In photos: last minute goal for Dulwich Hamlet seals victory over Chatham Town, Tues 24th Feb 2026
Last night, Dulwich Hamlet overcame a strong and combative Chatham Town to emerge 1-0 winners after a 96th minute strike by Michael Chambers. On the Hamlet forum, PP posted his …
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Last night, Dulwich Hamlet overcame a strong and combative Chatham Town to emerge 1-0 winners after a 96th minute strike by Michael Chambers.
On the Hamlet forum, PP posted his thoughts on the encounter:
It seemed to me like Chatham had by far the clearer chances and better attempts on goal, even if the overall balance of play over the 90 minutes was fairly even, and our keeper made pretty much all the difficult saves.
It felt like we were the away team for the most part, but it shows the value of staying in the game by defending diligently and taking it right down to the wire when one clear chance and one goal will be enough. The Chatham players were on their knees when that goal went in.
It was also nice to see Adam Leathers hasn’t improved since playing for us 4 years ago. There was a hilarious moment when he picked up Kassarate to mark at a corner and began manhandling him, only to find himself out of his depth as he was effortlessly swatted away.
I did find Chatham an unpleasant team to watch and certainly won’t attend any of their games as a neutral after that.
The small contingent of travelling Chatham fans.
The attendance of 748 was the lowest league attendance at Champion Hill since Spring 2017.
Behold, the Mariana Trench of divots.
Chatham’s strip was a curious affair,.
Whereas Hamlet’s not entirely successful offering last season featured arty contour lines representing neighbouring hills, Chatham went for a more literal approach.
Their strip transplanted an entire town map on to one side, but we couldn’t work out why some player’s shorts looked an off-white colour.
We asked a Chatham sub if it was down to a laundry malfunction, and he quipped, “it’s because those players spent more time on their arses.”
Yoga time.
To be honest, at times we felt like we’d be lucky to get a 0-0 draw, but Chatham couldn’t get their finishing right.
Half time.
Dexterity, poise, balance. This man had it all as he negotiated the stairs with his precious triple-pint cargo.
Hamlet had a flurry of corners in the dying minutes.
Chambers fires home from close range.
1-0 to Hamlet.
A few words for the goalie.
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