Just three places, but six points, seperate these two sides for Saturday's Conference encounter.
Who can forget the 9-0 demolition of Dagenham live on Sky in February 2004? Unfortunately, that is the only time the Bulls have taken any Conference points away from Victoria Road in five attempts. Last season another televised clash saw the Daggers run out 3-1 victors after Lee Mills put the Bulls ahead just after half time, and the Daggers finished the double over Hereford with a single goal win at Edgar Street in January with ex-Bull loanee Anwar Uddin scoring.
Dagenham have been a shadow of the Garry Hill team that took Boston to the wire in 2002 and reached the play-off final in 2003, recording disappointing mid-table finishes in each of the last two seasons. The loss of talented striker Tresor Kandol to Darlington has not helped the cause this season, losing on Saturday 3-0 at Halifax to extend their record to just five points in eight games after a promising start. Forwards Craig Mackail-Smith and Chris Moore, with 11 goals between them this season, did the damage to the Bulls at Victoria Road last season and will look to repeat the performance.
The Bulls go into the game on the back of their season-best performance at home to Woking. Danny Carey-Bertram and Tamika Mkandawire are both on international duty this week, along with Dagenham's Craig Mackail-Smith, and will hope to remain injury free. Hereford have now gone seven matches unbeaten since losing at Accrington two months ago, conceding just two goals in the process. The return to fitness of Guy Ipoua and the emergence of youngster Andy Williams appears to have helped the forwards to assist the meanest defence in the league.