Byron Webster has admitted Bromley's squad was hurt by the departure of manager Andy Woodman. The acting head coach is now tasked with steadying the side as they sit 24th in League One with just nine points from 13 games, having recorded only two wins and three draws all season.
Webster, who was Woodman's assistant, has overseen the last two matches. He guided the team to a 1-1 draw with Peterborough United before Tuesday night's 4-1 defeat at MK Dons, a match where Mitchell Pinnock scored a consolation goal from a George Saville assist. The search for a permanent successor is being led by club owner and chairman Robin Stanton-Gleaves.
"We were all hurt from the departure of the gaffer," Webster said.
Woodman had been in charge since 2021, overseeing the club's historic rise from the National League to League One. His exit comes at a difficult time, with the team on a run of five games without a win, a sequence of zero wins, one draw and four losses. Their most recent result was a 3-2 loss at bottom club Wigan Athletic, a game in which Kamari Antonio Grant and George Saville scored for Bromley.
That defeat was part of a recent run that also includes losses to Stockport County, Leicester, and Mansfield Town. The loss left them just two points above Wigan and with a goal difference of minus 20 after conceding 33 times and scoring only 13. They now find themselves a daunting 19 points behind the league leaders, Huddersfield.
Webster, who said he was not surprised by Woodman's move, must now prepare the side for their next challenge against Notts County at home on Saturday 14 November. The new manager will inherit a squad that has shown it can score, netting 13 times this season, but one that desperately needs to stop conceding goals.
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