Non-League Paper

LEADERS CHOPPED DOWN BY WOOD

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
13 October 2019

Shaymen stunned but still stay top

By Matt Wright
FC HALIFAX 0

BOREHAM WD 2

Thomas 44, McDonnell 75

MAC ATTACK: Tom Champion jumps on Adam McDonnell’s back after Boreham Wood made it 2-0
PICTURE: Darren Murphy

FC HALIFAX Town stay top of the table despite crashing to defeat at home to a slick Boreham Wood side.
A Tom Champion header on the stroke of half-time, and an Adam McDonnell free-kick 15 minutes from time sealed victory for Luke Garrard’s fast-improving Wood, taking them into the top ten.
“We had tired bodies out there,” a relieved Garrard said,...

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