2028/29 Barclays Premier League - Second Half Results
The second half of our domestic campaign started with us gaining revenge on Manchester United after their 2-0 win over us to start the season, as we’d wallop them 4-1 at Crabble Athletic Ground.
Sunderland would do well to hold us to a drab 1-1 draw in the middle of January but we’d reel off four consecutive wins before dropping a very tough 1-0 decision to league leaders Tottenham in mid-February. We’d fall a couple more points behind after drawing Arsenal the next game but then we’d take flight, WINNING OUR LAST NINE GAMES of the season to finish off the second half with a scintillating 16-1-2 record.
A 3-1 win in our penultimate game of the season away at Huddersfield was good enough for us to lock up our FOURTH CONSECUTIVE Barclays Premier League championship!
DOVER WINS THE 2028/29 BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Incredibly, we finish with the EXACT same record as last year (29-6-3, 93 points) but our goal differential moved up five goals to +75, showing we are perhaps on a slight upswing. Again, we have continued with our goal of reloading the core part of our roster with more young players and we’re doing it without losing a beat in the standings.
Barclays Premier League 2028-29 League Awards
- Top Goalscorer: Jelle Hoegee, Manchester City - 26
- Most Assists:
Benedikt Raab, Dover - 17
- Highest Average Rating:
Paul Moses, Dover - 7.60 (24 apps)
- Most Man of Match Awards: Ibrahim Sanogo, Tottenham - 7
- English Footballer of the Year: Ibrahim Sanogo, Tottenham - 30 apps 15 gls 12 asts 7.47 avg
- English Players' Player of the Year: Jelle Hoegee, Manchester City - 34 apps 26 gls 6 asts 7.42 avg
- English Players' Young Player of the Year: Numan Ceyham, Arsenal - 31 apps 20 gls 6 asts 7.25 avg
- Manager of the Year: Owen Coyle, Sheffield United
Jelle Hoegee wins the league scoring race for a second consecutive year, actually tying with United’s Francesco Salvadori but winning due to playing in four less games. Our very own
Fernando Estrada finishes in third place with 24 goals but only played in 29 league games, as we heavily rotate our squad due to so much continental and cup competition.
Benedikt Raab led the league in assists for the second consecutive season and incredibly, the fourth year in the last five! He continues to play at an absurdly high level.
Paul Moses was again sensational in league play, scoring 19 goals in only 24 games and his 7.60 average rating led the Premier League.
Ibrahim Sanogo had a wonderful year and was deserving of his Footballer of the Year award and Owen Coyle was named manager of the year for leading Sheffield United to a top half finish.
Barclays Premier League 2028-29 Players' Team of the Year
GK - Manuel Perez, Manchester United
DL - Victor Talavera, Manchester City
DC -
Claudio Contreras, Dover
DC -
Mwemere Mutesa, Dover
DR - Capitao, Manchester City
ML - Carl Cousins, Arsenal
MC -
Benedikt Raab, Dover
MC - Badawassi Banna, Chelsea
MR - Ibrahim Sanogo, Tottenham
ST - Jelle Hoegee, Manchester City
ST -
Fernando Estrada, Dover
A little more variation than usual here, as Chelsea and Tottenham both place players on the Best Eleven when usually the list is exclusively made up of players from Dover or Manchester. Contreras, Mutesa and Raab repeat, former Dover keeper Manuel Perez makes the list for the third straight season while
Fernando Estrada also makes the starting eleven. Our new right midfield
Andoni makes the team as an alternate.