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Sat. July 19 15.00ko Tickets are 10pounds for Adults and a fiver concessions.
Expect the majority of the first team squad to play a part in the game that celebrates Mark Jones 10 year service for the home side. Sadly this will not include Alex Revell who needs to win a section of the Roots Hall faithful over with some solid peformances but the dreaded groin strain will keep him out against a former club.Here's how to get to the Cressing Road stadium and some history of the club.
Oh Lord, don't get injured Lee
Braintree Is the nearest station, which is walkable, but a cab should be on offer at the station, see the map if you fancy stretching your legs. Catch the 12.26 from Southend Victoria and half an hour later you'll be at Shenfield where you can get the 13.12 which will take 40 minutes to Braintree. An hour before the k-o so grab a pint at the clubhouse bar under the main stand or The Orange Tree Pub in Cressing Road but I have no idea if it's any good!
If driving leave the M25 and head north on the M11. Follow the A120 for 16 miles until you reach 'Galley's Roundabout', with MacDonalds on your right. Take the first exit into Cressing Road. The entry to the ground is approximately three-quarters of a mile on your left (Clockhouse Way) and is clearly signposted.
Braintree currently play in the Blue Square South and play in an all yellow strip.
The club was formed in 1898 and accepted into the North Essex League as Manor Works F.C., the works team of the Crittall Window Company - suppliers to the Titanic and once the leading window makers in England. The club's nickname "The Iron" also comes from this source, reflecting the company's iron window frames. The club's crest reflects its origins and shows the factory of the old Crittall Garage which overlooked the club's Cressing Road ground before being demolished in 2005. In 192 the club changed its name to Crittall Athletic FC and soon afterwards moved to a new stadium (which has been their home since). Around 1968 the club changed name once again, this time to Braintree & Crittall Athletic FC, but when links with Crittalls ended in 1981 they became Braintree Town FC.
In 1935 the club became founder members of the Eastern Counties League, where they were champions in the 1936-37 season. After this they joined the Essex County League, where they were runners-up in their first season, but then rejoined the Eastern Counties League. After World War II the club appears to have been inactive until 1952 when they rejoined the Eastern Counties League. In 1955 they left this league and it is unclear where they played for the next decade.
In 1964 Crittall joined the Greater London League, before moving to the Metropolitan League in 1966. In 1970 they rejoined the Eastern Counties League, where they were to play for the next twenty years. Their most successful decade was the 1980s, when they were league champions twice (1983-84 and 1984-85) and runners-up on four other occasions. After the last of these second-place finished in 1990-91 they stepped up to the Southern League Southern Division. In 1996 they switched to the Isthmian League Division Three, but three promotions in five years brought them to the Premier Division by 2002. In 2005-06 they were Isthmian League champions and gained promotion to the Conference South. In the 2006-07 season they lost 1-0 to Salisbury City in the Conference South play-off final, and reached the play-offs again at the end of the 2007-08 season.
They play their home games at their Cressing Road Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,145. Of those approximately 1,400 are under cover with a further 550 seated under cover in an extended Main Stand. The club has recently completed many improvements to their stadium, including Football League floodlighting, new dressing rooms and turnstiles. All these improvements were needed to meet Conference National standards. This was inspected and approved by the Conference on 27 March 2007. The largest attendance in recent history, was over 1,500 for a match against Havant & Waterlooville in the 2007 play-off semi-final second leg.
Even so Braintree Town are planning to relocate to a new stadium development off the A120 bypass with a 6,000 capacity.
Honours:
Isthmian League
Premier Division Champions 20065/06
Eastern Counties League
Champions 1936/37, 1983/84, 1984/85
Essex Senior Cup
Winners 1996