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creating the family feel that everyone associated with the football club values. Last week saw the team start with a fantastic victory against Tranmere Rovers, our first opening away day win since 1999. With that excitement, we look forward to welcoming you to what we hope is a memorable opening day match here at The Lamex Stadium. Enjoy the game!
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“My role will be to lead the day-to-day running of the football club and to consistently push our staff to reach the highest levels across all areas of the club”
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elcome to The Lamex Stadium for our first home match of the Sky Bet League Two 2022/23 season against Stockport County.
Since July 1st, I have been learning under the close mentorship of Chairman Phil Wallace as part of a re-structure for this season and a new era for Stevenage Football Club. One in which we hope can be the start of a new period of success both on and off the pitch. My role will be to lead the day-to-day running of the football club and to consistently push our staff to reach the highest levels across all areas of the Overclub. the course of the season, you will see a focus on fan engagement and
6 FCSTEVENAGE V FCCOUNTYSTOCKPORT AHEAD OF THE GAME TICKET INFO STOCKPORT COUNTY Tickets for our game vs Stockport County range from £18 for Adults, £10 Under 18s and £5 Under 12s at www. borotickets.co.uk , from the Club Shop and the Ticket Office ahead of kick-off. All tickets purchased Online/In-Advance of matchday are cheaper, and supporters can now scan their way in using the ticket QR code on their phone. READING Match tickets are on sale for Stevenage’s Carabao Cup Round One trip to Reading on Tuesday 9th August. Purchase online at www.borotickets. co.uk , from the Club Shop (open Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays 10am5pm) or on the day of the game for an increased price. MATCHDAY TIMINGS CLUB SHOP: Midday-3pm + 15 mins after FT TICKET OFFICE: Midday-3.15pm THE BROADHALL SUITE: Midday–3pm AWAY SUPPORTERS ONLY THE 76 LOUNGE: Midday – 3pm (Pre-Booked Hospitality & Home Supporters Only) | Half-time (North Stand Ticket Holders) | Full-time – 8pm (Home Supporters Only) TURNSTILES: 1.45pm KIDS ZONE: 1.30pm – 2.30pm Price Types Advanced Matchday Adult £10 £15 65 & over £7 £10 18-24 £7 £10 17 & under £5 £7 12 & under £3 £5 2022/23 SEASON TICKETS CLICK HERE to purchase your 2022/23 Season Ticket today! Stand Adult Concession Under 18 Under 12 East £300 £260 £150 £75 North £360 £320 £180 £90 West £400 £360 £200 £100
7 WWW.STEVENAGEFC.COM STEVENAGE FC SOCIAL @StevenageFC Official Twitter Account for Stevenage Football Club. Joined June 2011 71.6k Followers StevenagefcOfficial Stevenage FC. Official Instagram Page for Stevenage Football Club. 43.2k Followers @StevenageFCOfficial Stevenage Football Club. Official Facebook Page of Stevenage Football Club. 74k Followers @StevenageFC We enjoyed that one. �� Safe journey home, Boro fans! ��️�� @StevenageFC JORDAN ROBERTS PUTS US BACK AHEAD! �� stevenagefcofficial Throwing it back to August 2010 & our first-ever victory as a Football League club. �� The opponents? @stockportcountyofficial �� stevenagefcofficial Away days following the Boro ��️�� #TogetherForBoro stevenagefcofficial Jordan Roberts wins it late! �� #TogetherForBoro @StevenageFC Opening day W! ��
9 WWW.STEVENAGEFC.COM MATCH ACTION HEMMINGS 51’ REEVES 40’, ROBERTS 84’ TRANMERE STEVENAGE1 V2 POSSESSION SHOTS SHOTS ON TARGET ACCURACYCROSSING Goals from Jake Reeves and Jordan Roberts wrap up all three points for Stevenage to kick off the 2022/23 campaign... 42% 58% 17 10 11 5 66% 34%
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QUIZ! Welcome to our latest interactive quiz of the season. Today it’s our first quiz of the campaign and a chance to test your knowledge from last season and the summer.
It’s the start of a new season and we are delighted to offer a warm Boro welcome to our two mascots for today’s clash with Stockport. First up we say hello to SeamanNathan , and a happy recent 10th birthday to him in July. Nathan lives in Sandy and attends Laburnum School and cites playing football and guitar and too much watching of YouTube as his hobbies! His fave Boro player is local lad Luke Norris.
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Another big hello goes to fellow mascot JefferiesAnderson Highfield School pupil Anderson is ridingFootball,inold12-years-andlivesLetchworth.bikeand PlayStation are among his hobbies and his favourite player is Terence Vancooten. We wish both Nathan and Anderson a great day with us and hope they bring the good luck needed to claim three points.
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15 WWW.STEVENAGEFC.COM FROM THE ARCHIVES CLICK BELOW TO CHECK OUT THE PROGRAMME Welcome to another season of digitalbyprogrammesarchivewhichthepowerofinteractive you can actually read in the current programme - we know, what a time to be Todayalive!we go back almost exactly 30 years to a Boro side which was making their bow in the Diadora League Premier Division. After two successive title wins, hopes were high, and following a 5-1 Herts Charity Cup romp over Bishop’s Stortford to start the campaign, Boro stormed to more glory on the opening day. And yes this was the Mark Smith show, the famous game where Smudger grabbed no less than all four goals in the 4-1 win. Martin Gittings, Paul Bowgett and Richard Wilmot, they all played in a Boro side which was finding its feet one league off the Conference and the crowd of 613 knew that even bigger wins were on the horizon. DARREN ISTED Stats courtesy of Boroguide Saturday August 22, 1992 Diadora League PremierSTARTINGDivisionXI 1 Richard Wilmot 2 Steve Cox 3 Colin Hull 4 Paul Bowgett 5 Steve Graham 6 Shaun Debnam (81) 7 Shaun Marshall (67) 8 Steve Cook 9 Martin Gittings 10 Mark Smith 11 Dave Brown SUBSTITUTES Vic St Ange (67) Neil Trebble (81) STEVENAGE4 BOGNOR REGIS1
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A bit old fashioned I know – but the plain Red & White stripes for me. If you would like to do a Fan Focus, or if you know a Boro fan that has a birthday (whatever the age!) or special occasion coming up that we can feature, or any other general supporter query, send us an email and we’ll try our best to help. COYB!
Norris who stepped up to the plate at the end of last season – but I think my favourite at this time has to be Jake Reeves. A very creative busy player with an excellent range of passing – good to see him score last Saturday.
WHY DO I LOVE BORO
FIRST BORO GAME That’s a tough one, would have been in the late 60’s early 70’s in the Stevenage Athletic days, playing in the Southern league I believe. There was a tree where the North stand now sits, used to climb that to watch the first half, then get in for free at half time!!
n behalf of Carl (SLO) and Alex (DSLO) welcome to our new supporters’ page. For each home digital interactive programme, we hope to provide useful information updates and fun features.
It’s my hometown club, I have a lot a good memories attached to the club. Playing for them for a short while, as well as playing against them many times. It is still always good to bump into some old mates on a Saturday and Tuesday night and reminisce about our playing days many years ago!!
FAVOURITE CURRENT PLAYER Difficult to answer owing to the amount of newcomers to the squad. I do like Luke
FAVOURITE ALL-TIME PLAYER Mark Roberts for his passion and leadership during our early League 2 & 1 days. And of course I can’t forget my old mate Martin Gittings who I played with and against many times. I am fairly confident his goal scoring record will never be broken – without doubt a legend of the club.
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There have been many, especially since being promoted into the football league. Always liked beating Luton, but the best has to be beating Sheffield Wednesday 5-1 on a Tuesday night in 2011. I remember thinking that we needed another one to be sure of winning – we were 5-0 up at the time!
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In this first edition, we have a ‘Fan Focus’ interview. Gary ‘Redders’ Redmond is an East Terrace season ticket holder, and has supported Boro for many years, as well as playing for us in the late 1980’s alongside Boro legend Martin Gittings. Redders is a great guy, who is always good to chat to on matchdays, and he loves The Boro!
ON THIS DAY: 06 AUGUST
It’s perhaps no surprise that Boro’ have played a mere handful of times on this date in history. Since 1980, sure – there were times where competitions such as the Woolwich Trophy or various county cup competitions had us starting in the latter stages of July. But the competitive stuff? It’s fairly unusual for Gameweek 2 to fall on the first weekend of August. Even as far back as 2011, though, we trotted out on 6 August to kick off our league campaign. Then, it was Boro’s first-ever appearance as a tier three club; Exeter City coming to town in our League One opener – and leaving it again with a point; a goalless draw described by the Beeb as “uninspiring”. Two years later, the relegation troubles that were to unfold later in the 2013-4 season were nowhere on the horizon as Boro’ upset the odds to dump Championship side Ipswich Town out of the Capital One Cup. Filipe Morais and a lesser-spotted Jordan Burrow goal put paid to the Tractor Boys’ efforts as we set up a Round Two date with Everton. For both those fixtures, Gavin Ward was our referee. Strange that. No Mr Ward this time, though. A draw, a win, and now to complete the set. Crewe Alexandra came to the Lamex on 6 August 2016. Darren Sarll was in charge and looking to draw on the momentum he’d started to build after taking over from Teddy Sheringham the previous season. Alas, it wasn’t to be; Charlie Lee’s goal not enough as we lost 2-1.
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“A cruel result” is how Stockport boss Ray Mathias described our 2-2 draw at Edgeley Park later that season. The hosts were in sight of a much-needed win – but Lawrie Wilson popped up in the 90th minute to earn us a point towards our playoff bid. The Hatters would ultimately suffer a second straight relegation and end up in the
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The Hatters (no, not those ones) are still relatively unfamiliar opponents to us. We first played them in November 2003 by virtue of the FA Cup Round One draw; non-league Boro’ paired with Stockport County of Division Two (League One). It’d then be eight years before we’d have the pleasure of their company again. In what we call a milestone moment for us, it’d be against the Hatters on 21 August 2010 at the Lamex that we’d achieve a first-ever win in the Football League. A Michael Bostwick strike sandwiched in between two Charlie Griffin goals did the honours in that 3-1 victory.
IT’S STOCKPORT COUNTY AGAIN…
19 WWW.STEVENAGEFC.COM MAGIC MOMENT: 08 November 2003 FA Cup Round One
ON BOTH SIDES… One name on the Boro’ team sheet ought to be familiar with today’s guests – and that’s Carl Piergianni. The defender spent one season (201112) at Edgeley Park as the Hatters tried to bounce straight back up to the Football League. But that’s not our main man in focus
Is this one of the last – or, at least, most recent – authentic Boro’ cupsets? Of course, we’ve made our name known in the years since (e.g., beating Ipswich Town on this day in 2013). But we’re talking bone fide non-league magic; doing a number on a Football League side in an era when two-up two-down had only just become a thing. At the time, the Hatters were not that long since members of the old Division One – now known as the Championship. Relegation in 2002 put them in Division Two (or League One) and there were still two divisions between us when they came to us in November 2003. We were having a traditionally Westleyan inconsistent first half of the season –but the cup is a great leveller, isn’t it? Two first-half goals from Dino Maamria did the damage. The first came on 29 minutes; Michael Warner’s cross found its way to the Tunisian striker via a deflection – and Dino was all too happy to do the honours. It was 2-0 less than 10 minutes later. This time, Jamie Gould delivered the ball in for Dino to head home. The Hatters hit back as you might expect. Richard Lambert struck the woodwork with a header of his own, before the visitors literally had a goal handed to them. Simon Wormull handled the ball in the area, referee Mr Armstrong saw it, and Jim Goodwin converted the spot kick. Boro’ would, however, ultimately hold on to record one of the shocks of the round. Next stop for us was Swansea City. And, the following season, Stockport County were relegated to League ByTwo.Pete Hayman courtesy of boroguide.co.uk
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Twotoday.memorable ex-Boro’ strikers have turned out for both sides. Stockport was a brief stop in the early stages of Carl Alford’s career –although we don’t know much about the details of his time there. What we do know is that Anthony Elding had a great ol’ time of it at Edgeley Park. Eldinho netted 26 goals in 52 games across all competitions for them. The Hatters signed him from fellow League Two side Boston United in early 2007; the striker stepping up from Kettering Town of the Conference North before that. It was a roundabout way of getting to the Football League; GW
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elcome home and good luck to the gaffer and his team in today’s first league home fixture of the new season.
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The last few months has been busier than ever and there have been some exciting changes made within the Academy. Since the departure of our previous Academy Manager, I have been tasked with continuing the excellent work that our Academy has undertaken, working with our staff here to deliver the best possible experience for our young people. We have been busy over the summer ensuring everything is going in a positive direction and we believe with the changes that are happening, we are onto something Iexciting!amdelighted to be able to inform you that Paul Dale will take on the Youth Development Phase Lead role. Paul has a wealth of experience, in and out of the game and is someone who we believe will stretch, challenge, and support our players AND staff with his knowledge of leadership, communication and coaching across the football pyramid. Paul is an FA affiliated tutor and his last coaching role saw him work in the Youth Development Phase at Southampton FC. Matt Barnaby who was already within our Academy as a part-time physiotherapist will now take on the role as Head of Medical. Matt has experience in EFL first team football and academy football and for us, this is a real coup. We have also invested in a full-time Head of Athletic Development and Nutrition; Phil Samuel has taken on this role to improve the entire Academy’s provision of athletic development, continuing to work closely with the U18’s and now with the schoolboys, ably assisted by Maddie Trobridge. Our excellent player care officer Robyn Reardon will also go fulltime from the 1st of September to support the needs of all our Academy players further. Grace Brooks has also joined with a dual role, continuing the great work implemented by Josh Bonnet as Trainee Sports Psychologist as well as Academy ThisAdministrator.summerhas seen us heavily invest in the facilities at Shephalbury Sports Academy, our AstroTurf pitches will be maintained by an external company quarterly, meaning the turf will be softer to play on. We have a designated fulltime groundsman in Chris Hopkin, Chris is tasked with looking after our football pitch and ensuring it’s kept in the best condition possible. Finally, we have spent thousands of pounds in the gym, we have re-painted, laid new flooring, and bought some excellent equipment which all phases will reap the benefits of in the Enjoyfuture.the game, Come on Boro!
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STEVENAGE FC WOMEN
Pre-season has begun in earnest with the girls having played 4 games already with a standout 12-1 victory against AFC Dunstable. Preparations are well and truly underway with the team expecting to make a title bid to bounce straight back up to the WNL.
Fixtures have already been released; we will be competing the Eastern Region Women’s Football League, with our campaign kicking off on 21 August away to newly promoted AFC Sudbury, followed up by our first home game of the season against Colney Heath on 28 August. Our home games will be played at the Hertfordshire FA, County Ground in Letchworth. We look forward to welcoming you down and supporting us in what we feel will be a memorable and successful season.
Come on you ‘Boro!
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staff has been strengthened considerably with the club signing Amy Gooderham from tier 3 MK Dons, Nicole Farmer, Celine Ray, Kelsey Millen, Daisy Jenkins, Ciara Craig and Erin Price. There was also a return to the ‘Boro for striker, Becky Shephard who resigns for the club for her second spell. Despite dropping down a tier, we have managed to retain important core players from last season. We recently held our annual “Media Night” at the Lamex Stadium with the girls and staff getting their team photo and headshots for the season done in the new home and away kits.
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We waved a fond farewell to Phil Woolger (First Team Goalkeeper Coach), Sam Piggott (S&C Coach) and Sian Perry (Physio). We have recruited a women’s football legend and former Arsenal treblewinning captain, Sian Williams (First Team Coach), Marco De Lauri (First Team Goalkeeper Coach) and Lyndsey Light The(Physio).playing
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t has been a busy few weeks for Stevenage FCW. Since our unfortunate relegation from the FA WNL last season, there have been several changes to the backroom staff and playing personnel.
Enjoycom. the game, COME ON YOU BORO!
The ETC joins our long-standing Girls Development Centre, Girls Football Centre and FA Wildcats centres in our community girls football offering. Our provision for girls starts at aged 5 and goes right the way through to 16 where the pathway links with the senior side, Stevenage FC Women. In the last two seasons, we have already seen five players progress from the GDC into the Stevenage FC Women’s set up and hope that with the addition of the ETC this number will only grow in the next few Weseasons.recognise that there is a lot of excitement around the women’s game at the moment and so are encouraging girls to get involved with any of our sessions whether it be Wildcats or within our talent pathway. Further pathway trials are being held on Monday 22nd August and girls can register to find out more information about any of our pathway sessions by contacting womenandgirls@stevenagefcf.
Congratulations Lionesses!
OUR WOMEN & GIRLS
DANI TOYN Head of Community Engagement
STEVENAGE FC WOMEN & GIRLS’ PATHWAY
PATHWAY… Good Afternoon everyone and welcome to The Lamex Stadium for this afternoon’s I’dgame.like to start by congratulating our Lionesses on their amazing achievement on Sunday, winning the Euros at Wembley Stadium was an unbelievable achievement and one that all of us at Stevenage FC Foundation are really proud of – what an inspiration to all women and young girls across the country. In the last few weeks, Stevenage FC Foundation were delighted to announce the addition of an England Football FA Emerging Talent Centre which will now sit at the top of the youth section of our women and girls pathway. Stevenage FC Foundation are one of 60 initial clubs who have been allocated a license across the country. The aim of the ETC’s is to see the number of young female players engaged in FA programmes rise from 1,722 to over 4,200 by the end of the 2023/24 season.
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With the 22/23 season well underway, we are delighted to bring back Mascot and Matchday packages to the Lamex Stadium. From leading the team out of the tunnel to a pre-match penalty shootout with your teammates, Stevenage FC Foundation provide once-in-a-lifetime experiences at the home of Stevenage Football Club.
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In addition, clubs and organisations can also upgrade their Matchday Experience packages and gain additional experiences including Pre-Match Training Sessions, a Penalty Shoot Out and the chance to form the Matchday Guard of Honour.
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It has been a long while coming, in fact 11 Years since the Hatters last played an away fixture in the Football League and they will be hoping their pre-season form can return following the disappointment of opening day Afterdefeat.theirtriumph in the National League
last campaign and a pre season of three away wins and a 2-2 draw with Bolton, County were left with too much to do when they fell behind 3-0 at home to Barrow within 33 minutes on Saturday. Despite a fightback with goals from Sarcevic and Madden, the task was to prove just too much, and the optimism of preseason disappeared. This of course makes County even more dangerous in their second start in the EFL, especially after they proved so dominant in the National League. A run of 13 wins and one draw from January to March this year really put them in the driving seat from nearest rivals Wrexham, and despite four defeats from six in the run in, Stockport held their nerve in the crucial last two games, beating Torquay 1-0 before a goal either side of the break against Halifax clinched promotion on the final day - and sent Wrexham into the lottery of the playoffs from which they failed to emerge.
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Appointed to Pools in 2019, Challinor took them to fourth in his first full season before he negotiated the play-offs in 2021 and brought them up on penalties following a final at Ashton Gate. A change of heart after signing a deal to stay in the north-east saw Challinor take the helm at Edgeley Park little over 10 months ago and his impact was immediate, claiming manager of the month in his first full month in charge before leading the Hatters to the Aftertitle. a playing career which took in Tranmere, Stockport and Bury, Challinor began in management at Colwyn Bay before moving on to Fylde for an eight year spell.
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ONE TO WATCH Midfielder Antoni Sarcevic joined Stockport County after an impressive career at Bolton Wanderers, having led the side to promotion from League two as captain. After scoring 8 goals in 35 appearances, this marked the fourth time throughout his career in which Sarcevic has been involved in promotion from the fourth division, having achieved promotion with Plymouth Argyle the previous season.
Sarcevic originally came through the ranks at Woodley Sports, playing alongside County Captain, Liam Hogan before spells at Crewe, Chester and Fleetwood Town. During his time at Fleetwood, Manchester-born Antoni topped the club’s assist charts, while also scoring 15 goals, including the winner in the 2014 League two play-off
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LLOYD BRISCOE Chair - Stevenage FC Supporters’ Association ticket sales. The break due to the Covid pandemic has had an adverse impact in our efforts, and a number of our previous sales team have moved on. Your Supporters’ Association URGENTLY requires people to sell tickets on match-days. Can you help? It only involves an hour or two before the game. You’ll get to meet lots of regular Stevenage fans and, over time, build a great rapport with them - the salt of the Pleaseearth!help. Contact Keith Berners at Keith@sfca.co.uk for details. Come, be a member of our team - and make a difference. THEY WORE THE SHIRT
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A couple of weeks ago, I, along with many others, celebrated the life of Delvin Stevens. Delvin’s passing came as a great shock to everyone. A true and loyal servant to the club, Delvin played for Stevenage Town, Athletic and Borough. He even ‘managed’ Boro for a short while back in the early 1980’s. At some stage in the near future, I hope to draft a portrait of all the Stevenage football ‘greats’ for the programme by instalment - they need to be remembered.
Attending Delvin’s funeral, I was pleased to meet up with both Ray Peacock and Richard England. It was a joy to see two players from George Curtis’s “Town” team of the ‘60’s meet up again for the first time in 54 Theyears.accompanying photograph is that of Richard (Dickie) England and his lovely wife, Brenda - along with yours truly. If anyone has memories or anecdotal ‘stuff’ of this period in Stevenage football, then I’d really love to hear from them.
A big, warm-hearted Boro welcome to Stockport County, absent from the Football League for eleven seasons. Too long. Welcome to the management team, directors, playing staff and especially to their supporters visiting the Lamex this Oneafternoon.ofStockport’s supporters groups is “County Co-op”, and so I offer a personal welcome to Peter Towey (chair), Caroline “Cazbo” Burt (secretary), Emma Mannion (Fund Raising), Andy Burt (treasurer) and other members of their board. I hope you have a great time here in Stevenage, and a (long, but) safe journey back to Stockport SA BUS Great turnout at Tranmere last Saturday - and what a win! However, the bus cost us almost £1200 and despite getting 33 fans to come with us, the bus still ‘made a loss’. This is something that we simply cannot afford. Unless the bus achieves ‘break-even’ status at least, then the SA reserves the right to withdraw its commitment. My grateful thanks to Andy Mugridge and John Carrol for mustering our fans to this important away game. Where would we be without them? Our next big away-day is next Saturday August 13th - to Walsall. Members only pay £25 each and the bus departs the Lamex at 10:30am. Who of you will come with us to The Bescot? Can we make it ‘back-toback’ victories on the road, in what’s going to be an amazing season? Get thee there with Boro the Bear. Come one, come all to Walsall.
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37 WWW.STEVENAGEFC.COM LEAGUE TABLE DATE OPPONENT ATT RES BORO SCORERS JULY 2022 Sat Jul 30 Tranmere Rovers FL2 6,111 2-1 Reeves, Roberts AUGUST 2022 Sat Aug 06 Stockport County FL2 Tue Aug 09 Reading CC Sat Aug 13 Walsall FL2 Tue Aug 16 Rochdale FL2 Sat Aug 20 Carlisle United FL2 Tue Aug 27 Salford City FL2 Sat Aug 30 Peterborough United PJT SEPTEMBER 2022 Sat Sept 03 Crewe Alexandra FL2 Sat Sept 10 Sutton United FL2 Tue Sept 13 Newport County FL2 Sat Sept 17 Bradford City FL2 Tue Sept 20 Wycombe Wanderers PJT Sat Sept 24 Harrogate Town FL2 OCTOBER 2022 Sat Oct 01 Crawley Town FL2 Sat Oct 08 Swindon Town FL2 Sat Oct 15 Gillingham FL2 Tue Oct 18 Tottenham Hotspur U21 PJT Sat Oct 22 Northampton Town FL2 Tue Oct 25 Doncaster Rovers FL2 Sat Oct 29 Colchester United FL2 NOVEMBER 2022 Sat Nov 05 Round 1 FAC Sat Nov 12 Hartlepool United FL2 Sat Nov 19 Grimsby Town FL2 Sat Nov 26 Round 2 FAC DECEMBER 2022 Sat Dec 03 Barrow FL2 Sat Dec 10 Mansfield Town FL2 Sat Dec 17 AFC Wimbledon FL2 Mon Dec 26 Leyton Orient FL2 Thu Dec 29 Crawley Town FL2 JANUARY 2023 Sun Jan 01 Gillingham FL2 Sat Jan 07 Swindon Town FL2 Sat Jan 14 Harrogate Town FL2 Sat Jan 21 Leyton Orient FL2 Sat Jan 28 Crewe Alexandra FL2 FEBRUARY 2023 Sat Feb 04 Sutton United FL2 Sat Feb 11 Bradford City FL2 Tue Feb 14 Newport County FL2 Sat Feb 18 Stockport County FL2 Sat Feb 25 Tranmere Rovers FL2 MARCH 2023 Sat Mar 04 Rochdale FL2 Sat Mar 11 Walsall FL2 Sat Mar 18 Carlisle United FL2 Sat Mar 25 Salford City FL2 APRIL 2023 Sat Apr 01 Northampton Town FL2 Fri Apr 07 Colchester United FL2 Mon Apr 10 Hartlepool United FL2 Sat Apr 15 AFC Wimbledon FL2 Tue Apr 18 Doncaster Rovers FL2 Sat Apr 22 Mansfield Town FL2 Sat Apr 29 Grimsby Town FL2 MAY 2023 Sat May 06 Barrow FL2 FIXTURES & RESULTS APPEARANCES2022/23PL GLS Taye Ashby-Hammond 1 (0) 0 Luther James-Wildin 1 (0) 0 Carl Piergianni 1 (0) 0 Dan Sweeney 1 (0) 0 Terence Vancooten 1 (0) 0 Max Clark 1 (0) 0 Jake Reeves 1 (0) 1 Jake Taylor 1 (0) 0 Michael Bostwick 1 (0) 0 Elliott List 1 (0) 0 Luke Norris 1 (0) 0 Jordan Roberts 0 (1) 1 Saxon Earley 0 (1) 0 Danny Rose 0 (1) 0 Aaron Chapman 0 (0) 0 Dean Campbell 0 (0) 0 Kane Smith 0 (0) 0 Arthur Read 0 (0) 0 CLICK HERE FOR FULL TABLE AND STATS P W D L Pts 1 Walsall 1 1 0 0 3 2 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 3 AFC Wimbledon 1 1 0 0 3 4 Leyton Orient 1 1 0 0 3 5 Salford City 1 1 0 0 3 6 Barrow 1 1 0 0 3 7 Northampton Town 1 1 0 0 3 8 Crewe Alexandra 1 1 0 0 3 9 Stevenage 1 1 0 0 3 10 Carlisle United 1 1 0 0 3 11 Newport County 1 0 1 0 1 12 Sutton United 1 0 1 0 1 13 Bradford City 1 0 1 0 1 14 Doncaster Rovers 1 0 1 0 1 15 Colchester United 1 0 0 1 0 16 Stockport County 1 0 0 1 0 17 Rochdale 1 0 0 1 0 18 Tranmere Rovers 1 0 0 1 0 19 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 0 20 Gillingham 1 0 0 1 0 21 Grimsby Town 1 0 0 1 0 22 Mansfield Town 1 0 0 1 0 23 Swindon Town 1 0 0 1 0 24 Hartlepool United 1 0 0 1 0
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