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Iron finally show the mettle as Spitfires fail to produce a spark

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 February 2026

By Liam Davis

BRAINTREE TOWN 2
Cooper 40, Walker 75

EASTLEIGH 1
Blair 56
BRAINTREE Town claimed a first home league win since November and, with it, three priceless points in their battle to avoid the drop in a lively encounter against an out-of-sorts Eastleigh at the Rare Breed Meat Co Stadium.
On the back of a long midweek trip to Truro, the Iron looked pumped up in the opening exchanges and nearly took a 16th-minute lead when Elliott Thorpe let rip with a superb 20-yard effort that had away keeper Nick Townsend stranded as he watched it flash past his near post.
However, Ea...

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