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Last weekend Boreham Wood played Carlisle. In fact the game took place late last Sunday afternoon meaning, given the distance, away fans didn't get back to Carlisle until 2am.
Here's part of what the Boreham Wood chairman, Danny Hunter, wrote in his programme notes.
'Anyway, back to tonight and the visit of the 1974 Division 1 leaders in Carlisle United, plus the first league visit of their incredible supporters. Their Manager is none other than the legendary Mark ‘Sparky’ Hughes. It’s fair to say that back in the day, I would loyally follow both Hughsie and Chelsea up and down the country and on occasion even up Wembley way itself, “what a special player he was”….
That was a lifetime ago and we are now in a very different social and streaming era, an era that tramples on common sense and cares nothing for the attending supporter. As such, I want to repeat myself and give the warmest of welcomes to Carlisle’s amazing travelling supporters. As a long-standing Chairman of a National League club, I can only apologise to Carlisle fans and every away supporter for DAZN and the National League’s recent stupidity, and especially in putting this game on at 4pm on the last Sunday before Christmas. To disregard the away fans, who will be lucky to be home by 2am tonight is dangerous, could be the beginning of the end for the travelling supporter and it’s absolutely scandalous.
Once again the National League Board have refused to meet me to discuss things, surprise surprise which is frustrating, but I’ll keep trying to meet them on the little man’s behalf, and I’ll try to ask them for a more common sense approach toward both supporters and clubs and try to find some common ground on how we best implement a streaming deal that can work better for all parties.
However, that’s for another day, and as we are the last game of DAZN’s “Nightmare of Christmas” I hope that both teams give the attending fans exactly what we want, that being a brilliant, exciting and attacking game, and no matter who you support this evening, may I genuinely wish you a very happy and peaceful Christmas and more importantly a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.'
Boreham Wood won the game 2-0.