I'M OUT OF THE WOOD!

BOREHAM WOOD chairman Danny Hunter says parting company with long-standing manager Luke Garrard was done with a’very heavy heart’ as he prepares to bid farewell to the ‘most successful manager in the club’s history’.

- Jon Couch

Garrard, 38, has announced this week that he will stand down as Wood boss at the end of the season, ending a nineyear stay in the Meadow Park dugout.

His decision came after an ill-timed run of six straight defeats have left the Hertfordshire club into the National League relegation zone, just 12 months after they reached the play-off semi-finals.

Garrard will go down as one of the most decorated managers in the club’s recent history having led them to the brink of the Football League in the 2018 Promotion Final, and to the third round of the FA Cup for three seasons running.

In March 2022, he guided Wood to the fifth round of the FA Cup where they bowed out to Premier League Everton at Goodison Park.