SORBA'S STARTING TO PASE HIMSELF

Wood starlet is now coming of age

- David Richardson

BREAKING into the Boreham Wood first team and playing National League football was a bit of a shock for Sorba Thomas.

“I was a young, cocky boy who thought I was on top of the world because I got three goals in an U19s game. I was thinking ‘I can definitely play first team against old, overweight geezers!’,” the talented winger told The NLP.

“But I made my debut against Maidenhead and when I first started playing I was like, ‘Oh I don’t think I’m good enough to play’. You try to play how you play for the academy against them and they just read you. It was hard at the start but the gaffer (Luke Garrard) showed faith in me. I’d say I’ve probably repaid him with my performances this season.”

The 20-year-old has quickly become one of the hottest properties in the division after coming through the club’s esteemed PASE Academy.