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Iron Hearts are at home

12 March 2023 0 comments

You’ll find fewer places harder to get a result this season than Braintree Town’s Cressing Road.

Tipped as potential strugglers in National League South, the Iron have surprised everyone to emerge as one of Step 2’s surprise packages – and that is in no small part to their resilient home form.

Live life to the max, says Braintree boss Ryan

3 April 2022 0 comments

Braintree Town boss Ryan Maxwell says Non-League footballers must prepare better for life after playing – and is offering to help.

Braintree Town 0-2 Havant and Waterlooville: High-flying Hawks are into the top seven

21 November 2021 0 comments

HAVANT & Waterlooville continued their fine form with a workmanlike and comfortable victory against improving Braintree to move into the National South play-off zone.

Hampton and Richmond Borough A-A Braintree Town: Beavers saved by power failure

14 November 2021 0 comments

THE FLOODLIGHT failure five minutes into the second half that saw this encounter abandoned can only have come as a welcome relief for hosts who’d trailed to a Braintree side who were growing into the game.

Braintree Town 1-0 Tonbridge Angels: Clements is cream of the crop as Iron snatch win

7 November 2021 0 comments

BRAINTREE gained a very welcome three points to ease their somewhat precarious league position.

Braintree Town 1-3 Bath City: Visitors Cooke up a storm as Iron taste first defeat

12 September 2021 0 comments

Bath City returned to winning ways at Braintree, who suffered their first defeat of the season.

Braintree Town 2-2 Dorking Wanderers: Maxwell’s iron men show their resilience

29 August 2021 0 comments

Braintree Town welcomed Dorking, hoping to build on their positive start to the season – and they shared the points

Hemel Hempstead Town 0-3 Braintree Town: Iron too hard for Hemel

22 August 2021 0 comments

BRAINTREE came away with all three points and it was hat-trick hero Luke Holness who ended up being the difference between the sides. The Tudors had their chances but Holness provided a clinical exhibition of finishing.

Braintree Town 1-1 Oxford City: Iron are haunted by dynamo Dan

15 August 2021 0 comments

Alfie Payne put the Iron in front but after home striker Femi Akinwande was sent off for two yellow cards, former Braintree man Dan Matsuzaka earned a point for the visitors.

Braintree Town aren’t just any old Iron!

1 August 2021 0 comments

After three years of struggle, including relegation from the National League in 2018-19, the appointment of the Belfast-born boss gave the Iron a lift last term.

Femi Akinwande can fire the Iron – Braintree Town boss Ryan Maxwell

13 June 2021 0 comments

The former Concord Rangers and Stevenage striker has re-signed for the National League South outfit after a spell at Cressing Road last season before the campaign was cancelled.

Braintree Town chairman Lee Harding: The time’s come for change at the top

21 February 2021 0 comments

Harding believes lessons must be learned in adversity

Glen’s loving life in Braintree Town driving seat!

3 July 2019 0 comments

Driver managed at Step 3 with Leiston – reaching the Bostik Premier play-offs in 2017-18 – but this coming season is his first chance to test himself in Non-League’s second tier

Braintree Town deducted three points for fielding ineligible player

29 May 2019 0 comments

The club admitted the charge and was found guilty of a breach of Rule 6.9 for a player participating in the fixture against AFC Fylde in April after the expiration of a Short Term Loan registration

Danny Searle resigns as Braintree Town manager

20 May 2019 0 comments

The NLP understands the 41-year-old is set to be announced as Aldershot manager this afternoon

Braintree Town boss Danny Searle is giving youth a chance

10 April 2019 0 comments

Iron look to young guns!

Ricky Gabriel leaves Braintree Town

21 March 2019 0 comments

Gabriel played an important role in the club’s promotion from the National League South last season but has been inspire The Iron off the foot of the National League table this year.

Hakan Hayrettin steps down as Braintree Town manager to join Maidstone United

23 January 2019 0 comments

Assistant manager Danny Searle will take on responsibility of Braintree’s first team.

Hakan Hayrettin on Braintree Town’s National League survival mission

10 November 2018 0 comments

The 48-year-old is now permanently back in charge after a caretaker spell following the resignation of Brad Quinton last month.

Braintree Town reappoint Hakan Hayrettin as manager

7 November 2018 0 comments

Hayrettin has overseen wins at Bromley and at home to Dover while also claiming an impressive point at high-flying Salford.