Two goals from Junior Dixon and another from Tom Whelan gave Boreham Wood their third win in four matches at the start of the season in the Vanarama National League South.

Boreham Wood Head Coach Ross Jenkins made three changes from Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw at Dorking Wanderers with Charles Clayden returning to the starting eleven in place of Femi Ilesamni at left wingback, Abdul Abdulmalik replacing Mo Sagaf for his full debut and Junior Dixon replacing Lee Ndlovu up front.

The visitors came out of the blocks with real confidence with some good interplay between Malachi Linton and Tom Bearwish in the first few minutes. On four minutes Charles Clayden clipped the top of the Terras crossbar with a miss hit cross. Three minutes later Weymouth had a good chance when Corey Jordan played in Linton who hit the outside of Nathan Ashmore’s post. On thirteen minutes Clayden was through on goal but was denied by Terras’ keeper Billy Terrell. On twenty minutes Wood took the lead, after an excellent run by Abdulmalik on the counterattack ended with him picking out Junior Dixon who finished coolly past keeper Terrell.

The visitors were still very much in the game and six minutes later they were unlucky not to equalise when a fantastic curling effort by Euan Pollock who hit the Boreham Wood post with keeper Ashmore well beaten. On thirty-two minutes a Josh Hare cross was headed wide by Charlie O’Connell. Three minutes later, another chance went begging for the visitors when the dangerous Linton couldn’t get his shot on target while trying to copy the curl that his teammate Pollock produced previously. Just before the interval Wood had a good chance to double their lead when the ball ricocheted off Erico Sousa into the path of Junior Dixon who couldn’t keep his shot down.

HT: Boreham Wood 1-0 Weymouth

Boreham Wood came out after the break with a spring in their step and started to dominate proceedings. Tom Whelan doubled Wood’s lead five minutes after the restart with a delightful free kick from 30-yards out. Wood further extended their lead further on sixty-three minutes when Dixon added his second with a neat finish. Three minutes later Marsh’s shot was deflected onto the crossbar. With the game seemingly won, Ross Jenkins made a spate of substitutions with Salisbury away only two days away in his thinking.

To the Terras credit, they kept going and had several chances to reduce the deficit soon after Boreham Wood’s third goal. Bearwish, Pollock and Greenwood all went close but were unable to trouble Ashmore in the Wood goal. On seventy-four minutes Wood should have added a fourth when a Cameron Coxe cross was met by Lee Ndlovu who fired wide. If Ndlovu had left it to Clayden, he would have had a seemingly straightforward finish. A minute later Ezio Touray fired just wide for the visitors. Brandon Goodship then fired over from a freekick. On eighty-one minutes Coxe’s shot was cleared off the line by Greenwood. Five minutes later Greenwood forced a good save from Ashmore before Fareed Salifu shot wide in the last minute of stoppage time.

It was a good win for Ross Jenkins’ men against a Weymouth side who contributed a lot to a good game of football. If the visitors got their finishing right, the game would have been a lot closer. Junior Dixon had an impressive first start with two goals and some very good centre forward play. With a trip to Salisbury only two days away, Ross Jenkins will want his team to carry on their impressive start to the season.

FT: Boreham Wood 3-0 Weymouth

Boreham Wood: Ashmore, Sousa (Coxe 66), Clayden (Agbontohoma 83), Hare, Bush, O’Connell, Payne (Mafuta 75), Whelan, Marsh, Abdulmalilk (Sagaf 46), Dixon (Ndlovu 66).

Subs not used: None.

Weymouth: Terrell, Genesini (Amartey 60), Hamblin (Brooks 60), Rowan, Jordan (Goodship 52), Thompson, Bearwish, Robinson (Salifu 83), Greenwood, Linton (Touray 73), Pollock.

Subs not used: None.

Man of the match: Junior Dixon.

Match report written by Brett Lewis.