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v COLCHESTER UNITED Saturday, January 4 2020 | Kick-Off: 3.00pm

AHEAD OF THE GAME Let’s start 2020 at The Lamex Stadium with a victory! Here is the latest matchday news ahead of kick-off…

MATCHDAY TIMINGS… Club Shop/Ticket Office: Open from 12pm & after final whistle Broadhall Suite Bar: Open from 12pm-3pm & 4:45pm-6pm Hospitality: Open from 1:30pm Kids’ Zone: Open from 1pm-2:30pm Turnstiles: Open from 1:45pm

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SA membership is available for the 2019/20 season for just £15 for Adults, £10 for Concessions and £5 for U16s across the whole season and includes a range of extra benefits for supporters.

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Tickets for today’s match range from £5 for Kids to £17 for Adults and are available online or in-store ahead of kick-off. Remember, all home tickets must be purchased before reaching the turnstiles and supporters can now scan their way in using their phone.

Discounted North Stand tickets will need to be purchased at the Club Shop before 5pm on Friday 3rd January, or from new North Stand Ticket Office on the day of the game.

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NORTH STAND TICKETS ON GENERAL SALE Following a series of successful test events during December, the Club is pleased to inform supporters that tickets for the new North Stand are now available on general sale for Saturday’s home fixture against Colchester United.

While the capacity remains capped at 600, all supporters will be accommodated in Blocks C & D, with Block E Season Ticket Holders relocated to Block B. As announced in the summer, Stevenage FC Supporters’ Association members will receive discounted tickets on seats in the North Stand, upon provision of their membership card.

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Your SFC Supporters’ Association Membership Card will be sent to you by post the following week.

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ood afternoon and welcome to the players, officials and supporters of Colchester United.

Our first home game of the decade I hope will be remembered for a win. We’ve not had many of those this season and if we can start scoring goals we can change that. Too many times now I’ve come away from a game angry and frustrated that the opposition scored in extra time. But if we’d scored a few goals during those games it wouldn’t be of any relevance.

Our problem hasn’t been defending, our problem has been our inability to score and to change that we need to change some fundamentals. Support at home has always been important too and this Stevenage FC v Colchester United

is when our core supporter base can help. This is when we all need to work harder to get people to games and anyone reading this can help by fighting for our club and coming to games to support the lads.

As you can see, we’re slowly increasing the north stand capacity and I hope all those that have used the new stand so far are pleased with the better facilities available. Work on the bar area continues and we expect to be close to opening by the end of the month.

Back to the match - we will strengthen in this window and we will get out of this position and lay a foundation for next season. Your support will be invaluable.

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MATCHDAY MASCOT A warm Boro welcome to our matchday mascot versus Colchester today.

Jude Jacques will be leading the team out this afternoon and it must be a bit of a birthday treat as he celebrates his ninth birthday on Monday.

Jude, who lives in Biggleswade and attends St Andrews School in the town lists football and kickboxing among his hobbies and his favourite Boro player is Scott Cuthbert.

Here’s hoping you have a great day with us Jude and that you help us to get three points!

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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t was 20 years ago, almost to the day, when Rushden & Diamonds came to play.

And what a mixed season we’d already had. New boss Richard Hill started with 6 straight wins but a slump in form saw him lose his job as Boro’s new chairman Phil Wallace eased into his role. Boro had lost 2-1 just a week earlier in the reverse fixture and couldn’t get revenge here as they were held to the draw.

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ON THIS DAY Saturday January 4, 1997 Stevenage 0 Birmingham 2 What a day! With snow on the ground Boro made their first foray into the FA Cup Third round with a ‘home’ tie at St Andrews.

The reigning Conference champs were in the thick of another season of promise but this was to be their first major disappointment of the campaign, Sodje, Hayles et al tried their best in front of a 15,000 crowd but the Blues proved just too good.

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Car: Mini Metro Football shirt you owned: A Watford top Celeb crush: Jet from Gladiators Footballer you idolised: Alan Shearer Music you owned: Snoop Dogg cassette Overnight roommate: One of the goalkeepers when I was 16 at St Albans Thing you do when you get home from training: Get jumped on by my dog

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Thing you watched on TV: The Witcher Thing you bought: Office furniture Football match you went to: Wycombe vs Stevenage Thing you ate: Some plums Time you lost your temper: When my kid hit my other kid Good deed: Need to do some more!

Goal you scored: For Notts County vs Grimsby last season Song you listened to: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

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THIS OR THAT… Home or away kit: Home kit Burger King or McDonalds: McDonalds IOS or Android: IOS Netflix or Youtube: Youtube Beef or Chicken: Chicken Cardio or Weights: Weights Outgoing or Shy: In the middle but closer to shy Zidane or Ronaldinho: Ronaldinho Talksport or 5Live: Don’t listen to either!

Dine in or Delivery: Dine in Lie in or Early start: Want to say early start but keep lying in!

East Terrace or North Stand: North stand Premier League or Champions League: If they’ve both got VAR they’re rubbish Hard or soft boiled: Soft boiled Sweet or sour: Sweet Beach or pool: Beach Jeans or Trackies: Jeans Text message or call: Phone call Dogs or Cats: Dogs Superman or Batman: Superman Winter or Summer: Summer Postman Pat or Fireman Sam: Fireman Sam Old crest or new crest: Old crest Save or spend: Save Rap or Rock: Rock Tea or coffee: Coffee Bath or shower: Bath X-Factor or Strictly: Neither Pasta or Pizza: Pasta 1-0 Win or 3-2 Win: 3-2 win

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TOP 3s…

Career moments: Making debut for Scotland vs Brazil, scoring play-off goal for Peterborough, being bought

by Brighton Takeaways: Chinese, Indian, Pizza Players: R9, Messi, CR7 Players you’ve played with: Darren Fletcher, Wayne Bridge, Lee Tomlin Stadiums played at: Hampden Park, Old Trafford and Emirates TV Shows: Stranger Things, Power, The Witcher Musical artists: Michael Jackson, Elton John, Justin Timberlake Sports: Football, Golf, Rugby Meals: Salmon, roast dinner, trout Countries to visit: Japan, USA, Spain Breakfast items: Coffee, Fruit, Muesli Desserts: Ice cream, chocolate brownie, apples strudel Apps: Whatsapp, Premier League Fantasy Football, Instagram Fruits: Mango, dragonfruit, plums Items you take everywhere: Phone, bank card, wristband

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ith the scholars returning from their short Christmas break and the schoolboys enjoying a longer than usual break it was good to get some downtime for the staff and have them back ready and refreshed for the second half of the season.

This is the time of season where eyes start to turn more diligently, if thats possible, on the future of our 2nd year scholars. Without the luxury of an U23 squad we have to make early decisions on scholars who, in most instances, are still nowhere near their full potential. With 3 x 2nd year scholars already awarded young professional contracts in a normal season you would think that we would be done however we have, we believe, a really good crop of young players and we need to make sure we make the right decisions on all our scholars. Players all have different routes to get to their final destination and no two journeys are the same. Some will be kept in the building and developed within our environment and some will go out on loan to gain some senior experience.

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Loans are always particularly difficult as we have to make sure everything fits the player in question. It’s not just about getting senior match experience, it’s making sure the team suits the player, the coaching and managing staff understand what the player needs to get out of the loan and also we have to understand what the club we loan to are wanting.

Currently we have both Jamie Jellis and Joe Leslie out on loan, at Hitchin and Biggleswade FC respectively and both are doing great at the moment. Having clubs local also helps in terms of getting to watch the boys play and over the next few weeks we hope to get one or two more boys out on loan to further their football education and experience before making final decisions.

All of these type of events are part and parcel of the Academy life and something we have really improved on over the past few seasons and hopefully we can continue to produce players for the 1st team on a regular basis Happy New Year!

Robbie O’Keefe Academy Manager

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FOUNDATION

appy New Year to you all and on behalf of the Foundation I’d like to wish you the very best for 2020 and beyond.

A new year will always bring a level of optimism and the Foundation is no different, with new plans, ideas, projects and initiatives to bring to our community. One key thing for us is to continue to establish ourselves as a charitable organisation, improving awareness of our work and the offer that we provide to the community utilising the power of the football club and EFL’s brand.

Over the course of this year you’ll start to see more stories about the people that have attended one of our sessions or projects as well as the staff that deliver them, to give you an idea of the impact we are having on our community as well as potentially making you aware of ways in which you might be able to get involved with us or support us in other ways.

In 2020 we are looking to increase awareness of our work with the launch of a new promotional video, including shorter videos linked to specific sessions and projects like Active Tots, Walking Football, PL Kicks, NCS and some of our schools’ work. We’ve been delighted to be working with local video production company Hitchin TV on this and are very excited to show you the finished article.

We will also be continuing to deliver big events this year with the ever popular Golf Day returning later in the year as well as the Ken Headington Memorial Cup, our walking football tournament held in memory of our former Foundation coach and lynchpin of local football in and around Stevenage. Dates for both of these events will be announced soon.

This coming Tuesday, Marriotts School Stevenage FC v Colchester United

will be heading to Luton to represent the Foundation and Club at the regional playoff for the EFL Trust Utilita Girls’ Cup with a place in the next round up for grabs. This competition is a great opportunity for young players and the chance to play in the final at Wembley Stadium is something we hope to achieve this year.

Our schools’ work remains a fundamental part of what we do here at the Foundation, and we are aiming to increase the number of schools that we have developed partnerships within the coming months. Already at 26 primary schools, all of whom are able to access exclusive ticket offers for the new North Stand, and you would have seen more and more first team players getting out to our sessions and projects to inspire participants and learn more about what we do as a charity.

Over the coming match days you’ll hear more from the rest of the team about their work, and in the meantime if you’d like to know more about what Stevenage FC Foundation does as the official charity of Stevenage Football Club then please head over to our website – www.stevenagefcfoundation.com

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ince being involved in women’s football for the last two years I’ve seen a massive growth in all aspects of the game.

Things such as TV coverage, female players becoming full time players and most important of all the participation of younger girls getting involved has been huge.

It goes from strength to strength, but there is still so much more to come and so much more that can be done.

For us, Stevenage FC Women as a club, are trying to get things in place not just for the present players, but also the future players of the game.

The Stevenage FC Foundation now have a Girls GDC set up, recently they had a Utilita Cup which see 13 teams from local schools playing in a competition at the Academy, over 90 girls were in attendance for this.

It’s definitely going in the right direction but at the level we are at in the WNL it’s the financial side of things that can be the downfall of some clubs.

Everyone at Stevenage FC Women coach or staff wise are all voluntary and the players are having to pay to play.

There is a huge market for Women’s football at the minute and it’s being taken to the next level at the higher standards, but I feel there is huge opportunities still to promote and really push the lowers league levels and grassroots side of the game on.

I look to even more progress in 2020 and thank you all for your current support.

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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

DAVE CURRY

Happy New Year to all our readers.

This afternoon we welcome the fans and supporters of Colchester United here at The Lamex. The Colchester United Supporters’ Association (CUSA) were formed in 2005 and it gives me great pleasure to welcome their chairman, Jon Burns and his committee comprising Malcolm Cole, Michael Heaps and Jackie Anderson, to our little corner of Hertfordshire.

The Supporters’ Association also mourn the passing of Dave Curry. Dave was an ardent Boro fan and sold match-day programmes in the stadium for very many years.

Our thoughts and prayers go out the friends and families of both Billy and Dave at this sad time.

The membership of our Supporters’ Association currently numbers just over 500. Imagine how astounded I was to see the membership of Colchester United’s in the accompanying archive photo which appears on CUSA’s website. An incredible 16,728. I don’t know when the photograph was taken (obviously way before the Health & Safety at Work Act came into being) but what a fantastic artefact to illustrate times gone by.

BILLY BANNISTER It is with deep sadness that we learn of the recent passing of Billy Bannister. Billy played for Stevenage Town and went on to coach the Stevenage Borough junior sides during the 1980’s and 1990’s.

Billy’s funeral was at St Joseph’s church last Monday and I hope to compose a more comprehensive obituary in our forthcoming programme for the fixture v.

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MR MARVEL Yes, Mr Marvel is returning by popular demand, to entertain the children in the Broadhall Suite on Sunday 12th January 4 - 6 pm.

Doors will open at 3.30pm, and SA members can get a reduced priced ticket for £4 and Non members £5.

There is also a charge of £3 for all adults.

Tickets available from Fiona or Amanda, or via our eShop:-

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INTER-CITY BORO Buses depart for The Abbey Stadium at 1:00pm and the cost is just £10 a ticket, irrespective (on this occasion) whether you’re a member or not.

To guarantee your place on one of the buses, please contact John Carroll on 01438 814285 after 6:00pm, or click below:

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WELCOME

Under former manager Phil Parkinson, the team were promoted to the Championship for the first time in their history after finishing in second place on 79 points in 2006, three points above Brentford. The following year, Colchester finished in their highest league position in their history in 10th place.

This season, the U’s turned into Premier League giant killers after defying the odds and reaching the Carabao Cup Quarter-Finals by knocking out Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace on penalties, before being beaten by Manchester United at Old Trafford.

LATEST FORM… THE BASICS… The U’s are now into their fourth season in Sky Bet League Two following their relegation in 2016 where the Club returned to the Division for the first time in 13 years.

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The U’s look set for a Play-Off finish having not been able to break into the top seven since their return. The team had to wait until their fifth game in the league until they picked up their first win against Northampton (1-0).

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TOM EASTMAN

Since then, they have only lost another three games – with their last defeat coming in October when they lost 1-0 at home to relegation threatened Morecambe. In their last game, Colchester started the New year with a frustrating 1-1 draw at home to Crawley as captain Luke Prosser put through his own goal as three points slipped out of their hands.

STAR MAN… Tom Eastman has been a fan favourite at the JobServe Community Stadium since joining from rivals Ipswich Town on a free transfer in 2011. The centre-back has been ever present in defence for the Club with over 300 appearances, with this season being no different having played every game in League Two so far – scoring two goals – including one in the reverse fixture in October against Stevenage.

The 28-year-old has won various individual accolades whilst at the Club after picking up the 2010/11 Young Player of the Season and Player of the Season in 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2017/18

JOHN MCGREAL

THE GAFFER… John McGreal was appointed Head Coach after taking over from Kevin Keen following their relegation from League One in 2016. In his first managerial role, McGreal joined Colchester in 2009 as the academy’s Professional Development Coach and would go onto be the Club’s Under 18s Manager and led the side to the Football league Youth South East Title and Youth Alliance Cup. The former Defender started his career as Tranmere Rovers and went onto to play for Ipswich, before finishing his career at Burnley where he hung up his boots in 2007.

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FIXTURES & RESULTS 2019/20 DATE

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BORO SCORERS

AUGUST 2019 Sat Aug 03 Salford City

2-0

Sat Aug 10

0-1

Exeter City

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

2-2

Macclesfield Town

Parrett

Guthrie, Wildin

SEPTEMBER 2019 Tue Sep 03 MK Dons

0-3

Sat Sep 07 Cheltenham Town

4-2

Newton (2)

Sat Sep 14

Carlisle United

2-3

Guthrie (2)

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

Sat Oct 12

Grimsby Town

2-1

Guthrie, Carter

Sat Oct 19

Port Vale

1-1

Guthrie

OCTOBER 2019

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

0-0

Sun Dec 29 Plymouth Argyle

2-1

List

JANUARY 2020 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

1-0

Bradford City 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

Scunthorpe United

13

Cambridge United

15

Leyton Orient

Sat Feb 15

12

Walsall

16 Crawley Town

Sat Feb 08 Exeter City Tue Feb 11

LEAGUE TABLE

14 Newport County

FEBRUARY 2020 Sat Feb 01

APPEARANCES PAUL FARMAN............................................................28 (0) CHRIS STOKES............................................................24 (0) CHARLIE CARTER..................................................... 23 (3) SCOTT CUTHBERT..................................................... 22 (1) KURTIS GUTHRIE........................................................ 19 (3) KELLAND WATTS....................................................... 17 (2) LUTHER WILDLIN.......................................................15 (0) MICHAEL TIMLIN......................................................... 15 (4) TYLER DENTON........................................................... 14 (1) JASON COWLEY........................................................14 (9) ELLIOTT LIST................................................................ 14 (2) BEN NUGENT............................................................... 13 (2) TERENCE VANCOOTEN.......................................... 13 (2) TOM SOARES..................................................................12 (1) CHARLIE LAKIN............................................................12 (1) BEN KENNEDY.............................................................10 (4) EMMANUEL SONUPE.................................................9 (5) DEAN PARRETT............................................................9 (3) NOOR HUSIN................................................................. 8 (4) ARTHUR IONTTON......................................................7 (4) PAUL DIGBY.....................................................................6 (1) LUIS FERNANDEZ....................................................... 6 (4) CRAIG MACKAIL-SMITH........................................... 6 (11) JOEL BYROM...................................................................6 (1) PAUL TAYLOR................................................................6 (5) DANNY NEWTON........................................................ 6 (4) JAMIE FIELDING............................................................3 (3) SACHA BASTIEN.......................................................... 3 (0) ADAM EL-ABD................................................................ 1 (2) LIAM SMYTH.................................................................. 0 (2) JOEL ROLLINSON....................................................... 0 (2) ANDRONICOS GEORGIOU...................................... 0 (1)

APRIL 2020

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W

D

L

25

8

7

10

GD Pts

25

8

7

10

0

31

23

7

9

7

0

30

0

31

25

8

6

11

-9

30

25

6

10

9

-3

28

17

Mansfield Town

25

6

9

10

-4

27

18

Grimsby Town

23

6

8

9

-5

26

19 Leyton Orient

25

6

8

11

-10

26

20 Oldham Athletic

24

6

8

10

-12

26

21

Carlisle United

25

6

7

12

-17

25

22 Macclesfield Town

23

5

11

7

-4

20

23 Morecambe

25

4

6

15

-24

18

24 Stevenage

24

2

11

11

-15

17

Sat Apr 04 Oldham Athletic Fri Apr 10

Mansfield Town

CLICK HERE FOR FULL TABLE AND STATS

Mon Apr 13 Macclesfield Town Sat Apr 18

Cheltenham Town

Sat Apr 25

Carlisle United

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