Daggers bring back Strevens

Daggers bring back Strevens

Published Jan. 31, 2013 1:15 p.m. ET

Sheffield Wednesday striker Chris O'Grady has joined Championship rivals Barnsley on loan for the rest of the season to bolster their fight against relegation.

O'Grady has made 60 appearances for the Owls since joining from Rochdale in August 2011, scoring 13 goals.

He has scored six times this term, including the Owls' winner against the Reds at Oakwell back in December.

But his last appearance came on January 1st and Owls boss Dave Jones has deemed the 27-year-old surplus to requirements this term as he seeks to keep his 20th-placed side in the Championship.

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He joins a Barnsley team currently sitting in 22nd in the table - four points from safety - and is eligible for the Tykes' trip to Blackpool on Saturday.

The 32-year-old returns to the club for the second time after previously helping the club to promotion from the Football Conference in 2007.

After spells at Barnet and Crawley, the striker scored 40 goals in 123 games for the Daggers before moving to Brentford in 2009. He left Griffin Park for Wycombe in 2011 and joined Gillingham in the summer.

Dagenham boss John Still was delighted with being reunited with the striker once again.

He said: "We wanted to get someone in with a touch more experience, and since Dwight left us we have been short of creativity.

"Having played with me at Barnet and here at Dagenham, I know his capabilities and he is the ideal player at this particular moment to come in.

Strevens added: "I just want to play really.

"I've been with a team who have been top of the table in Gillingham but once I knew what the gaffer wanted to do here, I just wanted to come, get games and hopefully help the club push up the table."

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