Andy Woodman joined Bromley five years ago after leaving his position as a goalkeeping coach at Arsenal
Published March 26, 2026 • Source: bbc.com
By Neil Squires BBC Sport England
Bromley manager Andy Woodman has revealed his side's extraordinary unbeaten run has led him to upgrade 'Project 73' to 'Project Champions'.
The League Two leaders are closing in on promotion on the back of a 21-match undefeated streak, having already eclipsed their 73-point target for the season.
As they prepare to travel to bottom-of-the-table Barrow on Saturday, Woodman has told his squad they should not settle for anything less than the title now.
"At the beginning of the season, I always do goal-setting," the 54-year-old told the BBC 72+ EFL podcast.
"I do that not with just the team but with the whole football club - the chefs, everyone. Make them all a part of it. We called it 'Project 73' and we told no one outside the building. It was kept quiet.
"But once we got close to 73 and we had a lot of games left, I started calling it 'Project Champions' in-house."
Bromley climbed to the summit with a 3-1 win at Crawley on 29 December and have not relinquished top spot in the three months since.
"We're top of the table, why are we going to take every game as it comes?" Woodman added. "We want to be champions. If we fall short of that, then we still have had a great season but I want the guys to buy into it.
"I set a little challenge last week. We had three games in a week and I laid it down to the players - 'if you really are serious about being champions, you have to win these next three games'. And the boys churned out three 1-0s and credit to them.
"We've got another block of games coming up. We know what we've got to hit in this next block and we're going to keep playing through until we get there."
After finishing mid-table in their first season in the EFL in 2024-25, this campaign was widely expected to be another one of consolidation but the Ravens have confounded pre-season predictions.
They have not been beaten in almost four months since a 3-1 defeat at then-leaders Walsall on 29 November, winning 14 and drawing seven of their 21 games since.
"It's a great place to be in," Woodman added. "It's fantastic for us. I mean we shouldn't really be anywhere near it on paper so really, in that respect, there's no pressure on us, only the pressure we've got on ourselves.
"And we have put pressure on ourselves because we know we're close and it will be quite an achievement for Bromley Football Club to be in League One for sure."
Woodman, meanwhile, rejected criticism of Bromley's direct style, pointing to the fact that only three clubs have scored more goals in League Two this season.
"We've got the smallest budget in the league, or one of the smallest budgets, so we can only attract a certain sort of player," he added.
"And the player we attract, I want to take all the complications away from them - 'you've got to play out from the back, get it off the keeper' etc, etc.
"We play a certain way. It's not quite as direct as everyone thinks, but it's effective. We make sure we put crosses in the box - every opportunity the ball goes in the box - and it's effective."