Brown & Bristow Staying With Basingstone

Evo-Stik League South Premier club Basingstoke Town have confirmed that both manager Terry Brown and Jason Bristow will be staying for season 2018/19.

Brown will take the title of director of football and Bristow will be first-team manager.

The model of being a full-time club will continue in principle, with it being adapted to allow for part time players to be integrated, as has happened in the latter part of this season.

The training responsibilities will continue to be jointly shared by Brown and Bristow, with a structured mixture of daytime and evening sessions.

This announcement allows Brown and Bristow to immediately start making plans for next season and discussions have already taken place with several players.

As it is known next season will be one of transition with the move to Winklebury, therefore it was felt key to ensure as much continuity as possible on the football management side of the club. This has been achieved through constructive and thoughtful discussions with both Brown and Bristow.

Brown said in a club statement: “Having worked alongside Jason with our current squad over the last two years, I think it would be a mistake to break up the nucleus of this very talented young squad. During this period, we have worked to very taxing reductions with the players budget. The running costs of the first-team has been subsidised by the sale of Aaron Jarvis to Luton and Robert Atkinson to Fulham. Both deals included possible sell-ons, first-team appearances and pre-season friendlies.

“This season we have received considerable interest from several professional clubs for at least two of our current squad.

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