BRAINTREE Town are throwing their gates open to everyone after making their clash with Hungerford Town free to enter on Saturday.

Braintree are hoping for a bumper crowd to cheer them on in their Vanarama National League South match at the Dunmow Group Stadium.

This is likely to be a big match for the club and the Board have decided to make this match a free to enter game.

With the team battling away at the foot of the table, Ryan Maxwell and his side will welcome your support and any friends you’d like to bring along to get behind the team.

Supporters are asked to arrive early to ease congestion - the bar and food outlets will be open.

Maxwell was delighted with his side's 1-0 win at St Albans City, with Stefan Ilic netting the winner.

He said: “You don’t often win pretty as they say but I felt overall and particularly in the second half we were by far the better side.

“In reality we should have scored at least a couple of more goals and won more with a more convincing scoreline.

"We were far better coordinated with out play, built up our play from the back with some excellent interchange where we passed the ball to each other, forged forward as a unit and always looked a threat when we reached their goal area.

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“The opposition are a good side as we know as they are pushing for promotion but I felt we had the right attitude and commitment from every player right from the first whistle.

“We never let them settle and created our own influence on the game and everyone worked so hard and it was certainly our best performance of the season.

“With recent new signings it’s helping us to be a more cohesive unit particularly when going forward with pace and precision.

“It’s our sixth in a row clean sheet and unbeaten and that’s due to our much more solid and workmanlike defence.

"Even when the home side did break clear we had players there ready and committed to close them down and clear the danger.”