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e have played two away games since we last played at home, and it has been another step forward learning lessons about ourselves, our progress and our development. The game at Crawley will certainly be a big boost for us in terms of confidence and belief having turned that two-goal deficit around. It is also encouraging for our supporters. We had almost 300 that day and it is important for us to make sure we continue to encourage them.

Having a squad is important. We play a lot of games, and we need to utilise the energy and expertise in all areas of the squad. If we are winning games and players are playing well, then we strive for rhythm. I am aware that we need to keep our rhythm that we have got already. We may change a player or two but that will not change the way we play.

I would like the fact that we do not stop playing until the final whistle to be a strength of ours. Not that I want to be behind very often but inevitably that will happen and it is important that we can deal with being behind as well as being in front.

We can provide slight changes to the way we play but ultimately the players have got to believe that they can score. We looked like that on Saturday.

We looked like we believed we could get back in the game. That is a big step forward.

The first part of progress is to make sure you get your home form sorted and that there is a level of consistency there. We play half of our games at home, and we

need to be good in those positions.

I am very pleased with what we have done in our last four games at home. We were a 98th minute goal away from being four home wins in a row. We do not want to rest on our laurels, and we need to understand why we got those results. The time to analyse your performance is when you get a productive spell. You need to look at why it happened, how we did it and then find a way of repeating it. Our challenge now is to repeat the work we have seen in our last four home games.

“ON SATURDAY, WE BELIEVED WE COULD GET BACK IN THE GAME. THAT IS A BIG STEP FORWARD”

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ood evening and welcome to the players and officials of Bradford City.

The outstanding goal from Arthur Read and a last-minute equaliser from Scott Cuthbert after being 2-0 down on Saturday is why we love football. Our performance was laboured and lacked zip for sixty minutes or so, but the last thirty minutes showed a neversay-die attitude and fighting spirit that all good sides need. The feeling it creates lifts the spirits of us all and sets us up for the next game. So well done to the lads for that fightback!

We have supported Paul strongly in the transfer window and the squad are now a robust, well-balanced outfit with quality and personality all over the pitch. Our target is a top 10 finish for the second 23 games of the season, and we are on track for that in eighth position in the last six-game form table. We look good value for that, and I am hoping we can surprise everyone with our form and results during February, March and April.

A special mention here to Jake Reeves who suffered a very nasty elbow fracture at Tranmere yet wanted to carry on playing. He will be out for a good while, but we look forward to seeing him shortly.

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Ben Coker also suffered a knee injury in that game, and we are waiting for the scan results of that to see how long he will be out. I hope both recover quickly and we can see them back in a Boro shirt soon.

Off the pitch, we have started the process for a new CEO, with over 70 good quality people applying. From those applications, we selected a number for interviews that we considered were most likely to excel in the role and that process is ongoing.

I would expect us to get to a shortlist during this coming week and look to move forwards from there towards the end of the month. Despite being in the US, with video conferencing now so good, I can be present in those meetings on video whilst Stuart Dinsey leads the interviews in person at the stadium. We are really pleased with the quality of the candidates, and we have managed to select a wide variety of skills to choose between. More on this as we progress.

Back to the game – I cannot wait to watch this one under the lights at The Lamex.

Let’s all get behind Paul and the lads and enjoy ourselves!

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oro fans might get the feeling that they just don’t get the rub of the green against Bradford and this match was another case in point as the Bantams hit back for a share of the spoils.

With the home side hoping to stake a claim to another powerful season in League One, they also made an early mark on this game and were deservedly ahead on 23 minutes. Greg Tansey was

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the man on the spot for Boro as he struck home a penalty, awarded after a Luke Freeman shot was handled.

James Dunne then came close to a second and Boro could have been out of sight before Kyle Reid curled home a free kick in the second period to level it. Even then Boro might have grabbed it at the death but sub Oumare Tounkara saw a great shot brilliantly tipped away.

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1 STEVENAGE 1 BRADFORD STARTING XI 16 Chris Day 22 David Gray 5 Jon Ashton 29 Peter Hartley 34 Roarie Deacon 17 Greg Tansey (74) 8 James Dunne 24 Michael Doughty (85) 15 Luke Freeman 10 Jordan Burrow (66) 32 Robin Shroot SUBSTITUTES 1 Steve Arnold 6 Luke Jones 14 Simon Heslop 19 Marcus Haber 20 Jimmy Smith (85) 21 Oumare Tounkara (66) 23 Dani Lopez (74)

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BORO

HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 08 FEBRUARY It’s been a while since Boro’ recorded a (conventional) win on this particular date in history; a full quarter of a century since Corey Browne’s goal made the difference in our FA Trophy Round Two clash with Boreham Wood. Of course, you could argue that a win is a win, however it comes.

And that means you only have to go back 17 years to find our latest victory on 8 February when Grays Athletic took us to penalties in our Conference Cup Round Four tie.

It’s unfortunate that we appear to have lost our way on this date because it all started so well for us. Two members of the Gittings family got on the scoresheet today in 1986 as we hammered Rainham Town at Broadhall Way. That was a third straight win at the time; a run in which we scored 14 goals in a trio of early February fixtures.

Two years later, that amazing form was flipped on its head as Boro’ shipped 11 goals in three February outings; two of which came at the hands of Basildon United on 08 February 1988. It was also our fifth successive defeat and had seen us firmly in a slump that would cost us our Vauxhall Opel League Division 1 status.

Four years later, we returned to what was now called Diadora League Division 1 and once again found ourselves with a game to play on 08 February. Abingdon Town had walloped us 4-0 at their place earlier on in the campaign, but we did not take it lying down. Andy Walker grabbed a hattrick as

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we scored four of our own – albeit allowing them to get one.

In more recent times, we’ve not been seen in action on this date too often. And it’s perhaps just as well if our two past Football League outings are anything to go by. We were comfortably overcome by Bury on 08 February 2011 up at Gigg Lane, while a trip south to Exeter City in 2020 saw us fall to a 2-1 defeat – our fifth loss in a row in all competitions and a run that started with a 3-0 defeat at St James’ Park in the Leasing. com Trophy.

1986 Stevenage Borough 6-1 Rainham Town, Vauxhall Opel League Division 2 North (Driver 2, M Gittings, Armsby, P Gittings, Marshall) 1988 Stevenage Borough 0-2 Basildon United, Vauxhall Opel League Division 1 1992 Stevenage Borough 4-1 Abingdon Town, Diadora League Division 1 (Walker 3, M Gittings) 1997 Boreham Wood 0-1 Stevenage Borough, FA Trophy R2 (Browne) 2003 Stevenage Borough 1-1 Morecambe, Nationwide Conference (Richards) 2005 Stevenage Borough* 1-1 Grays Athletic, Conference Cup R4 (Maamria) 2011 Bury 3-0 Stevenage, npower League Two 2020 Exeter City 2-1 Stevenage, Sky Bet League Two (Kemp) * Boro’ won 3-1 on penalties

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YOU AGAIN? BRADFORD CITY It’s now almost eight years since we last beat today’s guests; Bradford City winning four of the five meetings that have taken place since. Of course, there is a reason that we’ve met so few times in the intervening years. Our 3-2 victory up at Valley Parade in March 2014 didn’t ultimately help keep us in League One. And it was only in 2019 that the Bantams lost their own fight to stay in the third tier. Not that 2019-20 was the season we’d want to renew acquaintances.

We managed to get both fixtures in during that Covid-hit campaign; the Bantams winning 1-0 at the Lamex early on in the season, then coming from behind to register a 3-1 victory in February 2020.

That would be the last time that Boro’ had led a match at half time until 26 September 2020, when we travelled up to Valley Parade. Once again, we weren’t able to see it out and ultimately succumbed to a 2-1 defeat. We did, however, grab a point in the return fixture.

Needless to say, we can reasonably claim to have been totally outclassed in this season’s trip to Valley Parade.

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Going back a little further, Boro’s only home win against the Bantams was more than a decade ago. Goals from Darius Charles and John Mousinho kept our playoff chase on course with a 2-1 win in April 2011; making amends for our 1-0 defeat at their place in the early stages of that season.

In fact, our troubled 2013-4 campaign still stands as our best return against the Bantams. A home draw and away win saw us pick up four points from a possible six. Since then, it’s been a far less impressive haul for Boro’. We may not be able to repeat that four-point haul this campaign, but we can at least try and make it three with a home win today. It’s going to have to roll back a bit of history. But nothing lasts forever and we hope that includes their recent hold over us.

MAGIC MOMENT: Stevenage 2-1 Bradford City npower League Two – 02 April 2011

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ood evening and good luck to Tis and his team in tonight’s EFL fixture.

A few updates from the academy: Our Education Development Programme has made huge stride since the introduction of Tom Malins to the coaching team. We have began our preparation for next season with our recruitment and are always looking at ways to bring the programme even closer to the academy set up. We have a induction night tomorrow in Lounge 76, more information is on the website if you’re a player aged 16-19 or have a son of that age. For any more information

contact: Tomm@stevenagefc.com Our U15’s were defeated 3-1 in the EFL Floodlit cup, however, there was some bright performances in a squad that included a U13’s and 4 x U14’s, which continues to show we are prepared to push our higher performing players early.

Saturday we play our last EFL Youth Alliance fixture against Cambridge United 10:30 at Shephalbury Sports Academy before we enter into the new merit league system at the beginning of March.

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www.bradfordcityafc.com FOUNDED: 1903 HOME GROUND: Utilita Energy Stadium CAPACITY: 25,136 RECORD CROWD: 39,146, 1911 v Burnley ENTERED FOOTBALL LEAGUE: 1903

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE SQUAD LIST Bradford sit seven points from the playoffs and five points clear of Boro after what has been a mixed season so far.

Putting together a run of wins has proved tough for the Bantams and after a reasonable start to the campaign they have struggled of late going into and following the festive period. Much

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has been expected of Derek Adam’s side and they looked to be on their way early on when they handed out a 4-1 drubbing to Boro. But of late it’s a different story with three wins, four draws and three defeats in their last 10 in the league leaving them unable to keep pace with the sides in the shakeup at the top.

DID YOU KNOW? •S ome clubs take a lifetime to reach the Football League but for Bradford it literally happened overnight. Founded in 1903, they were elected into Division Two of the Football League the same year.

• 1903 was clearly a busy time for sport in Bradford and the Association game also debuted that year at Valley Parade, when Bradford played an exhibition game against the 1902 FA Cup winners Sheffield United.

• Bradford made a quick march among the elite and after winning promotion to the top flight they won the FA Cup in 1911 with a 1-0 win over Newcastle at Old Trafford in a reply after a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace.

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ONE TO WATCH After spending the second half of the 2020/2021 season on loan with the Bantams, Andy Cook signed permanently from Mansfield Town on a two-year deal in June 2021.

The 30-year-old scored eight goals in 16 starts while on loan in the last campaign.

Cook is an experienced striker with almost 400 career appearances to his name so far.

THE BOSS Derek Adams became the Bantams’ first team coach after putting pen to paper on a three-year contract in June 2021.

Adams is an experienced manager who has so far overseen almost 600 games from the dugout in his career.

The Scotsman has previously twice had spells in charge of Ross County and then with Plymouth Argyle, and Morecambe whom he guided to promotion from League Two in the 2020/21 season.

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LATEST NEWS WELCOME BRADFORD I don’t know. You wait ages and ages for a Yorkshire club to come to Stevenage and then two turn up at once!

Harrogate last week and now Bradford.

“Eee, reight champion”.

So, a big Boro welcome to the Bantams and especially to their supporters who have made the long journey from God’s Own County.

Right then, I’m off for a ‘proper brew’.

“50/50 TICKETS” Ah, the clarion call from the dulcet tones of our esteemed 50/50 ticket sellers when you enter the ground by the turnstiles on match-days.

Always wearing a cheery, friendly smile, I’m happy to announce a new member to our merry band of sellers.

Some of you may recognise her, for she is Judy Crook.

Judy (you may recall) used to be the ‘matriarch’ of the Broadhall Suite operation many years ago. Her sausage and chips used to be the talk of the town!

The photo (right) is that of Judy and Fiona, in action alongside turnstiles 1-3 at the recent Harrogate game.

GORDON ALLINSON (1934 - 2021) The Supporters’ Association were saddened to learn of the passing of Gordon Allinson on December 28th.

Gordon held a senior position within the club during its formative years from 1980 to 1982.

With his wife Pat, Gordon moved to Stevenage from Islington in 1956, and raised three children - Sandra, Tracey and Keith.

Gordon developed an interest in youth

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football, following the careers of his nephews (Ian and Martin) and son (Keith) who went on to play at a senior level with Stevenage.

Gordon coached local club Cygnet Youth in the late 1970’s, graduating to manage the Stevenage Borough reserve team from 1980. It was during this period that Gordon was highly influential in the squad development, achieving much success under his stewardship.

In later years, Gordon found himself active again at Stotfold FC assisting his nephew, Ian Allinson.

Retiring in 1997, Gordon enjoyed the pleasures of golf and developing his long-time friendship with the former Stevenage chairman, George Clarke.

Some of you may remember Keith Allinson (Gordon’s son) who was the club’s physiotherapist when Paul Fairclough was manager.

Our commiserations go to Gordon’s family at this time.

We mourn the loss of Gordon’s passing - as another link with the club’s past is consigned to history.

BORO BUS TO BARROW Who of you will come with us to Holker Street next Saturday? It might be a 600 mile return trip, but given our current form, who wouldn’t miss the opportunity of watching the mighty Boro at this awayday?

Departing the Lamex at 08:30am, the cost is £35 for members and £40 for nonmembers (concessions apply).

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AUGUST 2021 Sat Aug 07 Barrow AFC Tue Aug 10 Luton Town

FL2 2,536

1-0

CC

3,052

2-2 List, Coker

Reeves

7,071

2-0 Lines, Norris

Sat Aug 14

Bristol Rovers

FL2

Tue Aug 17

Bradford City Port Vale

FL2 14,257

1-4

List

FL2 2,770

1-1

Norris

Sat Aug 21

Tue Aug 24 Wycombe Wanderers CC

1,934

FL2 4,257 Sat Aug 28 Walsall Tue Aug 31 Tottenham Hotspur U21 PJT 1,235 SEPTEMBER 2021

2-2 List, Reid 0-1 3-4 Daily, Marshall, (OG)

Sat Sept 04 Swindon Town

FL2 3,589

1-1

Coker

Sutton United Sat Sept 18 Forest Green Rovers

FL2 2,427

1-2

List

FL2 2,930

0-4

Sat Sept 25 Harrogate Town AFC OCTOBER 2021

FL2 1,667

0-0

FL2 2633

2-0 Reid, List

Sat Sept 11

Sat Oct 02

Hartlepool United

Tue Oct 05 Oxford United Sat Oct 09 Exeter City

PJT

1,712

1-2

Reid, Norris

FL2 3,186

2-2 List 2 0-3

Sat Oct 16

Oldham Athletic

FL2 3492

Tue Oct 19

Northampton Town Leyton Orient

FL2

4123

0-3

FL2 3544

0-0

Sat Oct 30 Newport County NOVEMBER 2021

FL2 3439

0-5

Sat Nov 06 MK Dons Tue Nov 09 Cambridge United

FAC1 2860

2-2 Barry, List

PJT

1-0

Sat Oct 23

967

List

Sat Nov 13

Mansfield Town

FL2 2,946

1-2

Cuthbert

Tue Nov 16

MK Dons

FAC1 1,854

2-1

Reid, Norris List

Sat Nov 20 Colchester United

FL2 2,683

1-0

Tue Nov 23 Rochdale

FL2 1,764

2-2 List 2

Tue Nov 30 Sutton United DECEMBER 2021

PJT

0-0

Sat Dec 04 Yeovil Town Tue Dec 07 Scunthorpe United Sat Dec 11 Carlisle United

FAC2 2,754

Sat Dec 18

Salford City

Wed Dec 29 Swindon Town JANUARY 2022

770

0-1

FL2 1,900

1-1

FL2 2,842

0-2

FL2

1,375

0-1

FL2

8,131

0-0 0-2

Norris

Forest Green Rovers Walsall

FL2 2,454

Sat Jan 08 Sat Jan 15

Sutton United

FL2 2,961

3-3 Norris, Reid 2

Tue Jan 18

Crawley Town

FL2 1,942

2-1

Taylor, Norris

Hartlepool United FL2 4,841 Tue Jan 29 Harrogate Town AFC FL2 2,935 FEBRUARY 2022

1-1

Norris

Sat Jan 01

FL2

2,167

Sat Jan 22

Tue Feb 01

Tranmere Rovers

FL2

-

Sat Feb 05 Crawley Town Tue Feb 08 Bradford City

FL2 2,214

Sat Feb 12

FL2

Sat Feb 19

Barrow Bristol Rovers

FL2 FL2

Sat Feb 26 Port Vale MARCH 2022

FL2

Sat Mar 05 Leyton Orient Sat Mar 12 Newport County

FL2 FL2

Tue Mar 15

Northampton Town

FL2

Sat Mar 19

Mansfield Town

FL2

Sat Mar 26 Exeter City APRIL 2022

FL2

Sat Apr 02 Oldham Athletic

FL2

Sat Apr 09 Colchester United Rochdale Fri Apr 15

FL2

Mon Apr 18 Scunthorpe United Sat Apr 23 Tranmere Rovers

FL2

Sat Apr 30 Carlisle United MAY 2022

FL2

Sat May 07 Salford City

FL2

FL2

3-1

(OG), Lines, Taylor

3-0 Reeves, Norris, Taylor 0-1 2-2 Read, Cuthbert

APPEARANCES

Jake Taylor Jake Reeves Ben Coker Luther Wildlin Terence Vancooten Scott Cuthbert Elliott List Luke Norris Jamie Reid Luke Prosser Chris Lines Joseph Anang Bruno Andrade Elliot Osborne Adam Smith Bradley Barry Max Melbourne Arthur Read Christy Pym Jack Smith Ross Marshall Zain Westbrooke James Daly Luke O'Neill Ed Upson Michael Bostwick Charlie Carter Sacha Bastien Bailey Clements Owen Cochrane Sam Tinubu Mackye Townsend-West Finlay Johnson Luke O'Reilly Timmy Smith Laurie Walker Alfie Williams

LEAGUE TABLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Forest Green Rovers Tranmere Rovers Sutton United Northampton Town Newport County Mansfield Town Exeter City Swindon Town Port Vale Salford City Harrogate Town Bradford City Bristol Rovers Crawley Town Leyton Orient Stevenage Hartlepool United Rochdale Barrow Colchester United Walsall Carlisle United Oldham Athletic Scunthorpe United

P 28 29 28 28 29 27 27 28 26 29 27 29 26 28 27 30 27 26 29 28 28 28 27 29

W 18 15 14 14 13 13 11 11 11 11 10 8 10 10 7 7 8 6 7 7 7 6 5 3

PL

GLS

34 (2) 34 (1) 33 (0) 32 (3) 28 (4) 28 (0) 27 (3) 24 (12) 23 (11) 21 (4) 19 (6) 18 (0) 15 (9) 15 (6) 12 (0) 8 (5) 8 (5) 7 (7) 7 (0) 6 (2) 5 (3) 5 (0) 4 (10) 4 (1) 3 (3) 3 (0) 2 (10) 2 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 0 (1) 0 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

3 2 2 1 0 2 12 9 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

D 8 7 6 6 8 6 11 10 7 7 7 13 7 7 12 11 7 12 9 9 8 9 7 10

L 2 7 8 8 8 8 5 7 8 11 10 8 9 11 8 12 12 8 13 12 13 13 15 16

Pts 62 52 48 48 47 45 44 43 40 40 37 37 37 37 33 32 31 30 30 30 29 27 22 19

FL2

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