Dagenham & Redbridge Ladies were formed in 1989 as Dagenham Girls. They Daggers joined the Greater London League in 1996/97 having won the Southern Girls League three years in a row and remaining undefeated for those three seasons.

In 1996/97 the Daggers beat Millwall 3rds in the Sue Sharples Cup Final and also won the Silk Cut 5-a-side Championship. Also during that season, three Daggers players gained called ups to the England Under-18 squad. More honours followed for the Daggers in 1997/98 as they won the Greater London Womens League Division Two Championship with 49 points, losing just the one match and scoring 91 goals. They won the Division One title in 2000/1 with 51 points and losing only one match.

Having finished second to Crystal Palace ladies, West Ham ladies and Leyton Orient Ladies in three successive seasons it seemed that the Daggers were destined to always finish runners up. That changed in 2004/5 when they went one step further winning the title and then beating Woking in the play off for promotion to the South East Combination. The Club struggled to adapt to life in the South East Combination and were relegated to the Eastern region Womens League. They finished second in 2006/7 but that campaign saw the end of highly successful manager Brett Sherwin who couldn't commit the time required any more. Following a spell in charge by Roger Sherwin, Louisa Rodwell took over in January 2008 and managed to steer the side to league safety having spent much of it in the bottom two places.

The Daggers entered the Women's FA Cup for the first time in 2002/03 and reached the Third Round proper after progressing through the qualifying stages. They were defeated by eventual semi-finalists Bristol Rovers. Since then they have regularly battled their way through to the competition rounds proper.

In the Essex County Cup the Daggers have proved dominant over the past few seasons. In the 1999/2000 season they reached their first final but were defeated 0-4 by Chelmsford City. They returned the following season but this time they were defeated 0-4 by a strong Barking Ladies from the AXA Southern Division. The Daggers got revenge over Barking Ladies when they beat them 1-0 in the 2004 final at Maldon Town FC to win the Cup for the first time. They repeated this a year later with a 3-0 victory and a hat-trick for Sara Sinclair. On both occasions they doubled up on cup success by winning the Greater London Womens League Cup against Tottenham Hotspur and Long Lane respectively. The Daggers won the County cup in 2006 and 2007 to complete four straight wins in the competition.

During the 2008/09 season, Louisa Rodwell took over the management and guided the team to the Eastern Regional Premier title and promotion to the third tier of Women's Football, the South East Combination.

Management
Chairman: John Able
First team manager: Louisa Rodwell
First team secretary: Kelly Stock
First team coach: Nicole Manning
Reserve team manager & secretary: Sarah Downs

Honours
Eastern Regional League Premier champions: 2008/09
Essex County Cup winners: 2006/07, 2005/06, 2004/05, 2003/04
Essex County Cup Runners up: 1999/2000 & 2000/2001
Women's FA Challenge Cup: Third Round 2002/03
South East Combination Promotion Play-off winners: 2004/05
Greater London League Premier Division winners: 2004/05
Greater London League League Cup winners: 2003/04, 2004/05
Greater London League Premier Division Runners Up: 2001/2002, 2002/03, 2003/04
Greater London League Division One Champions: 2000/2001
Greater London League Division Two Champions: 1997/98
Greater London Reserve League Division Three North Champions: 2008/09
Eastern region Womens League Runners Up: 2006/07
Sue Sharples Memorial Trophy winners: 1996/97
Southern Girls League Champions: 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96
Southern Girls League Cup: 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96
Silk Cut 5-a-side Tournament: 1996/97
Love Football Tournament Runners-up: 2002/03