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| News - February 2002 |
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| Sponsorship Extension |
| 27/02/2002 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club are very pleased to announce agreement with their principal Club sponsor, Compass Plumbing and Heating Supplies, of an extension of the current sponsorship package to cover the 2002/03 season. The new deal also includes an option to extend the agreement further if required. The extension is worth in excess of £35,000 and brings the total of their sponsorship to over £150,000 over five seasons. Club Chairman, Mr. David Andrews, says, "the level of support that Compass Plumbing and Heating Supplies have given the Club over the past four seasons has been phenomenal and has been a major factor in our success over this period. We are very grateful that they have agreed to extend the sponsorship for a further season". Compass Plumbing and Heating Supplies are based on the Sterling Industrial Estate, just around the corner from the Victoria Road ground with branches in nearby Hornchurch and Ilford. They are suppliers of all plumbing, central heating and bathroom products to both trade and the general public. Proprietor, Mr. Dave Bennett, is proud of his company's involvement with Dagenham & Redbridge FC and hopes that the sponsorship, which began when the Daggers were in the Ryman League Premier Division, will see them sponsoring a Nationwide Football League Division Three Club |
| Danny Hill Extends |
| 25/02/2002 |
| The Daggers have tied Danny Hill to a contract until May 2003. The midfielder signed from Cardiff in the summer and had previously been on a monthly deal whereby his contract was renewed each month. |
| Fixture Changes |
| 25/02/2002 |
| The Morecambe away game has been re-arranged for Tuesday 26th March. It was called off after Morecambe drew in the FA Trophy and had a replay scheduled for the same date. The home game against Stalybridge has also been called off as Stalybridge are into the FA Trophy quarter-finals and will be playing in that competition on the date they were scheduled to pay the Daggers. It will now be played on Tuesday 9th April. The Stevenage away match has been re-arranged for Monday 11th March. The Morecambe home game on 1st April has also changed, the kick-off being moved from 3:00pm to 12:05pm for Sky coverage. The Doncaster home game has been moved from Saturday April 13th to Friday 12th for Sky coverage as well, 8:00pm kick-off. |
| West In, Lock Out |
| 09/02/2002 |
| The Daggers have signed Steve West from Woking for an undisclosed fee, whilst also letting Tony Lock join Grays permanently. Steve West is a 29 year old centre back who was originally a striker, joining Woking in Sept 1997 for £35,000 from Enfield. Steve has played for the England Semi-Professional team and has a good goalscoring record. Tony Lock departs after spending a three-month loan spell at Grays and making it permanent as soon as it ended, the Daggers terminating his contract and allowing him to leave on a free transfer. |
| Grays Friendly |
| 05/02/2002 |
| The Daggers tonight played a friendly at Grays after their game at Stevenage was called off on Monday. The Daggers lost 3-2 with McGavin and Stein scoring the Daggers goals after falling 2-0 and 3-1 behind. The Daggers line up was: Gothard, Goodwin, Smith, Cole, Broom, McGavin, Terry (Heffer), Brennan (Shipp), Jones (Janney), Stein, Charlery. The Stevenage game has a new provisional date of Monday 11th March. |
| New Loan Signing |
| 04/02/2002 |
| The Daggers have made another loan signing with a view to a permanent move. The man in question is Dean Hooper, a right back from Peterborough. He was signed by the Posh from Kingstonian in the summer of 1998 after spells at Stevenage, Swindon and Posh on loan. He was a regular in his debut season and last season, racking up over 100 games for the club. He joins the Daggers on an initial month-long deal, and the hard-tackling attacking full back should make his debut against Farnborough. |
| Fanzine |
| 01/02/2002 |
| The winter edition of the Daggers fanzine 'Just a small club from Essex' is now available. Still priced at £1.00, the 52 pages has all the usual features and will be on sale outside the ground from this Saturday and for home games in February. |