Tom Eastman struck with eight minutes left to give Dagenham & Redbridge victory over rock-bottom Kidderminster Harriers in a rather drab affair at Aggborough.
TOMMY Widdrington’s FA Cup history-makers had to grind out a narrow, nervy victory which cemented their place in the play-offs – but for Kidderminster it was a familiar tale of deserved rewards laying tantalisingly out of reach.
Paul McCallum scored with two fine first half headers as Eastleigh wiped out an early Gerry McDonagh penalty to secure a victory which eased them from the edge of the relegation zone to a comfortable mid-table slot.
You’d think after a glittering, near 50-year football career that Alan Devonshire would be a bit too long in the tooth to get excited over a solid season start.