Torquay United vs Dagenham & Redbridge. Sky Bet League Two.
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Tuesday 24 January 2012 22:43, UK
Torquay made it four wins in a row as skipper Lee Mansell's eighth league goal of the season proved enough to beat struggling Dagenham 1-0.
Mansell crashed in the game's only goal from the edge of the box in the 39th minute after being teed up by left-back Kevin Nicholson. The Gulls nearly doubled their lead seconds later when Danny Stevens smashed a shot from distance just wide after a defence-splitting run from the halfway line. Daggers should have gone ahead earlier in the half but Mark Arber sliced wide from close range from the visitors' fourth corner in the opening 15 minutes. Michael Spillane came close to equalising in the second period with a superb 64th-minute free-kick that home keeper Bobby Olejnik flapped around his post at the last second. But the Gulls held on to maintain their 100 per cent record since the turn of the year.
