Gio Carchedi and Adam Jones were on target in the first half for the Gingerbreads with Ben Saunders, Rob Norris and Billy Stubbs scoring in a five-minute spell after the break.

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Scott also revealed the thinking behind the recent signings of Dagenham and Redbridge trio Ben Strevens, Sam Saunders and Danny Foster.

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Just a very few on a long list would be George Saunders, Kelly Link, Joy Williams, Ben Marcus, Jim Shepard, and whole cemeteries of the well-over-forty deceased ones.

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