Boreham Wood’s bid to become only the second non-league side in the modern era to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup came up short as they were beaten 2-0 by Everton at Goodison Park.
A night when the football did not particularly inspire was better summed up by two ovations; that given to Everton’s Ukrainian captain for the night Vitaliy Mykolenko and the one 1,800 travelling Wood fans stayed behind to give their side as their historic cup run came to an end, the club having already become just the tenth to reach this stage of English football’s oldest cup competition while playing outside its Football League.
