Maidenhead draw 0–0 with ten-man Dagenham and are without a home win in eight

Sunday 1 November 2026 · By Jory Penberthy

Maidenhead United drew 0–0 at home with Dagenham & Redbridge on Saturday, a result that leaves them winless in five league games and without a home league win in eight.

Dagenham, who have kept eight clean sheets this season, the most in the division according to a count from the results, played most of the game with ten men after Freddie Ingram was sent off for a challenge on Matt Robinson in the 29th or 30th minute, depending on the source. The Non-League Paper said Ingram “flew into a tackle” and caught the Maidenhead midfielder “painfully on the ankle”.

Maidenhead are 19th on 15 points from 15 games, with three wins, six draws and six defeats. They are level on points with 20th-placed Hemel Hempstead Town and ahead of them on goal difference, minus five to minus eight, and are four points above Chesham United in 21st, the first relegation place. The bottom four are relegated, and only the champions are promoted automatically, with second to seventh going into the play-offs.

Ryan Peters’ side have scored 14 goals, which is joint fourth-fewest, and conceded 19. Their last six league results, oldest first, are a win, three defeats and two draws. The three defeats came on Saturday 10 October, Saturday 17 October and Saturday 24 October, and the two draws are the goalless game with Dagenham and a 1–1 draw with Horsham on Tuesday 27 October.

Their home record is the problem. They have taken six points from eight home league games, all from draws, without a win, while they have won three of seven away games for nine points.

Maidenhead’s own report on the Horsham game said Peters made five changes and went back to his “preferred three-back system”. Reece Meekums put Horsham ahead inside the first ten minutes with what the club called a “top corner” finish, and Alfie Pendlebury equalised. Peters took interim charge in November 2025 and was made permanent manager in May 2026, according to Dagenham’s match preview.

Away from the men’s league, Maidenhead United Women beat Andover New Street 3–0 in the Women’s FA Cup, according to the club, and are at home to AFC Wimbledon in the second round on Sunday 15 November.

The next league game is at Hampton & Richmond Borough on Saturday 7 November. Hampton are 22nd on nine points and winless in six, having lost 1–0 at Braintree Town on Saturday. Maidenhead then visit Maidstone United in the FA Trophy second round on Saturday 14 November, a tie between two South clubs (Maidstone beat Slough Town 2–1 on Saturday and are second on 29 points), host Folkestone Invicta on Saturday 21 November and are at Farnham Town on Tuesday 24 November.

Dagenham are eighth on 24 points, level with the sixth and seventh-placed clubs but outside the play-offs on goal difference.