In photos: Dulwich Hamlet wrap up their home fixtures with 2-0 defeat of Burgess Hill Town in front of a sold out crowd

Dulwich Hamlet wrapped up their home campaign for what can only be described as a ‘meh’ season on Saturday, with a bumper crowd of 3,334 watching them defeat Burgess Hill …

Apr 20, 2026 - 11:18

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet wrap up their home fixtures with 2-0 defeat of Burgess Hill Town in front of a sold out crowd

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet wrap up their home fixtures with 2-0 defeat of Burgess Hill in front of a sold out crowd

Dulwich Hamlet wrapped up their home campaign for what can only be described as a ‘meh’ season on Saturday, with a bumper crowd of 3,334 watching them defeat Burgess Hill Town 2-0.

Max was there to catch some of the action.

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet wrap up their home fixtures with 2-0 defeat of Burgess Hill in front of a sold out crowd

On the Hamlet forum, fans reflected on the game

PD: A new ground with a capacity of 4,000 – 3,340 today and tight fit.

Thought good atmosphere – and respect to Hamlet players who turned up and played in a game – at the beach end of the season – given our mid table position.

At least sell out crowd may help with deficit – due to lost Saturdays.
Onwards to the Cup – think will be 2,000 plus – given excellent advertising all over East Dulwich.

AW: 4,000 – 5,000. But it’s the stepped terraces that will make the difference.

The flat standing at the car wash end was six people deep in the second half, which is just ludicrous.

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet wrap up their home fixtures with 2-0 defeat of Burgess Hill in front of a sold out crowd

PP: It was the same for both sides, with Burgess Hill locked into 8th place, while we’ll finish 9th unless we lose our final game to Hashtag and St Albans win at Carshalton.

I wouldn’t have expected anything less from the current players, but we even got a decent game against Chatham on the final day last season, having secured our survival the previous week. (The less said about the 6-2 defeat at home to Cray Wanderers in the last game the previous year the better!)

There was a bit of an end of term feel to the game, although not in a bad way. No real gamesmanship, a referee who avoided giving free kicks for anything less than a blatant foul and showed only one (deserved) yellow card for one of their players late in the game.

I’m not sure where he found 6 minutes of second half stoppage time when only 4 separate substitutions were made and one stoppage for treatment after Joe rather comically flattered their captain with a challenge that wouldn’t have looked out of place on a rugby league pitch.

No foul was given and we looked embarrassed to play on before the whistle blew! The first time they won a corner we left 3 forwards on the halfway line, causing a sudden panic when they realised they’d committed too many players upfield, with a couple sprinting back to cover before the corner was taken.

We were very lucky not to concede a penalty when their #11 dispossessed Gaspar on the edge of the box, then stayed on his feet when our man clipped his foot in a clumsy attempt to win the ball back.

For the second home game running we led for almost the entire game after David Smith struck within 2 minutes.

I reckon he should probably have started at Welling too. I’d love to know whether Millsy was preferred because they had the young defender he bullied in the Orient game? Ultimately that was irrelevant because he played a different position and looked a better player with experienced teammates around him.

We even had the rare pleasure of Nyren running clear of the defence and converting a one on one with the keeper. It’s amazing how a player with so many goals seems less effective the more the odds are in his favour. The only similar Hamlet forward I can think of in this respect is Matt Norris.

Obviously the crowding situation isn’t ideal, but there are always less congested places for those who aren’t fussy which end they stand, especially the Greendale End in the second half.