IRON APPOINT DANNY COWLEY

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IRON APPOINT DANNY COWLEY
New man looking forward to the challenge
Braintree Town have appointed 36 year old Danny Cowley as their first team manager - he joins from Conference South side Concord Rangers on an initial two year agreement. Danny, whose family come from Braintree, spent a very successful eight years at the Canvey Island club. He took them from step five to step two, enjoying a remarkable three promotions in just eight years plus a notable Essex Senior Cup Final success over Braintree just twelve months ago!
Chairman Lee Harding was delighted with the appointment: "I've been really pleased with the calibre of applicants for the job and thank them all, but Danny has really impressed us. I have been aware of his progress over recent years, have enjoyed hearing his views on the game and his desire to bring success to our club. The next few years will be pivotal in our history and I am confident that Danny will take us forward and be part of an exciting future."
Danny is looking forward to the challenge: "First of all, it's a great opportunity for me, one that I think I fully deserve and will mean that I have now managed at every step in the pyramid. I think it's a fantastic job and wouldn't have taken it if I didn't believe that I could take the club forward, especially after the progress made over the last four years. I've always been a winner, but it's not going to be an easy challenge. That said, it's one that inspires me to ensure that we all do everything in our power to make it a success. I'm really looking forward to it!"
Picture courtesy of Essex County Newspapers.

[mooresy25]

Looks to be a good appointment to me. Welcome to the club Danny.

[ozbrit]

Good appointment - onwards and upwards



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[braintreeo]

Young and ambitious good appointment.

Good luck Danny and Nicky.

[MrOrange]

I was gutted when Devo and Keith left after all they had achieved however Danny Cowley promises to be a good appointment. Concord were certainly a very good team when they played us off he park in last years ESC final

Welcome Danny and Nicky and I wish you a successful time at the helm

[braintreeboy]

Yeah definitely feel it's a good appointment, either him or Jamie day I would have gone for so more than happy. He can obviously work with a budget n has a great record with concord so easy to see why he'd have ticked a lot of boxes for us so bring it on!

[4whatitsworth]

Welcome to the IRON Danny, feel this is good appointment similar to when Rod came a few years back, a young hungry manager with ambition. He will surely have the respect of our squad after beating us fair and square in the Essex cup final last season and guiding Concord into the top half of the Connie South this year.

[ironmansimon]

Have to agree happy with the new choice of manager. I hope he can establish a good rapport with the players we need tokeep hold of and is strong enough to let the dead wood go. I reckon lIle many new managers he will bring in some newsignings and have a good eye for talent. Should be a iinteresting close season and hopefully we will all be kept informed what's going on. When are we to expect news on the new ground?. Also what will happen to mssers strutton and walker? . Good luck to Danny.

[dbbn]

Strutts was on crutches at the Alty game.

[underdog]

Hello all, concord fan here. I would just like to say a couple of things about the cowleys. You have in Dan and Nick 2 of the hardest working and passionate managers in non league football. The amount of time they spend researching opponents, tactics for themselves, latest coaching methods and player recruitment is unbelievable considering they have full time jobs. They also have a lot of passion and are natural born winners and will strive towards this at all times.

On top of this contrary to what you may hear from some fans from other clubs they are 2 of the nicest blokes in football to go with their undoubted talent. They will be sorely sorely missed at concord for all they have done in the last 8 years, Danny as manager Nicky as player until this season but i wish them all the best with yourselves as they fully deserve the step up. Good luck with them for next season and I'm sure you'll have a couple of concord fans keeping a close eye on results this season.

[admin]

Welcome to Iron Chatter underdog. It's always a shame when a club should lose a very successful MT to a higher division club, but in the best traditions you can see the opportunity's there for Danny to further his career.

May we wish Concord all the very best of luck in finding an able replacement for the coming season.

Welcome to MrOrange first post - I love your rocking kitten and hope to see more of it in the coming weeks along with your ideas.

[bonzo]

I'm very happy with this appointment - welcome Danny - all the best !

[underdog]

Thanks admin, I honestly think you'll see some success this season with the cowleys and I hope you have a good season! Always kept an eye for your results being an Essex club but will have an even more keen eye now!

Like you said aswell got Danny's personal ambitions he had to take the chance. Not a nice thing for us at Concord losing him after all the success and friendships but there is a point he had to take the next step and i personally do wish them all the best!