In photos: Dulwich Hamlet defeated at home by league leaders Folkestone Invicta, Sat 14th Feb 2026

Despite a strong performance, Dulwich Hamlet were overturned by two second half goals by the runaway league leaders Folkestone Invicta last Saturday. Max was on the terraces to capture the …

Feb 18, 2026 - 15:49

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet defeated at home by league leaders Folkestone Invicta, Sat 14th Feb 2026

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet defeated at home by league leaders Folkestone Invicta, Sat 14th Feb 2026

Despite a strong performance, Dulwich Hamlet were overturned by two second half goals by the runaway league leaders Folkestone Invicta last Saturday.

Max was on the terraces to capture the action for Buzz:

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet defeated at home by league leaders Folkestone Invicta, Sat 14th Feb 2026

On the busy Hamlet forum, fans reflected on the encounter:

AD: Seven home league games without a win, dating back to the St Albans game 99 days ago. We’ve scored three goals during that run, conceding 13.

MG: Not from where I was watching. Folkestone defence was excellent and we had few ideas on how to unlock it. We are also shot shy. Missing huge chance in first half didn’t help.

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet defeated at home by league leaders Folkestone Invicta, Sat 14th Feb 2026

PP: I think it’s pushing it a bit to say we were the better team in the second half, because we simply didn’t ask enough questions of their defence, which is the tightest in the division by a margin. We did well to hang in there until half time at 0-0, restricting the division’s highest scorers to very few real chances.

Each side wasted one glorious first half chance, with Folkestone’s star striker Joe Pigott firing over the bar after a run and pass from Jake Hutchinson, then Nyren did everything right to set himself up on the edge of the box only to fire wide of the gaping net after sidestepping the keeper.

We had a lot more of the play in the second half as Folkestone seemed to drop a little deeper, but I felt we could been a bit bolder in committing more men forward. Maybe the thinking was that we needed to be patient and avoid conceding first, but eventually that happened anyway.

Their second goal was the last meaningful kick of the match and made the result look a bit more decisive than it was.

This result won’t define our season. Folkestone must have a colossal wage bill and that team already looks well equipped for National South with a 14 point lead at the top of the table.

We’re level on points with Lewes from the same number of games, but they lost 5-0 at home to Folkestone last week and 6-1 at home to Aveley today.

We’re more competitive than that against the best sides, but we also lost 4-1 at home to Lewes. Those are the sort of matches and results we really need to worry about.

Next up is Cray Valley away, which was probably our worst performance of the season when they beat us at home. We really need to win that one, then back it up with some solid results in the sequence of home games that follows against Chatham, Chichester and Whitehawk.