Daggers cutting through Millers means longer trip for Shrimpers!

A cracking game means Southend will be taking the longer trip to Rotherham in League Two during the new 2010/11 season after they lost 3-2 to Dagenham and Redbridge in a cracking fourth tier play-off final at Wembley.

So congrats to manager John Still and to Blues supporting striker Paul Benson and all the team, even if the Shrimpers travelling budget has just increased!

Three times the London club took the lead and eventually they saw off their South Yorkshire rivals.

Only a minute after Paul Benson fine strike, Ryan Taylor equalised with a near-post header.

Danny Green restored the Daggers advantage with a low, hard shot just after half-time but Taylor, who had'nt scored all season, was left unmarked 14 yards out to make it 2-2.

On 69 minutes it was all set up for Barbados international Jon Nurse to put Dagenham & Redbridge into League One when his deflected strike found the back of the net.

Only 14 years Daggers were playing in the Isthiam League Premier, a fantastic journey through the fottball league pyramid.

Match highlights available here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_3/default.stm

For a full match report with match analysis, go here:
www.skysports.com/football/match_report/0,19764,11065_3280306,00.html

For the full Wikipedia history of Dagenham & Redbridge, go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagenham_%26_Redbridge_F.C.

Coca-Cola Football League Play-Offs (Lvl 4), Sunday, 30th May 2010 @ 15:00; Wembley
Benson 38 Green 56 Nurse 70   Taylor, R 39, 61
Starting Line-ups 1  Roberts 4  Doe 6  Arber 20  Vincelot 3  McCrory 7  Green 19  Ogogo 33  Gain 9  Nurse (Montgomery 72) 10  Scott (Walsh 83) 14  Benson  Substitutes 15  Uddin 17  Currie 22  Montgomery (Nurse 72) 24  Bingham 26  Tejan-Sie 30  Lewington 31  Walsh (Scott 83)	11 Goal Attempts 12 8 On Target 6 3 Off Target 6 0 Hit Woodwork 0 3 Offsides 3 7 Corners 5 15 Fouls 8	Starting Line-ups 1  Warrington 5  Sharps 6  Fenton 14  Lynch 19  Gunning 25  Mills (Marshall 77) 4  Harrison 10  Law 15  Ellison (Bell-Baggie 86) 20  Taylor, R 39  Le Fondre  Substitutes 3  Green 16  Warne 21  Marshall (Mills 77) 22  Broughton 23  Walker 27  Bell-Baggie (Ellison 86) 30  Annerson
	Referee J Linington, Isle of Wight Attendance 32054
	Dag. & Red. Cards Green 57 unsporting behaviour Vincelot 87 unsporting behaviour Rotherham U. Cards Sharps 33 unsporting behaviour Le Fondre 36 unsporting behaviour Taylor, R 62 unsporting behaviour