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Brackley sign ex-Wolves midfielder Price
Brackley Town have signed former Wolves midfielder Jack Price for the 2025-26 had been a free agent for nearly a year after finishing a short-term contract at Shrewsbury last July, but is now set to return to professional football with the newly-promoted National League 32-year-old is the fifth arrival at St James Park this summer following Ryan Haynes, Danny Waldron, Kyle Morrison and Zak his career, Price played in the Championship with Wolves, for whom he made 115 also spent over five years in Major League Soccer at Colorado Rapids where he succeeded former United States and Manchester United goalkeeper Tim Howard as captain in 2020."Jack will bring a wealth of experience to the squad and is a real leader on and off the pitch," Brackley manager Gavin Cowan told the club website., external "We're really pleased to have him on board at a time in his career where he is motivated and determined to make an impact."
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26-04-2025
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Brackley delighted by 'extraordinary' promotion
Brackley Town manager Gavin Cowan has hailed their promotion to the top tier of English non-league football as "something extraordinary".After coming so close in the past, they beat Farsley Celtic 5-0 to become National League North champions as rivals Kidderminster Harriers, who began the day top of the table, lost 2-1 at Saints reached the play-offs in 2018, 2019, 2020 and again in 2022, 2023 and 2024 but were unable to finish the goals by Danny Newton, Tyler Lyttle, Connor Hall and Terry O'Sullivan put them 4-0 up by half-time in front of a crowd of 1,691 at St James Scott Pollock rounded things off with the fifth in the final minute of the game to ensure play-offs would not be needed this time."We're up there with the best part-time clubs but really, we shouldn't be beating teams like Kidderminster and Scunthorpe to the league," Cowan told BBC Radio Northampton."There's something extraordinary been done here, not just by the players but by the staff, the hierarchy and the fans as well. It's been a big, big collective effort." Brackley were founded in 1890 and before winning the title, their greatest achievement came in 2018 when they were victorious in the FA Trophy chairman Francis Oliver said: "Wembley was unbelievable and this is just the same."The last 30 minutes was sheer torture, how time goes so slowly - but I just feel so proud for the players, supporters, volunteers, everybody. It's just amazing."The Saints won their last six games of the season to finish top and Oliver promised they would give it their "best shot" in the National League next will be facing a number of former English Football League clubs, including Aldershot, Yeovil Town and Hartlepool their performance against Farsley, Cowan said: "The players were excellent, they showed a real ruthless mentality and I couldn't be any prouder."We created a real intensity, a real patience because we knew we were going to have a lot of possession, we wanted to play our patterns and we did."We weren't fazed about anything else. What was going on elsewhere didn't interest me in the slightest until your realise the game's won. "The feeling I've got is incredible, I can't imagine what all the good people of this club are feeling after so many years of having a go at it."
