Dagenham gave their outside hopes of winning promotion to the Football League a major boost with a crucial 2-1 win at Telford.

In an explosive start to the game, the visitors opened the scoring after 35 seconds when Paul Terry took a pass from Tarkan Mustafa and drilled home from the edge of the penalty area.

The home support was stunned into silence just three minutes later as Junior McDougald doubled the advantage from close range after latching onto John McGrath's cut-back from the left.

Mark Foran reduced the deficit after six minutes with a solid header from Kevin Davies' cross.

Telford's David Cameron came close to levelling shortly after the break but both defences tightened up after a shaky start.

Telford: Edwards, Davies, Foran, Grant Brown, Hanmer, Fitzpatrick, Barlow, King, Moore, David Brown, Cameron.
Subs: Wooliscroft, Jobling, Smith, Palmer, Jones.

Dag & Red: Roberts, Mustafa, Heffer, Matthews, Vickers, McDougald, Terry, Shipp, McGrath, Watts, Stein.
Subs: Hill, Gothard, Potts, Rooney, Opara.

Referee: G Mellor (South Yorkshire).