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Trophy duty for Bromley boss Andy and his mate Gareth

Andy Woodman has already had a taste of the FA Trophy final at Wembley – as a ball boy alongside England manager Gareth Southgate!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 March 2022

By Jon Couch

BALLBOY: Andy Woodman

ANDY Woodman has already had a taste of the FA Trophy final at Wembley – as a ball boy alongside England manager Gareth Southgate!
The Bromley boss revealed he helped officiate at the 1987-88 final between Enfield and Telford United when he and close schoolboy friend Southgate were drafted in on apprentice duty.
Woodman is just one game away from a return to Wembley as a manager after his Ravens side saw off Solihull Moors in last weekend’s quarter-final to earn a last-four tie with York City.
The 50-year-old former Brentford and Northampton Town goalkee...

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