New boss aims to halt slide

By Hugo Varley

MANAGEMENT: Michael Walther, left, and Lee Connor

AT the beginning of the month, Basildon United looked to be a club on the cusp of a rapid upward trajectory.
A matter of months after securing promotion from the Essex Senior League for the first time in 27 years, the Bees sat at the summit of the Bostik North as the campaign rolled into November, having won seven of their opening 11 league games.
However, the club’s storming start appeared to disintegrate in extraordinary circumstances as a 4-0 defeat at home to Bowers & Pitsea saw the...