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Wood you believe it?

This time last many goals week, Connor Sansom was sitting in the pub watching his beloved Boreham Wood lose to Rochdale in a dramatic National League play-off final.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 May 2026

FA VASE PREVIEW SPECIAL .. INTRODUCING COCKFOSTERS

By CHRIS DUNLAVY

This time last many goals week, Connor Sansom was sitting in the pub watching his beloved Boreham Wood lose to Rochdale in a dramatic National League play-off final.
Today, the 29-year-old goalkeeper will walk out under the arch himself aiming to fire Cockfosters to glory in the Isuzu FA Vase.
“I’m Borehamwood born and bred, so I was absolutely gutted they didn’t get promoted,” says Sansom, whose side face Wessex League outfit AFC Stoneham in today’s Wembley showpiece.
“But sitting there watching the game made everything...

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