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WOOD ARE BACK IN – AT STEP 8

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 May 2025

League for next season.
WALSALL Wood are back on the football pyramid – starting back at Step 8.
The West Midlands club were forced to resign from the Northern Premier League last October due to a lack of cash and communication with owner Justin Hodgin.
Wood were sat in a healthy tenth position in NPL Midlands at the time – their second season playing at Step 4 having won the Midland Premier title in 2022-23.
Now the club have been given the green light to play first-team football again, in the Midland League Division Three.
A club statement read: “After the d...

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