Cheltenham Town 2 Dagenham & Redbridge 1

Alan Bennett may have grabbed his first goal for Cheltenham, but every Robins player stepped up to the mark on Saturday and do look like genuine play-off contenders.

There's a long way to go of course, but Daggers John Still wasn't wrong when he said the "best team won".

Skipper Bennett's 40th minute header and Jimmy Spencer's 4th goal of the season in the 49th minute did the damage and the home said might have scored three or four more if it hadn't been for some great goalkeeping by Dagenham stopper Chris Lewington.

At the other end of the pitch, Scott Brown also pulled off a top class stop towards the end of the game to ensure his team mates ended the weekend in 7th place in League Two.

Given the fact that Brown has had to warm the bench in recent games as manager Mark Yates played on loan England U-21 Jack Butland, 18, he certainly made the point to his boss that he wasn't going to sulk Tevez like and was prepared to man up when called on.

Robins boss Yates asked Neil Howarth to talk to the media after the game and the first team coach said:


"Six points, and a great result in the cup at Wycombe, it's the end of a very good week."

"It's a very difficult team to pick, with the treatment room empty, players performing well, and everyone wanting to play. You do open yourself up to criticism if you only play one up front at home, but with the midfield three we played as one of the best in the league we can control that area well and create more chances than we would with two forwards on."