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Bromley Replace Long-Serving Manager Andy Woodman After Poor League One Start

Heavy defeats and the league’s worst defensive record have pushed the club to change managers while it seeks immediate stability.

Overview

  • Bromley confirmed on Thursday that they had parted company with Andy Woodman after five and a half years in charge and multiple promotions.
  • The decision followed a bad start to the League One season in which Bromley won two of their first ten league games, sit 23rd in the table, and have conceded 25 goals — the most in the EFL.
  • The club appointed assistant and former player Byron Webster as interim manager to lead the team while a permanent successor is sought.
  • Woodman issued a statement via the League Managers Association expressing disappointment at not being given more time, and pundits and fans publicly criticised the timing of the move.
  • Bromley face an urgent task to stop the slide to relegation risk, with reports citing summer squad turnover and injuries as factors that complicated the step up to League One and could influence the club’s next appointment.