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GRAHAM WESTLEY GRAHAM WESTLEY WRITES FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER HIS RETURN AS BORO BOSS

Very Merry Xmas to one and all. Phil Wallace gave me the perfect Christmas present when he offered me the opportunity to return to Stevenage today for a 4th crack at the job. We have won 47% of our 477 games together to date. That is our foundation. I’d like to think that my grasp of the English language is adequate but I cannot put into words the joy that it gives me to once again lead the

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Stevenage Football Club’s first team. I hope that my eyes may appear bright as I enter the Stadium today, but if you look close I’m sure there will be tears of happiness there. I love this Club and I am thrilled beyond any known adjective to be back. Managing Stevenage is a responsibility that I relish and one that I take very seriously. A Football Club means so much to everybody involved and I will spread the necessary sense of responsibility to entertain and earn points throughout our playing squad on a minute by minute and day by day basis. Be assured of that. You have to be obsessed to succeed and I am obsessed about getting this ‘gig’ right. My first impression of our squad in meeting the lads last week was that I will be leading a fine group of men. Willing listeners, willing learners, lads with a care to be the best that they can be. Lads who know that it is time to dig deeper and step up. They know that I will need to be honest and they have all acknowledged the importance of us all being constructive and positive together about improvements needed. There are reasons that we are currently bottom and we have to address those things not hide from them. Everybody needs to do more. That’s everybody. Obviously. We can all do more and we will all do more. Work harder, work smarter, work in better unison; constantly, relentlessly. The easiest way to be 100% better is for 100 things to be done that make us 1% better. Shared out, that’s 9 per on field player each game, and one for me?! What has gone has gone. It’s up to us all to do the necessary things now to Stevenage FC v Forest Green Rovers

create an ending to this season that we can all look back on with the sense of pride that the Club sets out in its values statement. We cannot change the beginning; but we can sure change the end game. On Saturday, as the Club played its 21st League game and as I prepared to take charge on Monday, Mark agreed to take some calculated risks in both shape and in selection and we paid a short term price. However, I believe those risks were essential in turning Mark’s unbeaten resurgence into consistent winning and I have a certainty that we will reap the rewards of his courage as we now go forwards. I admired his willingness to evolve. Somehow, we need to get our attacking players match fit, assured and firing, and the only way to give them the chance to do that is to support them vigorously as they seek to gain their edge. In order to give attacking players their minutes, Mark had to require our defensive players to cover bigger Stevenage FC v Forest Green Rovers

distances. He knew full well that this might expose them and strain them beyond their current fitness capacities as they regain match level fitness. Seeing that in a tough game helps serve to underline the existing shortfalls and motivate the work that is needed. It is no cause for panic. We just need to learn from the issues. ‘It’s not about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forwards’. We can’t keep playing too many defensive players and hope to ‘nick’ results. This is a time to be brave and do the right things in the big picture of the squad/team. Over the years, I’ve come to learn that shots at goal is a fair reflection of the game that was played. On Saturday, 1721 against says we were edged out. Not crushed. Part of that was organisation as the team tried to play differently and didn’t quite ‘get it’. But we also lacked edge at the 2 ends of the pitch which will be a huge part of my immediate focus and something that I know how to cure. No team of mine will lack edge or organisation for long. Boxing Day is always a special fixture. It is a phenomenal day for me to return to the Club. I sincerely hope that this is our greatest time together and both my heart and my mind are set on delivering our Chairman’s dream for our Club. I know he has the ambition and a player development strategy for the Club to reach the Championship; I know he has a passion for a harmonious Club with a completely united philosophy; and I know that he cares deeply about creating a pride through our on and off field efforts throughout our fan base and community. My goal is to do all I can to help everybody at the Club as much as I humanly can to reach and exceed those targets. There is work to do. So let’s get started. Onwards and Upwards. www.stevenagefc.com | 5

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ood afternoon and welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Forest Green Rovers. It’s very hard to write these notes after last Saturday’s result. The only thing that you can do with a result like that is put it behind you, learn from it and move on. Today is the first game of a new GW era. It won’t be an overnight transformation but it will be a transformation. We’ve made the change so we can climb the league and climb the league we will. Until last week we’d conceded 4 goals in the last 8 league games and we’ll be back to that resilience when it comes to Stevenage FC v Forest Green Rovers

defending our goal. The goals for will come if we play with the speed, vitality and confidence that we’ve shown in many of our better games. Last week saw our new stand open for the first time. It was a great moment, but was quickly soured by the result and the position we found ourselves in at 5pm. Now we need to fight back and in every game from now to the end of the season we’ll give everything we have to finish the season in a respectable position and create new ambitions for the next. Get behind the lads today please. Let’s get The Lamex rocking again. Enjoy the match! www.stevenagefc.com | 7

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MATCHDAY MASCOT We are delighted to welcome our mascot for today’s match Phoebe Cowley. Football fan Phoebe has travelled all the way from Ashford in Kent to be with us today. The 10-year-old attends Willesborough Juniors and finds time to play for four football teams along with taking part in gymnastics and trampolining. Top of her list of hobbies however is watching her favourite player at Boro which is Jason Cowley - now are their surnames a coincidence?? Have a great afternoon with us Phoebe. If you’d like to discuss a mascot package in more detail or making a booking then please contact the Foundation on 01438 223223 (Option 6) or via community@stevenagefc.com

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FIRSTS & LASTS…

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Car: Shared my Sister’s Volkswagen Polo Football shirt you owned: Brazil 1998 shirt Celeb Crush: Kyle Minogue Footballer you idolised: David Beckham Music you owned: An old NOW CD Overnight roommate: Joel Byrom at Jersey in Pre-Season Thing you do when you get home from training: Have a coffee and lie down

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Thing you watched on TV: The Hole in the Ground on Netflix Thing you bought: Christmas Present for my Girlfriend Football Match you went to: Manchester United vs Barcelona last season Thing you ate: Jimmy’s Christmas Dinner Time you lost your temper: In training today Good deed: Coming down to do this for you today Goal you scored: At Cambridge last season Song you listened to: Something from Keith’s Kitroom – he always has some good tunes on

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TOP 3s… Career Moments: Making my debut for Barnsley, Training with England First Team, Making my debut for Stevenage at Walsall Takeaways: Pizza, Indian, Thai Players of All Time: Messi, Ronaldo, R9 Players you have played with: John Stones, Ruben Loftus Cheek, Conor Hourihane Stadiums you have played in: Pride Park, The Riverside, Vicarage Road TV Shows: Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Simpsons Films: Snatch, Step Brothers, Happy Gilmore Sports: Football, Golf, Rugby Musical Artists: Drake, Eminem, Steve Aoki Meals: Sunday Dinner, Pizza, Carbonara Countries to visit: USA, Spain, Greece Breakfast Items: Porridge, Weetabix, Oatabix Desserts: Sticky Toffee Pudding, Apple Crumble and Custard, Chocolate Cake Apps: WhatsApp, Sky Sports Score Centre, Uber Fruits: Apple, Banana, Orange Items you take everywhere: Phone, Washbag, Wallet

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ooking back at 2019 from an Academy perspective there have been some really good gains over the past 12 months. At U18s we have seen two scholars to professional contracts courtesy of Jack Smith and Luis Fernandez (pictured). The season started with Alex Revell and Ronnie Henry - two Boro legends - taking the reins of the U18 squad before Alex stepped up to the 1st team. Jorden Gibson has returned to the Club and with Ronnie has continued to put really good work into the U18s. We lost two really good members of staff in Glenn Quirke and Stephen Payne but have replaced Glenn with Amy Ganderton as Academy Operations Manager and are are soon to replace Steve, who was an important part of the jigsaw here at the Academy. Stevenage FC v Forest Green Rovers

At schoolboy level we have just signed no fewer than 10 current U16 players as 1st year scholars next season with a further two players given extended schoolboy offers, while we wait patiently for their physical development. Never before have we produced so many scholars from within the Academy and this is our real win. Eyes are always quite naturally drawn to what people can see now - FA Youth Cup results, League results and scholars making 1st team appearances, however our job is to make sure we do that AND make sure the supply line doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dry up. Signs are we are on the right track and hopefully there is a lot more to come from the Academy.

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FOUNDATION BECOME A PATRON Stevenage FC Foundation delivers a variety of projects to a variety of people from all areas of our local community. Our patron scheme aims to allow business to be a part of what we do and link their own work in the projects we deliver. Becoming a patron gives organisations a wide range of benefits. If you want to reach new areas of your community, show your customers and staff you care or do something your competitors aren’t then becoming a patron is the ideal opportunity. Being a Foundation Patron provides six great benefits to your organisations, including: 1) INCREASING YOUR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) Visibly show that your organisation is taking positive steps to improve the community in which you are based: Improve the awareness of your organisations CSR in the local community by supporting a local charity in Stevenage FC Foundation (SFCF) Contribute to important fundraising undertaken by SFCF which allows the Foundation to deliver on its Mission through key community and school based projects across Stevenage and the wider Hertfordshire area We have four key “Foundation Blocks” that your donation will support. You can even specify an area that you’d like to support, which may fit your organisations aims: TAKING PART – LIFELONG LEARNING – HEALTHY LIFESTYLES - ENGAGING COMMUNITIES 2) APPEAR ON OUR WEBSITE You will be listed on the SFCF website on our Patrons Wall with a hyperlink to Stevenage FC v Forest Green Rovers

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s the year comes to a close its been hit with some amazing highs and some serious lows...but as most people know, that’s football. In the New Year we have a lot to look forward to and lots of objectives we have set ourselves to hit. We want to avenge last years loss in the County Cup final...we’re in the semi finals so one step at a time getting to the final. We also have an away trip to play Leyton Orient at the Matchroom Stadium which we are all looking forward to and will be a great experience for my players. We’re also in the WNL Plate Quarter final with our opponents yet to be decided. Before all of that we start with an extremely tough away fixture in our first game back after the Year New break against a very good Actonians side, so that will be our main focus when coming back. Lastly I would like to personally thank all our supporters for turning out every week and want to wish everyone involved at Stevenage FC Women a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Actonians Yeovil Town

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Norwich City Enfield Town AFC Wimbledon Leyton Orient Ipswich Town Cambridge United

1-4 1-5 4-2 1-3 0-7 4-0

Peterborough United Billericay Town Ipswich Town Kent Football United

1-2 6-2 2-3 5-2

Cambridge City Hoddesdon Town

2-2 H-W

Maidenhead United AFC Basildon Herts Vipers

3-2 6-4 3-4

Actonians Norwich City AFC Wimbledon Enfield Town Leyton Orient Cambridge United Billericay Town Kent Football United Ipswich Town Cambridge City

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LATEST NEWS WELCOME Merry Christmas everyone and a Happy New Year to you. How was your day yesterday? I Hope Santa brought you what you wanted. I am delighted to be able to welcome the supporters and fans of Forest Green Rovers to Stevenage this afternoon. The Rovers are having a great season thus far, so I’m sure we’ll all witness a really great game.

ASSET OF COMMUNITY VALUE (ACV) News from the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) applauds the news that Port Vale’s Vale Park stadium has become the latest in a long list of football grounds to achieve ACV status. As prescribed by the Localism Act (2011), other stadiums listed include Leeds Utd’s Elland Road and Hereford’s Edgar Street.

LISTER HOSPITAL CHILDREN’S WARD As is our long established tradition, the Supporters’ Association facilitated the annual visit of squad players to distribute Christmas presents to all the children in the Bluebell Ward at The Lister Hospital the other week. On Thursday (5th), both children and staff alike were delighted when Mark Sampson and his “little helpers” walked in, accompanied by Boro Bear. A fantastic time was had by all and our thanks go out to Jackie Berners, Jenny Stevenage FC v Forest Green Rovers

Dowden and all the other SA volunteers who sourced, wrapped and organised the event. Seamless as ever, this is one SA activity that I am particularly proud of. Well done all.

INTERCITY BORO Early start if you want to come with us to Plymouth on Sunday (29th). Our buses leave Stevenage at 08:00 for this one and the 239 mile trek to Home Park. It’s a 5 hour ride, so be sure to take a good book with you. Cost is only £25 for members and £30 for non-members Then, on New Year’s Day we journey up the road to Northampton where the cost is only £15 and £20 respectively. Buses leave The Lamex at 12.30 for that one. For further information and to book your place on the bus, please contact John Carroll on 01438 814285 (after 6.00pm).

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WELCOME

Their stadium is 100% powered from solar panels and renewable energy, all food sold at The New Lawn is vegan and even t-shirts are made from bamboo instead of plastic. Since Vince became majority shareholder in 2010, the 55-year-old local businessman has pumped millions into the club and has helped oversee the most successful period in the club’s history. After winning promotion from the National League in 2016, the Green Devils are now seen as serious contenders in Sky Bet League Two.

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THE BASICS… Forest Green became the world’s first vegan football club in 2015 after owner and green energy industrialist Dale Vince introduced different ecofriendly solutions around the ground.

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After a bright start to this season that included just two defeats in eleven games, Rovers catapulted to the top of the league in October but have not been able to replicate their early league form and have only been able to win two games since the start of November. The promotion chasers slipped further behind the chasing pack after losing

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JOSEPH MILLS

two games at the start of December. After a 2-0 home defeat to Scunthorpe, Northampton were onhand to bring more misery to Rovers as Matthew Mills put through his own net on their way to a 1-0 defeat. They also slipped out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 replay defeat at Carlisle after a 2-2 home draw.

STAR MAN… Joseph Mills, who plays at left back, has become the club’s top goalscorer in the league with five. The 30-year-old has become a vital player with his goals that included a 93rd minute winner away at Bradford City in August. Mills started his career at Southampton, for whom he played just over 25 games in the Championship and League One. He has gone on to play for Scunthorpe,

Doncaster, Reading, Oldham and Perth Glory; and is now into his second season at Forest Green.

MARK COOPER

THE GAFFER… Mark Cooper was appointed manager after taking over from caretaker boss Scott Bartlett in 2016, after their defeat to Grimsby in the National League play-off final. Cooper has gone on to be a huge success going one better than Bartlett the following year, victorious in a 3-1 win against Tranmere Rovers in 2017. The former midfielder did play for Forest Green in 2001/02, in which he was made club captain for the season and won Supporters’ Player of the Season. The 50-year-old played for many clubs, such as Birmingham City, Fulham, Exeter City and Leyton Orient, before finishing his career at Kettering Town. by Taylor Catton Stevenage FC v Forest Green Rovers

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FIXTURES & RESULTS 2019/20 DATE

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BORO SCORERS

AUGUST 2019 Sat Aug 03 Salford City

2-0

Exeter City

0-1

Sat Aug 10

Tue Aug 13 Southend United

1-2

Sat Aug 17

0-0

Leyton Orient

Tue Aug 20 Bradford City

0-1

Sat Aug 24 Mansfield Town

0-0

Sat Aug 31

Macclesfield Town

2-2

Parrett

Guthrie, Wildin

SEPTEMBER 2019 Tue Sep 03 MK Dons

0-3

Sat Sep 07 Cheltenham Town

4-2

Newton (2)

2-3

Guthrie (2)

Sat Sep 14

Carlisle United

Tue Sep 17

Northampton Town

0-1

Sat Sep 21

Forest Green Rovers

0-0

Sat Sep 28

Cambridge United

1-1

Cowley

Sat Oct 05 Colchester United

3-1

Cowley

Tue Oct 08 Wycombe Wanderers

0-1

Cowley

OCTOBER 2019

Sat Oct 12

Grimsby Town

2-1

Guthrie, Carter

Sat Oct 19

Port Vale

1-1

Guthrie

Tue Oct 22 Swindon Town Sat Oct 26

1-0

Morecambe

1-0

Tue Oct 29 Fulham U21

Cuthbert

1-1 (4-2) Carter

NOVEMBER 2019 Sat Nov 02 Scunthorpe United

0-0

Sat Nov 09 Peterborough United

1-1

Sat Nov 19

2-0

Peterborough United

Sat Nov 23 Walsall

List

0-0

DECEMBER 2019 Tue Dec 03 Colchester United

1-2

Sat Dec 07 Crawley Town

0-0

Cowley (2)

Sat Dec 14

Newport County

1-1

Sonupe

Sat Dec 21

Crewe Alexandra

1-5

Cuthbert

Thu Dec 26 Forest Green Rovers Sun Dec 29 Plymouth Argyle

APPEARANCES PAUL FARMAN....................................................................25 (0) CHRIS STOKES....................................................................23 (0) CHARLIE CARTER.............................................................22 (3) SCOTT CUTHBERT........................................................... 20 (1) KURTIS GUTHRIE................................................................19 (2) KELLAND WATTS............................................................... 17 (2) LUTHER WILDLIN...............................................................15 (0) MICHAEL TIMLIN.................................................................14 (3) TERENCE VANCOOTEN..................................................13 (1) TYLER DENTON.................................................................. 12 (1) TOM SOARES......................................................................... 11 (1) JASON COWLEY................................................................. 11 (9) ELLIOTT LIST......................................................................... 11 (2) BEN NUGENT.......................................................................10 (2) EMMANUEL SONUPE........................................................ 9 (4) CHARLIE LAKIN................................................................... 9 (1) NOOR HUSIN......................................................................... 8 (4) ARTHUR IONTTON..............................................................7 (4) BEN KENNEDY.......................................................................7 (4) LUIS FERNANDEZ............................................................... 6 (4) JOEL BYROM......................................................................... 6 (1) DEAN PARRETT................................................................... 6 (3) PAUL TAYLOR....................................................................... 6 (3) DANNY NEWTON................................................................ 6 (4) CRAIG MACKAIL-SMITH................................................... 5 (9) JAMIE FIELDING................................................................... 3 (3) SACHA BASTIEN.................................................................. 3 (0) PAUL DIGBY........................................................................... 3 (1) ADAM EL-ABD........................................................................1 (2) JOEL ROLLINSON...............................................................0 (2) ANDRONICOS GEORGIOU.............................................0 (1) LIAM SMYTH..........................................................................0 (1)

LEAGUE TABLE

JANUARY 2020

Scunthorpe United

Newport County

-7

Wed Jan 01 Northampton Town Sat Jan 04

Colchester United

Sat Jan 11

Port Vale

Sat Jan 18

Cambridge United

Sat Jan 25

Plymouth Argyle

Tue Jan 28

Grimsby Town

14 Salford City 15

FEBRUARY 2020 Sat Feb 01

Leyton Orient

Sat Feb 08 Exeter City Tue Feb 11

Bradford City

Sat Feb 15

Salford City

Sat Feb 22

Crawley Town

Sat Feb 29

Walsall

MARCH 2020 Sat Mar 07

Crewe Alexandra

Sat Mar 14

Newport County

Tue Mar 17

Swindon Town

Sat Mar 21

Morecambe

Sat Mar 28

Scunthorpe United

Leyton Orient

16 Walsall

APRIL 2020

GD Pts 2

-7

-11

Mansfield Town

-3

Crawley Town

-7

19 Oldham Athletic

-8

20 Grimsby Town

-6

Carlisle United

-15

22 Macclesfield Town

-3

23 Morecambe

-21

24 Stevenage

-13

Sat Apr 04 Oldham Athletic Fri Apr 10

Mansfield Town

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Mon Apr 13 Macclesfield Town Sat Apr 18

Cheltenham Town

Sat Apr 25

Carlisle United

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Stevenage FC v Forest Green Rovers

STEVENAGE FC

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STEVENAGE MANAGER: GRAHAM WESTLEY RED & WHITE SHIRTS, RED SHORTS, WHITE SOCKS

1 PAUL FARMAN 2 LUTHER JAMES-WILDIN 3 CHRISTOPHER STOKES 4 PAUL DIGBY 5 SCOTT CUTHBERT 6 THOMAS SOARES 7 CHARLIE CARTER 8 JOEL BYROM 9 JASON COWLEY 10 BEN KENNEDY 11 EMMANUEL SONUPE 12 NOOR HUSIN 13 SACHA BASTIEN 14 JAMIE FIELDING 15 TERENCE VANCOOTEN 16 ARTHUR IONTTON 17 JOEL ROLLINSON 18 DEAN PARRETT 19 DANIEL NEWTON 20 KELLAND WATTS 22 ALEX REID 23 JACK SMITH 24 ANDRONICOS GEORGIOU 25 PAUL TAYLOR 26 JOSEPH WHITE 28 KURTIS GUTHRIE 29 LIAM SMYTH 30 LUIS FERNANDEZ 31 BEN NUGENT 33 TYLER DENTON 34 ELLIOTT LIST 35 CRAIG MACKAIL-SMITH 44 MICHAEL TIMLIN

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