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“WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN OUR FOCUS AND INTENSITY IN ALL OF OUR PERFORMANCES”

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ood afternoon and welcome to the players, and officials of Bradford City.

We are in the process of changing so many parts of our Club right now and all of them are designed to make us stronger on the pitch. The fact that we’re 2nd in the table over the last 10 games and 7th over the last 25 games is as accurate a picture of our progress as you could hope to have. These are facts, not subjective views and we are absolutely going in the right direction. This progress is entirely due to our management team and the players we have with us now. The changes we made in the January window - effectively replacing players from the National League with experienced EFL players – was brilliantly executed by those involved and has stood us in good stead. But it doesn’t stop there because it’s the improvement in the squad since then which is clear to see and that’s down to coaching and management.

Now we have the train on the right track and now we’re getting close to normality, we are starting to look at everything around

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the Club that we can improve – meals, gym equipment, training pitches and other key parts of a player’s daily involvement to improve. These are all obvious points, but didn’t seem so obvious when we were facing financial Armageddon for pretty much the whole of 2020, nor in the previous year where it was clear that changes were required in our structure and fabric.

So, we are where we are and, although the financial situation is still uncertain, we now have the confidence needed in this management team to start to invest slowly and carefully in infrastructure to take us to where we want to go.

Personally, I’m starting to really enjoy watching the team now. I like the players we have and the way we play, so it’s such a shame that you can’t all be with us in person at The Lamex.

Hopefully, this will change next season and we can begin to enjoy every minute of watching live football together again.

Enjoy the game!

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LATEST NEWS WATCH MONDAY’S GAME LIVE FROM HOME Stay safe and support Stevenage from home this weekend as Monday’s 3pm kick-off against Bradford City is available to watch with an iFollow Match Pass.

Match Passes cost just £10 and are available to buy now. To do so, click here and select the Bradford fixture. If you already have an iFollow account, sign in using your email address and password.

If not, create a free account by clicking ‘Register Now’, completing the form and clicking ‘Create Account’ at the bottom.

PLUS, don’t miss the Live at the Lamex Pre-Match show which will air on the club’s YouTube channel from 2:30pm with special guest Lucy Webster from the Stevenage FC Women’s Team.

VOTE FOR YOUR GCIS PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Stevenage supporters can now vote for their GCIS (UK) Ltd Player of the Month Award for March 2021.

After a month which saw Alex Revell’s men play six, win four and draw two, to decide on just four players to nominate was a task in itself. With nine goals scored

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and just two conceded, attacking prowess and defensive stability were key as Stevenage continued to climb the table.

Our shortlist for the March Player of the Month is as follows: Chris Lines: After signing in January, Chris Lines has been one of the first names on the teamsheet ever since.

Patrolling the centre of the park, the midfielder oozes class on the ball and continuously aids the team both offensively and defensively. Two assists vs Forest Green at the beginning of the month proved this.

Tom Pett: Upon his return to The Lamex in November, Tom Pett & Stevenage were wrestling with the relegation zone as it looked a battle to climb the table. Now, under a new role in the centre of midfield with fellow nominee Chris Lines, Boro sit comfortably mid-table thanks to an upturn in form, and a month which saw Pett play every minute of every game and even bagged himself a goal vs Carlisle United.

Elliott List: Another Player of the Month poll, another Elliott List nomination. Three goals in games against Forest Green, Harrogate and Barrow respectively earn last month’s winner a third nomination in a row.

Luke Norris: Another January signing nomination, Luke Norris has had his best month in a Boro shirt so far. With two goals in four starts this month against Carlisle United and Barrow, Norris’ rekindled strike partnership with Elliott List from their time at Gillingham together has terrorised defences across the league in the recent results.

To cast your vote for the GCIS Player of the Month, click here and remember, the vote closes on Tuesday 6th April at 12:30pm.

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HUGE DISCOUNTS ON REPLICA KITS & TRAINING WEAR IN END OF SEASON SALE! Take advantage of our early End of Season Sale on the Stevenage FC Club Shop website.

With just over a month to go until the end of the season, the Stevenage FC Club Shop has reduced Official Replica jerseys and all Macron Training Wear to at least half price!

See below for the full list of sale items: MEN Men’s Home & Away Shirt Adult: Was £42.99, now £20.00.

Men’s Home & Away Shirt Junior: Was £29.99, now £15.00.

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TRAINING Red & Navy/Red/White Polo: Was £26.00, now £13.00.

Country Tee: Was £24.00, now £12.00.

Deneb Tee Red/Navy: Was £24.00, now £12.00.

Gilet: Was £45.00, now £22.50.

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Red/Navy Hoodie: Was £36.00, now £18.00.

Navy Polo: Was £18.00, now £9.00.

Rain Jacket: Was £40.00, now £20.00.

Tracksuit Pants: Was £20.00, now £10.00.

Tracksuit Shorts: Was £15.00, now £7.50.

Training Shorts: Was £10.00, now £5.00.

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Vancouver Jacket: Was £52.00, now £26.00.

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Stevenage made it eleven games unbeaten and three wins in a row on Good Friday against Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park. Scott Cuthbert’s first half header was enough to seal three points for Alex Revell’s men, who edged into the top half for the first time since September.

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WHO’S THE PLAYER? Can you guess the player in disguise?

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INTERACTIVE BORO QUIZ! Welcome to our interactive quiz, it’s been 11 years of Boro having Football League crunch clashes at Easter, what do you know about our long Good Fridays and manic Mondays?

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With the 2021 vintage looking like it’s coming to a satisfactory conclusion, let’s sit back, light a cigar and raise a glass to possibly our greatest Easter Monday game, the 4-0 demolition of Woking 25 years ago.

Boro went into this clash top of the table, based largely on a league and cup run which saw them unbeaten in 13 since January with 10 wins in that haul.

But after three defeats from their past four games (including a shock FA Trophy

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exit at Hyde United), table-toppers Boro really needed this over their massive rivals to get the title run truly back on track.

And the home team did not disappoint in front of a bumper crowd of 3,976 in one of the great Broadhall Way occasions.

With a side brimming full of legends it was goals from Sodje, Venables, Trebble and Hayles that saw the auld enemy well and truly humbled.

Confidence booster? You know the rest, Boro remained unbeaten after this game and the title was theirs.

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STARTING XI 1 Des Gallagher 2 Scott Cretton 3 Robbie Mutchell 4 Efetobore Sodje 5 Mark Smith 6 Paul Barrowcliff 7 Dave Venables 8 Neil Trebble (12) 9 Steve Berry 10 Stuart Beevor 11 Barry Hayles SUBSTITUTES 13 Richard Wilmot 12 Gary Crawshaw (8) 14 Shaun Marshall

Stats courtesy of Boroguide

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HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 05 APRIL April is very much the business end of the season and a lot of scores – ups and downs – are settled as the run-in starts to hot up. For Boro, our past results on 5 April leave us with a veritable smorgasbord of emotions to reflect on.

We’ve seen some huge wins… and some crushing defeats. And, on each side of the coin, there were big implications.

Let’s start with the positives and maybe one of our most important victories of our 2009-10 Blue Square Premier title-winning campaign. After a 1-0 home defeat to fierce rivals Luton on Saturday 3 April 2010, we went south of the river two days later to a tidy looking AFC Wimbledon side. A second successive defeat could’ve been disastrous.

But it didn’t happen. Boro’ bounced back in style; oozing class in our 3-0 win. Our scorers that bank holiday afternoon weren’t your usual triumvirate (Mark Roberts, Lawrie Wilson and Eddie Odhiambo). But they got the job done and the title charge back on track. Three more wins later, it was signed, sealed and delivered.

We had another big away win five years beforehand. With Boro pressing hard for the playoffs, a trip to Woking (of all places) threatened to be a banana skin.

Aided by a wonderful Alan Julian save, however, we secured all three precious points. Even if it didn’t ultimately get us over the line, it’s still a win over Woking.

And that’s something we couldn’t manage on this day in 1997. That’s because the FA Trophy semi-final draw took us to Kingfield in the first leg. At the time, we were two sides in our non-league pomp.

And Boro’ were still hoping to nail the non-league double. Our 1-0 defeat wasn’t the end of the world. But our hopes did soon unravel on both fronts.

Most recently on this day, we travelled to Shrewsbury Town in Sky Bet League One.

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At the time, the Shrews were – like us – battling for survival. We really needed a huge result to give us any lingering hope of survival. Alas, the hosts won it by a single goal - despite finishing with 10 men. And it’d be the first of four straight defeats that confirmed our fate.

1983 Letchworth Garden City 3-0 Stevenage Borough, Woolwich Trophy 1997 Woking 1-0 Stevenage Borough, FA Trophy Semi Final First Leg 1999 Kettering Town 1-2 Stevenage Borough, Football Conference (Alford, Leadbeater) 2003 Stevenage Borough 3-1 Leigh RMI, Nationwide Conference (Elding 3) 2005 Woking 1-2 Stevenage Borough, Nationwide Conference (Stamp, Elding) 2008 Stevenage Borough 0-1 Exeter City, Blue Square Premier 2010 AFC Wimbledon 0-3 Stevenage Borough, Blue Square Premier (Roberts, Wilson, Odhiambo) 2014 Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Stevenage, Sky Bet League One

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YOU AGAIN? BRADFORD CITY Today, Boro meet the Bantams on home soil for the fourth time – taking our total tally of encounters to eight. Overall, it’s a head-tohead record that is currently coming down in favour of our guests; the Bantams winning four compared to our two.

And, for us, here we have an opponent against whom we have a track record of letting half time leads slip.

The first case in point was the return fixture earlier this season. Our bright start to the new season looked like it might continue after an Elliott List goal sent us in ahead at the break. But the Bantams rallied in the second half and turned it around to claim the win. It certainly knocked us off course too; Boro’ left waiting nearly two months for the next win.

We’d also gone in ahead at Valley Parade

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last season too in one of our final fixtures before the season was aborted. A Charlie Carter strike put us in front, before a second half collapse piled on the relegation misery. Little did we know at the time how things would pan out over the next few months, however.

It’s not all doom and gloom, though. In fact, it’s just over 10 years to the day that Bradford City first came to our place.

A John Mousinho penalty and a late Darius Charles goal secured a 2-1 win; our sixth straight League Two victory as we closed in on the playoffs.

Could our recent unbeaten run deliver a similar outcome in our latest Bantams battle?

MAGIC MOMENT: Stevenage 2-1 Bradford City, 02 April 2011

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his summer, the Stevenage FC Foundation will take motivated 19-24 year olds and work to develop their employability skills. This programme will take a well-rounded approach to give the learners the best possible set of skills to thrive in the workplace or move onto further education. Over the course of the 12 week traineeship, students will spend their time focused on 4 main areas; getting real life work experience in a local business, ‘Skills 4 Work’ a hand crafted course to make the learner aware of the talents they possess, functional skills in maths and english, and supplementary qualifications that will support them in any workplace.

Traineeships are completely free and available to anyone aged 19-24 without

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a full Level 3 Qualification, equivalent to 2 or more A levels. Potential trainees must also be unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week for the duration of the traineeship.

The programme is limited to a small number of learners per cohort, meaning preregistering an interest is highly recommended. If this interests you or could be suitable for anyone you know, email aaron.cox@stevenagefcf.com to receive further information and officially preregister.

Alternatively, if you are a business interested in offering a work experience place, please contact aaron.cox@ stevenagefcf.com to discuss further details, including how The Stevenage FC Foundation could support you with Kickstart Scheme opportunities.

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Bella Townsend Defender

CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? I am 19 years old and currently studying to become a physiotherapist. I am a massive Arsenal fan and had a ball at my feet from a very young age.

WHAT CLUBS HAVE YOU PREVIOUSLY PLAYED FOR? I played for Knebworth Youth FC from the age of 7 until I was 16 years old, then 1 season at Bedwell Rangers and then signed for Stevenage FC Women.

WHAT DO YOU DO OUTSIDE OF FOOTBALL? Other than busy studying… Due to lockdown my social life is pretty dull to be honest, especially turning 18 as lockdown hit. But I’ve managed to keep myself busy! Before lockdown I would normally be out socialising with friends and family.

HOW DO YOU FIND JUGGLING FOOTBALL, TRAINING AND YOUR DAY JOB? At the moment I am studying so I have a time plan around my study hours and my free time, so it doesn’t impact my football too much. But football does allows me to relieve any stress from uni.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHO YOUR FOOTBALLING IDOL OR ROLE MODEL WAS WHILST GROWING UP AND WHY? Being an Arsenal fan and having season tickets from a young age I was lucky enough to watch many great players, but one that stood out was Robin Van Persie as he was left footed like me and scored some worldie goals.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE FEMALE FOOTBALLER AND WHY? I loved watching Alex Scott as a player at

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Arsenal and it’s great to see she is now a regular football pundit as well.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHT OR ACHIEVEMENT THAT YOU ARE MOST PROUD OF? Signing and playing for Stevenage FC Women has been my proudest moment to date. As well as this, having trials at West Ham when I was only 14 but at the time personal circumstances meant that I wasn’t able to sign for them.

None I consciously do, although I have the same shinpads which I haven’t changed in years!

FAVOURITE GOAL YOU’VE SCORED? Whilst playing for Knebworth FC vs Garston I was asked to play right wing to cover an injured player.

I received the ball just over the halfway line on the wing, drove the ball forward, shifted it onto my left and just put my laces through it. Top bins ;-) DO YOU HAVE A GO-TO CELEBRATION FOR WHEN YOU SCORE? I don’t have a go-to celebration, they vary depending what kind of goal I score! If it’s a tap in or a worldie.

IT HAS BEEN A STOP START SEASON SO FAR AND AFTER LAST SEASON BEING DECLARED NULL VOID. HOW DO YOU FEEL THE SEASON HAS GONE FOR YOU PERSONALLY? It hasn’t been the best season for me to be honest as i’ve been out injured since last November, however I am hoping to go back to full fitness over the summer and work my way back into the time ready for the season to start again.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TRICK OR SKILL MOVE TO PULL OUT? I would probably say I’m not the most show-boater of a player but I do love to drop my shoulder or a Cruyff turn.

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN KEEPING FIT AND ACTIVE DURING LOCKDOWN? Due to my injury I haven’t been able to push myself like I wanted to. It has been really tough that I can’t participate in any of the fitness zoom sessions with my teammates and coaches. Just cant wait to get fit again and be back on the pitch.

AS WE’RE CURRENTLY IN LOCKDOWN, WHAT TV SERIES ARE YOU CURRENTLY, OR HAVE BEEN, BINGE WATCHING? I love cheesy cringe programmes so as we had no Love Island on this year, I have watched all the American ones plus Lupin and Money Heist.

HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR MATCHES AND WHAT DOES YOUR PRE-MATCH ROUTINE LOOK LIKE? Obviously a good nights sleep before matchday and my go-to breakfast is beans on toast with cheese on top (try it) I always pack my kitbag the night before and always travel with my dad. Last thing he always says to me is “remember to check your shoulder”

WHO MAKES YOUR ULTIMATE DREAM TEAM XI [OF FEMALE FOOTBALLERS]?

Goalkeeper – Hope Solo Defenders – Alex Scott, Lucy Bronze, Steph Houghton, Alex Greenwood Midfielders – Jordan Nobbs, Kim Little, Jill Scott, Rachel Yankey Strikers – Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe

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WELCOME CLUB MATTERS Very few clubs have had such an instant impact from their formation, but Bradford City AFC can boast the swiftest rise to the Football League from the moment when Rugby League giant Manningham FC offered to switch codes to association football in 1903.

At a meeting with the Football League, keen to expand into Rugby League territory,

a place was offered in next season’s Division Two at the expense of Doncaster Rovers and so taking over the Manningham home ground of Valley Parade and their claret and amber colours, Bradford City AFC was born.

In 1908 they won promotion to the top tier for the first time while 1911 still stands as their greatest ever season, earning a highest ever finish of fifth while also winning the FA Cup. From the twenties onwards however, Bradford were plying their trade in the bottom two divisions, and even flirted with losing their Football League status through re-election.

Financial problems also caused issues but Bradford finally reached the second tier

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again in season 1984-85. This success was of course tragically overshadowed by the fire disaster in which 56 people lost their lives in a blaze at Valley Parade.

To this day, Bradford City continues to support the burns unit of University of Bradford, as its official charity.

In 2000 Bradford returned to the top tier for the first time in 77 years and lasted the course thanks to a last day winner over Liverpool from David Wetherall.

Relegation the next season however along with administration saw a slide in fortunes back to the bottom tier. But this pill was sweetened in January 2013 when the Bantams became the fourth, fourth-tier side ever, to reach a major cup final when they lost 5-0 to Swansea in the Football League Cup.

THE BOSS Manager Mark Trueman has been in the dugout since December 2020, where he took over on a temporary basis from Stuart McCall, before signing a permanent deal in February 2021.

Trueman first began as caretaker manager,

before being installed joint-interim manager alongside Conor Sellars.

The former non-league midfielder has spent several years within City’s academy, and has most recently taken charge of the club’s under-18s side.

WATCH OUT FOR PAUDIE O’ CONNOR Paudie entered the second of his three-year permanent deal this season, having signed from Leeds United in June 2019.

The Irishman began his career in his native country with Limerick, and has also served a spell on loan at Blackpool.

The 23-year-old centre-back made 23 appearances during the 2019/20 campaign, and ahead of their Good Friday clash with Forest Green had made 32 appearances this season, scoring twice.

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Hopefully this current set of restrictions will have the desired effect and infection numbers will fall significantly

enough for us to be allowed to restart, most likely with a limited service similar to what was offered for the recent game against Grimsby Town with around 100 people being admitted to the North Stand, before a more general opening of the stadium as time goes on.

For the very latest information, or to make a booking please log on to www.stevenagefc.com In the meantime, keep well, we hope to see you soon.

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BRADFORD I bid welcome to one of the big, great and famous old Yorkshire clubs to Stevenage this afternoon. I remember visiting Valley Parade way back in August 2010. It was our very first away game in the Football League, and the Bantams’ manager was Peter Taylor. We lost 0-1, but we did get promoted that season to EFL1.

FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS’ ASSOCIATION Latest news from the SFA this week revolves around Manchester City installing over 5,000 rail seats at the Etihad. This follows similar initiatives

by Wolves and Spurs in anticipation of a potential change in legislation supported by the sports minister Nigel Adams. A report by the Sports Ground Safety Authority recognised enhanced safety in top flight football which paves the way for safe standing areas in our top two divisions – happily, not a problem we have here at The Lamex.

ARTEFACT This afternoon’s museum piece was prompted by an email I received last week from long-time Boro fan and good friend, Mark Palmer.

Mark forwarded me a copy of a Stevenage v. Bishop’s Stortford programme dated March 4th 1957, denoting the team line-ups and editorial commentary. This is fantastic archive material which helps to corroborate my own database.

I’m desperate for anything pre-1963, so do keep them coming. I can be contacted here: Lloyd@sfcsa.co.uk The accompanying photo depicts the earliest Stevenage match-day

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programme that I have seen to-date. It was a friendly match v. Spurs which was played some 76 years ago on May 28th 1945. Not surprisingly, it was attended by the largest crowd at the old London Road ground since 1939. Happily, we won 2-1!

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HELPING FAMILIES ENJOY FOOTBALL AT HOME The ‘homemade waste pipe goal’. Waste pipes, push-fit knuckle bends and some barrier fencing. It doesn’t seem like much, but sometimes it’s all you need to transform your garden into a proper footy pitch.

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DATE

OPPONENT

FIXTURES & RESULTS

RESULT BORO SCORERS

2020/21

AUGUST 2020 Sat Aug 29 Portsmouth

CC1

3-3

List, Carter, Cuthbert

SEPTEMBER 2020 Sat Sep 12

Barrow

FL2

1-1

Effiong

Sat Sep 19

Oldham Athletic

FL2

3-0

Osborne, Wildin, Prosser

Tue Sep 22 Southampton U21

PJT

2-1

Dinanga, Marsh

FL2

1-2

List

Sat Oct 03 Salford City

FL2

0-1

Tue Oct 06 MK Dons

PJT

2-3

Sat Sep 26

Bradford City

OCTOBER 2020

Sat Oct 10

Mansfield Town

FL2

0-0

Sat Oct 17

Forest Green Rovers

FL2

0-1

Tue Oct 20 Newport County

Effiong, OG

APPEARANCES

PL

GLS

Jamie Cumming

39 (0)

0

Luther Wildlin

33 (4)

1

Elliott List

31 (9)

9 1

Ben Coker

31 (5)

Scott Cuthbert

30 (2)

1

Terence Vancooten

27 (0)

0

Luke Prosser

25 (2)

1

Danny Newton

24 (16)

5

Arthur Read

24 (9)

1

Tom Pett

24 (2)

2

FL2

0-1

Sat Oct 24

Leyton Orient

FL2

0-2

Tue Oct 27

Harrogate Town

FL2

0-0

Remeao Hutton

22 (6)

0

Sat Oct 31

Grimsby Town

FL2

0-0

Charlie Carter

20 (3)

4

Elliot Osborne

18 (5)

2

17 (11)

0 0

NOVEMBER 2020 Tue Nov 03 Colchester United

FL2

1-3

Dinanga

Romain Vincelot

Sat Nov 07 Concord Rangers

FAC1

2-2

Coker, Newton

Jack Smith

17 (8)

Oteh

Jack Aitchison

14 (7)

1

Chris Lines

14 (0)

0 0

Sat Nov 14

Morecambe

FL2

1-1

Sat Nov 17

Northampton Town

PJT

0-0

Sat Nov 21

Bolton Wanderers

FL2

1-2

Pett

Ross Marshall

13 (6)

Tue Nov 24 Port Vale

FL2

2-1

Oteh, Newton

Luke Norris

13 (3)

2

Sat Nov 29 Hull City

FAC2

1-1

List

Aramide Oteh

8 (8)

4

Tyrone Marsh

8 (6)

1

Wed Dec 02 Walsall

FL2

1-1

Oteh

Marcus Dinanga

8 (1)

2

Sat Dec 05 Southend United

FL2

0-0

Inih Effiong

7 (6)

2

FL2

0-4

Femi Akinwande

6 (5)

0

DECEMBER 2020

Sat Dec 12

Carlisle United

Sat Dec 26 Cheltenham Town

FL2

1-1

Aitchison

Gary Mills

5 (3)

0

Tue Dec 29 Cambridge United

FL2

1-0

Carter

David Stockdale

5 (0)

0

Matty Stevens

4 (10)

1

Arthur Iontton

3 (1)

0

JANUARY 2021 Sat Jan 02

Scunthorpe United

FL2

Sat Jan 09

Swansea City

FAC3

0-2

Luis Fernandez

2 (0)

0

Sat Jan 16

Tranmere Rovers

FL2

0-0

Jack Roles

1 (1)

0

Sat Jan 23

Exeter City

FL2

1-3

Billy Johnson

1 (0)

0

Tue Jan 26

Colchester United

FL2

0-0

Mackye Townsend-West

1 (0)

0

Sat Jan 30

Grimsby Town

FL2

2-1

Jahmal Hector-Ingram

0 (1)

0

Joe Martin

0 (1)

0

Yasin Arai

0 (0)

0

3-1

Carter 2, Oteh

List List, Stevens

FEBRUARY 2021 Sat Feb 02 Exeter City

FL2

0-1

Sat Feb 06 Morecambe

FL2

2-2

List, Norris

Harry Draper

0 (0)

0

Tue Feb 09 Tranmere Rovers

FL2

1-0

Newton

Max Granville

0 (0)

0

Sam Tinubu

0 (0)

0

Alfie Williams

0 (0)

0

Sat Feb 13

Bolton Wanderers

FL2

0-1

Tue Feb 16

Crawley Town

FL2

1-0

Osborne

Sat Feb 20 Walsall

FL2

1-1

List

Tue Feb 23 Port Vale

FL2

0-0

FL2

0-0

Sat Feb 27

Newport County

MARCH 2021 Tue Mar 02 Forest Green Rovers

FL2

3-0

Newton 2, List

Sat Mar 06 Harrogate Town

FL2

1-0

List

D

L

38

18

10

10

5

64

4

Tranmere Rovers

38

18

9

11

5

63

5

Forest Green Rovers

38

17

11

10

8

62

Morecambe

38

18

8

12

2

62

Newport County

37

16

9

12

8

57 56

0-0

FL2

0-0

7

FL2

3-1

Pett, Norris, Read

Barrow

FL2

2-1

List, Norris

Oldham Athletic

FL2

1-0

Cuthbert

APRIL 2021 Fri Apr 02

W

Bolton Wanderers

FL2

Southend United

Sat Mar 20 Carlisle United Sat Mar 27

P

3

6

Tue Mar 09 Leyton Orient Sat Mar 13

LEAGUE TABLE

8

Exeter City

37

15

11

11

17

9

Leyton Orient

38

16

8

14

4

56

10 Bradford City

37

15

9

13

2

54

Mon Apr 05 Bradford City

FL2

11

Sat Apr 10

Salford City

FL2

Sat Apr 17

Mansfield Town

FL2

12 Stevenage

Tue Apr 20 Cheltenham Town

FL2

Sat Apr 24

Cambridge United

FL2

Crawley Town

FL2

MAY 2021 Sat May 01

Sat May 08 Scunthorpe United

GD Pts

Salford City

37

13

13

11

11

52

39

12

16

11

1

52

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JAMIE CUMMING 1 LUTHER JAMES-WILDIN 2 BEN COKER 3 ROMAIN VINCELOT 4

SCOTT CUTHBERT 5

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CHARLIE CARTER 7

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ELLIOT LIST 17 ARTHUR READ 19

FEMI AKINWANDE 20 MARCUS DINANGA 22

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ROSS MARSHALL 24

TOM PETT 26 JACK AITCHISON 27

JOE MARTIN 28 LIAM SMYTH 29

LUIS FERNANDEZ 30

MATTY STEVENS 35

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JOE ROLES 38

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