New Braintree Town striker Jack Midson is pleased to have joined a club that has the right ambition and one he feels is “on the way up”.

The 32-year-old former Oxford United and AFC Wimbledon forward has signed from Vanarama National League rivals Eastleigh to be part of a strong-looking Iron attacking line-up that manager Jamie Day is assembling.

Midson admits he had interest from several other clubs after leaving Eastleigh and that switching from full to part-time football had been a challenge, but he was happy to link up with a club that was looking to progress.

Midson told the Braintree and Witham Times: “I’m happy to be at a club that did very well last year, that is growing and is on the way up.

“It’s important for me to join a club that has ambition and is looking up rather than being at a League Two side who may be on the way down.

“It’s a challenge for me to go from being full-time to part-time and it’s something I didn’t think I’d have at this stage of my career as I still feel very healthy and able to handle full-time football.

“But I spoke to Jamie (Day) and I wanted to work with someone like him.

“The club did very well last year and we’ll be looking to do well again.

“Jamie hasn’t said too much about what he expects from me as he’s been concentrating on getting us ready physically and then once we get into pre-season games, I think we’ll talk more about team shapes and tactics.”

While Midson has had healthy goal returns from all of his previous clubs and will bring extra experience at the top end of the pitch for the Iron, last season proved to be a barren one in goal-scoring terms for him as he failed to find the target in 40 appearances for Eastleigh.

Having scored 11 in his first campaign at the club, Midson said last year’s return was partly because of the deeper role he was asked to play by manager Chris Todd that limited chances in front of goal.

However, he does feel he has a small point to prove with the Iron this year.

He added: “At Eastleigh, I had a good first year and we did well to finish in the play-offs, but last year, the manager was short of midfield options and me being me, I said I’d go in there to do a job for him.

“So it meant I was restricted more in getting up front and scoring goals.

“I do feel I have a slight point to prove here.

“There were some other clubs interested in me as well as Braintree and I have an opportunity to say ‘look what you missed out on.”