Fan In Focus
Name: Daniel Campbell
Nickname: Danny the Daggers Drummer or Spindle
Place of Birth: Oxford
Date of Birth:03-07-85
Occupation: Student
Non-League Team supported:
Dagenham & Redbridge (of course)
League Team Supported: Manchester United
Favourite Book: Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
Favourite Film: Scary Movie 1 or 2 (both cool films)
Favourite Band: So Solid Crew
Favourite TV Programme: They think its All Over
Favourite Radio Programme: Anything on Talksport 1089MW
Favourite meal: Mushy peas and Pie (Away trips) class food!
Pet Hate/s: Glory hunters who only go to Dagenham & Redbridge for big
games only!
And any other info about yourself and family: I'm the one who plays the
drum at the home games that SOME people think is annoying, all I can say
is go to library or stay at home for peace and quiet. I also have a weird
thing whereby everytime the Daggers have played this season, I have worn a
blue Adidas hat, everytime this has been done we have not lost this
season.
Live with my dad, who loves football, any game that’s on Sky he watches bores me to sometimes with it.
Desert Island Discs (New Feature) You are on a desert island and can take with you the following 8 Records 1 Book (not the Bible or Shakespeare as they are already the island) 1 Luxury item that is of no practical value (I don’t know what this means exactly, I just got it from the Radio 4 website) So what would you take?
8 records: Ayia Napa The Album 2001 Disc 1 Ayia Napa The Album 2001 Disc 2 Urban Kiss Disc 1 Urban Kiss Disc 2 Eminem Slim Shady LP Eminem Marshall Mathers LP Shaggy Hotshot Pavorotti the Best of
1 book: Latest copy of the Daggers fanzine
1 Luxury item: A really nice lady who’s wearing my both Daggers home and away shirts! (When wanted) A
ll questions below relate to non-league football.
1. FAVOURITE PLAYER/S OF ALL TIME & WHY? Paul Cavell, he was just a
prolific goalscorer and in mine and many other peoples views the best
player to ever pull on a Dagenham & Redbridge shirt even though Steino
must be coming close to becoming the best goalscorer.
1a. FAVOURITE CURRENT PLAYER/S AND WHY? Tony Roberts because of his great
attitude towards everyone (have you every seen him smile). I think he may
have gone a bit mad though, everytime he has played the drum before a game
we haven’t lost, another weird moment in my brain, I think.
2. BEST TEAM PERFORMANCE/S OF ALL TIME? Leyton Orient Home 9/11/92 L4-5
My first ever Daggers match and I remember it as if it was just yesterday.
2a. BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE 2000/01 SEASON? Great Question, its too easy
Charlton Athletic home and away, the lads put in so much effort and we
were robbed in the first match, still to this day I don’t talk to
many Charlton supporters and detest John Salako he’s evil.
3. WORST TEAM PERFORMANCE/S? Nuneaton Borough (Away) 10/2/01 L0-2 The team was not at full standards after the great exploits of the F.A.Cup Leigh RMI 15/9/01 L0-1 This is the only defeat of this season (touchwood) blame the result on me, I got up late forgot the lucky hat (see section about myself) and we lost.
4. WORST TEAM PERFORMANCE FROM LAST SEASON Hayes Away L1-4 and Boston United Away L1-5 (as we took the lead aswell I thought we might have won), both these games were nightmares and at the time needed to be passed from my system.
5. MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT? 1. Reaching the F.A.Trophy in 1997
2. Winning the Ryman Premier League by such a large margin in 1999/2000
under the guidance of Garry Hill in his first season in charge of the
club.
3. Finishing 3rd in the conference last season after being tipped for a
season of consolidation and obviously the great F.A.Cup run
4. The crowd actually making some noise at the Vic instead of the ground
being a graveyard (mostly down to the trumpet and my bloody drum)!!!
5. Hopefully promotion to Division 3 at the end of the season we wait and
see!
6. MOST FORGETTABLE MOMENT? Getting relegated from the conference in 1996, the team was poor and I hated the manager so what more could I say. Relegation was written all over from the start of the season. .
7. BEST COMMENT HEARD FROM THE TERRACES? “Who let the Ref out” Lincoln City Away 9/12/00
8. WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO YOUR CLUB TO IMPROVE IT? More money for Garry to make the squad even better and keep the players motivated to reach Division 3! Anything else that is achieved this season will be a bonus but who would say no to a trip to Cardiff for the L.D.V Vans Trophy Final? I definitely wouldn’t
9. WHAT OTHER QUESTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ON THIS QUESTIONAIRE & HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER IT? Supporters Best XI Paul Gothard Lee Goodwin Steve Connor Glynn Creaser Craig Davidson Mark Janney Ian Richardson Garry Butterworth Jason Broom Paul Cavell Paul Cobb Substitutes: - Paul McKenna, Tim Cole, Gary Blackford, Miguel DeSouza and Mark Stein
11. WHY DO YOU SUPPORT A NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB? The friendliness inside the ground between the supporters is excellent and the players play for the football and not the money!
12. BEST MATCH BEEN TO NOT INVOLVING THE DAGGERS? 1. West Ham vs. Oxford United 5-3 November 1993, West Ham were 3-1 down after about a hour and somehow won! 2. England vs. Germany 0-1 October 2000, I know England lost 1-0 but at least I can say I was one of the 80,000 people there at the last ever match at the old Wembley.
13. FAVOURITE NON-LEAGUE GROUND? Yeovil Town (Huish Park), excellent set-up, cant wait to visit in February.
14. FAVOURITE LEAGUE GROUND VISITED? Old Trafford, How big do you want a ground to be it’s huge!
Anyone else?