From furlough to FA Cup fairytale: The Boreham Wood story of Scott Boden's remarkable year

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Twelve months ago, Scott Boden was on furlough and making plans for a life outside football.

Now he’s part of the fairytale that has catapulted Boreham Wood into the fifth round of the FA Cup and a National League promotion battle that could take them into the EFL.

At the age of 32, Boden has been around the block a few times during a career that started with Sheffield United - the club he supported as a boy - and has taken him to Iceland, Inverness and a few other places in between.

But when Chesterfield rewarded the striker by furloughing him along with three of his team-mates, his disillusionment was so profound that he looked for another job.

Boden was about to start a career as a trainee surveyor when ‘Wood' manager Luke Garrard persuaded him to pack his theodolite away and take his shooting boots to Meadow Park.

“I’m as happy as Larry again,” said Boden, who leaves his home in South Yorkshire at 6.15am most days to make the 260-mile round trip for training.

“But this time last year, I was in a bad place. I felt angry and betrayed.

“I’ve been a professional footballer since I was 18 and you learn that disappointment is