John Byrne's funeral will take place at West Herts Crematorium, High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford WD25 0JS on 10th June at 3.30 pm.

There will be a celebration of John’s life afterwards in the Northwood FC clubhouse.

Anyone wishing to send flowers should have them delivered to: M.K. Ginder & Sons, 1B Greycaine Road, Watford WD24 7GP. Any flowers must arrive by midday on Tuesday 10th June.

R.I.P. John.

22 May 2025

Our joint managers Jack Smith and Jon-Jo Bates have arranged a first team trials day on Saturday 21st June, and players interested in step four football at Northwood are invited to apply for selection.

Location and time of the session will be confirmed if you are accepted for the trial, which will incorporate a warm-up, training session and match.

In the first instance, please email alan.evansnfc@btopenworld.com with your details as below and we will get back to you with further information and instructions:
Name:
Age:
Position(s):
Previous clubs:
Area you live:

Places are limited so please act quickly!!

21 May 2025

The Woods Under 18s' wonderful Allied Counties League season ended in defeat in the Champions Cup Final this evening when they lost 4-0 to Camberley Town.

Manager Jamie Barry, who led his squad to the West Division title, said: "It wasn’t our night and well done to Camberley on their win. I am proud of the players for the relentlessness they’ve shown this season.

19 May 2025

Northwood will be playing in the Pitching-In Southern League South Central Division again next season following the decision of the FA's Leagues committee. There will be two new opponents for the Woods, in London Lions and Milton Keynes Irish, whilst we will meet Rayners Lane in league football for the first time since 1983-84!

Our opponents next term will be: AFC Dunstable, Aylesbury United, Barton Rovers, Beaconsfield Town, Biggleswade, Biggleswade Town, Enfield, Flackwell Heath, Hadley, Hertford Town, Hitchin Town, Leighton Town, Leverstock Green, London Lions, Marlow, Milton Keynes Irish, Rayners Lane, Stotfold, Thame United, Ware, Welwyn Garden City.

Our Southern League clubs directory for 2025-26 is here.

12 May 2025

The Woods Under 18s are through to the Allied Counties Youth League Champions Cup Final following a hard-fought 3-1 victory at Badshot Lea this evening!

Frankie Pass opened the scoring for Northwood, with substitute Royd Pullem netting the other two.

The final is next Monday, 19th May, at Yateley FC against either Camberley Town or Reading City, who play their semi-final on Thursday night.

12 May 2025

Northwood Football Club is delighted to confirm that the joint management team of Jack Smith and Jon-Jo Bates, who were in interim charge for the successful sequence of nine games that saved the Woods from relegation, have agreed to continue in their roles permanently for the forthcoming 2025/26 season.

Both are new to non-League management but have considerable experience playing at most levels of the Pyramid. Twenty-eight year-old Smith has had three separate spells as a player with Northwood, the first as long ago as 2013, when on loan from Wealdstone while Bates, now 34, also played for the Woods back in 2013 having previously been on contract at Dagenham & Redbridge and returned from retirement in January to help with the relegation battle. The inspirational pair have already started on plans for the new season and are working on the pre-season schedule with a list of fixtures to be finalised shortly.

Jack said: "We're happy that the club have backed us to carry on what we built last season. Myself and JJ work well together so I'm looking forward to what's to come. It will be good to get the fans that attended in numbers at the end of the season back at the Skyline Roofing Stadium when we return in July. Hopefully we can push Northwood forward."

Mark Chandler will continue in a coaching role along with goalkeeping coach Saj Vigneswaran and physiotherapist Gus Payne, while an assistant manager is expected to join the management team in due course.

Woods Chairman Ian Barry said: "Jack and Jon-Jo fully deserve this opportunity. They worked tirelessly to galvanise the squad at a time when our status at this level was very much in doubt. They kept the squad together and managed to get the very best out of the players we had and the playing group responded to them exceptionally well. We all look forward to working with them and wish them every success here."

6 May 2025

The club are very sad to learn of the passing of John Byrne, and we send our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

John, one of five brothers to play for Northwood, made his debut for the club as a 14-year-old in the 1951/52 season. He moved on from Northwood to join the Arsenal groundstaff, later playing for Hendon, Wealdstone and other clubs before rejoining the Woods in 1974.

After hanging up his boots, John regularly watched the Woods in company with brothers Pat and Paul, and he will be sadly missed by us all.

R.I.P. John.

5 May 2025

Northwood FC’s Annual Presentation Night was held in the @TheWoods clubhouse on Friday, and the first team squad – who successfully retained their Step 4 status under Jack Smith and Jon-Jo Bates – and the Under 18s Allied Counties League squad – League champions with Jamie Barry at the helm – were in attendance.

And skipper Troy Perez-Duah was the recipient of the Supporters' Player of the Year award and the Players' Player of the Year trophy, whilst Manny Folarin won the Managers' Player of the Year.

Details of all the award winners are here.

5 May 2025