Dartford are set to get a financial boost from the derbies they will play in Blue Square South next season.

Chairman Dave Skinner (pictured) says the club will be in store for some lucrative pay days next term with Ebbsfleet dropping into the division for a 4,000-plus sell-out and other sides from Kent and nearby Essex likely to provide some well-attended games.

He said: "It might be a different type of season but hopefully with the increased standard we’ll attract some more and I expect to take an even bigger away support.

"There will be lots of local derbies and with the way the leagues are being set up, we will lose five of the longer away trips, so it really is more of a South East league.

"The first ones to look out for when the fixtures come out will be Ebbsfleet home and away – it would be nice to have them over Christmas. I’m sure the game will be all-ticket and we may be able to fill the ground to capacity.

"There will also be Dover and Welling, our old friends from across the river in Thurrock, Bromley and possibly Grays."