A bit about you:

Name: Mike Wainwright

Current home town:  Basildon, Essex      Birthplace: Chelsea, London

How long have you supported your team? I saw my first Dagenham FC game in 1973. I have followed the current Daggers since the merger in 1992.

Overview of your club:

Dagenham & Redbridge FC were formed in 1992 as a merger between Dagenham and Redbridge Forest Football Clubs. Redbridge Forest itself was the amalgamation of three of the amateur game's most famous clubs, Ilford, Leytonstone and Walthamstow Avenue, so despite having a brief history in its present form, the Daggers can trace their ancestry to prestigious roots going all the way back to 1881.

Between them Dagenham & Redbridge's forebears won the FA Trophy once, the Amateur Cup seven times, the Isthmian League twenty times, the Athenian League six times, the Essex Senior Cup twenty-six times and the London Senior Cup twenty-three times. That is a lot of history for a club that is officially very young.

Since the merger the current Daggers had a slow start and fell out of the top level of Non-league football in 1996. The rebuilding under Daggers legend Ted Hardy was very successful and after an appearance in the FA Trophy final at Wembley in 1997 the club won the Ryman League in 2000 to get back into the Conference under Garry Hill. That first season back saw the Daggers finish 3rd and take Charlton Athletic, then a Premiership club, to a replay in the FA Cup having been 4 minutes from beating them at The Valley. The following season the Daggers finished 2nd in the Conference on goal difference to the still hated cheats, Boston United who were then convicted of cooking their books. Another good FA Cup run saw the club bow out to Premiership Ipswich Town in the third round.....

Coming Next – FA Cup Round 2 - Dagenham & Redbridge - 29 November 2008

Manager        John Still

Founded       1992

Ground         The Glyn Hopkin Stadium

Address       Victoria Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM10 7XL

Squad:

1        Tony Roberts           Goalkeeper 

2        Magnus Okuonghae   Defender 

3        Matt Ritchie             Midfielder (on loan from Portsmouth)

5        Jonathan Boardman   Defender 

6        Shane Huke             Midfielder 

7        Sam Saunders          Midfielder 

8        Glen Southam           Midfielder 

9        Jon Nurse                Striker 

10      Richard Graham        Midfielder 

11      Mark Nwokeji            Striker 

12      Scott Griffiths          Defender 

14      Paul Benson             Striker 

15      Anwar Uddin            Defender 

16      Wesley Thomas        Striker 

17      Bai Mas Lettejallow   Midfielder 

18      Ben Strevens           Striker 

19      Danny Foster           Defender 

21      Aaron Fray      

22      Marlon Patterson      Defender 

24      Anthony Cook          Defender 

25      Solomon Taiwo         Midfielder 

26      Tommy Tejan-Sie      Defender 

27      David Hogan            Goalkeeper 

29      Kraig Rochester        Midfielder 

30      Ed Thompson           Goalkeeper 

31      Michael Alaile           Defender (on loan to Fisher)

33      Peter Gain               Midfielder 

34      Mark Arber               Defender 

         Kayan Kalipha           Midfielder  

We have tried our best to ensure factual accuracy at the date of going to press – apologies in advance for any errors or out of date information.

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