Following consecutive below-par draws, Daggers couldn't manage even that at Hampton & Richmond where a 97th minute knockout blow turned this start to the season from underwhelmingly slow to downright atrocious.

Report & Ratings:
https://dagnificent.weebly.com/match-reports/hampton-richmond-borough-a

2-0 up and in cruise control, the only point of question seemed how many more Daggers would put get to kick-start their season. In actuality, they wound up somewhat lucky to hang onto a point.

↓ 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 & 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦:
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✍️ SOBERING STALEMATE IN SALISBURY

Lee Bradbury's assessment of a "really good performance" didn't align with what supporters saw. When he and the new signings have been so forthright about promotion, you have to set standards to a higher bar than that.

https://dagnificent.weebly.com/match-reports ...

No disrespect to Salisbury, a lovely, welcoming club in intimate surroundings, but it felt like pre-season. This new normal will take some acclimatising to.

We have to be winning games like that, against part-time mid table opposition, but didn't deserve to. It was a disappointing performance ...

No disrespect to Salisbury, a lovely, welcoming club in intimate surroundings, but it felt like pre-season. This new normal will take some acclimatising to.

We have to be winning games like that, against part-time mid table opposition, but didn't deserve to. It was a disappointing performance. Not ...

𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 & 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒
Ebbsfleet (H)

Daggers' first game, as must be stressed it merely is of a very long season, justified fears that the squad wasn't ready. Ebbsfleet were far superior in all departments.

https://dagnificent.weebly.com/match-re ... t-united-h

Aims & Competition
Squad Strength
Management
Pre-Season Insight
Concluding Assessment

Your comprehensive guide to Dagenham & Redbridge in the National League South 2025/26:

https://dagnificent.weebly.com/daggers- ... ant-return

Crawley were just relegated from League One and are a tidy side. They had the clear edge but not to the extent of the scoreline, which is always the least important takeaway from pre-season games anyway unless absolutely obscene. Some of our patterns looked okay, Lawless the most impressive ...

Just when you thought you'd absolutely seen it all in this most unhinged year of Dagenham's history already...

We've been taken over by Qataris, with Andy Carroll as marquee signing and part investor!

Let's digest this then... https://dagnificent.weebly.com/daggers- ... dy-carroll

Just when we thought we'd seen it all with Dagenham this year...

ANDY CARROLL. What?

I assessed the summer turnover of players and consequently current state of the squad, in my latest blog post below, for anyone interested:

https://dagnificent.weebly.com/daggers- ... king-shape

Joel, you say even if his numbers decline he should still get 20 goals.
He had an amazing season last year but has never been prolific.
He has never scored 20 goals in any season apart from last.
He is 34 years old.
We are letting go a player in exchange who is only 21 years old with lot of ...

Assuming this is true...

We'd be getting a man who scored 30 league goals in the North last season, which is unreal, but at the expense of our brightest prospect (excluding the outgoing Rutherford).

I really rate Adigun from the glimpses in a Dagenham shirt, allied with decent attacking output ...

ELLIOT JUSTHAM INTERVIEW

On what was meant to have been Elliot Justham's testimonial, I instead bring you a near-2 hour interview with the man, as we dissect everything about his eight and a half years at the club. From his dad watching him beat the leaders live on television to still having a ...

🖊 It's roughly three weeks since Daggers' National League status slipped through the hands it was in.

Belated posting on relegation, the ongoing managerial search, and a sizeable rebuild which awaits over this critical summer.

https://dagnificent.weebly.com/daggers-blog/no-time-to-wallow-in ...