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Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club (), often known simply as Dagenham and abbreviated when written to Dag & Red, is a professional
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club based in
Dagenham Dagenham () is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Fo ...
,
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,
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that play in the , the sixth level of the
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. They are nicknamed the Daggers and play their home games at Victoria Road. The club was formed in 1992 through a
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of
Dagenham Dagenham () is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Fo ...
and Redbridge Forest, the latter merged from
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and Walthamstow Avenue. The club's traditional colours are red and blue, to represent the merged teams. The club replaced Redbridge Forest in the
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but were relegated in 1996. They won the
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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
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after winning the Conference title in the 2006–07 season. They then moved up from League Two after winning the 2010 play-off final, though were relegated the next season after finishing 21st in League One. Dagenham were relegated back into
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in
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. They suffered a further relegation to the
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in 2024–25.


History


Formation

Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. was formed in 1992 following a merger between two clubs –
Dagenham Dagenham () is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Fo ...
and Redbridge Forest. Both clubs had fallen on hard times due to dwindling attendances. The club can trace back its ancestry to 1881 as Redbridge Forest was an amalgamation of three of the amateur game's most famous clubs,
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and Walthamstow Avenue. Between the clubs they won the
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once,
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seven times,
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20 times, Athenian League six times, Essex Senior Cup 26 times and
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23 times.


Non-League

Dagenham & Redbridge spent its inaugural season in the
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taking the place of Redbridge Forest. The club's first fixture in its new guise was on 25 July 1992, an 8–0 thrashing of Great Wakering Rovers in a friendly. The first competitive result was a 2–0 win over
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in the Conference. Dagenham & Redbridge spent several seasons in the Football Conference but was relegated to the
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Premier Division in 1996. The club remained in that division until winning promotion in 1999–2000, going on to establish itself as one of the strongest clubs in the Conference, finishing third, second and fifth in its first three seasons back following promotion. The club was narrowly beaten to the Conference title by Boston United in 2002 on goal difference. Boston United was subsequently found guilty of inappropriately making illegal payments to its players in its title-winning season. Dagenham & Redbridge attempted unsuccessfully to have itself declared Conference Champions, and therefore take Boston's contentious place in
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. A four-point deduction was put in place against Boston United for the following season but not for the season in which the irregularities had been committed. The Daggers then declined somewhat, finishing the 2003–04, 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons in mid-table. On 27 February 2004 the club were hammered 9–0 at home by Hereford United, equalling the record highest winning margin in the Conference. The 2006–07 season saw Dagenham & Redbridge battle it out with
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for the top of the league spot. Despite Oxford quickly racing to the top, a collapse in Oxford's form combined with an excellent run for the Daggers saw them overtake Oxford in the league. On 7 April, Dagenham & Redbridge beat Aldershot Town 2–1 to build an unbeatable lead in the league, becoming Conference champions, meaning the club would play in the
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for the first time in its history.


2007–2015: Football League

Dagenham & Redbridge played its first match in the Football League on 11 August 2007, a 1–0 defeat to Stockport County. The club won its first Football League game at home to Lincoln City on 1 September 2007. The Daggers finished the season in 20th place, ensuring a second season of Football League competition. The following season, the Daggers reached their highest ever position of eighth. They narrowly missed out on the League Two play-offs after losing to Shrewsbury Town at home on the final day of the season. The 2009–10 season saw the Daggers promoted from League Two to League One via the play-offs. They defeated Rotherham United in a dramatic 3–2 play-off final at
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on 30 May 2010. Twice the Daggers took the lead, only to concede moments later. Jon Nurse regained the advantage for Dagenham & Redbridge, scoring a scrappy 70th-minute winner. The Daggers first game in League One was a 2–0 defeat to
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. It was an unsuccessful season in League One as they finished 21st and were relegated on the last day of the 2010–11 season back to League Two. They eventually finished the 2011–12 season in 19th place back in League Two. John Still left the club during the 2012–13 season to join Luton Town after nine years at the helm. The Daggers would finish in 22nd. Following the club's safety from relegation, Wayne Burnett was appointed as manager on a permanent basis after a spell as caretaker manager. Despite an inconsistent start to the 2013–14 season, Dagenham & Redbridge finished in a respectable ninth place. However, the club faced a match fixing scandal during the season. Following newspaper reports, an investigation launched by the
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jailed two players and businessman, Krishna Ganeshan, Chann Sankaran and Michael Boateng, a Whitehawk player, for match-fixing. Moses Swaibu was similarly charged in January 2014. They were convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery for a failed plot to fix a game between
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and Dagenham & Redbridge on 26 November. It is believed that the case may have been part of a wider Singaporean match-fixing syndicate which
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and other investigations uncovered. In the 2014–15 League Cup, the Daggers played out an entertaining 6–6 match with
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before losing the subsequent penalty shootout. The League Cup paid tribute to the historic match by removing the goal nets at Victoria Road, putting them on display at the
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. In the 2015–16 season, the Daggers started the season poorly. Burnett was sacked in December 2015, to be replaced by John Still. In the 2015–16 FA Cup, Dagenham & Redbridge visited
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club Everton in the third round, losing 2–0. Still was unable to save Dagenham & Redbridge from relegation in his third spell. After a 3–2 defeat away to Leyton Orient, relegation from League Two was confirmed.


2016–present: return to non-League

In their first season back in the
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, they ended the season in fourth place; they lost their play-off semi-final to Forest Green Rovers. The 2017–18 season started positively, but after the club was hit by a financial crisis midway through the season, the Daggers finished the campaign in 11th place. The financial crisis was resolved early in the 2018–19 season. In May 2024, Club Underdog, a subsidiary of North Sixth group, reached an agreement in principle to purchase the club. They became the fifth club owned by the group, joining Italian clubs
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and Ascoli, Swiss club
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and American club Brooklyn FC. Manager since March 2023, Ben Strevens was sacked in December 2024, after a run of just seven wins from 23 league fixtures left the Daggers five points above the relegation zone. They were ultimately relegated to the
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on the final day of the 2024–25 season.


Club sponsorship


Current squad


First-team squad


Out on loan


Current staff

''Updated 29 December 2024''


Managers

Dagenham & Redbridge have had ten different managers since their formation in 1992.


Stadium


Records and statistics


League history

Source:


Club records

*Record victory: **Football League – 6–0 vs. Chester City, 9 August 2008; 6–0 vs.
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, 16 May 2010 **Football Conference – 8–1 vs.
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, 19 April 1994 *Record defeat: **Football League – 5–0 vs. Peterborough United, 7 May 2011; 5–0 vs
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, 18 February 2012 **Football Conference – 9–0 vs. Hereford United, 27 February 2004 *Record attendance: 5,949 vs. Ipswich Town,
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third round, 5 January 2001 *Record league attendance: 4,791 vs. Shrewsbury Town, League Two, 2 May 2009 *Record transfer fee paid: Oliver Hawkins from
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, undisclosed fee *Record transfer fee received: Dwight Gayle to Peterborough United, £470,000 (2013) *Record appearance holder: Tony Roberts, 507 appearances over 10 years *Record goalscorer: Danny Shipp, 105 goals over nine years *Best
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performance: Fourth round, 2002–03; lost to
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1–0 *Best
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performance: First round (9), 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 *Best
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performance: Quarter-finals, 2001–02, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2015–16 *Best
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performance: Runners-up, 1996–97; lost to
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1–0 *Best
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performance: Group stage, '' 2024–25''


Other records

* Tony Roberts was the second goalkeeper in the history of the FA Cup to have scored a goal from open play. He netted against Basingstoke Town in October 2001, it was a fourth qualifying round. *First fully capped international whilst playing for Dagenham & Redbridge was Jon Nurse who was capped for
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against
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in 2008. *The highest ever scoreline in the first leg of a play-off game is now held by Dagenham & Redbridge, they defeated Morecambe 6–0 on 16 May 2010, although they could not build on this afterwards with a 2–1 defeat in the second leg. *The joint highest aggregate score in a League Cup match: 12 – On 12 August 2014, Dagenham & Redbridge drew 6–6 after extra time at home with
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in the first round of the League Cup. They went on to lose 4–2 on penalties.


Honours

Sources: League * League Two (level 4) **Play-off winners:
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*
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(level 5) **Champions: 2006–07 *
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(level 6) **Champions: 1999–2000 Cup *
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**Runners-up: 1996–97 * Essex Senior Cup **Winners: 1997–98, 2000–01 **Runners-up: 2001–02


See also

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References


External links

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