Dagenham Redbridge 2 - 0 Mansfield Town

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Saturday May 03 2008 03:00

Gutsy Dagenham celebrated avoiding the drop with a confident two goal win over relegated Mansfield at Victoria Road.

The visitors looked low on confidence and pressed the self destruct button at the start of the second half when they conceded two goals in two minutes, with skipper Jake Buxton being sent off for bringing down Daggers striker, Paul Benson, inside the box.

Daggers started brightly, with striker Ben Strevens firing in a bullet header which Mansfield keeper Jason White did well to palm onto the crossbar.

Strevens came close again in the 23rd minute, when he turned Mansfield skipper Jake Buxton on the edge of the box, before seeing his clever 20 yard lob drop inches over the Mansfield crossbar.

Dagenham skipper Jon Boardman should have given his side the lead in the 29th minute when he nodded inches over the bar from close range after latching onto a deep cross from Sam Saunders.

The Stags' best chance of the first half dropped to striker Nathan Arnold in the 31st minute, when he missed the target with a powerful volley after out-muscling Boardman inside the Daggers box.

The home side came flying out of the blocks in the second half, with Benson firing the ball off a post in the 47th minute after connecting with a clever Saunders cross.

The home side were rocking and Strevens finally gave Daggers a deserved lead when he arrowed a 49th minute header over White and into the net from a Saunders corner.

The Stags threw the game away a minute later, when Buxton was sent off for hauling down Benson inside the Mansfield box, with the Daggers striker stepping up to double his side's lead from the penalty spot.

Daggers should have gone three up in the 70th minute when Boardman rose highest to connect with another quality Saunders delivery, only for White to palm his powerful header to safety.

The home side piled on the pressure in search of a third goal, with Strevens seeing his thunderous 20-yard strike tipped over the bar by White in the 84th minute.

  • 90
    The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
  • 88
    Dagenham are replacing Sam Saunders with Lee Goodwin.
  • 66
    Rory Boulding is being taken off, Lewis Trimmer has come on in his place.
  • 57
    Dagenham are replacing Sam Sloma with Dominic Green.
  • 57
    Dagenham are replacing Shane Huke with David Rainford.
  • 57
    Nathan Arnold is replaced by Warren Burrell.
  • 53
    Paul Benson takes a penalty for Dagenham and scores!.
  • 52
    It's red. He's off. Jake Buxton has been sent off.
  • 51
    Mansfield are replacing Dan Martin with Ryan Goward.
  • 50
    Goal!! Dagenham have scored with Ben Strevens putting it in the back of the net.
  • 46
    The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.
  • 45
    The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
  • 32
    Lee Bell is booked for unsporting behaviour.
  • 0
    It's 3pm on Saturday, May 3rd, the match has kicked off.

Statistics

Dagenham Redbridge
Shots on target 7
Shots off target 10
Shots off bar/post 2
Fouls 10
Offsides 5
Corners 8

Mansfield Town
Shots on target 0
Shots off target 4
Shots off bar/post 0
Fouls 9
Offsides 5
Corners 1

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