The aims and core principles of the Football Club is following the True-Halls-Spirit
The TrueHallsSpirit defines our 100 year old Club, when in 1919 we were formed as the premier sports team of the J&E Hall empire in Dartford. The engineering and manufacturing company developed their sporting & social home with dozens of clubs, groups and societies.
A shared spirit was formed. The employees and various groups worked together to be ambitious and more creative with the facility… and they first included the wider local community of Dartford. They developed ideas, sparked debate and pulled resources to offer more, and offer better. A community spirit was formed. A family was born. A vested interest, shared values and raw teamwork was the basis of everything WE did at Halls. Generations passed, and our principles strengthened. A winning spirit was formed. And very quickly, we found that winning is not all about the black and white results; winning was improvement; winning is development, and we were developing. Developing a bigger, wider family, developing each other within it, and developing ourselves. This is the TrueHallsSpirit !
A long serving player of the Club, joining as a 16 year old boy and now still playing at 40 with the senior team in his 23rd season. Steve was promoted within the Committee from Club Captain to Vice-Chairman in 2014, and took the role as Chairman in 2017 following the retirement of Steve Poile from the Committee, standing down to become Club President after 49 years with the Club.
As long serving official, who joined as a young coach at 20 years old, and then led the senior First Team from Division 4 to Division 1 of the Kent County League over a 6 year spell, with 3 cup finals along the way. In conjunction with the senior role, he managed youth teams at the Club, across all ages. After a later caretaker spell with the First Team, saving the team from relegation, he became Club Secretary following Carol Poiles retirement from the Committee, adopting the role as Club President.
Alison joined Halls with her two sons in 2009, our founding mini-soccer year, and has been at the Club since. Her youngest is now the captain of our A-division Under 16s side, and her eldest now plays for the Senior First Team after a spell at Bromley FC. She first joined the committee as our Committee Secretary, and is now the Club Treasurer.
A long serving player who found his career pathway after first coaching with a new Under 7s team in 2010. This led him onto further coaching qualifications and him graduating from University with a Sports Degree and future teaching career. Now a qualified teacher and a UEFA B Licence Coach, he leads the Club as Head Coach and First Team Manager, achieving the Teams’ highest ever finish in 2017/2018, 3rd in Division One of the Kent County League, and then scooped the Hospital Charity Cup last season, for the first time since 2004.
A long serving player of the Club, joining as an 18 year old boy and winning Player of the Season in his very first year. He took the role as Vice-Chair in 2017 following the promotion of Steve Vanstone to Chairman. Dave, Steve and Chris form a close partnership in driving the future of the Club off of the pitch, leading on our planning applications, charity function and funding proposals.
Joined the committee in 2015 after his son was a player with the Club since 2012. Stephen has provided the Managers with the most organised fixture routine week in and week out, co-ordinating our teams and representing the Club with our local Youth League.
Della joined the committee this season to assist with Administration
A dedicated mum and supporter, she is our Sunday Results Secretary, accruing our team results and officially logging them with the league. She also co-ordinates our Club Shop, pushing for Halls Branded sales across the members and supporters.
Billy is the Manager of the Senior First Team at the Club, progressing through his FA Coaching badges including new FA Youth Module Awards whilst coaching within our junior teams and is still the current Manager of the Under 15s team which he started 9 years ago.
Briefly working abroad in the United States of America inspired Billy to move into teaching, and he attained his QTS status and is now a specialist PE teacher in a Secondary School.
โHe took the role as Senior First Team Manager in August 2017, and within his first season he led the team to their highest ever placed finish within the Kent County Football League, and scooped the Hospital Charity Cup in his second season. The future is bright, as Billy continues to work with young players being promoted from our Under 18s, Under 21s and Reserve Teams’.