Dagenham Redbridge News

Goals from Dale duo Craig Dawson and Kallum Higginbotham at Gresty Road were cancelled out by efforts from Alex players Ashley Westwood and Matt Tootle .

Ian Sampson will come face-to-face with a ghost from Northampton Town's past during this Christmas.

WHEN Dagenham & Redbridge clash with Rotherham United on Saturday the tie will see two of the sharpest strikers in League Two do battle.

Dagenham & Redbridge academy manager Wayne Burnett hailed substitute Josh Scott after he came off the bench to set up the winner against Bury.

Dagenham and Redbridge striker Paul Benson bagged a brace against promotion rivals Bury as John Still's men got back to winning ways at Victoria Road.

Dagenham and Redbridge lost ground on the top two after they were held to a draw by second-bottom Grimsby.

THIS was football at its gloriously unpredictable best. After three 0-0 draws in Kevin Dillon's first four games, Aldershot astonished all - even Dillon looked taken aback - with a startling display of counter-attacking football in the East End.

SAM Saunders insists he won't be forced out of Brentford as part of Andy Scott's January cull.

DAGENHAM & Redbridge slipped further off the pace in League Two after they were stunned by Aldershot in a seven-goal thriller at Victoria Road.

Peterborough United new boy Scott Griffiths is living the dream. Just over a month ago he played his last game for Dagenham & Redbridge, a League Two match against Bradford City which attracted just over 2,400 fans to Essex, and that included a healthy visiting contingent.

Dagenham have signed Peterborough defender Jamie Day on a month-long loan deal. Day was part of the squad which won back-to-back promotions under Darren Ferguson but has struggled to feature in the Championship.

BATTLING Cherries lead League Two by a single point after securing a hard-fought draw against promotion rivals Dagenham and Redbridge tonight.

DAGENHAM & Redbridge look likely to be without captain Mark Arber and midfielder Stuart Thurgood for tonight's crucial top-of-the-table clash at Bournemouth.

BEN Strevens bagged his first league goal for seven months in Saturday's draw with Walsall - then set his sights on double figures.

Gateshead have on-loan striker Michael Mackey available after parent club Hartlepool refused him permission to play in the FA Cup replay at Brentford.

DAGENHAM & Redbridge sit proudly atop the League Two table after grinding out a 1-0 victory at Accrington Stanley last week.

1921: It's all Egypt in Cairo. They keep pumping crosses into the Algeria box, but the visitors are keeping them at bay.

A blend of shrewd loan signings, the very young and the pretty old have helped the team with the smallest gates in the land to top spot in League Two John Still has taken Dagenham & Redbridge a ' a club founded only 17 years ago a ' to the top of League Two.

Dagenham and Redbridge moved to the top of League Two on goal difference above Bournemouth after Mark Arber headed the only goal of the game at Accrington.

Bradford celebrate their goal against Bournemouth. Bet on League Two with Sky Bet! Click here for Saturday's scores and scorers Click here for match summaries Click here for individual match reports Click here for updated League Two table Dagenham & Redbridge moved to the top of Coca-Cola League Two on goal difference after Mark Arber's 39th-minute ...