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Boreham Wood 1-0 Chesterfield: Ash is a smash to deny Spireites

AN INSPIRED display from goalkeeper Nathan Ashmore kept Boreham Wood in the play-off hunt, while hammering another nail in Chesterfield’s title hopes.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 February 2023

By Brett Lewis

BOREHAM WOOD 1
Rees 63

CHESTERFIELD 0

WOOD FIRED UP: Josh Rees, second right, is congratulated after his goal
PICTURE: Mike Capps

AN INSIRED display from goalkeeper Nathan Ashmore kept Boreham Wood in the play-off hunt, while hammering another nail in Chesterfield’s title hopes.
Ashmore pulled off a string of fine saves to deny Paul Cook’s Spireites with substitute Josh Rees ensuring the points went the way of Wood with the winner midway through the second half.
“He deserved to be on the winning team,” boss Luke Garrard said of his prized shot-stopper. “If this was on ...

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