Dag & Red 1  Tony Roberts 3  Ashley Vickers 5  Mark Smith 6  Steve Heffer 7  Mark Janney 8  Paul Terry 9  Danny Shipp 13  Junior 15  Steve West 17  Lee Matthews 26  John McGrath Substitutes 10  Mark Stein 14  Danny Hill 18  Paul Gothard 20  Mark Rooney 24  Steve Potts

Goals Shipp   Junior   Stats 10 Goal Attempts 11 6 On Target 5 4 Off Target 5 0 Hit Woodwork 1 5 Corners 4 Cards Yellow Vickers Norris   Wotton Red None None

Plymouth Romain Larrieu  1 David Worrall  2 David Friio  4 Graham Coughlan  5 Mickey Evans  9 Ian Stonebridge  10 Steve Adams  12 Lee Hodges  14 Paul Wotton  15 Marino Keith  19 David Norris  26 Substitutes Martin Phillips  11 Hasney Aljofree  18 Jason Bent  20 Blair Sturrock  21 Luke McCormick  23

It was the same Daggers team as faced Plymouth in the original fixture at Home Park, but Plymouth felt the need to make changes. Aljofree was sacrificed with Bent and also Phillips, as Marino Keith, Lee Hodges and David Friio took their places. One of those, Keith, was to have a memorable evening for all the wrong reasons.

As expected, the game started with both teams fighting to gain the upper hand, with lots of hurried play and closing down which meant the game didn't start to flow immediately. The first chances, albeit half-chances, fell to Junior. Larrieu slipped as he tried to position himself whilst Junior tried to beat the defender, and when he did find a shot, a defender was there to block it from the unguarded net. Junior then hit a left foot volley high and wide from a tight angle. At the other end, Plymouth's best early chance was a shot on the turn from inside the box, straight at Roberts.

Friio then had a volley that was also stright at volley, having to snatch at it in the crowded box. However, the closest anybody came was Vickers' effort. A corner was swung in and Vickers managed to divert it goalwards, only for the man on the line to make a spectacular dive to save the ball with his arm, pushing it onto the underside of the bar. However, nothing was given, but this didn't matter a minute later as Shipp opened the scoring. West bundled through and the ball came to Shipp. He came inside onto his left and curled it off the thigh of a defender, into the corner of the net past Larrieu's right hand.

This cued another interesting celebration where everybody sat down and Shipp gave them all a clip round the ear, believed to be a reference to Garry Hill's actions towards a certain misbehaving player. This followed Steve West and his metal detector after Terry's goal at Home Park.

Keith tried to hit back, shooting one over the bar which he couldn't quite reach as he stretched out his right leg. However, he had a superb chance when a defensive mistake gave him the ball, unmarked, on the edge of the box with only Roberts left to beat. He took it first time and skewed it horribly wide. He also had a deft turn from which he fired against the foot of the post.

Janney also had a great chance when a slick break saw him get the ball 20 yards out, and his attempted chip landed in Larrieu's grateful arms. McGrath also tried a cheeky 40 yard volley that sailed wide, although had it been a few yards right, it would have at least tested Larrieu.

The second half started with Keith shooting at the bottom corner which Roberts saved fairly comfortably from a difficult angle. However, Plymouth did not get any more change out of the Daggers defence as they bombarded aerially, the superb Matthews, Vickers, Smith and Heffer snuffing all threats out, as they had done for the most part in the first half.

This gave Daggers chances on the break as Matthews came striding out of defence with the ball and set the play in the home side's favour on several occasions. From one break, Junior passed Larrieu who had come way out of his goal for some reason, and his cross was unfortunately only met with a header behind from a defender. Junior also outstripped the defence before being blocked by last man Coughlan, and then again was through and flagged offside to the disapproval of home fans in the Sieve.

Plymouth were restricted to long efforts as they got increasingly frustrated with the stout defence facing them, one from Wotton going wide. Then the goal that sealed it came with only five minutes left. Matthews came out with the ball and gave it wide to Shipp who flattened the defender with a shoulder charge as they both closed in on the ball. He gave it to Janney who nutmegged one and skipped inside another and gave it back to Shipp. Heffer and Terry combined to then give Janney a good pass into his path. His curling cross to the back post easily beat the stranded keeper, and in typical FA Cup fashion, Junior was in at the back post with the diving header and the second goal into the bottom corner, Robbo at the other end celebrating with the fans as he gave out high-fives.

The crowd were now in ferocious voice and it continued at Junior again got a chance, firing wide with only Larrieu left on the turn. However, there were no chances left for Plymouth, as the final whistle went and the players and supporters celebrated in the ground for ages after the game had finished. Next in Round 4, Carrow Road and Norwich City.