Dreaming of snow, plastic pitches and the England managers role

Feb. 19 | After a three week break, the daggers were back on home turf and of course Brian Parish was in his usual spot hoping for some crumbs of comfort. A couple of postponements in the league meant that Tuesday nights visit to Oxford was our first game in League...

Millers put to the grind stone

Jan. 30 | After a weekend in Spain, Brian Parish returned to his favourite spot at Victoria Road for the clash with Rotherham United. Just when we thought that we may be turning a corner and hoped that we would start to get ourselves out of the mess that we found...

Devon knows why we can’t win away

Jan. 25 | After his exploits in Barcelona it was back to the grind of nPower League Two last night for Brian Parish as Dagenham & Redbridge made the long trip down to Devon. If a week is reckoned to be a long time in politics, then two and a half weeks supporting...

Hereford Ball Crap

Jan. 15 | Hope springs eternal is a familiar mantra of many football fans, but none more so this season than Brian Parish, our very own Daggers Diary author.  After a great draw with Millwall last week in the cup, it was really the case of the Lord Mayor’s...

A muffled Lions roar

Jan. 8 | Brian Parish heads off to the early kick off in the FA Cup as Millwall come to East London accompanied by a huge police presence. The last few weeks have been good for the Daggers. Back to back wins at home between Christmas and the New Year over Barnet...

500 Reasons to love football

Jan. 8 | If you have been living in North Korea recently then you will have missed the launch of 500 Reasons to Love Football back in December.  The original brainchild of the genius of David Hartrick to celebrate those moments in the game that make you laugh...

Bring me sunshine Eric

Jan. 3 | Chris Durning from the Baradin website chose to spend his New Year in Morecambe…Don’t ask… “Bring me Sunshine” goes the song most associated with the seaside town of Morecambe, yet typical british weather decided otherwise...

Daggers end the Christmas period in good shape

Jan. 3 | Brian Parish starts to see the green shoots of recovery at Dagenham & Redbridge. In the not too distant past, football used to be played on Christmas day. More recently, teams used to play the same sides twice over the festive period, and still do...

Derby Day part 3 – The not so local, local derby

Dec. 28 | Phil Ascough, author of the excellent Audacious Chip, covers the not so close local derby between Middlesbrough and Hull City. Two teams with more in common than many people realise met in the Championship’s big Boxing Day clash. Don Revie was born...

Daggers stop the slide in Marmite town

Dec. 18 | Christmas is generally regarded as a time when miracles happen. For a team that has lost nine league games in a row, a miracle would probably be a game where they managed to avoid defeat. Despite this run of “form”, one thread on the main Daggers...