Tilbury 0, Dagenham & Redbridge 2

IN front of a crowd of 336 at the EMR Stadium on Tuesday evening (10 November) Dockers bowed out of the BBC Essex Senior Cup at the hands of National League South Dagenham & Redbridge, who were visiting Chadfields for the first time since 2004.

With multiple cup-tied players and absences, Tilbury's lineup saw numerous changes. Five U18 EJA players featured in the squad, with Seni Oluwa starting. One regular who made the starting line-up was Jake Brocklebank, who was making his 50th appearance for Dockers.

Daggers took the lead in the seventh minute after a mistake at the back was quickly capitalised on. The ball was set back to Freddie Ingram just inside Tilbury's penalty area for the forward to show some trickery before drilling the ball into the bottom right-hand corner.

Soon after Tilbury crafted a chance of their own after Rasheed Salau won the ball high in Dagenham territory. Salau cut play back to Seni Oluwa on the edge of the area, who set the ball across for the late-arriving Bobby Rea to line up a first-time strike. However, his effort soared just wide of the target.

On the half-hour mark Dagenham & Redbridge were reduced to 10 men, as Jack Bateson was shown a straight red card for a last-man foul on Rasheed Salau.

However, Dagenham & Redbridge's quality would still prevail, as they were awarded a penalty in the 75th minute. The responsibility fell to Wiktor Makowski, who made no mistake, firing the ball into the top corner to double the visitors' advantage.

Dockers are back in action on Saturday 14 November, when they travel to face Felixstowe & Walton in the Isthmian North.

SQUAD: Lawlor, Toussaint, Taylor, Reeve ©, Elliott, Winn (Dolby), Brocklebank, Nandi (Davenport), Oluwa, Rea (Hegarty), Salau. SUBS UNUSED: Hussain, Wheatley.