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Ben Williamson and Paul McCallum were both on target for the Spitfires who came away from Dover with all three points. Reaction from Andy Hessenthaler: 🗣| “The first half was the best we’ve played” Manager Hessy on the 2-1 win at @DoverAthletic #Spitfires 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/gMZcayJxSt — Eastleigh FC (@EastleighFC) August 25, 2018 Dover 1-2 Eastleigh

Goals from James Alabi and former Spitfire Connor Essam were enough for top of the table Dover to seal a 2-0 win over Eastleigh. Richard Hill's reaction: "It was a frustrating day - we're up against it at the moment. "The only players we've got at the moment are the players that are in that dressing room - and it doesn't help when a couple of decisions go against you.  "At times I thought we played decent football - but we just couldn't open them up and get that opportunity." Dover 2-0 Eastleigh

Hill resolves to bring "normality" back at Eastleigh RICHARD Hill had to choose his words carefully when discussing the monumental repair job he has taken on at Eastleigh. Having returned to the Spitfires as director of football/caretaker manager last week, he saw the full extent of what he had inherited in yesterday's eye-opening 3-0 defeat at Dover Athletic.

Richard Hill's post-match thoughts following Eastleigh's 3-0 defeat away at Dover: "Very frustrated. We huffed and puffed for long spells of the game. The players are very low on confidence." "The first goal after three minutes – the ball has come in the box and you can see everybody panicking. Why? It’s a game of football, the ball is going to come in the box. You have to deal with it." "We had a little bit of possession and we passed the ball ok at times and we went from side to side ok and then the final ball in the box is very, very predictable. We’re very predictable in the play after that and we actually do look like a team of individuals." "I’ve got a group of players here that I’ve inherited and for me to say anything publicly after one game would be wrong. I’ve got to keep my thoughts to myself but we do need to do a lot better and we do need to work harder." "I do think some of the players need to realise that this is their...