[5], The 196869 season saw Boreham Wood win Division Two, earning promotion to Division One. JT. Reads a bit like hes stuck two fingers up at the very people the club needs to attract. [5] The following season saw them reach the first round of the FA Cup again, losing 20 in a replay to Swindon Town after a 00 draw at home.[5]. The former chairman of Boreham Wood Football Club has admitted assaulting three women at a restaurant in the town. Boreham Wood Football Club is a professional football club based in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. [5] After the division was disbanded in 1973, the club were placed in Division One for the 197374 season, in which they were league champions and reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time, eventually losing 30 at Southend United. I believe If the Town and our supporters really do want league football and if they really do share my ambition. My pleasure Jay recruitment and belief will be key, as will good staff, good team spirit and hopefully with a bit of luck, the impossible really can become possible but dont hold your breath haha. In truth the Clubs situation is perhaps going to be a whole lot worse than I or anyone could have budgeted for just three or four weeks ago. It is always good for supporters to know what a Chairmans thoughts are and get an understanding of whats been happening in the off season. Just one unnecessary death is one too many, when we already know subconsciously that to play, people are going to be put in danger, when we already know its now more about risk to financial reward for the bigger clubs, when we already know its about the clubs access to their share of TV money, their share of sponsorship money and for the bigger clubs about their share of all advertising, endorsements and prize money related to UEFA. So today on Mothering Sunday, and having sadly lost my Mum over the past year, it will feel lonely and emotional without her, and without me preaching to you, please dont put your Mum at risk today If shes of a certain age, no matter how wrong it might feel and how hard it will be for Mum and you, all to stay away. The lads deserve it, the club deserves it and our lovely little town deserves it. Boreham Wood chairman Danny Hunter has hit out at their own supporters in a bizarre interview. The bad news is I cannot release that offer, as the Coronavirus Pandemic is going to be with us for the foreseeable future. Every league, every club owner, every player and every football fan at all levels is of course missing the game so much. Its why Im not prepared to pay mediocrity silly money or make desperate signings in May and June. I remember setting out with many of you, 21 years ago as a young Chairman, to see how far we could take our Club up the Non-League pyramid and for one brief moment during an away day fixture at Tranmere Rovers, we led 2-0, sat top of the table and we topped the lot. Yeah weve probably underachieved this season but we are punching above our weight for a club of our size. So, Ill watch with a touch of fear for the whole of football, to see if the Premier League and Sky are now only driven by money and decide, if I keep my Sky subscription going. National League clubs have been allowed to apply for loans from the 300m Sport Winter Survival Package. Yes, I am quietly content, and I often talk about managing peoples expectation levels simply due to our home support and what people who buy the 99 season ticket expect for 4.30 a game. The reality is its still only June and with the pressure on timelines regarding the new North stand and the other facility builds. Colin Trotman: Seems to be a lot of hot air expended regarding the outrageous price of a season ticket, particularly from those who requested a refund. But the reality is I still cannot compete with the very top end of this division at present, and because I cant, this is the time of the year that I dont really enjoy on the football front if Im being totally honest. But I will quantify that by saying, we had some real highlights along the way in knocking Dagenham out of the FA Cup and then stopping St Albans City winning a trophy by beating them in the Herts Senior Cup final. On the operational side of things, what exactly have I and my staff of your local Community Football Club been up to? [8] They went on to beat Canvey Island 30 in the second round, earning a third round tie with Millwall, which they lost 20. Boreham Wood chairman Danny Hunter has stated that he was left hurt by a few of his staff members who tried to take him to the cleaners. In truth I know I have to put in more money personally, which will hopefully not only guarantee our survival next season but give us at least a shout of competing with the big boys and over achieving once again, but I wont lie to any of my old school support base about the difficult times that could well lie ahead of us. "I had a couple of messages from league managers and they said that if we have any bricklayers in the team, get them to build a brick wall because we are going to need it!". As such, I have set aside enough personal funds to look after 95% of all of my administration, function, maintenance, cleaning, catering, academy, coaching, medical and playing staff. any funding in 2021 would have to come in the form of loans. EDITORIAL David Emery, editor in chief If you look at the averages we are already over 500 supporters less than the next worst supported club in the National League.He was unhappy with a crowd of just 407 turning up for Saturday's game againstSutton'No the truth is, other than the bigger games against the big clubs who carry large away support, we are, after five years at National League level, clearly still no bigger than a Ryman league or Southern League Club. I know that when just one high profile person dies, and its traced back to the Premier League restart, that everyone will look for excuses and run for cover. WebDanny Hunter, 45, of Anthony Road, Borehamwood, was arrested in May after a dispute during an evening out at Zinco, in Shenley Road. In 201920 the club finished fifth and again qualified for the play-offs. So, let the National League continue with their non-decision letters that are nothing more a politicians dodge and let them get on with the fantasy island conference calls and zoom meetings, as they pretend and try to convince us that we are a big part of the professional game and the wider football family. As such from day one of this pandemic, when I realised what we were about to face, it was I felt my duty as Boreham Wood FC Chairman, to consider what I could do presently for our community and I know currently that might seem very little but other than looking after my staff, my community help might be needed more at the recovery stage, and trust me Ill be there in whatever capacity I can to help our elderly, our local charities and my Community where I can. Boreham Wood Football Club Chairman Danny Hunter, spoke exclusively to our new Media and Communications manager Jay Taylor, about the 2018/19 season that At St Albans Crown Court on Monday, A very detailed answer Chairman, Thank you. Boreham Wood chairman Danny Hunter has hit out at their own supporters in a bizarre interview. I've been all over the world watching Frank play for England.". Secondly, that I quickly set aside personal monies to ensure that as many of my staff as possible were reassured that their loyalty and service over many years, would be rewarded if at all possible as Id decided not to put self or family before the collective good of the very people who have helped me build our football club, my academy and my other businesses. This means Ive stopped listening so intently to the National League, its Chairman, CEO or the Board, because if my football club did go bankrupt, and it wont, nobody will remember the Leagues advice, but it would always be my fault. News correspondent This is especially prevalent when EFL clubs already receive 100% of the Premier League Development monies, then recoup further monies in loan monies from all National League clubs, to develop their players. We came up with what I thought was a great price, but looking back I think my decision was made more in hope than belief that football is coming back to Meadow Park anytime soon, but the adults and OAPs ticket offer was, for the record, priced at 99. That our average support not only remains over 700 but continues to rise year on year. Its common knowledge that the Premier League will need 40,000 virus tests to complete 92 games and Im told that is at a cost of around 4 million. Who Is Danny Hunter Borehamwood. Im missing my football club, the football and my staff (who are like family to me.) I was always thinking about what might have been and then beating myself up in regard to recruitment and about the players that got away. "Bob Nicholson is a good man who, like myself, cares passionately about this club and this town. But by going on the record now, and saying that the game we all love is not coming to our town, to our stadium or I feel to any National League club anytime soon, will give me a chance to re-budget quickly based on what we know today, and not what we perhaps thought a month ago. In the subsequent play-offs, they beat Havant & Waterlooville 42 on aggregate before defeating Whitehawk 21 in the final to earn promotion to the renamed National League. so lets be unrealistic, lets try to win the league, lets try to win the FA Trophy and lets try to get to the 3rd round proper of the FA Cup haha because it costs us absolutely nothing to dream the impossible dream in June. Weve built new dug outs, built and improved our toilets, created and furnished new classrooms, created a million pound new desso pitch, built a new west stand and, now the new North Stand and rebuilt the first team changing block the whole place in my opinion is giving local people a new mindset in regards to their local community club. Last updated on 8 March 20218 March 2021.From the section Boreham Wood. Because progress to the football league is reliant on us achieving a ground capacity in excess of 5,000 and with the present council and asset management plans not including us, we simply cannot achieve that, which is a huge worry. Well almost certainly have to be on life support for the foreseeable future and thats only if everyone still decides to back us. In fact, that announcement has allowed me to re-work my budgets over the weekend, re-look at my sums and means I can save the jobs of the last of my full-time employees. 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