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Barnet v Dagenham & Redbridge
Nationwide Conference
Tuesday 19 March 7.45pm

Dagenham & Redbridge are currently top of the league and look favourites to gain promotion.

Earlier in the season the Bees went to Victoria Road and drew 1-1 in front of 1,916 fans, Neil Midgely scoring the goal.

The Daggers away record is outstanding, with eight wins, four draws and no defeats on thier travels.

They've only lost twice at home, strangely to Leigh RMI 0-1 back in October and to Telford United 1-5, after beating them away 4-1.

In fact that was their last defeat, nine games ago, winning five since.

Could Tuesday see the first away defeat of the season for the Daggers? Be at Underhill to find out.

Players to watch are top Conference scorer, Mark Stein, who has scored no less than 20 goals for thm in the Conference this season. Another striker to be reckoned with is a certain Ken Charlery who has found his form since leaving Barnet to go to Boston and now the Daggers, having scored 16 league goals this season, for both teams (eight a piece).

Barnet's Ben Strevens and Danny Brown may be fit for this match, after missing out at Southport due to minor injuries. There are no other injuries, as far as I know.

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Below is Barnet and Dagenham and Redbridge's league details based on their Home and Away performances.

Dagenham and Redbridge's history is even more complicated than ours, see below for details. One of the founder clubs (Leytonstone) won the FA Trophy in 1947/48 at Stamford Bridge. Their opponents were none other than Barnet FC.

Dagenham and Redbridge's manager, Garry Hill, went to East Barnet School in the early seventies and lived locally.

But wait! There's more. Another of the founder clubs, Ilford FC, became the first English side to lose in that famous footballing country, Denmark. Back in the 1904/05 season Ilford were holders of the London Cup. They (presumably) went on a tour of Denmark and played Copenhagen. Although they were winning 1-0 at half time, they lost the game 8-1! They were beaten again in a second match, 6-1.

History

This history is from DiggerDaggers.com, which is worth visiting separately as there are club badges for all the various clubs that have merged over the years, and lists of honours that each club won.

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

The story starts back in 1881.

Ilford FC 1881 - 1979

Founded in 1881, Ilford were one of the original entrants in the FA Amateur Cup competition when, after beating Ipswich Town, West Herts and Whitby, they lost 2-4 at Bishop Auckland. They were also finalists in the last ever Amateur Cup final in 1974. Progressing through the Southern and London Leagues, they were founder members of the Isthmian League in 1905 and remained there for a total of 61 seasons.

Between 1928 and 1930, they won the FA Amateur Cup and the London Senior Cup two seasons running as well as the London Charity Cup and Essex Senior Cup.

The Isthmian League championship was won in 1906/07, 1920/21 and 1921/22 and the club finished second on five other occasions.

In 1979, Ilford sold their ground and amalgamated with Leytonstone.

Leytonstone FC 1886 - 1979

Leytonstone themselves were founded as Cedars FC in 1886 and renamed as Leytonstone in 1892.

They were founder members of the Spartan League in 1907/08 but only remained in the league for one season before transferring to the Isthmian League.

For many years, success eluded them other than in local competitions. However, in 1937/38 and 1938/39, they secured the Isthmian League title.

Their greatest achievements came in the immediate post-war years, when they were Isthmian League champions five times between 1946 and 1952 and again in 1965/66.

They were also FA Amateur Cup winners in 1946/47, 1947/48 (beating Barnet 1-0 at Stamford Bridge) and 1967/68.

Leytonstone/Ilford FC 1979 - 1988

In 1979, upon amalgamation, they became known as Leytonstone & Ilford, winning the Isthmian League championship in 1981/82. In 1983, the name was changed to Leytonstone/Ilford.

In 1988, Leytonstone/Ilford merged with Walthamstow Avenue, although they still played under the name Leytonstone/Ilford. They won the Isthmian League again in 1988/89 when, despite there being promotion to the Alliance Premier League (Conference), they were denied promotion due to ground problems.

Walthamstow Avenue FC 1900 - 1988

Walthamstow Avenue were founded in 1900 by local schoolmaster Parkin Davidson. The theory behind the name is that all the players had to live in 'Avenues' in Walthamstow. They played in the Walthamstow & District League until 1921 when an application to join the Spartan League was accepted. They then transferred to the Athenian League in 1929 and proceeded to win the league title five times before the war. Joining the Isthmian League in 1945/46, they spent 42 seasons there, winning the championship in 1945/46, 1952/53 and 1953/54.

In 1939, Avenue player Jim Lewis (senior) won a full England International cap.

In 1951, the Avenue reached the final of the FA Amateur Cup for the first time, defeating Leyton 2-1. This final was notable for being the first to record a 100,000 gate.

The following season, they reached the fourth round of the FA Cup with wins over Wimbledon (3-0), Watford (2-1) and Stockport County (2-1). Then, after holding Manchester United 1-1 at Old Trafford, they bowed out in the replay 2-5 at Highbury.

In 1960/61, the FA Amateur Cup was won again with a 2-1 defeat of West Auckland Town.

In 1987, the club were relegated for the only time in their long history.

Walthamstow Avenue played their last game against Borehamwood in May 1988 before merging with Leytonstone/Ilford.

Redbridge Forest FC 1989 - 1992

After one season, the newly renamed Redbridge Forest moved into Dagenham's Victoria Road ground.

Redbridge won the Isthmian League in their first season and achieved a respectable 7th place in the Conference.

However, the, by now, predictable happened and the two sides merged and became Dagenham & Redbridge in 1992.

Dagenham FC 1949 - 1992

Dagenham, the youngest of the founder clubs also had a relatively illustrious history.

Founded in 1949, Dagenham worked their way through the Metropolitan, Delphian, Corinthian and Athenian Leagues before joining the Isthmian League in time for the 1973/74 season.

They twice got to the final of the FA Amateur Cup, losing in 1970 to Enfield (5-1) and Skelmersdale United (4-1) in 1971. An FA Trophy final appearance in 1977 (losing 2-1 to Scarborough) was followed in 1980 by their 2-1 defeat of Mossley.

The Essex Senior Cup was won in 1962, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1987 along with the London Senior Cup in 1968.

Having been consistently near the top of the Isthmian League, Dagenham were invited along with Enfield into the Alliance Premier League (Conference) for the start of the 1981/82 season.

A respectable 5th place finish was followed by a down-turn in the clubs fortunes and they were relegated back to the Isthmian League at the end of the 1987/88 season.

Several seasons in the Isthmian League finished when the club merged with Redbridge Forest in 1992.

Dagenham & Redbridge FC Founded 1992

Upon the merger, Dagenham & Redbridge FC took the place of Redbridge Forest in Conference and finished a very impressive 3rd in their first season. During that first season, the Daggers also reached the first round proper of the FA Cup, losing 5-4 to Leyton Orient in front of a near-capacity crowd. The match is still talked about at Victoria Road as being one of the most exciting ever seen there. Also during that season, there were an unprecedented seven Dagenham & Redbridge players selected to play for the England semi-professional side.

The following season saw the Daggers finish in a respectable 6th in the Conference and managed to beat the eventual FA Trophy winners, Woking, 8-1 at the Kingfield Stadium.

The following seasons saw a decline in form and finishes of 15th in 1994/95 and 22nd in 1995/96. Relegation to the Isthmian League resulted in a rebuild of the team and the turnaround in fortunes was startling.

An FA Trophy Final appearance against Conference outfit Woking at Wembley where the Daggers narrowly lost 1-0 to Woking having played two-thirds of the game with ten men, another appearance in the first round proper of the FA Cup (lost 4-3 on penalties to Ashford Town) and a 4th place finish in the league signalled a bright future.

In 1997/98, the club reached the second round of the FA Cup, losing 3-2 at Peterborough having beaten Farnborough in the first round. A run of poor results signalled the end of their title aspirations despite having topped the table for three months. The club did, however, win it's first silverware since the merger, beating Purfleet in the Essex Senior Cup Final.

The 1998/99 season was notable mainly for the impressive run of league clean-sheets that meant the club had an unbeaten run of 14 games and went for 1114 minutes between January 31st until April 5th without conceding a goal. This run towards the end of the season caused the Daggers to climb the table dramatically, but it was not sufficient to mount a serious challenge.

The 1999/00 season was arguably the best in the clubs history, running away with the Ryman (Isthmian) league and topping the table for virtually the entire season. The club finally earned itself a return to the Nationwide Conference for the 2000/01 season.

In 2000/01, The Daggers surprised everyone by having another excellent season, finishing 3rd in the Nationwide Conference and reaching the 3rd Round of the FA Cup for the first time. The FA Cup matches against Charlton Athletic will long be remembered. Leading the Addicks at The Valley by one goal to nil with only 4 minutes remaining, it took a deflected equaliser to take the game to a replay at Victoria Road. In the replay, the visitors won by a solitary goal in the first period of extra time. The Daggers also reached the final of the Essex Senior Cup for the second time.

During close season, the old wooden main stand at Victoria Road was pulled-down and replaced with a new stand. Other work was also carried out, bringing Victoria Road up to the required standard for the Football League.

Prior to the start of the 2001/02 season, the held-over Essex Senior Cup Final was held at Victoria Road with The Daggers beating the FA Trophy Winners, Canvey Island 5-3 on penalties.

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