Dartford, known as The Darts, is an English football club founded in 1888 and based in Kent. The club’s black-and-white identity is rooted in a long non-league tradition, while Princes Park provides a distinctive modern home near the Darent Valley. Its story combines local heritage, community-minded stewardship and a place within the domestic English football pyramid, giving the Kent club a clear identity across more than a century of change.
Dartford Upcoming matches by league
Non League Premier - Isthmian
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- Regular Season - 10
LewesNo H2HDartford
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- Regular Season - 11
DartfordNo H2HRamsgate
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- Regular Season - 12
DartfordNo H2HWingate & Finchley
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- Regular Season - 13
WhyteleafeNo H2HDartford
FA Trophy
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- Final
LeistonNo H2HDartford
FA Cup
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- 2nd Round Qualifying
DartfordNo H2HHayes & Yeading United
Dartford Last matches by league
Non League Premier - Isthmian
FA Trophy
FA Cup
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- 1st Round Qualifying Replays
Dartford2 - 0Westfield (Surrey)
Friendlies Clubs
Dartford Team Roster
Dartford’s latest recorded squad contains two players. J. Nembhard is listed as a defender wearing number 20, while M. Statham is listed as a midfielder wearing number 12. The available roster therefore shows a compact group with one defensive and one midfield entry, without a recorded goalkeeper, forward or additional positional details in this snapshot. Nembhard and Statham provide the only named squad context currently available, leaving the wider playing group unspecified.
position Goalkeeper
position Defender
Joash Nembhard
position Midfielder
Maxwell Louis Statham
position Attacker
Last Dartford Coachs
Adrian Pennock is Dartford’s current coach, having taken charge on 1 March 2024. The Englishman is the latest appointment in the recorded timeline. Tony Burman preceded him from January to March 2024, after Alan Dowson’s spell from July 2022 to January 2024. Steve King managed from October 2019 until May 2022, with Burman also recorded for a brief September 2019 spell. That sequence reflects a period of managerial change at Dartford.ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Adrian Barry Pennock
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Barry Pennock | England | 1 March 2024 | |
| Tony Burman | England | 1 January 2024 | 1 March 2024 |
| Alan Dowson | England | 1 July 2022 | 1 January 2024 |
| Steve King | England | 1 October 2019 | 1 May 2022 |
| Tony Burman | England | 1 September 2019 | 1 October 2019 |
| Jamie Coyle | England | 1 May 2018 | 1 September 2019 |
| Tony Burman | England | 1 January 2005 | 1 May 2018 |
Dartford Transfers
Recent recorded arrivals show a movement pattern dominated by loans, with R. Vaughan joining from QPR on 12 February 2026 and D. Carter arriving from Leyton Orient on 9 October 2025. Earlier loan entries include H. Sodje and R. Byrne from Leyton Orient, O. Bray from Aldershot Town, Ronny Nelson from Colchester and players from several other English clubs. Free arrivals recorded in the same period include J. Greenidge, T. Maloney and J. Smith, while some entries have no stated transfer type. These movements provide a selected recent view, not a complete arrivals total.
Latest player transfers from
| Player | Team from | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. Vaughan |
QPR
|
Loan | 12 February 2026 |
| R. Vaughan |
QPR
|
Loan | 12 February 2026 |
| D. Carter |
Leyton Orient
|
Loan | 9 October 2025 |
| O. Bray |
Aldershot Town
|
Loan | 22 March 2024 |
| R. Byrne |
Leyton Orient
|
Loan | 22 March 2024 |
| H. Sodje |
Leyton Orient
|
Loan | 22 March 2024 |
| Ronny Nelson |
Colchester
|
Loan | 11 March 2024 |
| J. Greenidge |
Tonbridge Angels
|
Free | 8 March 2024 |
| I. Akanbi |
St Albans City
|
Loan | 23 February 2024 |
| T. Clifford |
King's Lynn Town
|
Loan | 15 February 2024 |
| E. Romain |
Horsham
|
Loan | 9 February 2024 |
| T. Maloney |
Farnborough
|
Free | 19 January 2024 |
| B. Barzey |
Hemel Hempstead Town
|
N/A | 15 January 2024 |
| B. Terrell |
Dover
|
Loan | 8 January 2024 |
| M. MacArthur |
Gillingham
|
Loan | 5 January 2024 |
Recent recorded departures include R. Vaughan’s return to QPR after his loan on 30 May 2026 and D. Carter’s return to Leyton Orient on 11 November 2025. The July 2024 entries show several players moving on free transfers, including A. Wall to Hampton and Richmond, L. Coulson to Weston-super-Mare, J. Smith to Enfield Town and Fumnaya Shomotun to Tonbridge Angels. Other departures were recorded without a stated type, while some loan players returned to their parent clubs. This is a selected recent view rather than a complete departures total.
Latest player transfers to
| Player | Team to | Transfer type | Transfer date |
|---|---|---|---|
Braintree
|
Free agent | 28 August 2026 | |
| R. Vaughan |
QPR
|
Return from loan | 30 May 2026 |
| R. Vaughan |
QPR
|
Return from loan | 30 May 2026 |
| D. Carter |
Leyton Orient
|
Return from loan | 11 November 2025 |
| J. Greenidge |
Chelmsford City
|
N/A | 26 August 2024 |
| L. Allen |
Aveley
|
Free | 1 July 2024 |
| M. Statham |
Hemel Hempstead Town
|
Free | 1 July 2024 |
| B. Barzey |
Hemel Hempstead Town
|
Free | 1 July 2024 |
| T. Maloney |
Tonbridge Angels
|
Free | 1 July 2024 |
| Fumnaya Shomotun |
Tonbridge Angels
|
Free | 1 July 2024 |
| J. Nembhard |
Enfield Town
|
Free | 1 July 2024 |
| J. Smith |
Enfield Town
|
Free | 1 July 2024 |
| L. Coulson |
Weston-super-Mare
|
Free | 1 July 2024 |
| A. Wall |
Hampton & Richmond
|
Free | 1 July 2024 |
| O. Bray |
Aldershot Town
|
N/A | 1 July 2024 |
Transfers Synthesis
The recorded movement pattern around Dartford is strongly loan-led on arrival, with the latest listed additions coming from QPR and Leyton Orient and earlier temporary moves involving clubs such as Colchester, Aldershot Town, Charlton and Oxford United. A smaller group of arrivals is marked as free, including players from Tonbridge Angels, Farnborough and King’s Lynn Town, while several entries do not specify a type. Departures show the corresponding short-term nature of some deals: Vaughan and Carter are recorded returning to their parent clubs, and other loan players also moved back after their temporary spells. The summer 2024 departure entries include a cluster of free transfers and moves with no stated type across the regional non-league network. Because these recent movements are not a complete transfer history, they show the forms and timing of activity without establishing Dartford’s overall transfer balance.
Leagues Dartford has participated in
Dartford’s recorded competitions span league, cup and friendly football across the English non-league pyramid. Participation in the FA Cup, FA Trophy and club friendlies is recorded through 2025, making them the most recent competitions in the club’s record. The Non League Premier - Isthmian and its play-offs are recorded for 2024, while National League - South appears from 2019 to 2023 and its play-offs in 2022. Earlier National League participation is recorded from 2012 to 2014. The competition record shows a broad domestic pathway, but it does not establish Dartford’s league for the 2026 season.
More about Dartford
Dartford Football Club, commonly known as Dartford or The Darts, represents Dartford in Kent and was founded in 1888. Its roots lie in the Dartford Working Men’s Club, whose members established the club more than a century ago. That origin remains central to an identity shaped by local belonging, continuity and participation in the English non-league pyramid.
The club’s traditional colours are black and white, a simple visual signature carried through its kit traditions. Its crest is associated with the River Darent and the area’s industrial heritage, linking the football club to the geography and working history of its home town. The club operates within the domestic English game and has no established continental footprint.
Home matches are played at Princes Park, which opened in November 2006 near the Darent Valley. The stadium is noted for pioneering environmentally conscious design, including grass-roofed concourses and solar panels. Its architecture gives Dartford a distinctive venue and reinforces a community-centred outlook rather than a purely commercial image.
Dartford’s competitive story has developed through regional and national levels of the non-league system, including long associations with the Kent League, Southern League, Isthmian League and National League structures. Historic highlights include appearances in the FA Cup First Round Proper and a place in the FA Trophy Final. The club’s modern squad-building context is semi-professional, combining experienced non-league players with emerging regional talent and local academy pathways.
Dartford FC 1992 is structured as a limited company with a community-minded ownership model. Voting shares and control are distributed among stakeholders instead of being concentrated in a single benefactor. That governance tradition, the Princes Park setting and the club’s long local history together give The Darts a distinctive place in English football: a century-old institution sustained by community ties while adapting to the demands of the modern non-league pyramid.
Last matches statistics for Dartford
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Three Bridges
2 - 3
Dartford
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Dartford
1 - 0
Brentwood Town
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Maldon & Tiptree
1 - 2
Dartford
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Dartford
0 - 3
Welling United
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Burgess Hill Town
2 - 1
Dartford
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Dartford
1 - 0
Chatham Town
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Westfield (Surrey)
1 - 1
Dartford
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Dartford
2 - 0
Westfield (Surrey)
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Carshalton Athletic
0 - 3
Dartford
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
|
Enfield Town
0 - 2
Dartford
|
0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
Detailed statistics Dartford
Xtra rating history
Last rating points (most recent matches).