Dagenham Town Football Club was a

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club based in

Dagenham Dagenham () is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Forest ...

, England.

History

Dagenham Town were formed in 1929, after West Ham & District Thursday League club Lombardians were renamed at their 1929 AGM. Dagenham joined the London League, also entering the FA Cup for the first time in the 1929–30 season, taking Welsh club

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to a replay in the first round, losing 1–0 at West Ham United's Boleyn Ground. Dagenham Town would enter the FA Cup on two more occasions, in 1931 and 1939. Following the outbreak of World War II, Dagenham were playing in the South Essex Combination. The club never re-appeared following the war, with former directors of the club forming Dagenham British Legion in 1946.

Ground

The club initially played at the Leytonstone's High Road ground, before moving to Glebe Road in

Records

*Best FA Cup performance: First round, 1929–30

References

London League (football) Sport in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Dagenham 1929 establishments in England Association football clubs established in 1929 1940 disestablishments in England Association football clubs disestablished in 1940 Essex County League Defunct football clubs in London {{England-footyclub-defunct-stub