Football: Iron are confident

From the archive, first published Wednesday 25th Apr 2007.

We're feeling confident.

Braintree Town captain Bradley Quinton is optimistic the club will be able to secure their place in the Nationwide Conference South play-offs.

Iron currently lie fourth in the table and a positive result in their crunch game at Eastbourne Borough on Saturday will prolong their season for at least another two matches.

And George Borg's side have every reason to feel confident, having gone unbeaten in their last four matches and not conceded in more than six hours of football.

Quinton, who is the Cressing Road club's longest-serving player, feels he and his team-mates can achieve their ambitions with Braintree.

He said: "We have always had great confidence and belief in ourselves.

"We knew it would come down to the last few games of the season.

"We're starting to realise that there's no sides that we need to be scared of.

"Considering the size of the squad we have and the difficulty of our run-in we have done well, especially as a lot of people thought we might get relegated.

"We're pleased with how well things have gone for us.

"We were disappointed with the three games we lost even though we were hindered a bit because of injuries."

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