium in the FA Trophy on Saturday 26 September. The goals, from the club’s match report:
- 33 minutes: Max Fiddes
- 53 minutes: Ben Greenhalgh
- 68 minutes: Max Fiddes
The club says it was a fifth clean sheet in six games in all competitions.
What it means for you
Going on Tuesday? Kick-off is 7.45pm at Princes Park. If you are driving into town rather than to the ground, our Dartford parking guide covers the town centre car parks.
Next up: the FA Cup. Dartford are away at Tadley Calleva in the third qualifying round on Saturday 3 October. We covered how they got there, coming from 2-1 down to beat Hayes & Yeading United 4-2, in our second qualifying round report.
Sources
- Dartford FC: Match report, Dartford 2 Whitehawk 1 (published 30 September 2026)
- Dartford FC: Match preview, Dartford v Whitehawk (published 28 September 2026)
- Dartford FC: Leiston v Dartford match report (published 26 September 2026)
- Dartford FC (Isthmian League Premier Division table, read 29 September 2026)
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