Asked in regards to the apparent comparability with Wrexham, he spoke in regards to the worth of visibility, “I mean, it [Welcome to Wrexham] definitely shows how important social media can be. And that’s kind of what my expertise is, letting the whole world know about Dagenham & Redbridge, taking them everywhere and then using that to get where we want to be. I said I want us to go Premier League, and obviously it’s going to take time. But, I mean, more wins … and as long as we just work on the foundation, fix some things behind the scenes, just win games, keep the morale high, anything is possible, man.”
Is it, although? It’s true that Wrexham have climbed by means of the divisions because the Reynolds/Mac takeover. One of the primary matches to be featured on Welcome to Wrexham, satirically, noticed them face Dagenham & Redbridge within the National League season of 2020-21. Since then, due to the astute signing of supervisor Phil Parkinson and some hefty funding in services, they’ve turn into the primary membership to tug off three successive promotions within the English leagues and now stand seventh within the Championship.
But then, Wrexham’s Racecourse Stadium (capability 12,000) is twice the dimensions of its Chigwell cousin, whereas the membership itself has a for much longer and grander historical past than Dagenham & Redbridge. One was based in 1861, the opposite in 1992.
One couldn’t assist smirking barely when the grandeur of KSI’s aspirations was bathetically undercut by John Grabowski, the figurehead of Dagenham & Redbridge’s American homeowners The Happy Group. Grinning fortunately at our little band, he introduced: “Dorking and now Torquay: two pretty big scalps.”
Because Grabowski is American, he could not have realised how daft and Alan Partridge-esque he sounded. But it did put the entire mission into perspective. I genuinely want KSI each success, and Dagenham & Redbridge comes throughout as a really likeable membership. Having stated that, as quickly as you catch the Tube again into London, you’re reminded that it stands a good distance past Barking.
