Boreham Wood
The club
Boreham Wood Football Club are a club from Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, nicknamed the Wood, who play in the National League, the fifth tier. The club is not Boreham Wood Rovers or Royal Retournez, the two sides it merged from in 1948. Wikipedia gives the founding as 1948, starting in the Mid-Herts League. They have played at Meadow Park since 1963, previously at Eldon Avenue, with a capacity of 4,500 of which 1,700 is seated. The club's playing colours were not established from the sources read here.
Luke Garrard is listed as manager and Danny Hunter as chairman. A fan-site page read for 2026-27 did not name the manager, so this was not independently confirmed.
Recent seasons
Boreham Wood reached the FA Cup third round in 2020-21, losing 2-0 to Millwall, and the fifth round in 2021-22. They finished sixth in the National League in 2022-23 and lost the play-off semi-final to Notts County. In 2023-24 they finished fourth from bottom and were relegated to the National League South. In 2024-25 they finished fifth there and won the play-off final 1-0 against Maidstone United to return. In 2025-26 they won the National League Cup on penalties against West Ham United Under-21s, finished fourth in the National League, and lost the play-off final to Rochdale on penalties.
Honours and landmarks
National League Cup winners in 2025-26; Isthmian League Division One champions in 1976-77, 1994-95 and 2000-01; Isthmian League Cup winners in 1996-97; Southern League Division One East champions in 2005-06; Athenian League Division One champions in 1973-74 and Division Two in 1968-69; Parthenon League champions in 1955-56; Herts Senior Cup winners seven times, most recently 2018-19; Herts Charity Cup five times; London Challenge Cup winners in 1997-98. Their best league finish is fourth in the National League, in 2017-18 and 2025-26. The record attendance is 4,101 against St Albans City in the FA Cup on 6 December 2021. The record fee received is 1.5 million pounds from Djurgardens IF for Abdul Abdulmalik.
Notable scorelines
In 2017-18 they beat Blackpool 2-1, their first win over a Football League club, then lost 3-0 at Coventry City in round two. In 2020-21 they beat Southend United 4-3 on penalties after a 3-3 draw. In 2021-22 they beat AFC Wimbledon 2-0 and won 1-0 away at AFC Bournemouth before losing 2-0 to Everton in round five, their best run. The club's record win and record defeat were not established from the sources read here.
European record
None. Boreham Wood have never played in a European competition, as far as the sources read here show.
Quotes
No directly quoted material was confirmed from the sources read here.
Right now (2026-27 season)
Boreham Wood play in the National League. A fan-site table with no stated update time had them first with 44 points from 16 games and a goal difference of plus 27. Recent results were a 4-3 home win over Hartlepool United on 31 October 2026, a 2-1 win at Woking on 27 October, a 4-0 home win over AFC Fylde on 24 October and a 2-0 win at Sutton United on 9 October. They beat Woking 3-2 in the FA Cup on 17 October 2026.
In the first round proper they are at home to Wigan, listed on the fan site as Wigan, on Saturday 7 November 2026, 15:00 UK time. Their summer transfer business was not established from the sources read here.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreham_Wood_F.C. https://fanbanter.co.uk/national-league/boreham-wood/
Researched and written for not4quarters. Where a fact could not be established from the sources read, this page says so rather than guessing.