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IRON LOOK TO YOUNG GUNS!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 April 2019

Searle is giving youth a chance

By Jon Couch

THEY may be down, but Braintree Town are certainly not out.
In fact, despite having their relegation from the National League confirmed last Saturday, the future is looking very bright at Cressing Road.
The Iron’s fate was sealed amidst a tinge of irony at the weekend after a 2-0 victory over Gateshead lifted them off the bottom of the top-flight table for the first time this calendar year.
But it was the manner of the performance which delighted ambitious boss Danny Searle, especially given the Essex side’s squad had an average ag...

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