February 5, 20223 yr They were so unlucky, love their old fashioned ground it was like football in the 80s again! Didn’t they used to be in league two?
February 5, 20223 yr They were so unlucky, love their old fashioned ground it was like football in the 80s again! Didn’t they used to be in league two? According to Wikipedia they got relegated from League Two in 2005 and they've been in non-league ever since.
February 5, 20223 yr Yeh I though I remember them - they used to win the Vauxhall Conference which was the league below division 4 but teams rarely got promoted because they didn’t have the funds or ground or something. Their ground suggests they have been higher than the 6th tier as well.
February 6, 20223 yr Author 5th Round Draw Everton v AFC Bournemouth/Boreham Wood Nottingham Forest/Leicester City v Huddersfield Town Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur Southampton v West Ham United Liverpool v Norwich City Peterborough United v Manchester City Crystal Palace v Stoke City Luton Town v Chelsea
February 6, 20223 yr Author BBC nearly missing that second goal in as many minutes for Forest. Two within in a minute to Forest, 2-0.
February 6, 20223 yr While the winter break has been good for Premier League teams and will help longer term (and the rest of the season) - you can tell the break has really upset the rhythm for the Premier League teams. No surprise that a lot of teams have struggled a bit, evidenced again today by Leicester getting smashed.
February 6, 20223 yr Boreham Wood become only the 10th non-league team since 1945 to qualify for the 5th round!
February 7, 20223 yr Author Boreham Wood become only the 10th non-league team since 1945 to qualify for the 5th round! The non-league teams who qualified for the 5th Round: Colchester United- 1948 Yeovil Town- 1949 Blyth Spartans- 1978 Telford United- 1985 Kidderminster Harriers- 1994 Crawley Town- 2011 Luton Town- 2013 Lincoln City- 2017 Sutton United- 2017 Boreham Wood- 2022
February 7, 20223 yr Fantastic showing for Boreham Wood! Leicester out at this stage is a little bit of a shock though, will be interesting to see whether Nottingham can make the most out of their win.
February 7, 20223 yr Leicester have a lot of first teamers out atm and are in garbage form so that was definitely one of the least surprising 'upsets' of the round but the manner of defeat was particularly eye-catching.
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