Boreham Wood announce positive move for all with hope of increasing average attendance

Boreham Wood announce a positive move for all with the hope of increasing their average attendance, one of the lowest at their level.

The National League side had on average around 1,185 fans come through the turnstiles last season, and they know they’re doing everything they could to try tempt in new supporters.

And now following on from a vote, it makes sense for them to move Tuesday night matches to Wednesday, not just for the attendance but rest time as explained below…

✨ 𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒

ℹ️ Boreham Wood FC can announce that for the upcoming 2023/24 Vanarama National League campaign, we will play our midweek home fixtures on Wednesday evenings, rather than a Tuesday#WeAreTheWood

— Boreham Wood FC (@BOREHAM_WOODFC) June 29, 2023

CLUB STATEMENT:

Following on from member clubs vote to approve an alternative home midweek fixture date other than Tuesday evenings, at each club’s own discretion, Boreham Wood FC can announce that for the upcoming 2023/24 Vanarama National League campaign, we will trial playing our midweek home fixtures on Wednesday evenings, rather than a Tuesday.

After in depth internal discussions, the club feels that given where we are situated, coupled with the vast amount of competitive football being played on Tuesday evenings throughout the football pyramid, moving our midweek fixtures to Wednesday evening could positively benefit the club due to less fixture clashes with neighbouring teams.

Additionally, from a performance perspective, with a relentless National League fixture schedule, Wednesday evening fixtures could benefit Luke and the team with an extra day to rest, recover and prepare for potential midweek home matches.

Upon the club deciding to move our midweek fixture date, Chairman Danny Hunter commented, “I hope the majority of fans see this as a positive move. We have lots of local supporters who come down and watch us but also support Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, West Ham, Watford, amonst many other teams and this will allow them to see a few more games at Meadow Park.

“We’ve now sold over 700 season tickets [target 850] for next season, first team recruitment is going well and the whole facility has been given an upgrade over the last few years, so there’s lots to be positive about and with our pre-season programme almost upon us, I hope people pop down and see the upgrades for themselves.”

OUR CLUB. OUR TOWN. OUR COMMUNITY.

Below are the admission prices at the LV BET Stadium Meadow Park for all Vanarama National League fixtures. Please be aware that these are subject to change for FA Cup, FA Trophy and Hertfordshire County Cup matches, as these fixtures require admission prices to be mutually agreed between both Clubs.

Category	Standard Prices	Black Card Member Prices
Adult	£20.00	£12.00
OAP	£18.00	£12.00
Under 16	£12.00	£5.00
Under 12	£6.00	FREE

Boreham Wood FC recommends that all spectators attending matches at the LV BET Stadium Meadow Park purchase tickets beforehand to avoid queueing and congestion when entering the ground.

Once purchased, tickets are available to download directly to supporter’s phones or they can also be printed at home and brought to the game for entry.

Home Tickets (General Sale) – Click Here.

Home Tickets (Black Card Members) – Click Here.

Away Tickets (General Sale) – Click Here.

ADULT SEASON TICKET
Quantity:
£230.00 each

 

OAP SEASON TICKET
Quantity:
£230.00 each

U20 SEASON TICKET
Quantity:
£160.00 each

U16 SEASON TICKET
Quantity:
£110.00 each

U12 SEASON TICKET
Quantity:
£50.00 each

OVER 70’S SEASON TICKET
Quantity:
£0.00 each

UNDER 5’S SEASON TICKET
Quantity:
£0.00 each

This is what fans are saying as Boreham Wood announce a positive move for all with a hope of increasing their average attendance…

@tom_mcconnon_: Cold Wednesday nights in the North Bank 🫶🏻🪵

@brianbuck66: Thank you. This helps me a lot.

@SlevB07: Why doesn’t everyone do this ? 🤷‍♂️

@duncanyoung68: Agreed. There’s a good few reasons that this makes sense!

@trevk37: Would love more clubs to play Wednesday nights, tough to get around everywhere I wanna go with 98% on Tuesdays

@SlevB07: Defo if it’s allowed to me it’s a no brainer ? Like it says in their article, extra days rest and everything

@DavidHomer3: Be good to see @wellingunited do something similar. Must clash with many Charlton and millwall games on Tuesdays. @mattmein1 not sure how easy this is or if its been looked at before?

@Progman68: Maybe they could ask the league to tweak the funding formula in their favour 🤔 every little helps 👍

@dannypea: Think more clubs should do this! I look regularly for Wed night games to attend (as well as Tuesdays) and the only regular step 5/6/7 team I can think of who plays Wednesday’s is Swindon Supermarine.

@BenChillingham: More Friday night games (as per the NWCL on a rotating basis) would be great. Helps pull in a good crowd.

@Wisey999: Ruislip Manor always played their home midweek games on Monday, definitely improved the gate

@Michael14585755: Good idea. Hope it works out