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Northwood drawn away in Senior Charity Cup

The Woods have been drawn away to Hanwell Town in the semi-final of the Middlesex Senior Charity Cup; the tie will be played on Tuesday 12th April, kick-off 7.45 p.m.

In previous rounds Hanwell beat Deportivo Gallica 4-0 and North Greenford 1-0, whilst Northwood won 5-2 at Hanworth Villa and 4-0 at CB Hounslow.

The other semi-final sees Uxbridge play Southall or Bedfont & Feltham.

31 March 2022

Woods are 2-1 winners at Ashford Town

Northwood gained their first win in March in this afternoon's Pitching In Isthmian League South Central game at Ashford Town (Middx), coming out 2-1 on top in the final reckoning.

The Woods netted two goals in the first half, through Sydney Ibie and Josh Helmore, but they needed to stay strong in the latter stages as the home side fought back well, having pulled one back just before the hour-mark. It was Northwood's eighth away league win of the season, a fine record!

The match report and photos are here.

26 March 2022

Two deadline day signings for Northwood

Today marked registration deadline day in the Isthmian League and following a few injury issues recently, the Woods management team have made two additions to the squad.

Firstly, and actually signed last week, is defender Jesse Boateng. The young 21-year-old defender started out at Crystal Palace and Aldershot Town Academies and then played at Merstham, Wingate & Finchley and briefly at Uxbridge earlier this season.

Registered earlier today though was midfielder Riccardo Alexander-Greenaway (pictured) who joins the Woods on a dual-registration basis from Southern Premier side Hendon. Ric is also 21-years-old and previously played at Chalfont St Peter for two seasons, being named Player of the Year in 2019. He was similarly dual-registered with Barking earlier in the campaign. We thank Hendon FC and their manager Lee Allison for assisting with this signing.

We welcome both players to the club and hope they enjoy their time at the Woods.

24 March 2022

Legendary keeper Toogood receives RAF football award

The club was delighted to hear that former Woods goalkeeping legend John Toogood recently received an award for outstanding service in RAF FA football. Well done John!

John, a former England Schoolboy international goalkeeper, was at Luton Town as a youngster. He had already played for North Harefield, Hillingdon Borough and Hendon, amongst others, before joining Northwood for the first time in April 1980.

His work with the RAF took him abroad in 1983 but he returned three years later and again made the goalkeeper's jersey his own until retiring in 1989. John became goalkeeping coach at the club and also had spells as first team coach and assistant manager, even having to don the gloves again at the age of 45 during a goalkeeping crisis. He gained many representative honours, including Combined Services, R.A.F., Middlesex County, and various leagues; he made a total of 226 appearances for Northwood.

24 March 2022

Two County Cup finals to be played at Northwood

The Woods are delighted to be staging two Middlesex County FA Cup Finals in April.

Firstly, on Sunday 3rd April, The Fenton Civil Engineering Stadium hosts the Sunday Junior Cup Final between Ivy Leaf Reserves and Enfield United, while the following week it’s the Sunday Intermediate Cup Final which sees Ashford Town (Middlesex)
Sunday play Highgate Albion Reserves.

Both games will kick-off at 11.00 a.m.

22 March 2022

Northwood share points with Chipstead in 1-1 draw

The Woods ended up sharing the Pitching In Isthmian League South Central points this afternoon when they drew 1-1 with Chipstead at The Fenton Civil Engineering Stadium.

Northwood took an early lead when skipper Keagan Cole drilled home from the penalty spot following a foul on Sydney Ibie. However, the visitors levelled eight minutes before the interval, but there was no further scoring and both sides would have been fairly satisfied with a point apiece.

The match report and photos are here.

19 March 2022

Two Woods youth teams qualify for County Cup finals!

There were some brilliant results from our Sunday youth teams yesterday, with two of them reaching Middlesex FA County Cup finals!

The Woods Under 14s/15s qualified for the Middlesex Under 15s Cup final with a 2-0 win over Ruislip Rangers, and will play Isleworthians Youth in the final on Sunday 22nd May.

And the Woods Under 13s black team beat FC Staz 3-1 to make it to the Middlesex Under 13s Cup final, to be played on Sunday 8th May against Total Futbol.

Well done to all involved with both teams, and good luck to them in their respective finals, which will played at the Middlesex FA’s headquarters at Rectory Park.

13 March 2022

Woods are beaten by South Park's first half goals

Three first half South Park goals were sufficient to condemn Northwood to a Pitching In Isthmian League South Central defeat in Reigate this afternoon.

It wasn't a Woods performance to the standard of many seen recently, the home side going ahead just after the half-hour mark, and there were two more South Park goals before the interval, on 42 and 44 minutes. But still the first half goals were not finished, as Teddy Stacey gave the Woods hope when he headed home an Andy Lomas corner two minutes into stoppage time.

However, Northwood were unable to claw their way back into the game after the break,with the scoreline ending at 1-3. The match report and photos are here.

12 March 2022

Northwood go down to Barnet in cup semi-final

There was a big crowd at The Fenton Civil Engineering Stadium this evening to see the Woods take on National League Barnet in the semi-final of the Middlesex Senior Cup.

It was an entertaining game, with Northwood giving as good as they got for much of the time, but the Step One visitors proved too strong in the end, with two Adam Marriott goals in the space of five minutes deciding the tie in Barnet's favour. The Bees will face Brentford's B team in the final.

The match report and photos are here.

8 March 2022

Woods winning away run ends at Bracknell

Northwood's long run of away Pitching In Isthmian League South Central victories - seven in a row - came to an end this afternoon, when they went down 0-3 at runaway league leaders Bracknell Town, who maintained their impressive 18 points lead at the top of the table.

It took two penalties, one being netted at the second attempt after Woods' keeper Dan Hosier had saved, to present Bracknell with their two-goal half-time advantage, and they wrapped up the points soon after the break.