Devonshire won't use part-time status as an excuse for poor form (From Gazette)

Devonshire won't use part-time status as an excuse for poor form

9:00am Thursday 20th October 2011 in Non-league football By Simon Spurgeon

Alan Devonshire is refusing to use his team’s part-time status as any kind of excuse for Braintree Town’s current down-turn in form.

Following a perfect run of six wins through September, the Iron have taken just one point from their last five Blue Square Bet Premier outings.

Their latest disappointment came in an extraordinary 5-4 defeat at Kidderminster Harriers and while Devonshire feels changes need to be made, he doesn’t think his team’s part-time status is behind the recent run.

“There will be an edge for a team that are full-time, but I’m not making excuses,” said the Iron boss.

“We have shown that we are a good side and the only game we haven’t scored in was the first one of the season.”

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