Daggers show their metal against the Pirates

May. 8 | Our Daggers Diary team headed down to Victoria Road for the final game of the season, knowing that next season they will be welcoming the likes of Fleetwood, Chesterfield and Rochdale next season, safe for another campaign that at times was very dubious. The...

Taming the Shrew..well sort of

Apr. 30 | There can be few better moments than knowing that you are safe coming into the last game of the season as a football fan.  An away trip to a team at the top of the table takes on a different meaning and you can enjoy life a bit more.  The air smells...

Safety first

Apr. 25 | All is fair in love, war and football.  Well, that is what we are led to believe.  If it wasn’t for the pantomine villians, football would be no fun.  But when they escape the punishment of the fans it is oh, so frustrating.  Brian Parish reports...

Anglo-Italian relations

Apr. 19 | Back in 1992 West Ham looked on enviously as Sheffield United kicked off against Manchester United on a sunny day on the 15th August to start what is now the richest league in the world. The Hammers had been relegated at the end of the previous season...

The Long Good Friday part 2

Apr. 7 | “Dickie Bird, Michael Parkinson, Mick McCarthy…your boys took a hell of a beating tonight.” To me nothing sums up life in a Northern Town than watching football in Barnsley. The name itself has to be uttered with a Yorkshire tint in...

Bottom of the league, you are having a laugh!

Apr. 1 | A week is a long time in football, two weeks a lifetime.  But we know that form is only temporary and anything can happen on any given Saturday.  Could Dagenham and Redbridge continue their good form? Well we sent Daggers Diary’s very own Brian...

We come not as tourists but warriors

Mar. 25 | Freight Rover, Sherpa Van, Leyland DAF, Autoglass, Auto Windscreens, LDV Vans and now Johnstone Paints.  Many names for the Football League Trophy, or the Associate Members Cup.  It doesn’t matter what it is called, it is simply the easiest way...

Dark days for the Daggers

Mar. 15 | Saturdays defeat at Wimbledon dumped Dagenham and Redbridge to the bottom of the Football League.  Things look bleak but with a home game against fellow relegation rivals Northampton Town next up perhaps they could take a massive step to saviour.  Brian...

Dons outthink free falling Daggers

Mar. 12 | Fresh from the beaches of Catalunya, Brian Parish was ready for the Daggers final push to save their Football League status – well for a week at least before he went back out to Spain. After the glamour and excitement of our European trip a couple...

A step too far?

Feb. 23 | Yesterday morning, like every morning, I start the day with a look at my email. Such is the modern world, and the joys of working within the Internet Services Market for a global company that the motto “if you snooze, you lose” has become...