Bournemouth 0-1 Boreham Wood: National League side pull off a huge FA Cup SHOCK as they dump out the high flying Championship Cherries... and it's Everton next in the fifth round!

Daily Mail | February 6, 2022

The Hertfordshire town of Borehamwood knows all about movie magic but even the finest writers at Elstree Studios would struggle to come up with a script as good as this.

With the final tie of the fourth round weekend came the FA Cup upset we’d all craved as National League Boreham Wood sent Championship promotion contenders Bournemouth crashing out.

And how about this for a tale? A 37-year-old match-winner in Mark Ricketts who was in Charlton Athletic’s academy at the same time Bournemouth manager Scott Parker was bossing their midfield.

Boreham Wood's FA Cup dream lives on after they shocked Bournemouth in the fourth round

Captainu00a0Mark Ricketts'u00a0first-half goal was enough to send the National League side through

Captain Mark Ricketts' first-half goal was enough to send the National League side through

Ricketts (left) scores their side's first goal of the game to set up the astonishing triumph

Ricketts never played for Charlton, then a Premier League club, but carved out an extensive career in non-league football with Ebbsfleet United, Woking and then Boreham Wood.