National League South

Thursday 29th December 2022

Kick Off 15.00 Actual 14.59

Braintree Town 1 Chippenham Town 1, attendance 728

52’ 0-1

75’ 1-1

@ Dunmow Group Stadium

Clockhouse Way

off Cressing Road

Braintree

CM7 3DE

£15 Admission

Programme available, didn’t bother buying.

Today completed the final part of the jigsaw in my recovery from the cardiac arrest that I suffered in July….I actually drove to the match on my own, although I did meet a mate here. My only previous visit was in March 1992, when I saw Braintree beat Witney Town 1-0 (att.174) in a Southern League Southern Division match. It is now a nice neat and compact ground, where you are certainly close to the action. It seemed strange that it was an afternoon kick off, as it wasn’t a Bank Holiday, but it pulled in a decent crowd, with a fair number of ‘hoppers present, although I thought the crowd was probably a couple of hundred fewer than the official figure announced.

The match was 9th versus 22nd (out of 24) in the league table. To be fair, It wasn’t great. In fact, it was turgid at times. It was no surprise to see it was still goalless at halftime. It was the visitors who broke the deadlock seven minutes into the second half though, when Jordan Young scored with a shot into the far corner from the angle of the 18 yard box. Braintree were level with fifteen minutes left, Kyran Clements shooting first time into the bottom corner, after a long throw was only cleared as far as the edge of the box. Three minutes later Braintree had Jack Cawley sent off for picking up a second yellow card and the game slowly drifted to a conclusion. Neither side deserved more than a point.