Manager Jamie Day was a much happier man after seeing Chez Isaac’s wonder goal late in their game at Sutton United deliver a very welcome three points on the road for Braintree Town.

The Iron made sure they bounced back from a disappointing performance last weekend against Gateshead by earning their first Vanarama National League away victory of the season with a 2-1 victory at Sutton.

Having fallen behind to a penalty in the first half, the Iron showed a lot of character to get the win.

They equalised from the penalty spot and then had the better of the chances after the break, with Isaac's 25-yard strike winning the game in stoppage time as the icing on the cake after they had gone down to ten men after Ian Gayle received a red card.

“It was a lot better and was much more what I want to see from one of my teams,” said Day.

“We worked hard and created a good number of chances so we looked threatening going forward.

“Everyone put in a good shift and I felt they did respond to what had been said to them.

“However, it has to be like that on a regular basis.

“In the nine games so far, there are times when we’ve played well but then not backed it up.

“It’s something we talked about on the way back from Sutton and we really need to back up this win and performance with another strong display at Chester.

“I had words with them after the game against Gateshead and then we backed that up by having words with them before the game at Sutton and I think they took it on board.

“We didn’t help ourselves by going a goal down again, but we showed good character in this game.

“Having gone down to 10 men late on in the game and then coming back to score the winner shows the character I want to see more of.

“But I’m really pleased with them.

“They deserve praise for that performance, but they need to show it on a regular basis now.

“I don’t want to have to make changes as I like this squad of players that we’ve got.

“Don’t get me wrong, we will add in more quality if we can, but the players we’ve got are good players.

“They will be the first to admit that they haven’t performed as well as they would like, both individually and as a group, but they have set down a marker now and they must make sure they reach it in every game.”