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| Full name | Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club | ||
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| Nickname | The Daggers | ||
| Founded | 1992; 33 years ago (1992) | ||
| Ground | Victoria Road | ||
| Capacity | 6,078[1] | ||
| Chairman | Daniel Hall | ||
| Manager | Lee Bradbury | ||
| League | National League South | ||
| 2024–25 | National League, 21st of 24 (relegated) | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club (/ˈdæɡənəm ... ˈrɛdbrɪdʒ/), often known simply asDagenham and abbreviated when written toDag & Red, is a professionalassociation football club based inDagenham,Greater London,England that play in theNational League South, the sixth level of theEnglish football league system. They are nicknamedthe Daggers and play their home games atVictoria Road.
The club was formed in 1992 through amerger ofDagenham andRedbridge Forest, the latter merged fromIlford,Leytonstone andWalthamstow Avenue. The club's traditional colours are red and blue, to represent the merged teams. The club replaced Redbridge Forest in theFootball Conference but were relegated in 1996. They won theIsthmian 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 the2003 Conference play-off final. They secured promotion into theFootball League after winning the Conference title in the 2006–07 season. They then moved up fromLeague Two after winning the2010 play-off final, though were relegated the next season after finishing 21st inLeague One. Dagenham were relegated back intonon-League football in2016. They suffered a further relegation to theNational League South in2024–25.
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. was formed in 1992 following a merger between two clubs –Dagenham andRedbridge Forest.[2] 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,Ilford,Leytonstone andWalthamstow Avenue.[2][3] Between the clubs they won theFA Trophy once,FA Amateur Cup seven times,Isthmian League 20 times,Athenian League six times,Essex Senior Cup 26 times andLondon Senior Cup 23 times.[2]
Dagenham & Redbridge spent its inaugural season in theFootball Conference taking the place of Redbridge Forest.[2] The club's first fixture in its new guise was on 25 July 1992, an 8–0 thrashing ofGreat Wakering Rovers in afriendly.[2] The first competitive result was a 2–0 win overMerthyr Tydfil in the Conference.[2]
Dagenham & Redbridge spent several seasons in the Football Conference but was relegated to theIsthmian League 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 byBoston 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 inThe Football League. 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 the2003–04,2004–05 and2005–06 seasons in mid-table. On 27 February 2004 the club were hammered 9–0 at home byHereford United, equalling the record highest winning margin in the Conference.[4]
The2006–07 season saw Dagenham & Redbridge battle it out withOxford United 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 beatAldershot Town 2–1 to build an unbeatable lead in the league, becoming Conference champions, meaning the club would play in theFootball League for the first time in its history.[5][6]
Dagenham & Redbridge played its first match in the Football League on 11 August 2007, a 1–0 defeat toStockport County.[7] The club won its first Football League game at home toLincoln City on 1 September 2007.[8] The Daggers finished the season in 20th place, ensuring a second season of Football League competition. Thefollowing season, the Daggers reached their highest ever position of eighth.[citation needed] They narrowly missed out on the League Two play-offs after losing toShrewsbury Town at home on the final day of the season.[9]
The2009–10 season saw the Daggers promoted fromLeague Two toLeague One via the play-offs. They defeatedRotherham United in a dramatic 3–2play-off final atWembley 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.[10] The Daggers first game in League One was a 2–0 defeat toSheffield Wednesday. It was an unsuccessful season in League One as they finished 21st and were relegated on the last day of the2010–11 season back to League Two.[11]
They eventually finished the2011–12 season in 19th place back in League Two.[12] 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.[12] 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 the2013–14 season, Dagenham & Redbridge finished in a respectable ninth place.
However, the club faced amatch fixing scandal during the season. Following newspaper reports, an investigation launched by theNational Crime Agency jailed two players and businessman, Krishna Ganeshan, Chann Sankaran andMichael Boateng, aWhitehawk player, for match-fixing.[13][14]Moses Swaibu was similarly charged in January 2014.[15][16]They were convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery for a failed plot to fix a game betweenAFC Wimbledon and Dagenham & Redbridge on 26 November.[17][18] It is believed that the case may have been part of a wider Singaporean match-fixing syndicate whichEuropol and other investigations uncovered.[19]
In the2014–15 League Cup, the Daggers played out an entertaining 6–6 match withBrentford 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 theNational Football Museum.[citation needed]
In the 2015–16 season, the Daggers started the season poorly.[citation needed] Burnett was sacked in December 2015, to be replaced by John Still. In the2015–16 FA Cup, Dagenham & Redbridge visitedPremier League clubEverton in the third round, losing 2–0.[20] Still was unable to save Dagenham & Redbridge from relegation in his third spell. After a 3–2 defeat away toLeyton Orient, relegation from League Two was confirmed.[21]
In their first season back in theNational League, they ended the season in fourth place;[12] they lost their play-off semi-final toForest Green Rovers.[22] The2017–18 season started positively, but after the club was hit by a financial crisis midway through the season,[23] the Daggers finished the campaign in 11th place.[12] The financial crisis was resolved early in the2018–19 season.[24]
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 clubsCampobasso andAscoli, Swiss clubFC Locarno and American clubBrooklyn FC.[25]
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.[26] They were ultimately relegated to theNational League South on the final day of the2024–25 season.[27]
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| Dates | Supplier | |
| 1996–97 | En-S | |
| 1997–2013 | Vandanel | |
| 2013–2019 | Sondico | |
| 2019–2023 | Nike | |
| 2023–2025 | Admiral | |
| 2025–Present | Umbro | |
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| Dates | Sponsor |
| 1992–96 | Dagenham Post |
| 1996–97 | Recorder Newspapers |
| 1997–2006 | Compass |
| 2006– | West & Coe |
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| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Lee Bradbury |
| Assistant Manager | Jerry Gill |
| First-team coach | Stuart Fergus |
| Goalkeeper coach | Scott Chalmers-Stevens |
| Head of Data and Physical Performance | Scott Munro |
| Club physio | Bryony Woolley |
| Club doctor | Dr M Tahir |
Dagenham & Redbridge have had ten different managers since their formation in 1992.[30]
| From | To | Manager |
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| May 1992 | May 1994 |  John Still |
| May 1994 | September 1995 | Dave Cusack |
| September 1995 | April 1996 | Graham Carr |
| April 1996 | March 1999 | Ted Hardy |
| May 1999 | April 2004 | Garry Hill |
| April 2004 | 26 February 2013 | John Still |
| 2 May 2013 | 21 December 2015 | Wayne Burnett |
| 31 December 2015 | 18 May 2018 | John Still |
| 5 June 2018 | 29 December 2019 | Peter Taylor |
| 3 January 2020 | 24 February 2023 |  Daryl McMahon |
| 10 March 2023 | 26 December 2024 | Ben Strevens |
| 16 January 2025 | 8 May 2025 | Lewis Young |
| 5 June 2025 | Current | Lee Bradbury |
the Stadium has been built in 1919 and it was named after the magician Khaled D., then they changed it to the Craigs by 1930 until 1994. now they are playing on a local stadium they do own it and its name is the gators.
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| Season | Division | Position | Top league goalscorer(s) | Notes |
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| 1992–93 | Conference (V) | 3rd | Paul Cavell (19) | – |
| 1993–94 | Conference (V) | 6th | David Crown (9) | – |
| 1994–95 | Conference (V) | 15th | Ian Richardson (10) | – |
| 1995–96 | Conference (V) | 22nd | Kelly Haag (8) | Relegated |
| 1996–97 | Isthmian Premier (VI) | 4th | Vinnie John (12) | – |
| 1997–98 | Isthmian Premier (VI) | 4th | Paul Cobb (24) | – |
| 1998–99 | Isthmian Premier (VI) | 3rd | Paul Cobb (21) | – |
| 1999–2000 | Isthmian Premier (VI) | 1st | Paul Cobb (18) | Promoted |
| 2000–01 | Conference (V) | 3rd | Danny Shipp /Junior McDougald (9) | – |
| 2001–02 | Conference (V) | 2nd | Mark Stein (24) | Runners-up ongoal difference |
| 2002–03 | Conference (V) | 5th | Mark Stein / Steve West (16) | Play-off finalists |
| 2003–04 | Conference National (V) | 13th | Chris Moore (10) | – |
| 2004–05 | Conference National (V) | 11th | Chris Moore (19) | – |
| 2005–06 | Conference National (V) | 10th | Chris Moore (15) | – |
| 2006–07 | Conference National (V) | 1st | Paul Benson (28) | Promoted |
| 2007–08 | League Two (IV) | 20th | Ben Strevens (15) | – |
| 2008–09 | League Two (IV) | 8th | Paul Benson (18) | – |
| 2009–10 | League Two (IV) | 7th | Paul Benson (22) | Play-off winners; promoted |
| 2010–11 | League One (III) | 21st | Romain Vincelot (12) | Relegated |
| 2011–12 | League Two (IV) | 19th | Brian Woodall (13) | – |
| 2012–13 | League Two (IV) | 22nd | Luke Howell (9) | – |
| 2013–14 | League Two (IV) | 9th | Rhys Murphy (13) | – |
| 2014–15 | League Two (IV) | 14th | Jamie Cureton (19) | – |
| 2015–16 | League Two (IV) | 23rd | Christian Doidge (8) | Relegated |
| 2016–17 | National League (V) | 4th | Oliver Hawkins (18) | – |
| 2017–18 | National League (V) | 11th | Michael Cheek (13) | – |
| 2018–19 | National League (V) | 18th | Conor Wilkinson (12) | – |
| 2019–20 | National League (V) | 17th | Ángelo Balanta (7) | Season abandoned, final table decided bypoints-per-game |
| 2020–21 | National League (V) | 12th | Paul McCallum (15) | – |
| 2021–22 | National League (V) | 8th | Paul McCallum (18) | – |
| 2022–23 | National League (V) | 10th | Josh Walker /Junior Morias (10) | – |
| 2023–24 | National League (V) | 15th | Inih Effiong (16) | – |
| 2024–25 | National League (V) | 21st | Josh Rees (16) | Relegated |
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