The 37-year-old started out as a player at the Crystal Palace academy and went on to enjoy a 14-year career that took in clubs such as Kingstonian, AFC Newbury, Burnham, Thatcham Town and Hungerford Town.

He coached at Reading and then Thatcham before becoming assistant-manager with Bobby Wilkinson as Hungerford rose from Step 4 to reach the Vanarama National League South.

Leacock then moved with Wilkinson to Wealdstone, where their two years in charge included a Buildbase FA Trophy Semi-Final and reaching the play-off semi-finals.

The pair left Grosvenor Vale in May 2019.

Leacock takes over immediately and will announce his management team after assessing the current set-up within the club. With no competitive fixture until a trip to Ware on November 2nd, he has plenty of time to assess the squad in the next couple of weeks at training and in Saturday's friendly at the Acretweed Stadium against Colney Heath.

Leacock replaces Scott Dash who left Woods earlier this month.

(Northwood FC)