Halifax Town won 2-1 against Boreham Wood in a match that shifted considerably in the final half-hour after looking relatively settled at the interval.
Boreham Wood moved in front early, with Shaun Hobson heading home at the near post in the twelfth minute. Halifax responded quickly. Josh Hmami levelled eight minutes later, turning his marker inside the box before finishing low to the goalkeeper's right. Zak Brunt then gave the hosts the lead on 25 minutes with a driven effort from the edge of the area, and William Smith added a third before the half-hour was out, converting from close range after a corner was only half-cleared.
Halifax, 3-1 up at the break, appeared comfortable. Lewis Richardson pulled one back for Boreham Wood early in the second period, and when Dylan Crowe was replaced by James Clarke around the hour mark, there was a sense the visitors were reorganising for a push.
That push arrived. Owen Bray scored twice, first on 67 minutes and again in the 86th, and with Jay Turner-Cooke, Leon Ayinde and Billy Waters all introduced from the bench, Boreham Wood created enough to make the closing stages uncomfortable. Adam Alimi-Adetoro struck a post in the 89th minute.
Halifax held on. The final score of 2-1 does not reflect how close Boreham Wood came to salvaging something, nor how commanding the home side had looked for much of the afternoon.
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