Ramblings

Derby day delight

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Tonight’s win over Barnet at Victoria Road was the Daggers’ 9th against a fellow Greater London side since being promoted to the Football League. Despite the Bees being the only local rivals this season, over previous years we have had Luton, Wycombe and Brentford to contend with in league matches, as well as several cup ties. Here’s a look at some of the more memorable derby matches in recent years.

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The final reckoning

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

With only eight games remaining this season for most sides, we’ve used the excellent BBC Predictor to come up with how we think the table will look at 5pm on May 8th. Can the fixtures produce a twist in the tail at both ends of the division, or has the promotion and relegation picture been decided already?

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Shit lookalikes: Scott Doe

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Whilst browsing throught some rubbish rag that had been left on the train last week, a photo of a young actor caught the eye. No, not in that way. The reason being that he bore an almost passing resemblance to our naff right-back turned super centre-back, Scott Doe.

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The comeback kids

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Last Tuesday night the Daggers came back to defeat Aldershot Town at The Rec in quite extraordinary circumstances. With only four goals in the last seven away league matches, three goals in the final 25 minutes to overturn a two-goal deficit was nothing short of miraculous. It’s not the first time the Daggers have been involved in an epic comeback over the years though.

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A left field selection

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

When Graeme Montgomery took to the field on Saturday against Bournemouth, it marked a first league start for the 21-year-old left winger signed from Wealdstone 13 months ago. His fledgling partnership on the left side of the team with new-boy Damien McCrory showed plenty of promise, and hopefully was a sign of big things to come from the pair.

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Shit lookalikes: Mark Arber

Monday, January 18th, 2010

We couldn’t let Mark Arber’s man of the match performance at the weekend go without mention, and what better way to honour him than to come up with a dodgy lookalike?

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Feeling the cold

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Victoria Road under snowThe deep freeze which has engulfed the UK over the course of the last week or so has wreaked havoc on the sporting calendar. While our English Lions were battling away to save the Third Test in sweltering Cape Town this week, the scene at home couldn’t have been more different with a raft of postponements leading to an imminent fixture pile-up across the Football League. With only eight of the weekend’s games from England’s top four divisions surviving the cold snap, Jeff and the boys on Soccer Saturday will certainly be earning their corn!

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