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PAUL TISDALE All photos by Jim Steele unless otherwise stated

ood afternoon and welcome to The Lamex Stadium for this afternoon’s game against Walsall.

We have had a positive last few weeks in many ways, although we have only got one point to show for it in terms of results on the pitch. That draws me to a couple of things.

One is that we are disappointed only to have that one point because our last three away performances have warranted more.

Four or five points would have been a fair reflection of the performances and the chances created. We are aware of the need to convert performance into results, but it is a positive that we have been performing well.

“OUR PERFORMANCES, THE NEW PLAYERS AND MORE TIME IS HAVING A POSITIVE EFFECT” Secondly, there has been real decisive work and commitment off the pitch to refresh and align the squad to what is needed for the second half of the season.

We have made significant moves in the transfer market, and that has shown in the environment at the training ground tangibly stepping up and improving. It is not just a technical improvement, but it has a feel-good impact on the rest of the squad when these players arrive.

I have only been here for five weeks, and that is not a lot. The first few weeks didn’t give me much time to engage with the players considering the Saturday, Tuesday schedule, but now the last two weeks have given me the opportunity to connect

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and impact the squad’s direction on how we are going to move forward.

We have to work hard, there is no question about that. Everything we need to do has to be fully aligned. We have to have an intent to what we are doing, and we are doing just that.

The three areas of performance, new players and time are having a positive effect on what we are doing.

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ood afternoon and welcome to the players and officials of Walsall.

It is great to be kicking off 2022 with a stronger squad.

Six days in and five new players signed – that is good business. It has been costly, but we have taken an aggressive stance to bring in the players Paul wants, as well as a new first team coach in Jimmy Ball.

Firstly, on the goalkeeping front, Christy Pym is a top keeper that played 45 games in Peterborough’s automatic promotion to the Championship last season. He has worked with Paul and Mel for several years and we had no hesitation in meeting Posh’s payment requirements to secure him until the end of the season. Next in the door was Luke O’Neill, a solid, experienced League One right back that Paul highlighted. Michael Bostwick was flagged to us last week, Paul liked him and we acted swiftly to bring him back home on a loan until the end of the season with interest from several other clubs requiring us to act fast. Ed Upson is another that Paul brought to us, having worked with him before and we did the deal with Newport to bring him here. Laurie Walker is the fifth new recruit and another that Paul has worked with before. We quickly concluded a deal with MK Dons that now sees us with two very good goalkeepers.

Going in the other direction is Elliot Osborne after we concluded a deal with Altrincham.

We know we are not scoring enough goals and we are working hard every day to add that extra bit of fizz to our squad.

It is early days in the window – often these types of players do not become available until the end of the window so, as hard as it is, we have to be patient.

Paul is delighted with the signings we have made and the short time we have concluded them in. But we are not finished yet...

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Paul’s aim is to build a team that gets into the top ten of the 23 game ‘second half’ of the league programme that starts on Saturday. Once we achieve that, not only will we be safe but we can start in the summer to use that platform to create a promotion winning side for next season.

It is probably worth explaining two things with regard to incoming players. (1) Every manager that has ever managed Stevenage decides on which players are signed. Never in my 21 years owning this Club has it been any other way. The job of myself and the Head of Recruitment is to do the deals and get the players the manager wants, whether that is players they already know or players agents advise are available. It is frantic, but it is fun. (2) We are not short of funds. We were in a very, very bad way financially in 2020 but we secured additional funding late in 2021 that means we can strengthen the budget and now, within reason, compete for any League Two player we want, whilst still making sure we maintain the over-riding, key element of keeping the Club solvent for fans of future generations to enjoy.

I want to finish by welcoming all our new players and management. I hope they and everyone else enjoyed the festive season and I wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year.

Stay safe and enjoy the match.

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hat a time it was as Boro prowled among the big beats of League One, and after this romp over Walsall actually moved into second place in the table.

Gary Smith and his side went into the game in confident form and went ahead early on when Robin Shroot fired home after a through ball from David Gray.

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But the Saddlers hit back when George Bowerman’s header from Jamie Paterson’s cross found the net and the battle was on.

The game turned however with a stunner when Greg Tansey lashed home a 30-yard strike to stun the visitors and the points were sealed when Lucas Akins volleyed in at the back post to end the resistance.

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3 STEVENAGE 1 WALSALL STARTING XI 16 Chris Day 2 David Gray 5 Jon Ashton 14 Mark Roberts 22 Miguel Comminges 11 Lucas Akins 6 Greg Tansey 7 Anthony Grant 32 Robin Shroot (89) 15 Luke Freeman (76) 24 Patrick Agyemang (61) SUBSTITUTES 1 Steve Arnold 8 James Dunne (76) 9 Marcus Haber (61) 17 Matt Ball 23 Dani Lopez 25 Oliver Risser (89) 29 Bondz N’Gala

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HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 08 JANUARY Bad weather or the way in which the festive period messes with the footballing calendar?

Either way, this isn’t a date that we’ve seen much action on over the years. Just six occasions in 40+ seasons of senior football is our current tally – and it’ll be the first time in 17 years that we’ve played a league fixture on 8 January.

The bad news is that we aren’t known for our good fortune on this particular date. On league duty, we started things off with a 5-1 shellacking at the hands of Desborough Town back in 1983; a result that completed a miserable festive period for Boro’. Not that it’s relevant, but we gained our revenge with a 5-1 win over Ar Tarn later on that season.

To be fair, it’s the only defeat to our name on this date across all competitions.

Boro’s next three games on the eighth day of the first month ended all square.

Goals weren’t in short supply as we shared six with Morecambe in 2000; Carl Alford bagging a brace. And Anthony Elding scored twice in 2005 as we claimed a point against York City.

In cup competition, however, today has been a good day historically. It’s now 11 years since we met Newcastle United in our FA Cup R3 clash in front of ESPN

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cameras. The swagger with which we ousted the Premier League side was a joy to behold. It’s also something that has been sorely lacking in successive Boro’ squads for some years now.

How much you want to pay attention to our 1-0 triumph at Bristol Rovers in the Leasing. com Trophy two years ago on this date is up to you. It does mean that Boro’ come into today’s meeting with Walsall off the back of two wins on the bounce on 8 January. But taking three league points on this date is not something we’ve ever done before.

The gauntlet is laid.

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YOU AGAIN? WALSALL So, what odds on a draw against the Saddlers today? If history is anything to go by, that could well be where the smart money is. In 10 previous meetings with the West Midlanders, we’ve shared the spoils on five occasions; averaging one goal FOR per game – and, would you believe, averaging one goal AGAINST per game. It’s almost completely balanced.

The ‘almost’ is because our 1-0 defeat at their place earlier this season tipped the balance slightly in their favour. They have won three, we have won two. So, today is also a chance for Boro’ to redress that balance.

On one hand, it’s a concern that our most

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recent win over the Saddlers came more than seven years ago. On the other, we’ve only played them four times since; three of which ended all square and the fourth being the aforementioned 1-0 away defeat. Look at it another way – that was Walsall’s first win over us since October 2013.

So, they were in the same boat as us a few months ago. After claiming their first win in this match-up since the 2013-4 League One season, can we do the same?

If our past record doesn’t inspire you that much, one thing we can say is that we’ve never lost to the Saddlers at the Lamex.

All their wins in this fixture have come on their own turf.

That’s despite even gifting them a freak lead inside the first 60 seconds when we met here last season. Now we’re past the festive period, there’s no need to be that charitable again this afternoon.

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ood afternoon everyone and on behalf of the Academy we wish everyone a Happy New Year.

The end of year for the Academy was an excellent period with players transitioning to the 1st team and seeing a debut for 1st year scholar Owen Cochrane.

The results at U18 under Chris and Ronnie have been excellent and the boys ended the season with a run of 7 unbeaten and we have moved into 3rd position following an impressive performance and victory v AFC Wimbledon.

Our U16s currently sit top of their league as well to fill us with optimism for the future. We move into the New Year full of excitement not only with two league titles to play for but also pro contracts to earn. And earn is the correct word. It’s a tough world in League 2 and in many ways getting the opportunity is very difficult and rare to get. When these opportunities come along our job is to make sure our players are ready and can be trusted to step up and make the transition seamlessly.

It’s a big ask and first impressions are everything especially when due to the current environment the academy squad train away from the 1st team.

Behind the scenes we have been busy

making sure the group have all the support needed to give them every chance to succeed.

Alex Revell has rejoined the Academy and will work with Ronnie and Chris on the pitch with the U18s and Luke O’Reilly has now joined us on a full time basis to work not only with the U18s but also our very talented schoolboy GK’s.

The support from the board to be able to implement these changes has been incredible and it’s our job to make sure we underpin this support with producing players ready to jump in. As said earlier opportunity is everything and we have to make sure that the notion of when talent meets opportunity you get success comes true for the Club.

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appy New Year ‘Boro fans! We hope that you were able to safely enjoy the festive period with family and friends.

The girls are gearing up for a busy January with four league and cup matches to look forward to. We have been hard at work with some sessions taking place in the gym and on grass during the Christmas and New Year to ensure that the girls can hit the ground running when we host Royston Town Ladies FC this Sunday (9 January 2022) in the quarterfinals of the Hertfordshire County Cup. The Hertfordshire County Cup is a tournament that we enjoy, having won it on several occasions. We will be looking to add to our trophy collection!

We then have three important league games to see out the remainder of January; starting with an away trip to Kent Football United on 16 January 2022, a mid-week match under the lights away to Cambridge United on 19 January 2022,

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before rounding off the month with a home game against Enfield Town on 23 January 2022. Tickets for our home games are currently on sale and they can be purchased here. If you are a men’s season ticket holder, you can attend our games for free. Please do come down and support our girls, we really appreciate your support.

We are back in training and working hard to ensure we give a good account of ourselves for the remainder of the season as we are aiming to win the Hertfordshire County Cup competition and finish as high up the table as possible. Before the Christmas break, we signed some new players with defender Vicky Neal joining us following a spell with MK Dons, forward Dionne Manning signing from Harlow Town, midfielder Sophia Sharos coming in to add more competition for places and former ‘Boro fan favourites Poppy Bennett and Ashleigh Deacon re-signing following spells away from the club.

Come on you ‘Boro!!

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and two draws in October which saw them placed higher up the table.

Their last seven games league games have seen two wins, two defeats and three draws so consistency is all that is keeping them away from a tilt at the top where they current sit six points off the play-offs.

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www.saddlers.co.uk FOUNDED: 1888 HOME GROUND: Banks’s Stadium CAPACITY: 11,300 RECORD CROWD: 11,049 v Rotherham, 2004 ENTERED FOOTBALL LEAGUE: 1892

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE SQUAD LIST Walsall have had a mixed start to the campaign but sit nine points ahead of Boro as we go into this clash.

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•O riginally founded as Walsall Town Swifts FC, the club dropped both of their last names in 1896 and became known as just Walsall FC. •F ounded in 1888 they had a turbulent initial Football League history becoming founder member of Division Two just four years later before failing to gain re-election in 1895.

They returned as founder members of Division Three North in 1921.

•W alsall’s highest ever ‘home’ gate played in front of was 74,646 in a 3-1 FA Cup fourth round defeat against Aston Villa. Although drawn at home the Saddlers switched the tie to Villa Park for the clash in 1930.

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THE BOSS Matthew Taylor was appointed as Walsall Head Coach in May 2021. He joined the club after a spell at Tottenham Hotspur where he had been part of the coaching staff at the Premier League club concentrating on the performance of Spurs’ young talent.

He also had a brief spell as Swindon Town’s interim manager in 2018 after the departure of David Flitcroft. A year later, he acquired his UEFA Pro License.

As a player, Taylor represented Portsmouth, Bolton Wanderers, West Ham United and Burnley in the Premier League, making over 300 appearances. He also had spells at Luton Town, Northampton Town and Swindon Town in the EFL.

ONE TO WATCH Walsall signed attacking midfielder Otis Khan on a short-term deal in October 2021 on a free transfer.

Khan spent the 2020/21 season at Tranmere Rovers where he played 49 times and helped them reach the play-offs.

He began his professional career at Sheffield United and enjoyed loan spells at Buxton, Matlock Town and Barrow during his time at Bramall Lane. In the summer of 2016, he joined Yeovil Town in League Two where he really kickstarted his career. He spent two years at Huish Park and scored 18 goals in 87 appearances. Khan’s form attracted the attention of Mansfield Town who signed him for an undisclosed fee in June 2018. He netted four times during his spell at Field Mill prior to a loan move to Newport County in January 2020. His spell at Tranmere followed before his departure from Prenton Park in the summer of 2021 and he remained a free agent until his move to the Banks’s Stadium.

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SUPPORTERS’ ASSOCIATION

LATEST NEWS WELCOME WALSALL This afternoon we welcome Matthew Taylor and his team, which is likely to prove to be an interesting and entertaining game.

Who of you here this afternoon will remember Tommy Watson who used to play for Stevenage back in the early/mid 1960’s? We sold Tommy to Peterborough where he netted 20 goals in 75 appearances. Tommy then moved on to have 86 games over two seasons (1968-70), scoring 17 goals with The Saddlers.

(left to right), Christine Cross, Barbara Batcheldor, Maureen Dayton, Alison Warne, Sandra Gold and Sandra Cross - all just 15 years of age! If anyone reading this knows the whereabouts of any of these ladies, then I’d love to hear from them. They can contact me here Lloyd@SFCSA.co.uk

STEVENAGE SA LOTTERY The year ended with a flurry of winners (8 in total) and Christmas really did come early for David Hulks when his number won the 2nd prize of £1,000.

Launched in the autumn of 2020 and now in its second year the SA Lottery is averaging 2 winners every single week.

It is proving a win-win for both players and the SA in the support for our Club.

If you’re not on board yet come and join us, go to the SA website follow the links and for a minimum of just £1.00 per week. We would love to see you.

Congratulations to David and thank you to everyone who has signed up so far.

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50/50 TICKETS Don’t forget to get your 50/50 tickets from the SA sellers this afternoon.

Strategically located throughout the stadium, the SA team will be glad to sell you as many tickets as you like. Drawn at half time, the likelihood of a ‘big win’ should be good today.

Incidentally, this afternoon’s archive photo is that of our ticket sellers back in 1967. These young ladies were attired in the club’s colours of red skirts and white tops. They comprise

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Sadly, we had to cancel the bus to Salford on December 18th due to insufficient numbers subscribing.

Always a difficult thing to do, we simply cannot run a bus if it isn’t financially viable to do so.

Details of the SA bus to our forthcoming away game at Hartlepool on January 22nd can be found here.

We depart The Lamex at 08:30am and the cost is £35 for members and £40 for non-members.

Have a great New Year everyone.

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DATE

OPPONENT

ATT

FIXTURES & RESULTS

RES BORO SCORERS

2021/22

AUGUST 2021 Sat Aug 07 Barrow AFC

FL2 2,536

1-0

Tue Aug 10 Luton Town

CC

3,052

2-2 List, Coker

Sat Aug 14

Bristol Rovers

FL2

7,071

2-0 Lines, Norris

Tue Aug 17

Bradford City

FL2 14,257

1-4

List

Sat Aug 21

Port Vale

FL2 2,770

1-1

Norris

Tue Aug 24 Wycombe Wanderers CC

1,934

Reeves

2-2 List, Reid

Sat Aug 28 Walsall

FL2 4,257

0-1

Tue Aug 31 Tottenham Hotspur U21

PJT

3-4 Daily, Marshall, (OG)

1,235

SEPTEMBER 2021 Sat Sept 04 Swindon Town

FL2 3,589

1-1

Coker

Sat Sept 11

FL2 2,427

1-2

List

Sat Sept 18 Forest Green Rovers

FL2 2,930

0-4

Sat Sept 25 Harrogate Town

FL2 1,667

0-0

FL2 2633

2-0 Reid, List

Sutton United

OCTOBER 2021 Sat Oct 02

Hartlepool United

Tue Oct 05 Oxford United

PJT

Sat Oct 09 Exeter City

FL2 3,186

2-2 List 2 0-3

1,712

1-2

Reid, Norris

Sat Oct 16

Oldham Athletic

FL2 3492

Tue Oct 19

Northampton Town

FL2

4123

0-3

Sat Oct 23

Leyton Orient

FL2 3544

0-0

FL2 3439

0-5

Sat Nov 06 MK Dons

FAC1 2860

2-2 Barry, List

Tue Nov 09 Cambridge United

PJT

1-0

Sat Oct 30 Newport County NOVEMBER 2021

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

PJT

0-0

770

DECEMBER 2021 Sat Dec 04 Yeovil Town

FAC2 2,754

Tue Dec 07 Scunthorpe United

FL2 1,900

1-1

0-1

Sat Dec 11

Carlisle United

FL2 2,842

0-2

Sat Dec 18

Salford City

FL2

1,375

0-1

FL2

8,131

0-0 0-2

Wed Dec 29 Swindon Town JANUARY 2022 Sat Jan 01

Forest Green Rovers

FL2 2,454

Sat Jan 08

Walsall

FL2

Sat Jan 15

Sutton United

FL2

Tue Jan 18

Crawley Town

FL2

Sat Jan 22

Hartlepool United

FL2

Tue Jan 29

Harrogate Town

FL2

FEBRUARY 2022 Sat Feb 05 Crawley Town

FL2

Tue Feb 08 Bradford City

FL2

Sat Feb 12

Barrow

FL2

Sat Feb 19

Bristol Rovers

FL2

Sat Feb 26

Port Vale

FL2

MARCH 2022 Sat Mar 05 Leyton Orient

FL2

Sat Mar 12

Newport County

FL2

Tue Mar 15

Northampton Town

FL2

Sat Mar 19

Mansfield Town

FL2

Sat Mar 26

Exeter City

FL2

APRIL 2022 Sat Apr 02 Oldham Athletic

FL2

Sat Apr 09 Colchester United

FL2

Fri Apr 15

Rochdale

Mon Apr 18 Scunthorpe United Sat Apr 23

Tranmere Rovers

Sat Apr 30 Carlisle United

FL2

Luther Wildlin Jake Reeves Elliott List Jake Taylor Ben Coker Terence Vancooten Scott Cuthbert Luke Norris Jamie Reid Joseph Anang Chris Lines Elliot Osborne Luke Prosser Bruno Andrade Adam Smith Bradley Barry Max Melbourne Arthur Read Jack Smith Ross Marshall James Daly Charlie Carter Sacha Bastien Owen Cochrane Sam Tinubu Mackye Townsend-West Finlay Johnson Luke O'Reilly Timmy Smith 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

FGR N'hampton Sutton Utd Tranmere Swindon Port Vale Newport Exeter Mansfield Leyton O. Harrogate Bradford Walsall Crawley H'pool Salford Rochdale Bristol R Barrow C'chester Carlisle Stevenage

23 S'thorpe 24 Oldham

PL

GLS

29 (2) 29 (1) 27 (3) 27 (2) 27 (0) 23 (3) 22 (0) 18 (11) 18 (10) 18 (0) 16 (5) 15 (6) 15 (3) 13 (8) 12 (0) 8 (5) 8 (5) 7 (6) 6 (2) 5 (3) 4 (8) 2 (4) 2 (0) 1 (0) 0 (1) 0 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)

1 1 12 0 2 0 1 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

P

W

D

L

Pts

22 22 23 22 22 21 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 21 23 21 22 21 23 21 22 23

14 12 12 11 10 10 9 8 9 7 8 6 7 8 8 7 6 7 5 5 5 4

6 4 3 5 7 5 8 10 5 10 6 11 8 4 4 6 9 5 8 7 7 8

2 6 8 6 5 6 6 5 8 5 8 5 7 9 11 8 7 9 10 9 10 11

48 40 39 38 37 35 35 34 32 31 30 29 29 28 28 27 27 26 23 22 22 20

23 24

3 4

10 6

10 14

19 18

FL2 FL2 FL2

MAY 2022 Sat May 07 Salford City

Norris

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