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The Owners are in town!

The Daggers would like to give a warm welcome to the Executive Chairman, Peter B Freund. And also, director, Craig Unger back to Victoria Road for the first time this season.

The pair made the long trip to the North of Wales earlier in the season as we faced Wrexham, but are finally back home to watch us take on Southend United.

CLUBINEWS ALL THE LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE FOOTBALL CLUB The Daggers travel to Beckenham Town!

Dagenham & Redbridge have drawn Isthmian League South East Division side, Beckenham Town in the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round. The tie will be played at Eden Park Avenue on the weekend of the 15th October. Ticket information will be announced in due course.

West Ham u21’s back in action!

The Hammers’ involvement in the tournament continues on Tuesday 11th October against PSV Eindhoven at Dagenham & Redbridge's Chigwell Construction Stadium, Kick Off for this fixture is at 7PM, and tickets are now available for the midweek Cup group stage fixture!

Adult tickets are available at just £5 while concessions can be purchased at just £1.

All Dagenham & Redbridge Season Ticket holders go free. Tickets can be purchased from the turnstiles.

The development side are in Group B of the competition, which will see them

compete with, Feyenoord, AS Monaco, Sparta Praha and their upcoming opponents PSV Eindhoven.

Premier League announces more financial support to National League clubs and communities The Premier League has announced an increased investment package of £12.6m to support the National League over the next three years.

A sum of £9m is available to support the 72 National League Clubs with running costs and sustainability. A further £3.6m

will be available via the Premier League and Professional Footballers’ Association’s partnership to support the National League Trust and the network of club community organisations like the Maidenhead United FC Community Trust.

Over the next three years, the League will continue its world-leading levels of support by contributing £1.6 billion to communities and the wider game. During the Trophy Tour, the League will be announcing new financial commitments to benefit fans and communities.

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I’d like to give a warm welcome to Kevin Maher, his staff, players and all the away travelling fans to Victoria Road today.

Today is another big game for us, against a local rival. We really did have some tough tests against Southend last year, I thought the atmosphere in all three games last season was truly incredible, and I hope to see more of that today.

Last Saturday against Dorking was a really bad day for us, I think it was a big reality check for everyone at the club. We knew a lot of things had to be dealt with and rectified, we know as a team that one loss doesn’t ruin your season but at the same time, one win doesn’t make your season.

You have to be consistent across the 46 games of the season to achieve success, but last Saturday gave us a big reality check.

I think we got the reaction we desired against Chesterfield; I think it was the best performance we’ve had this season.

Although they did score twice, we didn’t really give them a sniff, they took the two chances they had, and when they were throwing the kitchen sink at it, the lads stood strong and dealt with it.

We’ve had Josh Hare come back into the group who did very well on Tuesday night.

The same with Junior Morias, he did tremendously on Tuesday and of course got his goal which is brilliant. Harry Phipps who hasn’t played a lot recently due to his

injuries, but he’s trained very well and is now in the side and getting his full fitness back. Unfortunately, it looks like Mauro (Vilhete) will be out for 4-5 months, Nik Tavares is out for the season with a cruciate ligament injury. We hope to have Angelo Balanta back at Christmas, the same with George Saunders. David LongeKing hopefully will be back in the next few weeks.

In terms of Southend and Kevin Maher’s side, I think they’ve recruited very well.

Kev is a really great coach, someone that I know very well and have a tremendous amount of respect for. He’s done an amazing job since he’s gone in at Southend, they’ve improved dramatically and they have a lot of new players from the team we played against last season.

The new lads are now more settled in and that shows with their confidence, their results and performances as of late. Today we will have to be at our best if we want to get something from it. Southend are a huge football club, with a very good squad but as I said we’re looking to it and we’re looking forward to the test today.

Enjoy the game. Sing loud, Sing proud.

Daryl

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MANAGER:KEVIN MAHER

SOUTHEND UNITED A LOOK AT THE KEY MEN FROM THIS AFTERNOON’S OPPOSITION GOALKEEPERS

Steve Arnold

Southend United moved to sign experienced goalkeeper Steve Arnold in the summer of 2021.

Arnold joined Blues after leaving Northampton Town and put pen to paper on a two-year deal in south Essex. The 6ft 5in stopper started his professional career with Norwich City and has gone on to play over 230 games. Arnold twice previously helped Forest Green Rovers to the National League play-offs before joining Dover Athletic. He also had spells in the Football League with Wycombe, Stevenage, Shrewsbury before he joined the Cobblers. He started 41 National League games for Blues in the 2021/22 season, keeping 10 clean sheets.

Collin Andeng Ndi

Collin Andeng Ndi first signed professional terms with Blues in September 2021 after an initial trial period. He was spotted at South Essex College by club legend Steve Tilson, with his first day on trial at Southend coming in October 2020. The Italianborn shot-stopper’s debut for the club came in the FA Trophy against Dorking Wanderers, with his first league appearance coming against Stockport County in April 2022. In the absence of Steve Arnold, he deputised with great maturity at a young

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age, and in doing so kept four clean sheets in seven games before the start of October.

DEFENDERS

Gus Scott-Morriss

Gus Scott Morriss joined the Blues in the summer of 2022, on a two-year deal with an option in the club’s favour to extend. The right back joined Hemel Hempstead Town from Royston Town in 2021 and went on to make over 40 appearances for the Tudors in 2021/22. Scott-Morriss became the fourth addition to Kevin Maher’s squad in the 2022 summer transfer window after the defender agreed a two-year deal.

Nathan Ralph

Arriving from Scottish side Dundee in 2019, Nathan Ralph’s first season at Southend was disrupted after dislocating his shoulder in December against Burton Albion. Prior to that the left-back showed his impressive aerial ability and willingness to get forward and deliver good crosses into the box. Formerly of Peterborough, Yeovil, Newport and Woking, with loans at Kettering Town and Aldershot Town, Ralph won Dundee’s Player of the Year award in 2018/19. He returned to action following his injury at the start of the 2020/21 season but was again cruelly struck with a longterm injury when he suffered cruciate ligament

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Louis Lomas

Louis Lomas joined the Blues in 2022 on a two-year deal with the option of another year. The centre-half was identified as a key target by head coach Kevin Maher and the rest of the recruitment department after an impressive 2021/22 season for Brackley Town. He enjoyed an excellent year as the Saints finished second in the Vanarama National League North, being included into the Team of the Season at the end of the campaign.

Shaun Hobson

The centre-back signed from AFC Bournemouth in the summer of 2020. The Manchester-born defender started his career at Burnley before signing for the Cherries in 2016. He joined Weymouth on loan at the start of the 2019/20 season and was an integral part of the Terras side that clinched promotion under former Blues boss Mark Molesley via the play-offs in August 2020. Prior to that, Hobson spent time on loan at Eastbourne Borough, Chester and Eastleigh. Hobson impressed in his first season on a personal level and was named Player of the Season, before agreeing a new deal with the club in May 2021. He started 38 games for the Shrimpers in the 2021/22 Vanarama National League campaign.

Ollie Kensdale

Ollie Kensdale joined Southend United in December 2021 for an undisclosed fee from Concord Rangers. The 21-year-old centre back became Head Coach Kevin Maher’s first permanent signing, joining from the National League South side, and made 15 league appearances in his first season at Roots Hall. Kensdale progressed through Colchester United’s youth system, making his first-team debut in November 2018 in the EFL Trophy before starting a league game for the first time a week later against Exeter City. He made six appearances in total for the U’s, also spending time out on loan at Maldon & Tiptree, Bath City and Braintree Town.

Following his release, the young 6ft 3 defender joined Concord Rangers in February of 2020.

Harry Taylor

Harry Taylor joined the Blues as Kevin Maher’s third summer arrival of 2022 on a two-year deal with the option of another year. He signed from Barnet, where he made over 185 appearances over an eight-

year span. Capable of playing in midfield or in defence, Harry began his career in Chelsea’s youth team before joining Barnet’s academy in 2012 along with his younger brother Jack, now at Peterborough.

Kacper Łopata

Łopata is in his second spell at the club, joining permanently from Sheffield United at the start of September 2022. The Polish U21 international was on loan at Blues in the 2021/22 campaign from the Blades, where he played 18 games for Kevin Maher’s Shrimpers, playing the full 90 minutes in every one of them, and keeping four clean sheets. The centre-back played a significant part in Blues’ 14-game unbeaten league run from December to March, starting almost every game during that streak Having moved to the UK from Poland at the age of nine, Łopata was involved in the youth systems at Southampton, Bristol City and Brighton & Hove Albion. During his time at the Seagulls, he had loans at non-league side Whitehawk and also returned to his homeland with Zagłębie Sosnowiec. In August 2020, he signed for Sheffield United on a three-year deal, playing two full games in the EFL Cup a year later, against Carlisle United and Derby County.

Jason Demetriou

Southend United completed the signing of Jason Demetriou in July 2016 following the end of his deal with Walsall. Demetriou, a right-back by trade who also offers lots of attacking quality, started his career at Leyton Orient before moving to Cypriot first division side AEK Larnaca in 2010.

After five years in Cyprus, which included a stint with Anorthosis Famagusta, Demetriou returned to English football with Walsall in 2015 before his move to Southend the following year. He found a knack of scoring some important goals during the 2017/18 season, chipping in with eight in total after taking on penaltytaking duties. Demetriou has since captained the club on occasions and has also shown his experience and versatility by slotting into central midfield, where he played early in his career, with ease. As of the end of the 2021/22 season, he has made 198 league appearances for Blues, scoring 19 goals.

Louie Arrowsmith

Louie Arrowsmith has worked his way through the Blues academy, having been connected to the club since the age of six.

He was instrumental in the club’s progression to the First Round of the FA Youth Cup in the 2021/22 season, starting every game and scoring the seventh

penalty kick in the Third Qualifying Round shoot-out win against Aveley. Louie spent time out on loan at Great Wakering Rovers at the end of that campaign.

Tommy Davis

Tommy Davis spent time out on loan with Heybridge Swifts and Welling United in the 2021/22 season, before training with the first-team squad in the pre-season of 2022.

During his time at Welling, he was named in the Vanarama National League South Team of the Week after keeping a clean sheet against Chippenham Town. Tommy signed a new one-year deal at the end of July 2022.

MIDFIELDERS

Jack Bridge

Jack Bridge returned to Roots Hall on a one-year deal with the option of another year in the summer of 2021. The midfielder started his career at Blues, but after making 11 appearances in two years he departed in January 2018 to join Northampton Town.

In June 2019, Bridge signed for Carlisle United and went on to make 35 appearances, scoring three goals for the Cumbrians. The 25-year-old was on trial at Blues in 2020, but when a move didn’t materialise, he signed for Concord Rangers where he caught the eye of Bromley. Bridge spent the second half of the 2020/21 campaign with the Ravens, making 30 appearances as he helped the club clinch a play-off place, but they would eventually fall short up against Hartlepool United, paving the way for Bridge to return to his hometown club. He started 22 National League games in 2021/22, scoring twice.

Noor Husin

Blues completed the permanent transfer of midfielder Noor Husin from Dartford for an undisclosed fee in January 2022. He started 16 league games in the second half of the 2021/22 season, scoring twice. The former Reading, Crystal Palace, Notts County and Stevenage centre midfielder arrived at Roots Hall on a two-and-a-halfyear deal after Blues agreed an undisclosed fee with the National League South club.

Husin, 24, is an Afghanistan international, appearing 14 times for his country since his debut in 2018.

Jack Wood

Jack Wood signed for the Shrimpers from Kings Langley in January 2022. He joined the seventh-tier side in 2019 at the age of 16, and signed for Southend on a two-anda-half-year deal. He made five appearances in 2021/22, all of them from the bench.

Cavaghn Miley

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SOUTHEND UNITED fellow Vanarama National League side Eastleigh. Miley joined Eastleigh aged 22 in 2017 from Jersey-based club St Pauls, going on to make 178 league appearances and scoring seven goals from the centre of midfield. He immediately established himself in the Blues’ starting 11 upon joining.

Wes Fonguck

Joining the club in the summer 2022 transfer window, Wes Fonguck left Barnet after 121 league appearances over an eight-year period. He began his football journey with Crystal Palace, leaving the Selhurst Park club at the age of 16, joining Barnet in 2014. In his early years at the Bees, he went out on loan to Hendon and Hampton & Richmond Borough, before going on to score 12 goals for the club in a lengthy spell there.

Oli Coker

Oli Coker grew up watching Blues with his family, initially joining the youth team system in 2011. He made his first-team debut in October 2020, playing 38 minutes against Portsmouth in the group stage of the EFL Trophy. Oli then made his league debut at the end of the 2020/21 season against Newport County, also coming off the bench at the start of 2022/23 in two of the first four games.

FORWARDS

Rhys Murphy

Prolific and experienced forward Rhys Murphy made the move to Essex in the summer of 2021. Starting his career at Arsenal, Murphy joined Dutch second-tier club Telstar in 2012 after loans with Brentford and Preston North End, before returning to England with Dagenham & Redbridge and scoring 13 goals in his first season in League Two. In February 2015, the former Republic of Ireland U21 international moved north to Oldham Athletic for an undisclosed fee, shortly after going out on loan to Crawley Town where he netted nine goals in 15 games. Another successful loan stint in the 15/16 season followed at AFC Wimbledon where Murphy won promotion from Sky Bet League Two. Since then, the striker has 08

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joined Forest Green Rovers, Gillingham and Chelmsford City in permanent deals, moving to the Glovers from the Clarets in 2019. The 30-year-old enjoyed a couple of prolific seasons in the National League with Yeovil Town where he scored 33 goals in 64 games and that attracted Blues boss Phil Brown to snap him up on a free transfer ahead of the 2021/22 campaign, a season in which he found the net on seven occasions.

Dan Mooney

Dan Mooney completed a move to Southend United from Altrincham in May 2022. A former Wales U21 international, Mooney began his career at Fleetwood Town, joining the League One side at the age of 17. Mooney made his debut for Fleetwood in a 2–0 defeat against Rochdale in the EFL Trophy in 2018. The 22-year-old made four appearances for the Cod Army, also spending time out on loan at Chorley and Chester, before heading to Altrincham in January 2020. Mooney was in fine form for the Robins in 2021/22, winning their Players' Player of the Season award. The winger topped the Robins' goalscoring charts with 13 goals, while chipping in with eight assists in all competitions to earn himself a move to Blues.

Callum Powell

Callum Powell joined Southend United in January 2022 from Kettering Town for an undisclosed fee. The 26-year-old forward signed terms on a two-and-a-half-year deal at Roots Hall. Formerly of Northampton, Wrexham, Tamworth and Stourbridge, the forward enjoyed a very successful 2021/22 campaign for Kettering in the National League North before joining Blues. At the time of his departure, he topped the Poppies’ scoring charts with 14 goals in all competitions and seven assists. A tricky player with pace to get in behind, Powell will be hoping to kick on and cement his place in the side during 2022/23.

Marcus Dackers

Dackers signed for Blues on a month-long loan on 9 September 2022. The 6ft7 striker began his career at Premier League champions Manchester City, who he joined

at the age of five. That was where he remained until 2015 when he signed for Brighton & Hove Albion. After leaving Brighton, he signed for Salford in the summer of 2021. He made two league appearances for the Ammies before arriving at Roots Hall. While at Salford, Dackers has had a couple of prolific loan spells at seventh-tier side Stalybridge Celtic and at National League North outfit Chester. In the autumn of 2021, he scored seven goals in eight games for Stalybridge.

He then joined former Football League side Chester in January 2022, and bagged nine goals in 19 appearances for them, including a brace in a 3-3 draw with Gloucester City.

Chris Wreh

Son of the former Arsenal striker with the same name, Chris Wreh enjoyed a prolific 2021/22 season with Banbury United in the Southern Premier Division Central. He scored 23 goals and assisted 16 to fire the Puritans to promotion to the National League North. Chris initially joined Blues on trial, netting two goals and providing two assists in the 2022/23 pre-season. That earned him a one-year deal at Roots Hall, and he scored his first goal for the club in 11 draw away to Solihull Moors.

Jake Hyde

Jake Hyde is at Roots Hall on a season-long loan from Wrexham. He came through the youth system at Swindon Town, taking his first steps into regular professional football at Barnet in 2009, where he scored the last-ever goal at Underhill. Jake had a couple of short spells in Scotland with Dunfermline Athletic and Dundee, before returning to the Bees, where he netted 26 goals in 67 league games between 2012 and 2014. He then went to York City for their final two seasons in the Football League. Hyde has since played for Stevenage, Maidenhead, Woking and Halifax before joining Wrexham. He scored 16 goals in the 2019/20 season at Woking, scoring 12 more the following campaign with Halifax.

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PASTIMEETINGS DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE V SOUTHEND UNITED

Southend 0-3 Dagenham & Redbridge

Dagenham & Redbridge 3 - 0 SOUTHEND

Southend Line-up:

Dagenham & Redbridge Line-up:

Steve Arnold, Ollie Kensdale, Shaun Hobson, Leon Davies, Jason Demetriou (Tom Clifford 46’), Nathan Ralph, Noor Husin, Will Atkinson (Jack Bridge 46’), Harrison Neal, Callum Powell (Matthew Dennis 68’), Sam Dalby.

Elliot Justham, Elliott Johnson, Callum Reynolds, Will Wright, Myles Weston, Matt Robinson (Ryley Scott 90’), Mo Sagaf (Dean Rance 74’), Joey Jones, Sam Ling, Scott Wilson, Angelo Balanta (Mauro Vilhete 85’).

Vanarama National League

Unused Subs: Collin Andeng-Ndi, James Dunne

Dagenham & Redbridge Line-up: Elliot Justham, Will Wright, Callum Reynolds, Elliott Johnson, Dean Rance, Brandon Comley, Mo Sagaf, Matt Robinson (Sam Ling 68’), Junior Morias (Angelo Balanta 87’), Paul McCallum, Myles Weston.

Goal scorers: Will Atkinson OG (5’), Junior Morias (28’), Matt Robinson (67’) Unused Subs: Manny Onariase, Mauro Vilhete, Josh

Vanarama National League

Unused Subs: Kenny Clark, Josh Walker Goal Scorers: Mo Sagaf (52’), Sam Ling (56’,59’)

Southend Line-up: Harry Seaden, Rob Howard, John White, Shaun Hobson, Abu Ogogo, Terrell Egbri, Nathan Ferguson (Harry Phillips 63’), James Dunne, Jack Bridge(Charlie Sayers(63’), Rhys Murphy, Sam Dalby

Unused Subs: Will Atkinson, Louis Walsh, Matt Rush

Walker.

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THE CAPTAIN

MATT ROBINSON

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COMMERCIALISCENE Todays Match Sponsor – Purified Air

Our Match Sponsor for this afternoon’s game is Len Collins from Purified Air Limited, who has been a long-time supporter of The Daggers. The club would like to thank Len for his support and we hope that he enjoys today’s game.

Purified Air, formed in 1984, is a private limited company specialising in Commercial Kitchen Extract Filtration (odour, smoke, oil and grease) and Air Conditioning.

For over 30 years Purified Air has been filtering and conditioning the air that we breathe.

From commercial kitchen extract filtration to air conditioning, Purified Air is a multi-faceted company, with manufacturing specialist design, contracting in maintenance divisions.

Purified Air constantly strives to improve technology through innovation R&D ensuring that they not only retain their loyal customer base but keep it growing as well. As one of the World’s leading environmental control specialists we offer a diverse range of products and systems worldwide.

Purified Air counts Harrods, Hilton Hotels and Mcdonalds amongst their customers.

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Today’s Match Ball Sponsor – Richard Ball All football clubs need continuity. Continuity of support for example.

Dagenham is no exception. So, with that in mind, today I'm introducing my two granddaughters to our football club.

They live in Rayleigh with their Mum and Dad and are both under 5 years of age. I'm sure that you will all make them feel welcome.

Today we will need those all-important 3 points. Especially considering the opposition. Southend always come here with a lot of support, so let's drown them out today.

Let's make some noise for the boys.

Today’s Match Ball Sponsor – In Memory of Derek Norrington I am pleased to sponsor todays game in loving memory of my husband Derek Norrington.

We have always enjoyed watching football together & spent 50 years together, 47 of those as husband and wife.

I have no doubt he will be watching with us all today, hoping for a Dagenham & Redbridge win.

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Victoria Road played host to a 9-goal thriller last Saturday, with a Josh Walker hat-trick guiding the Daggers to all three points.

Both sides couldn’t retain possession throughout the opening exchanges, with a lot of long balls being attempted to no great avail.

But, it was Barnet who raced into the lead, Nicke Nakamba and Sean Shields converting to put the Bees 2-0 up after 17 minutes. The former Dagger heading in from close range, and the latter slotting home from 6 yards out.

The Daggers took no time to drag themselves back into proceedings, as Josh Walker scored a tap-in, 21 minutes in, and Mauro Vilhete smashed the ball into the top corner from range, to bring the game level after 25 minutes.

HALF TIME Daggers 2-2 Barnet

The Bees started the second half just as they started the first, with Nicke Nakamba putting them back in front just 2 minutes in.

However, Omar Mussa struck back immediately, capitalising on a goalkeeping error to slot into an empty net to make the game level once again.

On the hour, Omar Mussa whipped in a wicked corner kick which fell to Josh Walker who pounced and stabbed it home to put The Daggers ahead for the first time in the match.

Barnet responded with a corner of their own just 10 minutes later, with Jerome Okimo turning home from close range, pulling the game level with 20 to go.

Following their equaliser, Barnet bombarded the Dagenham goal, with Elliot Justham producing several excellent saves to keep the fixture level.

However, with mere minutes left on the clock, Walker latched onto a flick-on, to confidently finish into the bottom right corner, to snatch the three points at the death.

FULL TIME: Daggers 5-4 Barnet

Daryl McMahon was very pleased by the attitude shown by his side, and had this to say regarding the Daggers' dramatic victory, “In that second half we were toing and froing but we showed great character”.

Man of the match and hat-trick hero Josh Walker was delighted to put in such an emphatic performance against his old side, and is now looking to maintain his spot in the starting eleven, “I’m back in now, scoring, so hopefully I can keep playing”.

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MATCHIACTION DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE 5 BARNET 4

VICARAGE FIELD MAN OF THE MATCH: JOSH WALKER DAGGERS.CO.UK

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HALFITIMEIQUIZ Ten questions to get you thinking about today’s game!

1: What was the attendance at the last away fixture between Dagenham and Southend?

2: What is the nickname that Southend United go by?

3: Who scored for the Daggers in the 53rd minute against Barnet on September 24th?

4: In what year were Southend United founded?

5: In what month and year did Josh Walker sign for the Daggers?

6: Who is the chairman for Southend United?

7: Who did the Daggers draw to in the Emirates FA Cup Fourth Qualifying round last season?

8: What team did Southend steal the 1-0 win against on Saturday 1st October?

9: What team will the Daggers go against after Southend United?

10: Who is the captain for Southend United?

Q5

ANSWERS: 1: 7542 2: The Blues’ 3: Omar Mussa 4: 1906 5: July 2021 6: Ron Martin 7: Wealdstone 8: Yeovil Town 9: York City 10: Nathan Ralph DAGGERS.CO.UK

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supporters corner TODAY’S MATCHDAY MASCOTS OLIVER ARNOLD

OLIVER

HANNAH

Oliver plays Football & Rugby at school and for local teams at the weekend. He goes to a local school and recently celebrated his 11th Birthday!

HANNAH MARKS

Hannah lives locally and is a Dagenham season ticket holder. She also sponsors Daryl McMahon. She is an animal lover and has 4 cats and a bearded dragon!

JOE BALL

Joe has seen plenty of live football games, however this will be his first here at Dagenham!

JOE

ANDREW

Aside from Football, Joe enjoys travelling on trains and watching movies like Jurassic World.

ANDREW BENNETT

Andrew is a goalkeeper & enjoys playing for a local team, receiving player of the year for the last 2 years! He also enjoys playing video games

Boardroom experience The Club continues to invite a Full Member, and guest to experience the match day from the perspective of a Director, enjoying a pre-match meal and the full Board Room experience, including seats in the Directors Box. The lucky winner is chosen in a draw open to all Full Members, and the winners for our last home game against Dorking Wanderers was Joan Wallis and her Daughter Nicky.

The Full Members play an important role within the Club.

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<<< GAMEREWIND CHESTERFIELD 2 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE 3: TUESDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2022

It was the perfect response to Saturday's defeat as we beat Chesterfield 2-3 at the Technique Stadium.

A positive start from Daryl McMahon's side resulted in Myles Weston crossing the ball in, with McCallum nodding it down and Morias, on his return, smashing it home.

Chesterfield fought hard to equalise with Manny Onariase going into the book for stopping a dangerous Spireites counter attack.

But the Daggers pursued with a devastating counter attack of their own, Mo Sagaf found Morias beautifully, and Juniors early cross found Macca who doubled our lead.

Chesterfield’s chances in the first half came exclusively from set pieces, with the best of those dropping to Quigley who dragged his shot just wide.

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On the stroke of half time however, Mo Sagaf turned his man superbly in the midfield, and played Morias through who danced past his man and found Junior, who struck towards goal and had his shot parried straight to the feet of Macca, who struck home to grab The Daggers’ third and his second of the game.

HALF TIME: Chesterfield 0-3 Daggers

The Daggers started the second half strongly, with some fabulous football being played by the Daggers, Matt Robinson attempted to place it, but Covolan saved it.

Despite the boys playing the better football, it was Chesterfield who scored first in the second half, Branden Horton

let fly from range and his shot just beat Elliott Justham, giving Chesterfield hope with half an hour to go.

Goal scorer Junior Morias made way for Elliott Johnson, whose main contribution came in the form of a bizarre booking, that I’m sure the ref couldn’t even explain.

Chesterfield grabbed a consolation in the dying moments of the game, Tyrone Williams striking home to give Chesterfield a glimmer of hope.

However, the Daggers saw out the game well, and secured all three points, with a blistering first half being enough to beat Paul Cook’s men.

Full time: Chesterfield 2-3 Daggers

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Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS profiles ten leading SOUTHEND UNITED managers TED BIRNIE Long-serving manager Ted Birnie guided Southend United to the FA Cup fifth round in 1925-26. Initially with Sunderland Seaburn, the defender joined Newcastle United in June 1898 and helped their reserves win the Northern League title in three successive seasons. He moved via Crystal Palace to Chelsea in August 1906 and starred in their 1906-07 promotion campaign. Later with Spurs and Rochdale, he was Leyton's player-boss, then Rochdale's trainer and Southend's manager in January 1922. He led them to third place in the Third Division (South) in 1931-32.

Remaining in charge until May 1934, he died in December 1935.

HARRY WARREN Long-serving manager Harry Warren steered Southend United to the FA Cup fifth round in 1951-52. The son of former England international Ben Warren, the centre-half had spells with Gresley, Blackpool, Merthyr and Sheffield United before becoming Folkestone's player-boss in July 1931. He was briefly Chelmsford City's manager and took charge of Southend in August 1940. Guiding them to fourth place in the Third Division (South) in 1955-56, he remained Southend's manager until leaving for Coventry City in June 1956. He was sacked in September 1957 and resided in Leigh on Sea until his death in April 1968.

ERNIE SHEPHERD Ernie Shepherd gave Southend United marvellous service in various capacities. A former winger, he signed professional for Fulham in April 1938 and guested for Huddersfield, Brentford and Bradford City during the war. He helped Fulham, West Brom and Hull City win promotion in 194849, moving to QPR in August 1950. After a spell with Hastings United, he became Southend's trainer in July 1959, then assisted Alvan Williams before succeeding him as manager from April 1967 until October 1969 and continued as general manager until May 1972. He was Orient's trainer, then coached in Dubai and died in March 2001.

ARTHUR ROWLEY Former England B international centre-forward Arthur Rowley managed Southend United to promotion in 197172. Initially with West Brom, he joined Fulham in December 1948, starring in their 1948-49 Second Division title triumph. He moved to Leicester City in July 1950 and twice helped win the Second Division title, becoming Shrewsbury's player-manager in June 1958. Starring as they won promotion in 1958-59 and were League Cup semifinalists in 1960-61, he scored a record 434 League goals.

After a spell as Sheffield United's boss, he managed Southend from March 1970 until May 1976. He died in December 2002.

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DAVE SMITH

BARRY FRY

Dave Smith guided Southend United to the Fourth Division title in 1980-81. A former Burnley full-back, he joined Brighton in July 1961, then played for Bristol City and rejoined Burnley as trainer. He coached at Sheffield Wednesday, Newcastle and Arsenal, becoming Mansfield's manager in April 1974. Plotting their 1974-75 Fourth Division title triumph and 1975-76 League Cup run, he was appointed Southend's boss in May 1976, also winning promotion in 1977-78. He remained at Roots Hall until June 1983, then took Plymouth to promotion in 1985-86. Later managing Dundee and Torquay, he died in September 2022.

Colourful manager Barry Fry had Southend United challenging for promotion to the Premier League during his spell in charge. Initially with Manchester United, the midfielder played for Bolton, Luton, Gravesend, Orient, Romford, Bedford and Stevenage before becoming Dunstable's boss, plotting promotion in 1974-75. After spells in charge of Hillingdon and Bedford, he joined Barnet as manager in November 1978, returning from Maidstone to lead Barnet to the Conference title in 1990-91. He managed Southend from April 1993 until December 1993, then Birmingham and Peterborough where he became director of football.

DAVID WEBB

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Flamboyant manager David Webb guided Southend United to promotion in two consecutive seasons. The defender played for Leyton Orient and Southampton before joining Chelsea in February 1968, starring as they won the FA Cup in 1970 and ECWC in 1971. He followed Dave Sexton to QPR in July 1974, then had spells with Leicester and Derby, becoming Bournemouth's playerboss in May 1980. Plotting promotion in 1981-82, he managed Torquay United, then Southend from June 1986 until July 1992. He rejoined Chelsea as manager in February 1993 and later had spells in charge of Brentford, Yeovil Town and Southend again.

Steve Tilson managed Southend United to promotion in two consecutive seasons.

The versatile midfielder played for Witham before moving to Southend in February 1989, featuring in their rise under David Webb. He netted 26 goals in 139 League games prior to joining Canvey Island in June 1997, starring in their 2001 FA Trophy final triumph, rejoining Southend in October 2002.

Appointed manager in May 2004, he took them to their second consecutive LDV Vans Trophy final and League Two play-off final glory in 2004-05, then the League One title in 2005-06. He has since managed Lincoln City, Canvey and Heybridge Swifts.

COLIN MURPHY

PHIL BROWN

Colin Murphy managed Southend United to the FA Cup fifth round for only the fourth time in 1992-93. After a spell as Hastings United's player-boss, he coached Charlton Athletic, then assisted Dave Mackay at Nottingham Forest and Derby County where he became manager in November 1976. He was appointed Lincoln City's boss in November 1978 and was a promotion winner in 1980-81, then managed Stockport County before returning to Lincoln, guiding them to the Conference title in 1987-88. Managing Southend from May 1992 until April 1993, he then managed Shelbourne, Notts County, Vietnam and Cork City.

Phil Brown managed Southend United’s 2015 League Two play-off final triumph.

A former right-back with Hartlepool and Halifax Town, he joined Bolton Wanderers in June 1988, helping win promotion in 1992-93. Later with Blackpool, he coached Bolton, then managed Derby County before replacing Phil Parkinson as Hull’s manager in December 2006. He led them to the topflight for the first time via the Championship play-offs in 2007-08 and has since managed Preston, Southend from March 2013 until January 2018, Swindon, Hyderabad, Southend again from April 2021 until October 2021 and Barrow.

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The Daggers Commercial Department is now taking Mascot bookings for the 2022/23 National League season.

A day that you and your child will treasure forever, it makes for the perfect birthday or Christmas present and is priced at just £150.

The following is included:

G Photo and personal write-up in the matchday programme

G Full Dagenham & Redbridge kit (either home or away)

G Opportunity to join the squad in the pre-match warm-up

GLead the team on to the pitch prior to kick-off G Photographic memento of the day

GThree tickets to the Carling Stand

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penalties against their accompanying staff. I took away so many memories, especially my one to one session with Paul, a keen Arsenal fan who was attired in trainers, a track suit, a shirt, and a tie.

Avalon Road Centre on Tour

At some point we were loudly singing ‘Wild Thing’, made famous by the Troggs in 1966, as we passed the ball between us. A memory etched in my mind for ever. There are times in one’s life when you can forget about any problems and troubles you may have and just have fun. Sport has the power to unite and divide.

On Wednesday it brought unity, friendship, laughs and many, many smiles. The group left Victoria Road at around 3pm having spent four and a half hours just having fun. I would like to thank the Centre staff: Stephen, Cheryl, Sandra, and Jasmin for arranging the visit and especially thank Liam, Jordan, Andrew, Phillip, Christopher, Kenny, Daniel, Paul, Claire, Charlie, Tom, Carol, Crystal and ‘Wild Thing’ Paul. “Paul, you made my heart sing”.

Last Wednesday evening, I went to bed with a big smile on my face and feeling very happy and it wasn’t just the great result from Chesterfield that evening.

I had spent most of the day with a fantastic group of young adults from the Avalon Road Centre in Havering; a group of young men and women who have had to cope with problems for all of their lives.

They spent Wednesday at the Daggers, engaged in a full ‘Stadium Tour’ before lunch going behind the scenes in the Clubhouse, the Boardroom, the Executive Boxes, the Dugouts, the Tunnel, the Post-Match Interview Room, the Manager’s Office and all four Changing Rooms in the S D Samuels stand. Many questions were asked and answered, photos were posed for and taken, and after 90 minutes we are retired to the bar for lunch.

After lunch we moved out to Pondfield Park for a kick around on the very bumpy grass. Everyone took part and the nearly two hour fun session ended with the group taking

The Trust is looking forward to working with the centre again, firstly providing more technical football coaching, but more importantly putting smiles on faces and changing lives.

If you are interested in a full Stadium Tour, please contact the Trust by emailing: trust@daggerstrust.com Kickstart 4 Kids to restart next week

The Daggers Trust is pleased to announce that it is restarting its weekly free football sessions for local children aged 8-18 at Goals Dagenham next week.

The sessions will run on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, commencing on Thursday 13th October with three groups: Girls Only 8-16 years, 5.306.30 pm, Boys Only 8-12 years, 5.30-6.30 pm and Young Adults, 1218 years, 5.30-7.00 pm.

The Tuesday session will also run from 5.30-7.00 pm and will be for Young Adults only, 12-18 years. Spaces are limited and everyone must be registered in advance. This can be done online by going to the following link: https://bit.ly/KS4Kids

Local Grassroots Teams in the Spotlight Today Today we are not only joined by a team of boys from Dagenham United (Under 10s) who are our normal PreMatch Guard of Honour, but two other young squads form Dagenham United (Under 9’s) and Byron Red Star (Under 9 Hawks) who are the players’ escorts onto the pitch just before kick-off.

Dagenham United is a local FA Chartered Standard Club providing football for both boys and girls all ages from 5 to open age. "Providing real football for young and old”.

Byron Red Star is a family friendly FA Chartered Standard community based youth football club run to provide facilities and competitive football for boys and girls aged from 5 to open age. “Working, learning and growing together”.

The Daggers Trust aims to use the power of sport and education to positively engage with, inspire, and empower the young people of our diverse community, to create opportunities to improve the quality of life for everyone.

"Changing attitudes, changing minds, changing behaviour and changing lives”.

Contact the Trust for more information by emailing trust@daggers.co.uk Website: www.daggerstrust.com

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INPROFILE DAGGERS STOPPER ELLIOT JUSTHAM

Daggers’ man in between the sticks, Elliot Justham, was born just up the street from Victoria Road and started his career at Waltham Forest in 2008.

Whilst playing semi-professionally between 2008 and 2013, Elliot worked night shifts on the London Underground. Alongside Waltham Forest, whom he made eleven appearances for, our number one also spent time at Leyton, Redbridge, Brentwood Town, and East Thurrock United, even bagging himself a goal for Redbridge in the 2010/11 season!

Throughout his time in semiprofessional leagues, Elliot’s talents were making waves with clubs in the higher leagues in England, trialling at Reading, as well as fellow East Londoners West Ham.

However, in 2013, he was picked up by current Championship regulars Luton Town, who were playing in the National League at the time.

Justham signed for the Hatters on a two-year contract, spending his first season at the club solely making appearances in the various different cup competitions, helping his side reach the final of the Bedfordshire Senior Cup.

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time, saw his stellar performances gain interest from other clubs in the EFL, however, he decided to sign a two-year extension with the Hatters in April of 2015.

During the following 2015/16 season, Justham went on to make another 15 league appearances and 1 apiece in both the FA Cup and League Cup. However, luckily for us, Elliot struggled to become first-choice in the net for Luton, resulting in the player making his way back home, to Victoria Road.

Elliot Justham signed for the Daggers in May of 2016, with former manager and club legend John Still giving Elliot a two-year contract.

The 32-year-old made an instant impact with the fans, keeping a clean sheet on his debut, in an opening day 30 win against Southport.

Since that moment, Justham has remained first-choice at Dagenham and Redbridge, winning the Daggers Player of the Year award in the 2018/19 season, earning him a contract extension.

In his 7 season stint at Victoria Road, El has racked up 225 appearances, keeping an extremely impressive 64 clean sheets throughout those appearances, and we hope he can continue to impress in between the sticks for the club for many years to come.

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SEPTEMBER Sat 3rd Tue 13th Sat 17th Sat 24th

Notts County (H) Wrexham (A) Altrincham (H) Barnet (H)

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Maidenhead United (A) Bromley (A) Yeovil Town (H)

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thenon leaguepaper AS FA CUP draws go, there really is nothing like the fourth qualifying round.

Yes, the first round ‘proper’ (a word banned in NLP Towers), and third round draws will grab all the publicity but, for me, there isn’t anything quite like the euphoria of the final qualifier before the ‘big boys’ come in.

Give the change of the Non-League landscape these last few years, I would argue that the Holy Grail for all FA Cup dreamers starts here – and this week’s draw sure didn’t disappoint.

Take Anstey Nomads for example. The lowest ranked club left in the competition as I write this, the Step 5 Nomads have progressed through five rounds to get to this stage for the first time in their history, culminating in a 5-0 victory over fellow minnows Shefford Town & Campton last weekend.

Their reward, a home tie with Chesterfield, second in the National League with average attendances of over 6,000 and FA Cup semi-finalists in 1996-97.

Who says the magic of the FA Cup only starts at round one?

And Nomads weren’t the only ones to

pick a dream tie in the live talkSPORT draw this week.

Beckenham Town, riding high in Isthmian League South East having won promotion from Combined Counties South last week, were rewarded for their 5-3 success over Binfield with a visit of Dagenham & Redbridge to their modest Eden Park Avenue ground.

What a scalp that could be?

Elsewhere, Coalville Town were handed a dream trip to Notts County’s famous Meadow Lane stadium, steeped in FA Cup history, Sevenoaks Town were given a short trip to National League South leaders and Kent rivals Ebbsfleet United and St Ives Town were pulled out a home tie against top-flight strugglers FC Halifax Town, no doubt dreaming of adding their names to the cup archives.

Underdogs Hanley Town, Stocksbridge Park Steels or Ashington and Clitheroe or Bury AFC - in their first FA Cup foray as a phoenix club - were also looking to continue the journey as this column went to press with Tuesday night replays – arguably the biggest games in their club’s history.

One tie which will stand out to the FA Cup purist, however, is Blyth Spartans’ visit of National League Wrexham.

You have to go back to 1977-78 to stumble across the history between these two sides and a fifth-round replay played at Newcastle United.

After a 1-1 draw in the initial tie at Wrexham, the replay was switched to a snowbound St James’s Park and was watched by an official attendance of 42,187 – easily the biggest crowd of the season there and one which wouldn’t be bettered for 22 years!

Wrexham won the replay 2-1 and went on to lose 3-2 to Arsenal in the quarterfinals that season.

These days, of course, the Dragons are owned by A-lister Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and have dreams of replicating such glory.

But in order for the Hollywood storyline to roll into action, they’re going to have to rewrite history and get past old foes Blyth first.

Lights, camera, action!

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RESULTS & FIXTURES

THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE

NATIONAL LEAGUE TABLE TEAM

P

HW HD HL AW AD AL

W D

L

F

A

GD PTS

1 Notts County 2 Wrexham 3 Chesterfield 4 Bromley 5 Solihull Moors 6 Woking 7 Boreham Wood 8 Wealdstone 9 York City 10 Dorking Wanderers 11 Barnet 12 Dagenham & Red 13 Southend United 14 Eastleigh 15 Maidenhead United 16 Oldham Athletic 17 Gateshead 18 Altrincham 19 Maidstone United 20 FC Halifax Town 21 Yeovil Town 22 Aldershot Town 23 Scunthorpe United 24 Torquay United

12 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 12

5 5 4 5 3 4 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 0

8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 2 2

1 2 2 3 2 4 2 3 4 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 5 5 6 7 4 8 6 7

28 31 24 19 27 20 15 13 16 23 22 22 11 13 12 13 15 14 15 8 11 14 16 9

11 10 16 12 15 11 10 11 11 26 25 28 10 14 15 21 19 23 26 19 14 19 23 22

17 21 8 7 12 9 5 2 5 -3 -3 -6 1 -1 -3 -8 -4 -9 -11 -11 -3 -5 -7 -13

1 0 0 1 4 0 2 3 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 3 1 1 2

0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 4 3 4

3 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 2

2 2 3 1 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 1 4 0 3 1

1 2 0 3 2 3 0 2 2 3 3 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 2 4 3 3

3 2 3 2 4 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 1 3 5 5 2 2 7 1 4 3

27 26 24 23 22 20 19 19 18 17 17 17 16 16 16 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 9

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GLS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 0

FAC APPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE V SOUTHEND UNITED

GLS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FAT APPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GLS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Dagenham & R.

v

Bromley

v

Altrincham

Eastleigh

v v

Maidenhead Utd

v

Scunthorpe

v

Woking

v

Maidstone Utd

Wealdstone

v

v

GLS DAGS APPS 0 111 0 18 0 0 0 238 0 81 0 87 0 5 5 88 5 36 1 5 1 77 0 41 0 63 0 215 0 66 0 45 0 6 0 0 0 6 3 73 0 89 1 45 0 10 0 4 0 1 0 1

GLS 38 0 0 0 0 5 0 41 19 1 4 1 3 19 2 4 0 0 0 8 5 16 0 0 0 0

Dorking

Gateshead FC

Chesterfield

Oldham

Halifax Town

Aldershot Town

Boreham Wood Notts County

v

Barnet

York City

v

Torquay Utd

Yeovil Town

v

Solihull Moors

TUESDAY 11TH OCTOBER

York City

Notts County

TOTAL APPS 0 9 0 12 7 9 5 12 10 5 9 5 6 12 11 0 1 0 6 10 12 10 2 4 1 1

Southend Utd

Wrexham

v

FRIDAY 21ST OCTOBER

DAGGERS ROLL CALL 2022/23 LGE APPS Angelo Balanta 0 Joshua Hare 9 Ansu Janneh 0 Elliot Justham 12 Elliott Johnson 7 Sam Ling 9 David Longe-King 5 Paul McCallum 12 Junior Morias 10 Omar Mussa 5 Manny Onariase 9 Harry Phipps 5 Dean Rance 6 Matt Robinson 12 Mohammed Sagaf 11 George Saunders 0 Ryley Scott 1 Josh Strizovic 0 Nikola Tavares 6 Mauro Vilhete 10 Myles Weston 12 Josh Walker 10 Yoan Zouma 2 Kamarl Grant 4 Besart Topalloj 1 Aaron Blair 1

SATURDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2022

v

Dagenham & R.

Maidstone Utd

SATURDAY 22ND OCTOBER Aldershot Town

v

York City

Boreham Wood

v

Wrexham

Barnet

Chesterfield Dorking

v v v

Maidenhead Utd Bromley

Wealdstone

Gateshead FC

v

Woking

Oldham

v

Yeovil Town

Southend Utd

v

Scunthorpe

Halifax Town

Solihull Moors Torquay Utd

v

v v

Dagenham & R.

Eastleigh

Altrincham

TUESDAY 25TH OCTOBER Altrincham

v

Oldham

Dagenham & R.

v

Boreham Wood

Bromley

Eastleigh

v

v

Barnet

Torquay Utd

Maidenhead Utd

v

Solihull Moors

Scunthorpe

v

Gateshead FC

Woking

v

Maidstone Utd Wealdstone

v

v

Southend Utd

Notts County Dorking

Wrexham

v

Halifax Town

York City

v

Chesterfield

Yeovil Town

v

Aldershot Town

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THE OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME OF DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE

ONTHEROAD FC HALIFAX TOWN SATURDAY 22ND 2022. VANARAMA NATIONAL LEAGUE. 3.00PM

APCOA Connect users can pay by calling 0189-526-2122 , SMS 078-6000-6000 (Location ID 2475)

Before the match: Halifax have a couple of pubs that you can visit before the match. These include:

The Three Pigeons pub ( 1 Sun Fold, Halifax HX1 2LX), which is around a five minute walk from the stadium is . Owned by the Ossett Brewery it is listed in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide and normally on matchdays, has a good mix of home and away supporters.

Also quite close to the ground, albeit a little tricky to find down some back streets is the Shears Inn (Halifax HX3 9EZ). This old pub is located on Paris Gates at the bottom of Boys Lane. It has six real ales on tap and offers food too.

Matchday-what they offer Name: MBi Shay Stadium

Capacity: 10,401

Address: FC Halifax Town, The Shay Stadium, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 2YT

Seating and segregation: Away fans are normally housed in the Skircoat Stand on one side of the pitch. Although covered it does have a number of supporting pillars running along the front of it that may hinder your view. Around 1,450 away supporters can be accommodated in this area. Although the facilities in this old stand are basic, the acoustics inside the stand are good, meaning that away fans can really generate some noise from this area.

Travel: Train

Halifax Railway Station is only a fiveminute walk away from the Shay Stadium.

On exiting the station approach turn left onto Church Street. Keep straight on this road, passing the Three Pigeons pubs and you will reach the stadium entrance on your right.

Parking

Parking at the stadium is limited (£5), however, there is some street parking to be had, but only if you arrive early.

Otherwise, there are 3 parking areas within 10 minutes of the ground, these include: 38 DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE V SOUTHEND UNITED

1. SIP Car Parks Limited, South Parade, Calderdale, HX1 2LX

Prices: Mon-Sun - All day: 1 Hour £0.50, 2 Hours £1.00, 3 Hours £1.50, 12 Hours £2.00 Payment options: Pay and display- cash or phone.

PayByPhone users can pay by calling 03304007275 , SMS 65565 (Location ID 59297) 2. Calderdale Council, Union Street, Calderdale, HX1 2LF

Prices: Mon-Sat 08:00 - 18:00: 1 Hour £0.50, 2 Hours £1.00, 3 Hours £1.50, 4 Hours £2.00 5 Hours £2.50, 6 Hours £3.00

Payment options: Pay and display- cash or phone.

APCOA Connect users can pay by calling 0189-526-2122 , SMS 078-6000-6000 (Location ID 2475)

3. Calderdale Council, Prescott Street, 11 Clare St, Calderdale, HX1 2LF Prices: Mon-Sat 08:00 - 18:00: 1 Hour £0.50, 2 Hours £1.00, 3 Hours £1.50, 4 Hours £2.00 5 Hours £2.50, 6 Hours £3.00

Payment options: Pay and display- cash or phone.

Official Programme: £3

Drinks: There is a supporters club at the ground, called the South Stand Bar which admits away fans. However, it is rather on the small side, having a capacity of 200 and fills up quickly. If away fans are housed in the Main Stand then alcohol is available albeit in the form of bottles and cans of Carlsberg.

Food available inside normally includes: 1/2lb Cheeseburgers (£5), 1/2lb Burgers (£4.50), 1/4lb Cheeseburgers (£3.50), 1/4lb Burgers (£3), Chicken burger (£3), Large Hot Dogs (£2.70), Small Hot Dogs (£1.70), a range of Pies (Meat & Potato, Steak & Kidney, Cheese & Onion, all £3.50, served with peas), Pork Pies (£3.50), Cornish Pasties (£3.50), Sausage Rolls (£2.50), Chips and Curry Sauce (£2.50), Chips (£2).

Ticket prices: All Areas Of The Ground (including the away section): Adults £20

Concessions £17* Under 18's £9 Under 12's £5 Under 7's £3

* Concessions apply to Over 65's and Students with current ID

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the teams Manager: Daryl McMahon Colours: Red & Blue

Manager: Kevin Maher Colours: Navy

Pld Sub

Pld Sub

1. ELLIOT JUSTHAM 2. JOSH HARE

3. ELLIOT JOHNSON 4. DEAN RANCE

5. EMMANUEL ONARIASE

6. OMAR MUSSA

7. JOSH WALKER 8. MO SAGAF

9. PAUL MCALLUM

10. ANGELO BALANTA

11. MYLES WESTON

12. MATT ROBINSON 13. JOSH STRIZOVIC

14. GEORGE SAUNDERS 15. NIK TAVARES

16. HARRY PHIPPS 17. YOAN ZOUMA 18. RYLEY SCOTT 19. SAM LING

20. MAURO VILHETE

21. DAVID LONGE-KING 22. KAMARL GRANT 23. ANSU JANNEH

24. JUNIOR MORIAS

MATCH OFFICIALS

1 STEVE ARNOLD (GK)

Referee Matthew Russell

3 NATHAN RALPH

Assistant Jonathon Block

5 SHAUN HOBSON

Assistant Conall Bartlett

2 GUS SCOTT-MORRISS 4 LOUIS LOMAS

6 OLLIE KENSDALE

7 JACK BRIDGE

FOURTH OFFICIAL Stephen Parkinson

8 NOOR HUSIN

9 RHYS MURPHY

10 DAN MOONEY

NEXT UP AT HOME

11 CALLUM POWELL

TUESDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2022 NATIONAL LEAGUE 7.45PM

14 JACK WOOD

BOREHAM WOOD

12 TOM CLIFFORD

15 MARCUS DACKERS 16 HARRY TAYLOR

17 CAVAGHN MILEY

18 WESLEY FONGUCK 19 CHRIS WREH

20 AARON COSGRAVE 21 JON BENTON

22 KACPER ŁOPATA

23 HARRY CARDWELL

24 JASON DEMETRIOU

25 LOUIE ARROWSMITH 26 TOMMY DAVIS

27 JADEN CROWHURST 28 OLI COKER

29 LUKE REEVE

30 COLLIN ANDENG NDI (GK)

39 JAKE HYDE

40 BLONDY NNA NOUKEU (GK)

NEXT UP AWAY

TUESDAY 11TH OCTOBER 2022 NATIONAL LEAGUE 7.45PM

YORK CITY