WOOD RUN BROUGHT TO AN END BY TOP MOORS

PROMOTION chasing Boreham Wood saw their 14-game unbeaten run come to an end as they were undone by resurgent Solihull Moors.

Mark Beck tucked home his third goal of the season on 55 minutes before Josh Kelly made it two from the spot just 12 minutes later to wrap up a deserved win for the hosts.

And with Boreham taking 90 minutes to create anything of note, travelling manager Luke Garrard said the scoreline flattered his side.

“I don’t think we deserved that today, I think we deserved to be beaten 8-0,” he said.

“I think they were by far superior to us all over the park, I am ecstatic that we have only conceded two goals.

“They were excellent, I am going to give full credit to Neal Ardley’s side they ran all over us.”

Solihull took just six minutes to create their first chance of the game, with the impressive Kelly curling the ball just wide of the post from the edge of the box as Nathan Ashmore stood rooted to the spot in the Boreham goal.

Following a drab end to the first half it took Moors just 10 minutes after the restart to take the lead. After good work down the right Kelly fired a low cross to the near post which was spilled by Ashmore for Beck to poke home from two yards out.

It was the first goal Boreham Wood had conceded in the league for six matches.

Solihull stayed on the front foot for the start of the second half too. And on 65 minutes the lead was doubled when Kelly skipped past four Wood defenders on a mazy run into the box before being brought down by Chris Bush.

The Moors striker then converted from the penalty spot for his fourth goal in three games.

Kelly could have added another on 75 minutes when he burst into the box again before hammering the ball at Ashmore who diverted it onto the post. Then, in the dying moments, substitute Dennon Lewis shot from the edge of the box straight at Ryan Boot for Wood’s only real effort of the game, seeing them fall to thir first defeat on the road since December.

The result makes it four wins on the bounce for Solihull, but boss Neal Ardley admits their chances of forcing a late play-off push remain slim. “We are not here now to draw, we are too far behind. Every game, if it becomes a bit of a tennis match, so be it,” he said.

“We have got no fear now, we are not going down, but at the moment we are not going up, so let’s just go out and attack every game, run hard and see what comes of it.

“We can’t be scared to lose games of football. We need a ridiculous run to get ourselves up there, so let’s just enjoy running hard and playing our football right now.”