A 9-year-old girl from Barking and Dagenham was chosen to design a match day programme for Dagenham and Redbridge FC.

The club held a competition for primary school children to design their match day programme at an event that aimed to celebrate diversity.

The third annual Daggers Celebrate Diversity event was held last month at the Victoria Road stadium.

Ilford Recorder: Maryum's design was published for the Daggers Celebrate Diversity eventMaryum's design was published for the Daggers Celebrate Diversity event (Image: Dagenham & Redbridge FC (Arfa Griffiths))

The theme of the event was, "What does diversity mean to you?".

Maryum Rahman, from Marsh Green Primary School, was chosen as the winner.

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Her design was featured on the programme for Dagenham and Redbridge FC's match against Yeovil Town.

Ilford Recorder: Maryum's match day programme design featured lines saying No hate and No racismMaryum's match day programme design featured lines saying No hate and No racism (Image: Dagenham & Redbridge FC (Arfa Griffiths))

Maryum said: "We had a great day, and [were] made to feel like VIPs! 

"Seeing people at the match holding and reading the programme with my design on the front made me feel really proud."

The event was sponsored by BD Group as part of its ongoing relationship with the club.