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		<title><![CDATA[Sports Babble - sports forum - Braintree Town]]></title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pitt]]></title>
			<link>https://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=13440</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 17:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/member.php?action=profile&uid=52">themaclad</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[National League strugglers Braintree Town have appointed Steve Pitt as their new manager.<br />
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Pitt has replaced Angelo Harrop, who was recently sacked. He worked at the club as Harrop's assistant from the summer of 2022 until last December.<br />
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Karl Duguid will be Pitt's assistant and Phil Coleman has been installed as first-team coach.<br />
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Justin Moseley, who was placed in interim charge following Harrop's dismissal, was offered the chance to stay on as part of Pitt's coaching team but has opted to leave the club.<br />
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"I'm honoured and privileged to take on the role of first-team manager and will now look to build on the foundations that Angelo has already laid," said Pitt.<br />
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Braintree are 19th in the table, just one point above the relegation zone.<br />
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Harrop was appointed in May 2022 and guided the Iron to promotion last season with a 4-3 win over Worthing in the National League South play-off final.<br />
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But he lost his job after a run of just five wins from 20 games this term.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[National League strugglers Braintree Town have appointed Steve Pitt as their new manager.<br />
<br />
Pitt has replaced Angelo Harrop, who was recently sacked. He worked at the club as Harrop's assistant from the summer of 2022 until last December.<br />
<br />
Karl Duguid will be Pitt's assistant and Phil Coleman has been installed as first-team coach.<br />
<br />
Justin Moseley, who was placed in interim charge following Harrop's dismissal, was offered the chance to stay on as part of Pitt's coaching team but has opted to leave the club.<br />
<br />
"I'm honoured and privileged to take on the role of first-team manager and will now look to build on the foundations that Angelo has already laid," said Pitt.<br />
<br />
Braintree are 19th in the table, just one point above the relegation zone.<br />
<br />
Harrop was appointed in May 2022 and guided the Iron to promotion last season with a 4-3 win over Worthing in the National League South play-off final.<br />
<br />
But he lost his job after a run of just five wins from 20 games this term.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Harrop]]></title>
			<link>https://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=13134</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2024 06:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Braintree Town manager Angelo Harrop has agreed a new contract for next season following their promotion to the National League.<br />
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The Iron finished fifth in National League South but beat Worthing 4-3 after extra time in the play-off final.<br />
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The victory returned them to the top flight of non-league football for the first time since they were relegated under Danny Searle in 2019.<br />
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Former AFC Sudbury boss Harrop has been in charge at Cressing Road since 2022.<br />
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"Going to be a big challenge but one I look forward to embracing," he posted on X, formerly Twitter.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Braintree Town manager Angelo Harrop has agreed a new contract for next season following their promotion to the National League.<br />
<br />
The Iron finished fifth in National League South but beat Worthing 4-3 after extra time in the play-off final.<br />
<br />
The victory returned them to the top flight of non-league football for the first time since they were relegated under Danny Searle in 2019.<br />
<br />
Former AFC Sudbury boss Harrop has been in charge at Cressing Road since 2022.<br />
<br />
"Going to be a big challenge but one I look forward to embracing," he posted on X, formerly Twitter.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three Points for the Administrators?]]></title>
			<link>https://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=8555</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 16:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/member.php?action=profile&uid=83">Devongone</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Only now Braintree have been deducted three points for fielding an illegal player when beating Fylde.<br />
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Had Fylde won that game they'd have finished above Wrexham on Goal Difference.  So Wrexham wouldn't have faced Eastleigh in the play-offs, a match they lost. Fylde would have played Harrogate. Who knows what that result would have been?  Would Fylde have made the final to play for an EFL place? Would Salford have won against a different opponent.<br />
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So the question has to be asked as the game in question was played on April 12th why has this taken six weeks to be dealt with. If Braintree were at least inefficient in not knowing when their loaned player's loan was ending, then how slow were the National League and the FA in working out that this had happened. Surely it is not beyond the wit of digital technology automatically to flag up these problems within minutes?<br />
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If Braintree deserve a three-point deduction what punishment do those in charge deserve for their inefficiency? The moment Fylde were cheated out of three points the futures of every club involved surely changed?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Only now Braintree have been deducted three points for fielding an illegal player when beating Fylde.<br />
<br />
Had Fylde won that game they'd have finished above Wrexham on Goal Difference.  So Wrexham wouldn't have faced Eastleigh in the play-offs, a match they lost. Fylde would have played Harrogate. Who knows what that result would have been?  Would Fylde have made the final to play for an EFL place? Would Salford have won against a different opponent.<br />
<br />
So the question has to be asked as the game in question was played on April 12th why has this taken six weeks to be dealt with. If Braintree were at least inefficient in not knowing when their loaned player's loan was ending, then how slow were the National League and the FA in working out that this had happened. Surely it is not beyond the wit of digital technology automatically to flag up these problems within minutes?<br />
<br />
If Braintree deserve a three-point deduction what punishment do those in charge deserve for their inefficiency? The moment Fylde were cheated out of three points the futures of every club involved surely changed?]]></content:encoded>
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