Garrard announced he was to step down after nine years in charge of Wood at the end of the season with last year’s playoff semi-finalists deep in relegation trouble.
But his troops responded with aplomb as goals from Kabongo Tshimanga, Billy Sass-Davies, Matt Robinson and Lee Ndlovu sent them level on points with their visitors with three matches to play.
“The announcement this week has been a weight lifted from my shoulders,” Garrard admitted.
“It’s last chance saloon, there are no more rehearsals. We needed the win today – we had to deal with the pressure and believe in ourselves.
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