An Arsenal XI filled with academy players have beaten non-league side Boreham Wood in their opening pre-season match at Meadow Park. A crowd of just under 500 fans saw an Arsenal XI beat Boreham Wood on Saturday afternoon, with several top young talents from the Hale End Academy impressing. The game was a good opportunity for some of the best young talents to gain an opportunity ahead of Mikel Arteta’s first-team squad returning to training next week, and Mehmet Ali gave a lot of players a run out as he played two separate teams within the game. New goalkeeper signing Lucas Martin-Nygaard was …