2008–09 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was the 2nd season in the Football League played by Dagenham & Redbridge F.C., an English football club based in Dagenham, Greater London. It was their second consecutive season in Football League Two after promotion from the Football Conference in 2007. The season covers the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

Dagenham & Redbridge

2008–09 season
Chairman	David Andrews
Manager	John Still
Stadium	Victoria Road
Football League Two	8th
FA Cup	Second round
Football League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Southern quarter final
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Benson (18) All: Paul Benson (21)
Highest home attendance	4,791 (v Shrewsbury Town, League Two, 2 May 2009)
Lowest home attendance	1,302 (v Lincoln City, League Two, 3 March 2009)
Average home league attendance	2,047[1]
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Match results

League positions are sourced from Statto,^[2] while the remaining contents of each table are sourced from the references in the "Ref" column.

League Two

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Rochdale	46	19	13	14	70	59	+11	70	Qualification for League Two play-offs
7	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	18	11	61	44	+17	69
8	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	19	11	16	77	53	+24	68
9	Bradford City	46	18	13	15	66	55	+11	67
10	Chesterfield	46	16	15	15	62	57	+5	63

Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
9 August 2008	1st	Chester City	H	W	6–0	Green, Strevens (pen), Saunders (2), Benson, Nwokeji	1,434	[3]
16 August 2008	1st	Lincoln City	A	W	3–1	Strevens (2), Benson	3,581	[4]
23 August 2008	4th	Port Vale	H	D	1–1	Benson	1,843	[5]
30 August 2008	1st	Morecambe	A	W	2–1	Saunders, Taiwo	1,571	[6]
6 September 2008	4th	Brentford	A	L	1–2	Saunders	4,519	[7]
13 September 2008	5th	Chesterfield	H	W	3–0	Saunders, Nwokeji, Benson	1,682	[8]
20 September 2008	5th	Wycombe Wanderers	A	L	1–2	Strevens	4,132	[9]
27 September 2008	6th	Rotherham United	H	D	1–1	Benson	1,805	[10]
4 October 2008	5th	Rochdale	A	W	2–0	Benson, Ritchie	2,566	[11]
10 October 2008	2nd	Barnet	H	W	2–0	Ritchie, Strevens	2,629	[12]
18 October 2008	4th	Bury	H	L	1–3	Saunders	2,364	[13]
21 October 2008	6th	Bournemouth	A	L	1–2	Nurse	3,554	[14]
25 October 2008	9th	Darlington	A	L	0–3		3,070	[15]
28 October 2008	7th	Grimsby Town	H	W	4–0	Arber, Strevens (2), Benson	1,622	[16]
1 November 2008	8th	Accrington Stanley	H	D	0–0		1,433	[17]
15 November 2008	10th	Luton Town	A	L	1–2	Okuonghae	5,402	[18]
22 November 2008	9th	Notts County	H	W	6–1	Ritchie, Strevens, Benson (3), Okuonghae	1,743	[19]
25 November 2008	10th	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	1–2	Saunders	4,590	[20]
6 December 2008	11th	Bradford City	A	D	1–1	Ritchie	12,145	[21]
20 December 2008	10th	Macclesfield Town	A	W	4–0	Benson (2), Taiwo, Saunders	1,909	[22]
26 December 2008	7th	Gillingham	H	W	2–0	Strevens, Benson	2,844	[23]
28 December 2008	4th	Aldershot Town	A	W	2–1	Taiwo, Nurse	3,697	[24]
3 January 2009	4th	Rotherham United	A	D	1–1	Ritchie	3,307	[25]
17 January 2009	6th	Barnet	A	D	1–1	Nwokeji	2,366	[26]
20 January 2009	8th	Exeter City	H	L	1–2	Strevens	2,053	[27]
24 January 2009	5th	Rochdale	H	W	3–2	Arber, Ritchie, Southam	1,808	[28]
27 January 2009	5th	Grimsby Town	A	D	1–1	Nurse	3,431	[29]
31 January 2009	8th	Darlington	H	L	0–1		1,832	[30]
7 February 2009	9th	Bury	A	D	2–2	Nurse, Benson	2,530	[31]
14 February 2009	8th	Luton Town	H	W	2–1	Foster (2)	2,310	[32]
17 February 2009	9th	Wycombe Wanderers	H	L	0–1		2,242	[33]
21 February 2009	10th	Accrington Stanley	A	D	0–0		1,123	[34]
24 February 2009	10th	Bournemouth	H	L	0–1		1,602	[35]
28 February 2009	9th	Chester City	A	D	2–2	Strevens, Ritchie	1,416	[36]
3 March 2009	9th	Lincoln City	H	L	0–3		1,302	[37]
7 March 2009	9th	Morecambe	H	L	0–2		1,403	[38]
10 March 2009	9th	Port Vale	A	W	1–0	Guy	4,090	[39]
14 March 2009	9th	Chesterfield	A	D	1–1	Saunders	3,007	[40]
28 March 2009	10th	Macclesfield Town	H	W	2–1	Benson, Ritchie	1,347	[41]
4 April 2009	10th	Exeter City	A	L	1–2	Strevens	5,123	[42]
11 April 2009	10th	Aldershot Town	H	W	3–1	Benson, Saunders (pen), Ritchie	1,586	[43]
13 April 2009	10th	Gillingham	A	L	1–2	Saunders	6,945	[44]
18 April 2009	9th	Bradford City	H	W	3–0	Saunders, Benson, Strevens	1,883	[45]
21 April 2009	7th	Brentford	H	W	3–1	Saunders, Taiwo, Arber	3,537	[46]
25 April 2009	7th	Notts County	A	W	3–0	Saunders, Ritchie (2)	4,419	[47]
2 May 2009	8th	Shrewsbury Town	H	L	1–2	Benson	4,791	[48]

FA Cup

Main article: 2008–09 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	8 November 2008	Hereford United	A	D	0–0		1,825	[49]
First round replay	18 November 2008	Hereford United	H	W	2–1	Benson, Taiwo	1,409	[50]
Second round	29 November 2008	Leicester City	A	L	2–3	Ritchie, Strevens	7,791	[51]

League Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	12 August 2008	Reading	H	L	1–2	Taiwo	2,360	[52]

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2008–09 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Ref
First round	2 September 2008	Barnet	H	W	4–2	Benson (2), Nwokeji, Southam (pen)	1,412	[53]
Second round	7 October 2008	Peterborough United	A	W	1–0	Nwokeji	2,644	[54]
Southern quarter final	4 November 2008	Shrewsbury Town	A	L	0–5		2,747	[55]

Player details

As of 15 February 2013.^[56][57]

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Dagenham & Redbridge.

Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		FL Trophy		Total		Discipline
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	WAL	Tony Roberts	43	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	49	0	0	0
2	DF	NGA	Magnus Okuonghae	45	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	52	2	6	0
3	MF	SCO	Matt Ritchie *	36 (1)	11	3	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	39 (2)	12	2	0
4	DF	ENG	Aiden Palmer * †	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Scott Doe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Jon Boardman	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF	AUS	Shane Huke †	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
6	MF	ENG	Doug Loft * †	10 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10 (1)	0	1	0
6	GK	ENG	David Button *	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Sam Saunders	40	14	3	0	1	0	1	0	45	14	5	1
8	MF	ENG	Glen Southam	17 (13)	1	0 (2)	0	0	0	3	1	20 (15)	2	4	0
9	FW	BRB	Jon Nurse	16 (18)	4	0 (2)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	18 (21)	4	3	0
10	MF	NIR	Richard Graham	3 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6 (2)	0	1	0
11	FW	ENG	Mark Nwokeji	3 (13)	3	0 (1)	0	0	0	2 (1)	2	5 (15)	5	1	0
12	DF	ENG	Scott Griffiths	43 (1)	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	50 (1)	0	1	0
14	FW	ENG	Paul Benson	31 (2)	18	3	1	1	0	3	2	38 (2)	21	2	0
15	DF	ENG	Anwar Uddin	10 (7)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	13 (7)	0	2	0
16	FW	ENG	Wes Thomas	1 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (4)	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Bai Mass Lette Jallow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ENG	Ben Strevens	46	13	3	1	1	0	0 (2)	0	50 (2)	14	5	0
19	DF	ENG	Danny Foster	38	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	42	2	3	0
20	FW	ENG	Daniel Charge	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
21	MF	ENG	Dominic Green †	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0
21	MF	COD	Peggy Lokando * †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Arron Fray †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ENG	Richard Priest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Marlon Patterson †	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Graeme Montgomery	0 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (5)	0	0	0
23	FW	ENG	Kayan Kalipha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Anthony Cook †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Billy Bingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	NGA	Solomon Taiwo	39 (1)	4	3	1	1	1	2	0	45 (1)	6	6	0
26	MF	ENG	Tommy Tejan-Sie	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
27	GK	ENG	Dave Hogan	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
28	FW	ENG	Jacob Erskine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	ENG	Kraig Rochester	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Ed Thompson †	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Jamie Guy *	5 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (4)	1	0	0
31	DF	ENG	Michael Alaile	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Hakeem Araba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	IRL	Peter Gain	30 (1)	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	35 (1)	0	5	0
34	DF	ENG	Mark Arber	42	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	46	3	3	0
35	DF	ENG	Harlee Dean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0