The first 2 attempts to play this match ended in postponements so hopefully third time lucky.

Match and ticketing arrangements (Kids Go Free, refunds etc) are at the bottom of the web page.

Dagenham caused the upset of round 2 of the FA Cup beating Wimbledon 2-1 (Matty Stevens scored the Wimbledon goal). Lets hope the FA Cup provides a distraction for Dagenham from League matches.

NB Dagenham’s Cup success means that FGR’s away match at Dagenham on 11 January also had to be re-arranged (now Tuesday 4th February) as the FA Cup 3rd round matches are due to be played that weekend. Dagenham are away to Millwall evening Monday 13th January.

BBC highlights:-

FA Cup second round highlights: AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Dagenham & Redbridge – BBC Sport

Dagenham are currently 14th with 31 points (as at 1 Jan 25). Like FGR they have a game in hand over some teams.

6 match current Form Table:

Dagenham are 11th with 9 points. FGR are 10th with 10 points.

Ebbsfleet  0 Dagenham 2

Dagenham 2 Braintree 4

Wealdstone 3 Dagenham 0

Dagenham 1 Rochdale 0

Chertsey 1 Dagenham 0 (FA Trophy)

Dagenham 1 Notts Forest U21s 3  (National League Cup)

Wimbledon 1 Dagenham 2 (FA Cup)

Dagenham 3 Aldershot 2

Tamworth 2 Dagenham 1

Dagenham 3 Barnet 4

Boston 1 Dagenham 1

Dagenham & Redbridge sacked manager Ben Strevens following their Boxing Day defeat by Braintree Town. A former striker for the club, the 44-year-old took over as manager in March 2023 after predecessor Daryl McMahon was sacked the previous month. He steered them to a 10th-placed finish in the National League by the end of 2022-23 and 15th last season, but he has overseen just seven wins from 23 league fixtures this term, with the Daggers currently five points above the relegation zone.

Assistant boss Lewis Young (pictured) will take charge of the team on a temporary basis while the club look for Strevens’ replacement. Lewis Young played right back for Watford, Burton, Northampton, Yeovil, Aldershot but mainly Crawley for whom he made over 200 appearances. On retiring from playing he joined the Crawley coaching staff. Lewis was twice caretaker manager at Crawley.

Lewis played one match for FGR on loan from Burton under then manager David Hockaday but he was recalled early as Burton had an injury crisis. Lewis is the younger brother of Ashley Young. the England international who plays for Everton.  Ashley Young was coached by David Hockaday as a youth at Watford.

Tom Eastman

Centre Back Tom Eastman, 6 foot 5 inches, was Dagenham’s player of the season 23/24. He joined Dagenham from Colchester in June 2023, where he had been for 12 years. At Colchester he was player of the season a record 4 times.

Dagenham’s top scorer is Dion  Pereira with 9 goals. Midfielder Dion initially joined the Daggers in January 2024 on a six-month loan from Luton Town. The winger scored three goals in his first half-season, including a memorable goal away to Hartlepool, which earned the Daggers GOTM award for April. Pereira then rejoined the Daggers on a season-long loan from Luton in June 2024. Dion plays international football for Antigua & Barbuda.

Others internationals in the Dagenham squad:-

Shiloh Remy – St Lucia – Winger Remy joined the Daggers in December 2023 from National League South side Eastbourne Borough FC; he had a successful spell at Eastbourne Borough in the 2022/23 season scoring 13 goals and was named in the National League South team of the season.

Alfie Terry – Thailand U20s – Young midfielder Terry first joined up with the Daggers as an apprentice at the start of the 2023/24 season.

On loan regular first team defenders Romoney Crichlow (Peterborough) and Luca Woodhouse (Wycombe) returned to their parent clubs at the end of December. They both played in Dagenham’s 1st and 2nd round FA Cup wins.

This season’s transfers in include

Oscar Rutherford (Eastleigh)
Josh Umerah (Hartlepool United)
Trent Rendall (QPR)
Dion Pereira (Luton Town)
Reece Grego-Cox (Woking)
Dylan Stephenson (Newcastle United)
Paul Kalambayi (AFC Wimbledon)
Christian N’Guessan (Sutton United)
Harrison Day (Concord Rangers)

Top scorer – Dion  Pereira.

Before becoming Rover’s record goal scorer, Christian Doidge spent two years with the Daggers between 2014-2016 during their League Two stay. Doidge made 55 appearances for the Daggers finding the back of the net 11 times before being snapped up by Rovers with the rest now history.

Joe Quigley played for Dagenham July 2019 to October 2020. 31 appearances, 5 goals.

See ‘Manager’ Section for other connections.

The club was formed in 1992 through a merger of Dagenham and Redbridge Forest, the latter merged from Ilford, Leytonstone and Walthamstow Avenue. The club’s traditional colours are red and blue, to represent the merged teams. The club replaced Redbridge Forest in the Football Conference but were relegated in 1996. They won the Isthmian League title in 1999–2000 and qualified for the next three Conference play-offs, missing out on the 2001–02 title on goal difference and losing the 2003 Conference Play-Off Final. They secured promotion into the Football league after winning the Conference title in the 2006–07 season. They then moved up from L2 after winning the 2010 Playoff Final, though were relegated the next season after finishing 21st in L1. Dagenham were relegated back into non-league football and have remained there since 2016.

In summer 24 the club was bought by Club Underdog, a subsidiary of US-based company North Six Group, whose aim is to return Dagenham to the EFL Club Underdog also owns four other teams, including Campobasso and Ascoli in Italy, Swiss club FC Locarno, and Brooklyn FC in America.

Dagenham Forum –

Discuss all things Dagenham and Redbridge – Views from the Sieve

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