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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Billy Munday at the Dave Bryant Stadium

Dagenham & Redbridge fans look for new dawn after KSI investment

Dagenham & Redbridge goalkeeper Sam Howes retrieves the ball from his team's fans during their 0-0 National League South draw away to Enfield Town
The Dagenham fans who travelled to Enfield hope the star power of new minority owner KSI can take them back to the Football League – and maybe beyond. Photograph: Andy Hall/The Guardian

The Premier League seemed a long way away at the full-time whistle at Enfield Town. There were boos from the few hundred travelling Dagenham & Redbridge supporters who had just watched 90 minutes of drab football at a level in the pyramid they are experiencing for the first time since the very start of this century.

Their club’s new minority owner, the YouTuber KSI, was not there to hear the jeers. He wants to take Dagenham to the top flight. “And I’d like to marry Brad Pitt,” said Suzanne Collier, who has been coming to watch them for 43 years, from the away end.

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