BOSS RYAN LIVING LIFE TO THE MAX

TO THE NEW BRAINTREE Town manager Ryan Maxwell hopes the Iron finally getting off the mark will give them the platform to turn the season around.

- Matt Badcock

Maxwell and former Iron midfielder Nicky Symons arrived at the club following George Borg’s departure on Monday and fielded EIGHT new players in their first game against Concord Rangers on Tuesday night.

Keeper Patrick Ohman has joined on dual-registration from Carshalton Athletic, Marcus Johnson-Schuster and Thomas Derry arrived from Hayes & Yeading United, Taofiq Olomowewe from Hemel Hempstead, while Sam Robbins and Correy Davidson made the switch from Bishop’s Stortford. Left-back Nathan Smith and Jason Banton completed the new signings.

And the 1-0 victory ended the National League South club’s seven-game streak of defeats and put their first points on the board.

Maxwell, who was previously in charge of Walthamstow with Symons, admits he hadn’t seen some of the new faces play in the flesh but he was delighted with how they fared.