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.
Hunter and Garrard met just hours after Monday’s 4-2 defeat at Southend United where is was agreed the latter would step down after the final game of this season against Ebbsfleet United on April 20, irrespective of whether the club escape relegation or not.
Dignified In a lengthy statement,
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