Boreham Wood 2-0 AFC Wimbledon: National League side cause shock
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FA Cup highlights: Boreham Wood 2-0 AFC Wimbledon
Boreham Wood boss Luke Garrard is eyeing a money-spinning draw after his side reached the FA Cup fourth round for the first time in their history.
The National League side beat League One AFC Wimbledon 2-0 with goals from Tyrone Marsh and Adrian Clifton.
Garrard told BBC Three Counties Radio: "This is massive for the club.
"The £82,000 reward to win (the tie) is great and it may be the big one going away to a Chelsea, Arsenal, Man Utd or Liverpool in the next round."
Garrard, who has been in charge of Wood since 2015, added: "That's silly figures, a lot of money for a chairman that deserves all of that because what he's done for us in the pandemic is a credit to him.
"We've won 2-0 against a side that are two leagues above us and we've got to enjoy that."
Wood's only previous appearance in the third round came last season, when they went out to Millwall by the same scoreline.
But they immediately took the game to their League One opponents and Marsh gave them a 10th-minute lead with his eye-catching finish from 25 yards out.
Galloping onto a Josh Rees pass, the striker cut inside his man before unleashing a ferocious finish beyond Nik Tzanev.
Rees and Marsh both went close to increasing the home side's advantage, but it needed an agile save by Taye Ashby-Hammond, tipping away Jack Rudoni's deflected effort, to ensure they went in ahead at the break.
However, Wood are yet to concede a goal during their FA Cup run and that record remained intact as the Dons failed to create any other chances of note.
At the other end, Tzanev denied Marsh a second, while Gus Mafuta's glancing header flew inches wide.
Marsh puts National League side Boreham Wood ahead
With five minutes remaining, Marsh made way for Montserrat international Clifton, who wrapped up victory less than a minute later by heading in Jacob Mendy's cross.
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