Boreham Wood: The non-league side looking for a fairytale ending to their story against Everton

Boreham Wood travel to Goodison Park to take on Everton on Thursday night knowing that they have already set a new club record by making it this far in the FA Cup, and that a win over the struggling Toffees would make them only the second non-league side since 1914 to reach the quarter-finals of the competition, after Lincoln managed the feat in 2017.

It is a tough ask, but the Hertfordshire side have already knocked out sides from League One and the Championship to get this far, including an impressive result over promotion-chasers Bournemouth in the last round of the competition.

The victory over the Cherries is one that manager Luke Garrard won’t forget in a hurry, he admitted afterwards.

‘To have that moment at Bournemouth will live with me forever. My best moment as a manager of this club by a country mile’, he told The Sun.

The Toffees have won just one of their last five Premier League games, and currently sit a point above the relegation zone with 13 games to play. By contrast, the non-League side have lost just one of their last five games, and are in the running for promotion from the national league. While 4 divisions separate them, form suggests that the standings will mean little come kick-off.

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Better still, Boreham Wood will boast the knowledge of who they could face next ahead of the game, with the draw set to be made before kick-off. With the top three sides in England still in the competition, this could hand them a mouthwatering quarter-final clash, and an added incentive to get past Everton.

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