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Kim Cowell passes away The arrangements for the funeral of Club Director Kim Cowell have been agreed. Kim's funeral will be held on Thursday, 26th June 2025 at the Dunmow Crematorium at 2pm. An adjacent barn for tea and coffee has been booked for thereafter. Club Director passes away It is with tremendous regret that we have to advise of the passing of Club Director Kim Cowell. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time. Trip to Suffolk in July It has been agreed to send a side to visit Sudbury for a pre-season friendly on Saturday, 19th July, with kick-off at 3pm. "if Kyrell achieved our target we would stay up" Steve Pitt reflected on working with Kyrell Lisbie: "From the time I walked in the building I made it perfectly clear to Kyrell that he would be an essential part of my strategy for this football club and its future success. "He and I set himself a target goals wise for the season and he pretty much achieved that. "My view was that if Kyrell achieved our target we would stay up. "We sat down thereafter every fortnight and discussed where we were for better or worse on a very open and honest basis. He absorbs all the information he can and uses it wisely. "Sadly my staff and I knew after the Rochdale game that Kyrell would be heading for a bigger stage but he now departs with our complete blessing in the belief that this is just the beginning of his journey in the game." Sixteen goal prodigy moves into League One The Club have reached an agreement with Peterborough United to transfer the registration of Kyrell Lisbie to the Sky Bet League One side. The 21-year old joined the Club a year ago from Isthmian Leaguers Cray Valley PM and scored 16 goals in his fifty appearances. Recognising the tremendous season he had enjoyed, Kyrell was named the Sportsbeat Young Player of the Year at the National Game Awards last week. Chairman Lee Harding was pleased to see another player progress from the Club into the Football League: "Kyrell has enjoyed a fantastic season with us and fully deserves his chance to play in the Football League. His record of 16 goals in 50 games played a major part in our securing our status in the National League. After the likes of Alex Revell and Sim Akinola, its rewarding to see another Braintree player stepping up into the League. Good luck and thank you Kyrell!" Get your discounted tickets by 4pm Saturday As we approach the last week of May, the clock is ticking for all Iron fans to take advantage of their season ticket discounts for next season. For this busy week of the close season, the Iron Clubhouse will be open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, from 7.30pm - 9pm, and on Saturday afternoon, from 12 noon - 4pm, for supporters wishing to drop off their season ticket application forms and payment to secure discounted prices. Don't forget, to reward our long-standing season ticket holders, ALL season tickets for next season purchased by the 4pm on Saturday, 31st May deadline will remain unchanged at: Adults - £360.00, OAPs - £270.00, Under 18s - £70 and Under 12s - £40. Chairman Lee Harding was pleased with the prices for next season: "Season ticket sales are going well, with sales just ahead of where we were at this stage last season. With the manager and the majority of last season's squad already committed to the Club for next season, all our Iron season tickets remain as last year and offer some tremendous savings. The Adult ticket offers almost 25% off the cost of a 23-game campaign, OAP season tickets 22% off, while Under 18s and Under 12s are almost nearly 70% off the cost of the 23 matches!" Trips to step two and three sides Four additional pre-season fixtures have been agreed. Our first confirmed fixture is now on Tuesday, 8th July when we travel to Isthmian League Premier Division side Canvey Island. This is followed by a trip to fellow Isthmian League Premier Division side Billericay Town on Saturday, 12th July. We are still to confirm a game for Saturday, 19th July, but the following Tuesday evening, 22nd July, we visit National League South side Enfield Town. We conclude our pre-season fixtures with a trip to the South Coast to play Worthing on Saturday, 2nd August. A full list of our pre-season schedule is to the right. The National League 2025/2026 season starts on Saturday, 9th August. Can you help the Club with these important roles? The Club have vacancies for Turnstile Operators and Stewards on a matchday at the Club next season. Both will be eligible to claim for their out of pocket expenses. Both Turnstile Operators and Stewards will need to be at the Club two hours before kick-off. If you would like to assist the Club with these important roles, please contact the Club Chairman at chairman@braintreetownfc.org.uk for more information. Get your discounted tickets now! The Iron Clubhouse will be open on Thursday evenings, from 7.30pm - 9pm, and on Saturday afternoons, from 12 noon - 4pm, throughout May for supporters wishing to drop off their season ticket application forms and payment before the Saturday, 31st May deadline for discounted prices. To reward our long-standing season ticket holders, ALL season tickets for next season purchased by the Saturday, 31st May deadline will remain unchanged at: Adults - £360.00, OAPs - £270.00, Under 18s - £70 and Under 12s - £40. Chairman Lee Harding was pleased with the prices for next season: "All Iron season tickets remain as last year and offer some tremendous savings. The Adult ticket offers almost 25% off the cost of a 23-game campaign, OAP season tickets 22% off, while Under 18s and Under 12s are almost nearly 70% off the cost of the 23 matches!" Pre-season schedule starts to take place We have already started work on our pre-season fixtures for next season. Our first confirmed fixture is on Tuesday, 15th July when we entertain League Two side Cambridge United, followed by the visit of a Fulham XI on Friday, 25th July. We then welcome League Two side Colchester United on Tuesday, 29th July. The National League 2025/2026 season starts on Saturday, 9th August. Rochdale scalp added to top three victims Braintree Town secured their National League status for another year and at the same time added Rochdale to the top three sides in the division as those beaten by the Club at home this season. After a quiet and nervous opening half hour, Iron grew into the game and took the lead moments before the interval. Ryan Clampin fed Kyrell Lisbie from the left. His mis-kick fell to Tom Blackwell who saw his effort fall back to Lisbie who then steered the ball past Rochdale keeper Killian Barrett from close range for 1-0. It was 2-0 ten minutes after the re-start. Chay Cooper's cross from the right was miskicked by Rochdale centre-half Jack Kingdon. The ball fell kindly for Lisbie who cut the ball back inside before sliding the ball inside the near upright to double the advantage. Braintree controlled the remainder of the game to secure the three points that saw them move above both Boston and Yeovil to finish seventeenth in the final table. Season ticket and online prices unchanged for another year The Club have agreed upon their matchday and season ticket prices for the 2025/26 campaign. As the Club moves towards becoming a cashless stadium, ALL matchday prices for tickets bought online remain unchanged. The only increase is to matchday admission for adults that choose to pay by cash or card - which will increase to £22.00, to cover the increasing costs associated with banking cash. However the matchday prices paid by cash for OAPs (at £15.00), Under 18s (at £10.00) and Under 12s (at £5.00) remain unchanged. To reward our long-standing season ticket holders, ALL season tickets for next season purchased by Saturday, 31st May will remain unchanged at: Adults - £360.00, OAPs - £270.00, Under 18s - £70 and Under 12s - £40. Chairman Lee Harding was pleased with the prices for next season: "We are confident that our matchday prices remain competitive and offer value for money. To that, all Iron season tickets offer some tremendous savings. The Adult ticket offers almost 25% off the cost of a 23-game campaign, OAP season tickets 22% off, while Under 18s and Under 12s are almost nearly 70% off the cost of 23 matches! "Like every other business we are facing increases to our costs. From National Insurance to energy and water, our overheads as a business continue to climb. We are also looking to provide our Manager Steve Pitt with a competitive playing budget while striving to put in place a programme of maintenance at our stadium, with works planned to our stadium toilet facilities a priority!" Season ticket application forms will be available from the Clubhouse bar and completed forms together with payments should be deposited at the Clubhouse bar - who will also be able to take any card payments.
|   - - - Tue 8 July 2025 (7.45pm) Canvey Island (Away) Sat 12 July 2025 (3pm) Billericay Town (Away) Tue 15 July 2025 (7.45pm) CAMBRIDGE UNITED (HOME) Sat 19 July 2025 (3pm) Sudbury (Away) Tue 22 July 2025 (7.45pm) Enfield Town (Away) Fri 25 July 2025 (7.45pm) FULHAM XI (HOME) Tue 29 July 2025 (7.45pm) COLCHESTER UNITED (HOME) Sat 2 August 2025 (3pm) Worthing (Away) - - - HOW WE STAND  
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