Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
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| Full name | Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Daggers |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Ground | Victoria Road |
| Capacity | 6,078 |
| Manager | John Still |
| League | National League |
| 2015–16 | League Two, 23rd (relegated) |
| Website | Club home page |
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club /ˈdæɡənəm ən ˈrɛdbrɪdʒ/, known as the Daggers or Dag & Red, is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, London, England, formed in 1992 through a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham. The team play in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system.
The club's traditional colours are red and blue, to represent the merged teams.
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. was formed in 1992 following a merger between two clubs – Dagenham and Redbridge Forest. Both clubs had fallen on hard times due to dwindling attendances. The club can trace back its ancestry to 1881 as Redbridge Forest was an amalgamation of three of the amateur game's most famous clubs, Ilford, Leytonstone and Walthamstow Avenue. Between the clubs they won the FA Trophy once, FA Amateur Cup seven times, Isthmian League 20 times, Athenian League six times, Essex Senior Cup 26 times and London Senior Cup 23 times.
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