Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Dulwich Hamlet 12th with 62 points, Margate 19th with 39, 23 apart. The last five rounds placed Margate 9th in the league for form — higher than their 19th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Margate 1.19 scored and 1.9 conceded per game, Dulwich Hamlet 1.83 and 1.71, with the league averaging 1.59.
Margate had lost three in a row. Margate had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; Dulwich Hamlet, 10.
Hartsdown Park in Margate staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Dulwich Hamlet led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-4.