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Dagenham’s Wembley Win – 10 Years On

The Daggers had been promoted to League Two for the first time in 2007 having dominated the Conference that year. Veteran manager, John Still had...

Glen Johnson – Dagenham & Redbridge’s Experienced Goalkeeper Coach

The 34-year-old coach, who describes himself as ‘a bit of a goalkeeping gypsy’ has travelled the world doing what he loves. The Essex native started...

Dagenham & Redbridge Captain: Kenny Clark

The 31-year-old central defender re-joined his boyhood club in November 2018, after leaving as a teenager 13 years ago. “I started out at Dagenham &...

Daggers Crumble Against The Coasters

The Daggers have lost just one of their last eight Vanarama National League fixtures, winning their previous match against Aldershot Town on Saturday. Daggers boss,...

Daggers Look To Call The Shots

The east London side almost had an unbeaten February, but defeat against league leaders Barrow at Holker Street last Saturday, put an end to...

Daggers Owner Announces Kit U-Turn

In what was a controversial move, the east London side swapped out their traditional Red and Blue shirts, which were supplied by Sondico, in...

Brown Disappointed Despite Victory

The east London side named a strong team against the Isthmian North outfit, who play in step 8 of the footballing pyramid, but were...

Daggers Hope To Best Bluebirds

The Daggers travelled to Lancashire looking to put a run of three straight defeats behind them, and got off to the perfect start, as...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-up podcast #12

https://www.mixcloud.com/RisingEastFootballRoundup/rising-east-football-round-up-12/ Dan Walker, Sam Few & George Benson return for the twelfth instalment of ‘The Rising East Football Round-up podcast.’ This week the trio discuss Charlton's...

UEL Seal Semi Final Spot

UEL Women’s Volleyball first team advanced to the semi-finals of the BUCS National Championship after a 3-1 victory over Sheffield Hallam University at SportsDock...

Adeloye A Boost For Taylor’s Dagenham

The Daggers gained three valuable points thanks to a superbly taken header by top scorer Conor Wilkinson in the 71st minute. Adeloye, who was...

Nunn Urges Daggers to Stick Together

The Daggers find themselves in a dire run of form, having only picked up five points from their last seven matches in the National...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-up podcast #11

https://www.mixcloud.com/RisingEastFootballRoundup/rising-east-football-round-up-11/ George Benson & Sam Few return as they preview the weekends football in East London. In the absence of Dan Walker, the boys pay particular...

Daggers Look For Change In Fortune

The Daggers will be looking to get back to winning ways on Saturday when they take on Gateshead at the Chigwell Construction Stadium this...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-up podcast #10

https://www.mixcloud.com/RisingEastFootballRoundup/rising-east-football-round-up-10/ George Benson & Sam Few digest a poor week of results for our East London clubs. We review Orient's newest signing, Dagenham's dip in form...

Daggers Hope To Slay Red Dragons

Peter Taylor’s men will be relishing the prospect of taking on the Welsh outfit, who have only claimed one victory in their last five...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-up podcast #9

https://soundcloud.com/user-128395092/rising-east-football-round-up-9 Dan Walker, Sam Few & George Benson return for the ninth instalment of ‘The Rising East Football Round-up podcast.’ This week the trio react to...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-up podcast #8

https://soundcloud.com/user-128395092/rising-east-football-round-up-8 George Benson and Dan Walker welcome back Sam Few, who joins the team as a permanent host on the podcast for the eighth instalment...

UEL Take Huge Step Towards Title

UEL Men’s 2nd Basketball team remains on course to clinch the South Eastern Division 1A title after a convincing 103-61 victory over rivals London...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-up #7

https://soundcloud.com/user-128395092/rising-east-football-round-up-7 The Rising East Football Round-Up returns for it’s first episode of the New-Year. George Benson and Dan Walker are back for the 7th instalment in the...

Dagenham Bring In Experience

The former Brighton man has joined the East-London side on loan until the end of the season and adds some much-needed experience to the...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-up #5

https://soundcloud.com/user-128395092/rising-east-football-round-up-5 George Benson and Dan Walker are joined by special guest, Sam Few (@sam_few18), for the fifth instalment of ‘The Rising East Football Round-up podcast.’ This...

Interview: Justham On Daggers’ Improvement

The 28-year-old is one of the more experienced players within the team, and he spoke at length with reporter George Benson about the changes...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-up #4

https://soundcloud.com/user-128395092/rising-east-football-round-up-4 George Benson and Dan Walker return for the fourth installment of ‘The Rising East Football Round-up podcast.’ This week the boys focus on : West...

UEL Sail Past South Coast Rivals

UEL Women’s Volleyball first team made light work of title rivals Bournemouth University, running out 3-0 winners at SportsDock on Wednesday, keeping the title...

Peter Taylor Looks Ahead To Hartlepool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb7U3TFPJbQ   The 65-year-old’s side are currently on a three-match winning run after victories over AFC Fylde, Bromley, and a 3-1 victory over Havant & Waterlooville...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-up #3

https://soundcloud.com/user-128395092/rising-east-football-round-up-ep3 George Benson and Dan Walker present ‘The Rising East Football Round-up’ podcast. The duo discusses a busy week for East London Football, and preview what’s...

Wilkinson: “Manager Believes In Me”

Dagenham & Redbridge made it five wins from six matches as they cantered to a 3-1 victory over Havant & Waterlooville on Tuesday evening. New...

Cup Contests

F.A Trophy First-Round Draw Leyton Orient v Beaconsfield Town Ebbsfleet United v Dagenham & Redbridge The F.A Trophy first-round draw handed league leaders Leyton Orient...

Daggers Bring In Defensive Cover

Dagenham & Redbridge have announced the signing of Ebbsfleet defender Kenny Clark on a deal that will run until the summer of 2021. The central...

UEL Look to Sustain Title Charge

UEL Women’s Volleyball first team will be looking to pick up their seventh win of the season as they take on Oxford University at...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-Up: Ep2

https://soundcloud.com/user-128395092/rising-east-football-round-up-2 George Benson and Dan Walker return for the second instalment of, ‘The Rising East Football Round-up' podcast. The pair discuss Charlton hitting Mansfield for five...

McDonald: “We All Stuck To Our Discipline”

UEL Women’s Volleyball first team picked up their sixth win in the Premier South Division as they comfortably dispatched Cambridge University Women’s first team...

Munns The Word

The former Hartlepool United midfielder opened his Daggers account as he scored the winning goal on 63 minutes to secure the club's third home...

UEL Serve Class to Cambridge

The UEL Women’s Volleyball first team picked up their sixth win of the season as they comfortably dispatched the University of Cambridge Women’s first...

Daggers Sink High Flying Coasters

Dagenham & Redbridge made it back to back home wins on Saturday afternoon. The Daggers held on to beat AFC Fylde 2-1 at The...

Podcast: Rising East Football Round-Up: #1

https://soundcloud.com/user-128395092/rising-east-football-round-up-1 George Benson and Dan Walker introduce ‘The Rising East Football Round-up podcast.’ Tune in for your weekly round-up for all of East London’s football clubs,...

Terry Harris On Daggers’ Defensive Frailties

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Daggers Face Tough U’s Test

Dagenham & Redbridge take on 8th placed Sutton United in the National League on Saturday, as they look to extend their winning run to...

Daggers Turnaround

Dagenham & Redbridge look to have turned a corner after two wins in four days. The Daggers dispatched high flying Harrogate Town at the...

Balanta Makes Daggers Switch

Dagenham & Redbridge have announced the signing of Ángelo Balanta from Borehamwood for an undisclosed fee. The experienced forward has reportedly been sought after by...

FA Away Days

The ties are scheduled to be played on the weekend of the 20th of October. The winners of each tie will receive £25,000 cash as...

Dismal Daggers Display

  Reproduced by kind permission of Dagenham & Redbridge FC Peter Taylor made two changes to the team that suffered a 3-1 defeat against Ebbsfleet United...

Pennell Makes His Point

Buoyed by their recent takeover announcement, everything seemed to be heading in the right direction for Peter Taylor’s side after wins in the early...

Daggers Dominant as Fylde Falter

Two goals for The Daggers in the first half from Chike Kandi and Mason Bloomfield was enough for the Daggers to end a losing...

‘A lot of work to do’

UEL Women’s basketball coach Tope Alli-Balogun was slightly critical of individual performances from some of his players as the East London side ran out...

Daggers boss hails ‘terrific’ performance.

Dagenham & Redbridge boss John Still was full of praise for his players after they battled back to beat relegation threatened Chester, 3-2 on...