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Braintree boss Danny Cowley stresses importance of club's Academy
By Braintree Chronicle | Posted: June 18, 2015
By Adam May
Braintree Town manager Danny Cowley
Danny Cowley is looking to ensure that Braintree Town place importance on their Academy, and hopes that they can emulate some of the success of the Iron's local neighbours.
The Iron boss, who took over from Alan Devonshire in May, has already boosted his squad by confirming the signing of experienced centre-half Matt Fry from his former club Concord, but wants there to be the chance for the youngsters to prove themselves at Cressing Road.
"As a small club we have to have sustainability. For me, our Academy should be in line with Colchester, Southend and Dagenham," he said. "That has to be our ambition and when we can start to compete with those clubs we begin to attract the best players. If we can attract them and develop them appropriately then we have sustainability.
"That's something we'll be working towards, and the community is important. Braintree Town should be massively proud that it's playing in the National League. It's up to us to try to touch the hearts of people in Braintree and we've got family who live here; we've got a relationship with the area and it's about us reaching out and getting as many people as we can through the gates.
"If we can support the youth teams and the Academy then we hope they support us equally.
"We work with young people and there's nothing better than getting young people in this environment because they bring enthusiasm. The Academy plays an important role in how the season pans out and for us moving forward."
Braintree have already lost centre-back Alan Massey, an integral component of the Iron side that finished 14th last season, and vice-captain Ryan Peters who have dropped down a league to join their old boss at Maidenhead.
Danny expressed the importance of having a solid and reliable backline, and is confident that Matt Fry can play an important role in doing so while putting his past injuries behind him.
"Matt was at West Ham for 11 years and went out on loan towards the end of that time, playing for Charlton in the region of 50 games in the Football League and then at Gillingham and Bradford," he said.
"He's been with us for the past three seasons. Matt only came out of the Football League because of injuries. He did his cruciate ligaments and probably got some wrong advice. The provisions put in place probably weren't as good as desired and that was at a Premiership club."
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Fry: Danny was a big part of my Iron move - Braintree & Witham Times
Saturday 27 June 2015
Matt Fry says a huge part of his reason for leaving Concord Rangers to join Braintree Town was the appointment of manager Danny Cowley.
Cowley left the Beach Boys to link up with the Iron at the end of last season, with centre-half Fry (pictured) following in his footsteps after the departure of Alan Massey.
And he says the impact Cowley has had on his career is huge, with individual training programmes drawn up by his manager to ensure he wasn’t affected by a number of injuries suffered earlier in his career.
Fry said, although leaving Concord wasn’t an easy decision, he was delighted to link up with Cowley once again.
“It’s no secret that I have a good relationship with Danny,” said the 24-year-old.
“I turned down some pretty good offers before I came back to Concord last summer and it was a good move for me.
“Danny was one of the main reasons behind that and all the boys will tell you how much of a pleasure it is to play for him.
“When he got the job he gave me a call but it was all professionally handled and it was a move I was keen to make.
“Even though I didn’t have a contract I was still a Concord player and I wanted to respect that.”
Braintree hoping to avoid injury nightmares - Braintree & Witham Times.
Nicky Cowley. Picture: NIGEL BROWN
Simon Spurgeon - Friday 26 June 2015
Braintree Town’s new management team hope their summer fitness plans can prevent the injuries that blighted much of the Iron’s Conference Premier campaign last season.
A run of bad luck meant key members of the squad missed large parts of the 2014/15 season.
But, with the squad due back to start their pre-season training today, assistant manager Nicky Cowley said he and his brother – manager Danny Cowley – will be working with the players during their summer programme to try to make sure there is no repeat in the Vanarama National League this year.
The brothers both have Sports Science degrees and will be putting that knowledge to good use in developing the fitness schedules they found great success with during eight seasons in charge of Concord Rangers.
Nicky said: “Danny and I try to be meticulous with our planning.
“We are big believers that if we plan well then everyone can work cohesively.
“It’s a similar programme to the one we used at Concord but we try to read as much as we can about training techniques and we always try to develop the programmes each year to make them better.
“We look at what we have done previously but each year we try to evolve it and add new details.
“We do plan for injuries and have recovery elements included with things like ice baths, but we also look to include core strength programmes.
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“If you get the core strength right, that will be the foundation for everything and picking up these types of injuries can hopefully be avoided.
“I’m not saying that it will totally be avoided but we feel that you increase your chances of having fully fit players if you put the right core programmes in place."
By Braintree Chronicle | Posted: June 18, 2015
By Adam May
Braintree Town manager Danny Cowley
Danny Cowley is looking to ensure that Braintree Town place importance on their Academy, and hopes that they can emulate some of the success of the Iron's local neighbours.
The Iron boss, who took over from Alan Devonshire in May, has already boosted his squad by confirming the signing of experienced centre-half Matt Fry from his former club Concord, but wants there to be the chance for the youngsters to prove themselves at Cressing Road.
"As a small club we have to have sustainability. For me, our Academy should be in line with Colchester, Southend and Dagenham," he said. "That has to be our ambition and when we can start to compete with those clubs we begin to attract the best players. If we can attract them and develop them appropriately then we have sustainability.
"That's something we'll be working towards, and the community is important. Braintree Town should be massively proud that it's playing in the National League. It's up to us to try to touch the hearts of people in Braintree and we've got family who live here; we've got a relationship with the area and it's about us reaching out and getting as many people as we can through the gates.
"If we can support the youth teams and the Academy then we hope they support us equally.
"We work with young people and there's nothing better than getting young people in this environment because they bring enthusiasm. The Academy plays an important role in how the season pans out and for us moving forward."
Braintree have already lost centre-back Alan Massey, an integral component of the Iron side that finished 14th last season, and vice-captain Ryan Peters who have dropped down a league to join their old boss at Maidenhead.
Danny expressed the importance of having a solid and reliable backline, and is confident that Matt Fry can play an important role in doing so while putting his past injuries behind him.
"Matt was at West Ham for 11 years and went out on loan towards the end of that time, playing for Charlton in the region of 50 games in the Football League and then at Gillingham and Bradford," he said.
"He's been with us for the past three seasons. Matt only came out of the Football League because of injuries. He did his cruciate ligaments and probably got some wrong advice. The provisions put in place probably weren't as good as desired and that was at a Premiership club."
Read more: www.essexchronicle.co.uk/Cowley-says-Iron-nod-youth/story-26715324-detail/story.html#ixzz3eJ3SF62J
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Fry: Danny was a big part of my Iron move - Braintree & Witham Times
Saturday 27 June 2015
Matt Fry says a huge part of his reason for leaving Concord Rangers to join Braintree Town was the appointment of manager Danny Cowley.
Cowley left the Beach Boys to link up with the Iron at the end of last season, with centre-half Fry (pictured) following in his footsteps after the departure of Alan Massey.
And he says the impact Cowley has had on his career is huge, with individual training programmes drawn up by his manager to ensure he wasn’t affected by a number of injuries suffered earlier in his career.
Fry said, although leaving Concord wasn’t an easy decision, he was delighted to link up with Cowley once again.
“It’s no secret that I have a good relationship with Danny,” said the 24-year-old.
“I turned down some pretty good offers before I came back to Concord last summer and it was a good move for me.
“Danny was one of the main reasons behind that and all the boys will tell you how much of a pleasure it is to play for him.
“When he got the job he gave me a call but it was all professionally handled and it was a move I was keen to make.
“Even though I didn’t have a contract I was still a Concord player and I wanted to respect that.”
Braintree hoping to avoid injury nightmares - Braintree & Witham Times.
Nicky Cowley. Picture: NIGEL BROWN
Simon Spurgeon - Friday 26 June 2015
Braintree Town’s new management team hope their summer fitness plans can prevent the injuries that blighted much of the Iron’s Conference Premier campaign last season.
A run of bad luck meant key members of the squad missed large parts of the 2014/15 season.
But, with the squad due back to start their pre-season training today, assistant manager Nicky Cowley said he and his brother – manager Danny Cowley – will be working with the players during their summer programme to try to make sure there is no repeat in the Vanarama National League this year.
The brothers both have Sports Science degrees and will be putting that knowledge to good use in developing the fitness schedules they found great success with during eight seasons in charge of Concord Rangers.
Nicky said: “Danny and I try to be meticulous with our planning.
“We are big believers that if we plan well then everyone can work cohesively.
“It’s a similar programme to the one we used at Concord but we try to read as much as we can about training techniques and we always try to develop the programmes each year to make them better.
“We look at what we have done previously but each year we try to evolve it and add new details.
“We do plan for injuries and have recovery elements included with things like ice baths, but we also look to include core strength programmes.
Share article
“If you get the core strength right, that will be the foundation for everything and picking up these types of injuries can hopefully be avoided.
“I’m not saying that it will totally be avoided but we feel that you increase your chances of having fully fit players if you put the right core programmes in place."