CLUB STATEMENT | Sanchez Ming

Dulwich Hamlet Football Club can today confirm the departure of defender Sanchez Ming to allow him to pursue an opportunity at more regular first team football.

Sanchez first signed for the club in 2016 before departing midway through the 18/19 season. He would return again for is 2nd spell at the club signing from Dartford in September 2020. 

He leaves the club having played 275 times across 2 spells at the club scoring 24 goals. 

We’d like to thank Sanchez for all his efforts whilst playing for our football club and wish him all the best going forward. 

REPORT | Dulwich Hamlet vs Carshalton Athletic

Goalkeeping heroics ensure Dulwich Hamlet secure the Boxing day victory after second half drama.

Goals from Ryley Scott and Kreshnic Krasniqi helped out by R’avan Constable’s heroics saw Hamlet leapfrog opposition Carshalton Athletic in the league table.

After a fast start Hamlet saw themselves ahead after 4 minutes as Danny Mills nodded the ball down in the penalty area to Ryley Scott who calmly took a touch and placed it into the near post giving Hamlet an early lead.

Hamlet continued to apply pressure on the Carshalton defence and in the 12th minute found the breakthrough again after some tricky play down the right from Luke Wanadio who crossed it in, Ryley Scott then turned provider after laying off Kreshnic Krasniqi who hammered the ball from outside the box into the bottom left corner to calm Hamlet nerves and have a 2 goal cushion.

On the brink of Half-Time Hamlet nearly had three as once again Mills teed up Ryley Scott who’s attempt thundered the ball against the post. This chance was then followed up by a Carshalton counter attack which saw a cross go in and a massive save needed by Constable to keep Hamlet ahead at the break.

As the teams came out for the second half there was a feeling of apprehension among the supporters despite Hamlet being 2 goals ahead Carshalton had been dominating the ball in the first half.

Just 4 minutes into the second half Carshalton had pulled one back after a corner had been headed away to the edge of the box and on the volley Mark Markshall hammered the ball into the bottom right corner leaving Constable with nothing to do but watch.

The visitors with their tails up continued to pile the pressure on the Hamlet defence and in the 73rd minute Rickets gave away a penalty after bringing a Carshalton player down, it looked as if the opposition were going to complete the turn around after a strong start to the second half but Constable diving down to his left hand side was able to catch the ball and retain the Hamlet lead.

After a further 15 minutes of pressure from the visitors Hamlet were able to see the game out and keep all the points at Champion Hill this Boxing day boosting the team up to 9th in the league and jumping over todays opponents in the league standings.

PREVIEW | Enfield Town vs Dulwich Hamlet

Hamlet hit the road for the final time in 2023!

Dulwich head North on Saturday afternoon as the Hamlet visit Enfield Town in our last away game of the year.

Heading into a busy Christmas Schedule where we'll play 5 times over the festive period culminating in a trip to Chatham Town on New Years Day.

Before that a trip to an Enfield side experiencing their first season in European Football. The hosts come into this having not played a League fixture since they defeated Margate on December 2nd.

Before that it was a 3-1 defeat in Medway as they were defeated by Chatham Town.

This won't be the first time Enfield and Dulwich have met this season with both of our Women's sides competing in the same league.

The Hamlet however, enter this game in a great period of form, a 10 match unbeaten run was extended last Saturday as over 200 Hamlet supporters battled, train strikes and the weather to see us defeat Lewes 2-0 at the Dripping Pan in Sussex.

These 2 sides will meet again in April, with both hoping to be in the promotion picture.

Address and How to get there.

Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, Donkey Lane,
Enfield EN1 3PL

From the M25: Head towards London on the A10 from junction 25. Turn right into Carterhatch Lane at the Halfway House pub. Donkey Lane is first left after the pub.

From London/North Circular Road: Head north up the A10 and turn left into Carterhatch Lane at the Halfway House pub. Donkey Lane is first left after the pub.

By train: Enfield Town, Brimsdown (then 191 bus) and Southbury are the three nearest train stations to the stadium. Both Enfield and Brimsdown have step free access.

Tickets

Tickets are priced as follows:

Adults: £12.00
Concessions*: £8.00
Under-21’s**: £8.00
Under-16’s**: £2.00

* Concessions includes over 65’s and 16-21’s.
** ID with proof of age may be required.

You can also purchase your tickets in advance here

How to keep up with the game

You can follow live Twitter updates here on our official Twitter page.

Currently there will be NO Radio Coverage due to a lack of Volunteers. If this changes we'll update you on our Social Media Channels.

Next up:

We return to Champion Hill on Tuesday night in the London Senior Cup as we host Sporting Bengal United with kick off at 19:45pm. You can purchase your tickets, starting from just £3.40 here.

Rainbow Laces day and Dulwich Hamlet

Rainbow Laces Day is an annual event that was started by, LGBTQ+ rights organisation, Stonewall in 2013 as a campaign to fight homophobia in all sports across the world.

This first campaign involved them sending rainbow laces to some 5,000 professional footballer within the UK. Since then, the event has become a global movement with Stonewall announcing in 2020 that they had sold over one million laces since its inception seven years previously.

After the success of this first campaign, every November / December Stonewall have continued to run Rainbow Laces Day. Dulwich Hamlet first became involved when, during the 2014-2015 season, both the men’s senior and supporter’s teams donned the laces when they both faced their Worthing counterparts on the same day.

Later that season, on a cold February evening in East Dulwich, Champion Hill hosted a ground-breaking fixture when Stonewall FC (at the time the current Gay Football World Champions) lined up against our men’s team. Despite losing 6 - 0, Stonewall FC walked off the pitch to a chorus of “we love you Stonewall we do” having taken part in a ‘first of its kind’ match.

As part of this event, two Dulwich Hamlet and Altona 93 anti-homophobia banners were purchased. The latest incarnation of this banner is on permanent display pitch side in front of the mega-container club shop, the other is ever present at our sister club, Altona 93, in Hamburg.

“Other football clubs say they’re against things, but in many cases it’s just lip service,” said the late Mishi Morath at the time. “We’re not just saying ‘we’re against homophobia,’ we’re trying to welcome gay fans to Dulwich. That sums up the ethos of the club, we try to go that bit further.

Step forward to 2023, raising awareness and celebrating our LGBTQ+ community continues to be embedded in Dulwich Hamlet’s DNA. It can be seen from the moment you walk through the turnstiles and across the rainbow crossing within our stadium, sighting the numerous the rainbow flags and stickers around to watching corners being taken by our teams next to the rainbow flags flying on our corner posts!

I am sure that ten years ago Stonewall could not have imagined that a pair of laces would become such a huge annual event. An event that has had and continues to have a dynamic positive effect on the LGBTQ+ community, creating inclusive pitches and sports fields around the world.

Today Dulwich Hamlet wears its rainbow laces with pride and continues to strive in promoting LGBTQ+ inclusion within all sports.