# 2007–08 Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was the 1st season in the Football League played by Dagenham & Redbridge F.C., an English football club based in Dagenham, Greater London. It was their first consecutive season in Football League Two after promotion from Football Conference in 2007. The season covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.

## Match results

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

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 50 |
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 50 |
| 20 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 49 | 70 | −21 | 49 |
| 21 | Notts County | 46 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 48 |
| 22 | Chester City | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 47 |

#### Matches

| Date | League position | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 11 August 2007 | 20th | Stockport County | A | L | 0–1 | | 5,577 |
| 18 August 2007 | 18th | Wycombe Wanderers | H | D | 2–2 | Sloma, Moore | 2,280 |
| 25 August 2007 | 24th | Chester City | A | L | 0–4 | | 2,098 |
| 1 September 2007 | 21st | Lincoln City | H | W | 1–0 | Benson | 2,060 |
| 8 September 2007 | 17th | Barnet | H | D | 1–1 | Thomas | 2,192 |
| 15 September 2007 | 20th | Notts County | A | L | 0–1 | | 3,926 |
| 22 September 2007 | 21st | Bury | H | D | 1–1 | Rainford | 1,597 |
| 29 September 2007 | 18th | Mansfield Town | A | W | 1–0 | Huke | 2,048 |
| 2 October 2007 | 13th | Brentford | A | W | 3–2 | Strevens, Rainford (pen), Moore | 3,662 |
| 6 October 2007 | 15th | Darlington | H | L | 0–3 | | 1,888 |
| 14 October 2007 | 18th | Accrington Stanley | H | L | 1–3 | Cavanagh (og) | 1,596 |
| 20 October 2007 | 18th | Chesterfield | A | D | 1–1 | Benson | 4,101 |
| 27 October 2007 | 19th | Rotherham United | H | L | 0–2 | | 2,091 |
| 3 November 2007 | 19th | Rochdale | A | L | 0–1 | | 2,278 |
| 6 November 2007 | 20th | Peterborough United | A | L | 1–3 | | 4,200 |
| 17 November 2007 | 20th | Bradford City | H | L | 1–4 | Moore | 2,247 |
| 24 November 2007 | 21st | Macclesfield Town | A | D | 1–1 | Southam (pen) | 1,781 |
| 4 December 2007 | 23rd | Milton Keynes Dons | A | L | 0–1 | | 1,880 |
| 8 December 2007 | 21st | Wrexham | H | W | 3–0 | Evans (og), Strevens, Taylor | 1,520 |
| 15 December 2007 | 22nd | Shrewsbury Town | A | L | 0–4 | | 4,597 |
| 22 December 2007 | 22nd | Notts County | H | D | 1–1 | Southam (pen) | 1,649 |
| 26 December 2007 | 22nd | Barnet | A | L | 1–3 | Huke | 2,513 |
| 29 December 2007 | 21st | Bury | A | W | 2–0 | Strevens (2) | 1,887 |
| 1 January 2008 | 21st | Brentford | H | L | 1–2 | Strevens | 2,353 |
| 12 January 2009 | 22nd | Morecambe | A | L | 1–2 | Strevens | 2,754 |
| 19 January 2008 | 22nd | Grimsby Town | H | D | 0–0 | | 2,216 |
| 26 January 2008 | 22nd | Lincoln City | A | L | 0–2 | | 3,779 |
| 29 January 2008 | 22nd | Wycombe Wanderers | A | W | 1–0 | Rainford (pen) | 3,974 |
| 2 February 2008 | 22nd | Stockport County | H | L | 0–1 | | 1,834 |
| 9 February 2008 | 23rd | Hereford United | A | L | 1–4 | Strevens | 2,594 |
| 12 February 2008 | 22nd | Chester City | H | W | 6–2 | Strevens (2), Uddin, Rainford, Nurse, Hall | 2,242 |
| 16 February 2008 | 22nd | Grimsby Town | A | W | 4–1 | Smith, Rainford (2, 1 pen), Strevens | 4,060 |
| 23 February 2008 | 19th | Morecambe | H | W | 2–0 | Gain, Strevens | 1,809 |
| 26 February 2008 | 18th | Hereford United | H | W | 1–0 | Foster | 1,929 |
| 1 March 2008 | 18th | Bradford City | A | W | 2–0 | Arber, Strevens | 13,537 |
| 8 March 2008 | 18th | Peterborough United | H | L | 2–3 | Rainford (pen), Hall | 3,130 |
| 11 March 2008 | 19th | Macclesfield Town | H | L | 0–1 | | 1,350 |
| 15 March 2008 | 20th | Milton Keynes Dons | A | L | 0–4 | | 9,417 |
| 22 March 2008 | 20th | Shrewsbury Town | H | D | 1–1 | Benson | 1,686 |
| 24 March 2008 | 20th | Wrexham | A | D | 0–0 | | 4,692 |
| 29 March 2008 | 21st | Chesterfield | H | L | 0–3 | | 2,054 |
| 4 April 2008 | 21st | Accrington Stanley | A | L | 0–1 | | 1,262 |
| 12 April 2008 | 22nd | Rochdale | H | D | 1–1 | Strevens | 2,032 |
| 19 April 2008 | 22nd | Rotherham United | A | L | 1–2 | Strevens | 3,203 |
| 26 April 2008 | 21st | Darlington | A | W | 3–2 | Sloma, Rainford (pen), Keltie (og) | 3,709 |
| 3 May 2008 | 20th | Mansfield Town | H | W | 2–0 | Strevens, Benson (pen) | 3,451 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 10 November 2007 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | A | W | 3–0 | Benson, Huke, Strevens | 2,252 |
| Second round | 1 December 2007 | Kidderminster Harriers | H | W | 3–1 | Benson (2), Strevens | 1,493 |
| Third round | 5 January 2008 | Southend United | A | L | 2–5 | Nurse, Strevens | 6,393 |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Ref |
| First round | 14 August 2007 | Luton Town | H | L | 1–2 | Strevens | 1,754 | |

### Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Score F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| First round | 4 September 2007 | Southend United | A | D | 2–2 | Saunders, Moore | 5,215 |
| Second round | 9 October 2007 | Leyton Orient | A | W | 1–0 | Strevens | 2,397 |
| Southern quarter final | 13 November 2007 | Gillingham | A | L | 0–4 | | 2,904 |

## Player details

    As of 15 February 2013.
    Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
| No. | Position | Nationality | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| No. | Position | Nationality | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Wales | Tony Roberts | 43 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Defender | Nigeria | Magnus Okuonghae | 9 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Defender | England | Sam Sloma | 22 (7) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 28 (8) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Defender | England | Lee Goodwin | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Defender | England | Jon Boardman | 22 (5) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 (5) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Defender | Australia | Shane Huke | 31 (5) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 (6) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | Midfielder | England | Sam Saunders | 21 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Midfielder | England | Glen Southam | 44 (1) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 51 (1) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Forward | Barbados | Jon Nurse | 23 (7) | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 25 (10) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Midfielder | Northern Ireland | Richard Graham | 4 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Midfielder | England | Dave Rainford | 28 (1) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 (1) | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Defender | England | Scott Griffiths | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Forward | England | Paul Benson | 19 (3) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 (3) | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Defender | England | Anwar Uddin | 40 (1) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Forward | England | Jamie Taylor | 2 (10) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 4 (12) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Midfielder | England | Bai Mass Lette Jallow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Forward | England | Ben Strevens | 39 (7) | 15 | 2 (1) | 3 | 0 (1) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 (9) | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Defender | England | Danny Foster | 31 (1) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Defender | Canada | Ross Smith | 23 | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 25 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Midfielder | England | Dominic Green | 2 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (10) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Midfielder | England | Marlon Patterson | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Forward | Wales | Chris Moore | 13 (13) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | 1 | 17 (15) | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | Defender | England | Anthony Cook | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Midfielder | Nigeria | Solomon Taiwo | 4 (6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (6) | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Midfielder | England | Tommy Tejan-Sie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Goalkeeper | England | Dave Hogan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Forward | England | Jacob Erskine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Forward | England | Kraig Rochester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Goalkeeper | England | Ed Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Midfielder | England | Ryan Hall | 2 (6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (6) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Forward | England | Shabazz Baidoo | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Midfielder | Ireland | Peter Gain | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | Defender | England | Mark Arber | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Forward | England | Kayan Kalipha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Footnotes

    A. ^ Dagenham & Redbridge won 7–6 on penalties following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes.