Dulwich Home For Christmas - The Return to Champion Hill

See statement from the club and trust below:


Dulwich Hamlet Football Club announce the first league fixtures back at Champion Hill

After a month of works on the stadium and the pitch to return the ground to the level required to host first team games the club and the supporter’s trust look forward to welcoming the community back to Champion Hill over the festive period.


Dulwich Hamlet Football Club and Dulwich Hamlet Supporters’ Trust are pleased to announce a hat trick of games to celebrate our return to Champion Hill with the first home league game confirmed as our Boxing Day fixture against Eastbourne Borough at 3pm on Wednesday December 26, 2018 closely followed by two more, against Slough Town at 3pm on Saturday December 29, 2018 and then against Bath City at 3pm on Saturday January 5, 2019.

The club and the trust would like to thank all of the volunteers and contributors who have helped to make the return home a reality over the past month by providing resources at incredibly short notice including Meadow Partners, Southwark Council and the National League. The local community members, tradespeople and businesses who have worked round the clock are too numerous to mention in a single statement but the club and the trust will ensure their efforts are acknowledged in due course.

It should also be acknowledged that the work on the stadium and the pitch was completed in time to host the game at 3pm on Saturday December 1, 2018 against Torquay United with the full support of the council and the league however that game will be our final game at Imperial Fields and we are grateful to Tooting & Mitcham FC for their agreement. The decision was taken after consultation with Torquay United about how best to accommodate their considerably higher than average away attendances and the club and the trust felt that the additional ticketing, facilities and safety measures would have resulted in limited availability and a less than optimal matchday experience for both sets of fans. We would like to thank Torquay United and the National League for their help and support during that process.

Tickets for our final game at Imperial Fields against Torquay United will be made available online. This is not an all-ticket match however, and supporters will be able to pay on the gate as usual.

Announcements for the release of tickets for the first three league games back at Champion Hill will be made in the next week.

Depending on FA Trophy results there is also the prospect of an earlier cup fixture on Saturday December 15, 2018.

On the website here: Dulwich Home For Christmas - News - Dulwich Hamlet Football Club

 

There's also the potential for no fixture if we lose to Welling as no National League fixtures are scheduled for that date, in which case it might be useful to arrange a friendly both as a fundraiser and to test our matchday operations at a less challenging fixture.

 

As someone who hasn't, and is unlikely ever to, visit DHFC, I'm surprised how much this touched me. It is great to hear that the Hamlet is going home. It's a wonderful gift for the fans.

 

To Pink Panther above. Agreed, Chelsea Youth would be a fantastic fixture.

 

In other exciting news, The Club Bar will be opening 7 days a week, showing every game of football imaginable (well, that is on Sky or BT Sports).

More info over the coming week or so.

 

All profits to the club hopefully ?

 

Entirely, we now run the bar, and have installed our own bar manager.

 

Whoever is available. Doesn't have to be anyone out of the ordinary.

 

Great news. Fantastic about the bar too, I need a new 'local'

 

Fantastic news.

Will other matchday operations be along the lines of what currently happens at Tooting, e.g. turnstiles and stewarding will be sourced by the club through a mix of volunteers and paid staff?

 

The club will be running every aspect of the matchday.

 

Brilliant news – with real ale on all the time?

 

Is the club bar going to have a name? I reckon it could use a name!

 

Jack’s bar.

 

No Payne No Glory

 

That link seems to be dead.

edit: nm, fixed.

 

If it does, then lets go for something from our past rather than what's witty or relevant now.

"Kail's Ales"

and as an avid lager drinker I hate the wishy washy stuff

 

The Rabble's Return

 

Its already called Jack's place.

 

Mishie’s Toe.

 

Yes, definitely not anything daft or quirky.

 

^ Not keen on Mishie’s Toe then ? Too relevant on both counts.

 

What was the can bar named? Seem to recall a competition to name it? (May be wrong)

 

That was all a bit fishy. We were never told who submitted or chose the winning entry, after people had donated to the 12th Man Fund to make suggestions, and everyone just continued calling it "the outside bar" anyway.

I'm not a fan of giving random bits of the ground official names anyway. O

 

I just remember how simple Thurrock United kept it - big black waste bins with cans in for soft drinks others for beer and larger

I do hope we have sorted out the tea bar for those that would prefer non alcoholic drinks with their bar of chocolate or food

 

Rabbler’s Rest. liamdhfc on the website said the winning entrant wished to remain anonymous.

 

. And toilets, plenty of them male and female.

 

Tickets from Dulwich Hamlet F.C. - Online Tickets for the trio of festive games