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DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE - Saturday 25th January 2025 - 3.00pm kick-off
Chigwell Construction StadiumCapacity: 6,078 (2,200 Seats)
Address: Dagenham, Essex RM10 7XL
Pitch Size: 110 x 70 yards
Pitch Type: Grass
Club Nickname: Daggers
Year Ground Opened: 1917
Undersoil Heating: No
Home Kit: Red and Blue
Record Attendance
5,949 v Ipswich FAC 2002
Average Attendance
2024-2025 1,506 so far (National League)
2023-2024 1,640 (National League)
2022-2023 1,752 (National League)
2021-2022 1,774 (National League)
Details shown are from the Footballgroundguide site
WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR VISITING SUPPORTERS?Away fans are housed in the modern West Stand at one end of the stadium. Up to 1,200 fans can be accommodated in this area. As you would expect from a new stand the views of the playing action and facilities are both good.
The stand itself is easily the best stand at the stadium, so it is intriguing that it is given over to away supporters. It is raised above pitch level, meaning that you have to climb a small set of steps to enter it. One drawback is that the team’s tunnel is located in this stand and the awning is pulled out to the playing area before kick-off. This means that at this time fans can’t easily access the other side of the stand along the front of it, as they are effectively ‘cut off’ until the awning is withdrawn again.
On the plus side away fans are treated to their own indoor bar area. Food inside includes burgers, hot dogs, pies and pastries while alcohol is also served.
WHAT IS THE STADIUM LIKE?
On one side is the relatively modern Main Stand, which was opened in 2001. This 800-capacity stand is covered and all seated, with the team dugouts situated at the front of it. The stand comprises six rows of seating and has a small executive area at the back of it. The stand, which is free of supporting pillars, is elevated above pitch level which means that supporters have to climb small sets of steps at the front of it, to gain access. The stand only runs for three-quarters of the length of the pitch and at one end towards the A13 Steel Stand, another separate stand exists.
This stand is called the Barking College Family Stand and is a small covered, seated stand. It is smaller in height than the Main Stand and contains around 200 seats, with some supporting pillars running along the front of it. Again it is raised above pitch level and is accessed via a small staircase.
At one end is West Stand, which is a sizeable 1,200 seated affair. Opened in the 2009/10 season, it is covered, raised above pitch level and has windshields to either side. Although only eleven rows high, it is free from supporting pillars and is quite steep, meaning that fans are kept close to the playing action.
The rest of the ground is terracing, with a small open terrace behind one goal and a covered terrace along one side. The home end, the Bury Road End has a small basic electric scoreboard situated above it. This area also contains the club shop and Police control box.
The North Terrace, which runs along one side of the pitch, is known affectionately by the Dagenham fans as ‘The Sieve’ as apparently at one time it was famed for its leaking roof. This old-fashioned-looking terrace is partly covered to the rear and has a number of supporting pillars. It also has a television gantry perched upon its roof.
The ground for sponsorship purposes is now officially called the ‘Chigwell Construction Stadium’, but it is still known to many fans as Victoria Road.
WHERE TO DRINK?
There is a fair-sized Social Club at the ground, which apart from a few high-profile games, welcomes away supporters. Nearby pub options include:
- Pipe Major (1 Yew Tree Ave, Dagenham RM10 7FN)
- The Eastbrook (835 Dagenham Rd, Dagenham RM10 7UP)
- The Cherry Tree (Wood Ln, Dagenham, Romford RM8 3LJ)
DIRECTIONS AND CAR PARKING
From The North
Leave the M25 at Junction 27 and take the M11 towards London. At the end of the M11 continue onto the A406 towards Docklands (A13) and London City Airport. At the intersection with the A13, turn onto this road in the direction of the Dartford Crossing. At the junction with the A1306, leave the A13 and join the A1306 towards Dagenham. At the third set of traffic lights turn left just before the McDonalds into Ballards Road. At the end of this road you will come to a large roundabout, (known as the Bull roundabout, after the public house of the same name) at which you turn left, into Rainham Road. Proceed up Rainham Road passing Dagenham East tube station on the left and Victoria Road is a quarter of a mile further on, on the same side of the road.From The South
Leave the M25 at Junction 31 and take the A13 towards Central London. After approximately 4.6 miles, exit the A13 onto the slip road, signposted Dagenham/Dagenham East. At the end of the slip road at the double roundabout turn right, then going under the A13. At the T-junction turn left onto the A1306. At the second set of lights turn right onto the B178 (Ballards Road). At the end of this road you will come to a large roundabout, (known as the Bull roundabout, after the public house of the same name) at which you turn left, into Rainham Road. Proceed up Rainham Road passing Dagenham East tube station on the left and Victoria Road is a quarter of a mile further on, on the same side of the road.Car Parking
There is no parking available at the ground itself. However, there is plenty of street parking, some of which is available on the main Rainham road.BY TRAIN
Take the District Line to Dagenham East (and not Dagenham Heathway). Turn left as you come out of the station and the ground is clearly sign posted and only five minutes walk away. Please note that the journey by tube from Central London can take around 45 minutes.
BY COACH
We are extremely lucky two have two different independent coach services to away games,
BLUES ON TOUR details will be published as soon as known
SHRIMPERS TRUST. details will be published as soon as known
TICKETS
Ticket Information will be posted as soon as available
