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Boreham Wood 0-5 Burton Albion: Wood suffer cup humbling

That Boreham Wood were many people’s favourites to pull off another FA Cup upset is testimony to the success enjoyed by Luke Garrard’s men.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 January 2026

Boreham Wood’s Matt Rush, right, takes on Burton Albion’s Jack Armer

By Neil Harvey

Boreham Wood 0

Burton Albion 5
Lofthouse 35, O’Connell (og) 41, Tavares 67, Williams 83, McKiernan 90+2
That Boreham Wood were many people’s favourites to pull off another FA Cup upset is testimony to the success enjoyed by Luke Garrard’s men.
This was Wood’s fourth third-round tie in the last six years under Garrard, while the Hertfordshire minnows have emerged as unlikely title chasers in their first season back in the National League.
Wood have already beaten two League Two sides in Crawley Town and Newport County to get to this stage, but League One Burton Albion prove...

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