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  • Date: 2008-08-16
  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Attendance: 3581
  • Referee: Gibbs, P

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

Dagenham are replacing Dominic Green with Jon Nurse.

90mins

Goal!! Dagenham have scored with Paul Benson putting it in the back of the net.

84mins

Lincoln are replacing Ben Wright with David Graham.

84mins

Lenell John-Lewis is replaced by Gary King.

83mins

Sam Saunders is booked for unsporting behaviour.

79mins

Goal!! Ben Strevens scores for Dagenham.

67mins

Goal!! Dagenham have scored with Ben Strevens putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by P Gibbs

25mins

Lincoln are replacing Frank Sinclair with Lee Beevers.

18mins

Goal!! Lincoln have scored with Lenell John-Lewis putting it in the back of the net.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Dagenham striker Ben Strevens produced a devastating second-half performance to destroy Lincoln.

Strevens scored two goals and set up a third to leave the Daggers sitting on top of League Two having netted nine goals in winning their opening two fixtures.

Lincoln were disrupted when midfield playmaker Stefan Oakes had to pull out ten minutes before kick-off after suffering a leg injury in the warm-up.

But they started well and went in front only to fall away badly in the second half.

Lincoln took the lead in the 18th minute with their first real attack of the game.

Skipper Scott Kerr chipped the ball into the box for Lenell John-Lewis to rifle home a first-time shot.

City kept up the pressure and a long ball over the top released Kevin Gall.

The striker forced his way past Dagenham keeper Tony Roberts but went too wide and failed to find the net with his shot.

Then Dany N'Guessan was narrowly wide with a left-foot shot in the 38th minute.

The second half was a different story with Dagenham taking control.

Lincoln's game became riddled with errors and it was no surprise when Dagenham levelled things up in the 66th minute.

Sam Saunders fired in a cross from the right which Lincoln keeper Rob Burch could only push out.

The ball fell to Strevens who had plenty of time to place his shot into the empty net.

Another defensive mistake by Lincoln let in Solomon Taiwo, whose shot from 25 yards was narrowly over the top.

Lincoln's defensive performance disintegrated into a shambles in the 76th minute when a mistake by Janos Kovacs put Burch in trouble.

The keeper blasted his clearance against Paul Benson. The striker was first to react to the loose ball but from a narrow angle fired his shot against the post and watched helplessly as the ball rolled across the face of the goal to safety.

Dagenham went in front in the 79th minute when Saunders put the ball into the box and Strevens got in front of Burch to head home.

Lincoln's misery was completed in the last minute when Burch was left stranded outside his area and Strevens ran on to set up Paul Benson for a tap-in goal.

Lincoln City

Dagenham Redbridge

Corners

65

Fouls

1714

Goal attempts

69

Shots off target

23

Offsides

75

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