ONCE A DAGGER, ALWAYS A DAGGER - ABU OGOGO RETURNS!
Once A Dagger, Always A Dagger
Abu Ogogo is the
latest addition to McMahon’s squad as the Daggers make their 2020/21 bid for
promotion; which hasn’t got off to the best of starts. WOW! Now, the latter
part of the sentence at the start of the season wouldn’t have been too
surprising – though a little – but the former!
Yes, Abu will
be back in the RED AND BLUE of Dagenham & Redbridge. Whilst you’re reading
this you’ll still no doubt be full of joy at this bombshell of a signing and also
have a great deal of gratitude to the owners of our club.
Principal
owner, Peter Freund, said the consortium are ‘more committed than ever’ when
speaking to Digger Dagger Matchday, and haven’t they just shown it with
a first-class replacement for injured McCallum followed by this!
This blog
post is about Abu himself so let’s get talking about the returning Daggers fans’
favourite: the 30-year old midfielder who has made 225 appearances for Dagenham
netting on 17 occasions. These appearances being made in Dagenham’s ‘glory
years’ between 2009-15, even more reason why supporters and the club as a whole
hold him so dear.
Winning
promotion from the lower reaches of League Two to League One with the East-London side, helping
to give Daggers moments to remember at Wembley as he played the full 90 minutes
in play-off triumph over Rotherham. He was also there during Dagenham’s short
stay in the 3rd tier of English football, though the stay was short,
so he really did go on that rollercoaster journey with supporters for a fairly
long period of time - in context of this modern age of football.
The beloved
Ogogo was also captain of the club, following the departure of Mark Arber, Still
handing him the armband just prior to the manager leaving for Luton. In the following
2013/14 season he won player of the year as he moved from defence to midfield
contributing to the season’s goal tally – the captain led by example.
The fans’ favourite
left after the 2014/15 campaign and he has remained in the football league ever
since; making over 100 appearances at Shrewsbury before leaving to Coventry for
a season and finally settling at Bristol Rovers where he made 40 appearances
last season. His football league career, an established one, but he is taken
the step down to return home where he is hailed – a legend – a proper fighter
for the badge.
So, his journey
with the club came to an end in 2015, a real club-servant, but now ABU IS BACK,
for however long it may be with the deal being a loan. Nevertheless, Ogogo
could yet again contribute to a Daggers promotion success and that is what
warms the hearts of every Dagger.
When speaking
to Daggers TV, Abu said on the move “It feels great to be back; it only feels
like yesterday since I left!”
What do we
hope he can bring to McMahon’s side? Well, aside from football league experience
and quality, that fight and hunger in midfield which us Daggers know all too
well about…
Here is his Half-way Line Screamer against Oxford! that I’ll leave you to watch at your leisure and remember ABU OGOGO IS BACK HOME!
Thanks for Reading,
Keane
COYD
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