OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME | £3.00 VS. FC HALIFAX TOWN MATCH SPONSOR BALL SPONSOR FRIDAY 17TH JULY KICK OFF 7:45PM NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAY-OFF ELIMINATOR BOREHAM WOOD SENIOR CLUB THERAPIST FOOTBALL CLUB Megan Reid Boreham Wood Football Club Ltd is 100% owned by its shareholders. FIRST TEAM AND The company is considered to RESERVE TEAM THERAPIST be controlled by Mr. D Hunter Adam Woodrow by reason of his shareholdings CONTENTS and financial commitment to the ACADEMY LEAD THERAPIST company. Registered in England Angelika Brown No. 02533129 FIRST TEAM ANALYST FOUNDED 1948 Elliot Allum GROUND COMMUNITY MANAGER Meadow Park, Broughinge Road, Connor Smith 4-5 A PROGRESS REPORT Borehamwood, Herts. WD6 5AL. PASE ACADEMY COACHES With Chairman Danny Hunter TELEPHONE Ricky Shakes, Daniel Woodards, 0208-953 5097 David Stephens, Tom Champion, Connor Smith, Femi Ilesanmi, Full Members of The Football Jamal Fyfield, Sorba Thomas Association The National League and Kane Smith 6-11 NEW PROPOSED AFFILIATED TO SAFETY OFFICER The Hertfordshire Football Tom Coggin CLUB DEVELOPMENT Association & The London Football Association MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS Nicole Cox CLUB COLOURS 14 FROM THE DUGOUT All White PA ANNOUNCER Mark Hughes AWAY COLOURS From Manager Luke Garrard Yellow with Grey Band CLUB HONOURS MAIN SPONSOR National League Promotion Barnet & Southgate College Final Runners-Up 16 LEAGUE STANDINGS, 2017/18 PRINCIPAL PARTNERS Hertsmere Borough Council, Conference South Play-off FIXTURES & RESULTS Arsenal Football Club, Winners Lexus, Reggiani, BW PASE Ltd, 2014/15 Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council, GBE Installations Isthmian Football League Premier Division Play-off Winners 18-19 PLAYERS AND STAFF DIRECTORY 2009/10 SOLID STUDENT PRESIDENT Premier Division Runners-up W.F. O’Neill 1997/98 20-21 CLUB FIXTURES & SUPPORT CHAIRMAN Division One Champions Danny Hunter 1994/95, 2000/01 RESULTS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Division Two Champions Charlie Hunter 1976/77 ADVANCE GENERAL MANAGER Full Members Cup Runners-up 24 BACK TOGETHER YOUR CAREER Matthew Hunter 1994/95, 1995/96 AGAIN! FINANCE DIRECTOR League Cup Winners Ciara Dyer 1996/97 CLUB/MATCH SECRETARY League Cup Runners-up ACHIEVE Dell Ward 1998/99 25 PLAYING OUR PART COMMERCIAL & HOSPITALITY Southern Football League MANAGER Division One East Champions YOUR AMBITION Mandee Morris 2005/06 26 OLLIE BAYLISS MAIN OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Hertfordshire FA Senior Sue Hodson Challenge Cup Winners NON-LEAGUE SHOW 1971/72, 1998/99, 2001/02, CLUB SHOP 2007/08, 2013/14, 2017/18, Grant Morris 2018/19 HEAD GROUNDSMAN FA Challenge Cup 27-30 IN THE OPPOSITION Ben Howell First Round 1973/74, 1977/78, 1998/99, FC Halifax Town MAINTENANCE MANAGER 2002/03, 2003/04, 2012/13, Daniel Hunter 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2018/19 MAINTENANCE TEAM Second Round Jan Jankowiak and Dave Wesley 1996/97, 1997/98, 2017/18 32-33 500 CLUB BAR AND FACILITIES MANAGER FA Challenge Trophy Jodie Lillywhite Semi-finalists 2005/06 CATERING MANAGER 36 EARLY BIRD SEASON May Mason Charity Cup Winners 1980/81, 1983/84, 1988/89, TICKET OFFER HEAD OF FOOTBALL 1989/90 Luke Garrard London FA Challenge Cup ASSISTANT MANAGER Winners APPLY ONLINE NOW Vic Akers 1997/98 37 SPONSOR SUPPORT FIRST TEAM COACH Website VITAL TO WOOD’S Cameron Mawer www.borehamwoodfootballclub.co.uk 020 8266 4000 GOALKEEPER COACH Twitter/Instagram RECOVERY barnetsouthgate.ac.uk Martin Brennan @BOREHAM_WOODFC PASE ACADEMY MANAGER Facebook Cameron Mawer @BorehamWoodFC DANNY HUNTER I expect this evening’s game to be very, Why? Because football without two sets very close and it wouldn’t surprise me in of supporters in a ground is not football the slightest if it went down to penalties. as I know it in the purest sense but the A PROGRESS fact is, and it’s very clear, that we are not As always in the Play-Offs, it’s no good anywhere near though this pandemic worrying about yesterday, today or in the London area, and when I look at REPORT tomorrow, it’s simply to embrace the the scenes in the London pubs in recent moment, enjoy the pressure, knowing to weeks, the behaviour of some in truth the victor the spoils, as both clubs strive scares me. Tonight we welcome the Players, Directors for the right to meet Harrogate Town. and Management team of FC Halifax Town FC. One person who doesn’t scare me though On another note, when you look at our is our loyal supporter Mr Alan Swan, Alan magnificent pitch this evening, is it any has like many of our supporters gone wonder our ground staff at long last won beyond the call of duty in recent months Well the waiting is finally over, the all the new safety aspects of whatever the ‘groundsman of the year’ award last to help and assist me and the club with preparation is now complete and two very the ‘new normal’ looks like, firmly in our season? his care, his kindness and his love for our good teams will go head to head, to see thoughts. small community football club. Though who progresses onto the next stage of As such, as this game is being shown he will not like me saying it, he’s been an these pandemic Play-Offs, where a trip to We must also accept and deal with live on BT Sport, it would be very wrong incredible ally during this pandemic and Harrogate Town awaits the victors. the new bubble that young people will of me not to mention our groundsman has my undying gratitude. operate in. As such, I must be forward extraordinaire Ben Howell and all the For ourselves it’s been a very busy last 5 thinking and understand the ever-growing grounds’ team that produce this incredible In terms of our Play-Off squad I couldn’t weeks since the National League, in early media demands put on this football club pitch. I must also give a quick mention to be happier, and it couldn’t under the June, decided to schedule the Play-Offs in and our academy in respects to all things Daniel Hunter, Jens Jankowiak, Loretta guidance given to us by the National July to August, having watched their EFL media and communications, so can I Browne and all the kit and maintenance League, be any stronger and let me tell counterparts do the exact same thing just warmly welcome both Tom and Nicole to team for getting the whole facility Covid you, it is as balanced a squad as any we’ve a few days earlier. Boreham Wood FC. safe and ready. ever had here at Meadow Park. Of course, for clubs of our size, that has Tonight though is all about winning, it Our Covid Manager and Clinical Lead In fact I genuinely believe if this squad had meant us all working overtime in putting will no doubt have its talking points and Megan Reid, alongside Ciara Dyer, Mandee been in place back last August, then this the band back together, as we had loan moments, but it will certainly not matter Morris and their teams, have also been game this evening would not be taking players who had gone back to their about performance and it will only be instrumental in ensuring everyone has place and perhaps Barrow might have parent clubs, players out of contract on about the result. That is the case with been paid and their health and safety been in these Play-Offs? April 25th, and players who were not sure any knockout cup competition and in has been given the highest of priorities. where their futures might lay? cup honoured tradition, Halifax and their Having now spent close to £13k already, Though we now sit in mid-July, and fantastic supporters will understand that just on our player’s coronavirus testing, in normal circumstances it’s where So, I must thank all of the loanee clubs, as well. that shows no expense or stone has everyone’s pre-season is cranking up, the players themselves, all of our been left unturned, as we put tonight’s tonight will be where one team’s season backroom staff and of course my gaffer We ourselves were in these winner take game and its protocols to the top of our will come to an abrupt end. But nothing Luke Garrard, my Chief Executive Charlie all games just two years ago, where we priorities. in the sporting arena in terms of two Hunter, and our Club Secretary Dell Ward, firstly dispatched a very good Fylde side teams competing against each other has as they have to a man and women all been 2-1 here at Meadow Park, then beat Sutton Somebody asked me yesterday if I was changed so I say “to the victor the spoils” magnificent. United at a scorching Gander Green Lane optimistic about tonight? In truth I’m and good luck to whoever marches onto 3-2 in a tense semi-final, before losing to always optimistic with this group of staff Harrogate Town with hope in their hearts. On another really positive note, as we Tranmere Rovers 2-1 at Wembley. and team. But I’m strangely also very, very continue to navigate our way through relaxed about this evening’s result and If it’s not to be my beloved Boreham this pandemic, is that I am in a position Much of our squad and town will this season’s Play-Offs as it was only four Wood FC then so be it, we will wipe our to announce that we have employed remember that day at Wembley and trust months ago that I didn’t know if we would mouths, we will look after our players and two new, young and ambitious me the hurt of that defeat to Tranmere even have a football club, let alone be staff, and we will go again next season.