McGleish opened the scoring when hooking in a free-kick from Charlie Daniels in the first attack of the game after 82 seconds and after Alex Revell scored his 10th goal of the season with a close-range finish in the 24th minute, the home side appeared to be coasting. However, Dagenham hit back after the break and two goals in a minute put them back on level terms to set up a storming conclusion. Their first came after 67 minutes when Danny Green slammed home a penalty after Ben Chorley had handled and then Solomon Taiwo drove home from 22-yards to set up the storming finale. McGleish though was destined to have the last word when he rose to meet a Dean Cox corner with 14 minutes remaining to give his side the winner and a second-round trip to Droylsden.
