Play-off finish leaves us wanting more, says skipper Brown
MATTY BROWN believes Town’s taste of the National League play-offs can drive them on for another promotion push next season.
The Shaymen lost 2-1 at Boreham Wood last Friday in their televised play-off eliminator after finishing sixth in the table.
Instead of remaining in the fight for a place in League Two, they now know they will have a fourth consecutive season in
First and foremost, our objective is to maintain National League status
the top tier of non-league football.
But Brown reckons coming so close to what would have been a shock return to the Football League can spur the club on next term.
The Town skipper said: “You get that little taste and you want more of it. I think it would have been even more so if we’d got to the play-off final, but even going out in the first eliminator, it gives us that taste.
“There’s no reason why you can’t do it for the length of the season and stay up there. We were up in first and second for a long time. We came off it for a little bit but if you keep that consistency, you stay up there and give yourself a chance automatically.
“We’re looking forward to getting started, hopefully in a successful manor. But it does give us a little taste of what we can do, but we’re going to need some additions to help us push on. I think our (first) 11 is good but then when we lose key players, that’s when we struggle, whereas other clubs can replace like for like. We just need a bit more strength-in-depth.”
Brown says coming off the back of a play-off finish does give Town plenty to build on, but is also wary that it could have the opposite effect.
“I think it could also have the flip-side where you think you have a divine right to finish in the play-offs.
“You’ve seen that with Fylde haven’t you. They got to the play-off final and won the FA Trophy, and then they end up getting relegated,
“I think that’s one thing that won’t creep in with certain characters we have at this club, is that complacency, thinking we’ve got a given right now to finish in the play-off spots.
“First and foremost, our first objective is to maintain National League status, it always is, and then build from there. But the higher we can hover in the table next season, it gives us more of a buffer if we do go through a bad spell to push on from there.”
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