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The countdown has begun to one of the hottest tickets in town - Dover Athletic's FA Cup clash against Crystal Palace.
All tickets to today’s FA Cup home game have sold out.
Dover's manager Chris Kinnear has high hopes of an upset against Palace - who have only won once in their past 14 games.
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He said: “It’s a great time for us to play them. We are enjoying a fantastic unbeaten run, the confidence is high and we are playing at home. Why wouldn’t we feel we could win it?
“You can be sure that they (Palace) won’t be looking forward to making the trip – it’s come at the wrong time for them.
“Besides, the FA Cup has a history of producing shock results and I see no reason why we can’t create our own piece of it (history).
“We won’t be holding back – that’s not my style. We’ll be going all out to win, something we do in every game regardless of who we are playing against."
Tickets first went on sale on Saturday, December 20 when fans were entitled to buy four per person.
Video: We talk to the players prior to the match
But this policy was soon changed to two-per-person after the club experienced a staggeringly high demand for tickets.
Nearly 4,000 people queued around River in a bid to get tickets and many were turned away.
The second opportunity for ticket buyers was on Boxing Day when the Whites beat Welling United 4-0.
People were able to buy tickets from noon before the game. Some supporters had started queuing at 6am.
Club chairman Jim Parmenter said: “I always learn from these things. We have not experienced anything like it and we did not expect that many people to turn up for tickets.”
"The FA Cup has a history of producing shock results" - Chris Kinnear
Kentonline will be covering the game live, and it will also be broadcast live on BT Sport.
Mr Parmenter has urged fans to arrive early because of parking and because there will be huge crowds of people entering the ground via the turnstiles.
He said: “The rugby club has been good enough to cancel their mini rugby to allow for parking.”
As well as parking at the rugby club, there will also be parking near the ground in surrounding streets.
