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MATCHDAY TIMINGS… Club Shop/Ticket Office: Open from 12pm & after the final whistle Broadhall Suite Bar: Open from 12pm-3pm 76 Lounge: Open from 12pm-3pm & 4:45pm-7:30pm Hospitality: Open from 1:30pm Kids’ Zone: Open from 1pm-2:30pm Turnstiles: Open from 1:30pm

campaign for this Saturday’s match with Level Playing Field branding and merchandise taking over the Matchday in the form of warm-up t-shirts, scarves, badges and flags.

We will be showcasing the North Stand’s brand-new Wheelchair Disabled facilities and speaking to some of the Club’s Wheelchair Disabled Season Ticket Holders about the Club’s improved amenities and initiatives, including free poncho and blanket hire, a food delivery service and low-level counters at the North Stand Ticket Office and Concourse Tea Bars.

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

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BORO BACKING LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WEEKS OF ACTION ON SATURDAY The 16th annual Level Playing Field (LPF) Weeks of Action is now underway with clubs, disabled supporters associations (DSAs) and fans joining together to celebrate the matchday experience for disabled fans.

From Saturday 29th February to Sunday 17th March there will be an array of matchday and non-matchday activities hosted by sports clubs that shine a light on the good work that is done to improve the enjoyment and experience of disabled sports fans.

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In addition, members of the Upfront Project, Stevenage Football Club Foundation’s Ambulant Disabled Team will be special guests to the match.

Disabled people are the largest minority group in any population, and with sport having such a unique capacity to bring people together, accessible and inclusive stadia are essential for disabled people to take their rightful places and to participate fully within our society.

You can get involved in the Weeks of Action campaign by posting your messages of support on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram or using the hashtag #WeeksOfAction.

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WOMEN IN FOOTBALL MATCHDAY: SUPPORT STEVENAGE FC WOMEN Stevenage Football Club is dedicating Saturday’s Matchday to Women in Football.

Stevenage FC Women and Girls Development Centre players will be in-attendance for the match as we showcase the superb female talent that represents the Club at all ages.

Both sets of players will take to the pitch at half-time, where they will speak to PA Host Jamie Drackford and embark on a lap of honour.

The main focus of Saturday’s Matchday though is to call attention to Stevenage FC Women’s fundraising efforts.

Stevenage FC Women are raising funds in-order to help maintain the running costs of the Club going forward. A bucket collection will be taking place

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around the ground whilst supporters can also donate to their JustGiving page by clicking here.

Stevenage FC Women are aiming for Hertfordshire County Cup glory on Sunday 15th March when they take on Watford Ladies at The County Ground, Letchworth. The Women have made it to the final in each of the last five seasons, winning silverware on three occasions.

GET THE SHUTTLE BUS Get to the game with our Arriva Shuttle Bus service which runs from the Bus and Railway Station to The Lamex Stadium for just £1.50 return.

The bus leaves the stations at 12:54, 13:19, 13:44, 14:09 & 14:34 before the game and then at 16:40, 17:00, 17:20 & 17:45 from the stadium.

Please note not to park in the nearby retail parks. It is likely that any supporters who do so, will face a fine.

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ood afternoon, It’s great to be managing for the first time at the Lamex today in front of our own fans as we welcome Walsall.

Looking back from our earlier encounter with Walsall it was an evenly matched game and we will have to be ready for the challenge today.

Words can not express my gratitude to everyone since taking over as manager last week. The response has been amazing and all I can say is I am going to give absolutely everything for this very special football club. I feel proud when I walk in each day to manage this group of players and I know we have what it takes to turn our fortunes around.

It’s always tough when a manager leaves a football club. I would like to thank Graham on behalf of the football club for all his efforts and commitment. He is a great person and character and we would like to wish him all the best for the future.

We cannot hide behind the fact its been a disappointing season so far but we have to look forward. Since taking over, myself and the coaching staff have been very clear and consistent with our message to the players. We need hard work, passion and belief. Belief not only in themselves but in each other as a team.

We all know there are no easy fixes in football but I believe to give ourselves the best chance we have to demand 100% effort and commitment every day and have a team spirit that is unbreakable. When you build a strong team mentality and a work ethic that is relentless, passionate and committed all the other skill sets will unlock. Myself, the coaching staff and each individual

player, are all ready to rise to the challenge of the next 10 weeks and give everything we have to this football club.

Reflecting on my first game last week against Crawley I felt there were both positives and negatives to take away from the game. I felt that our possession and attacking play showed some real signs of quality but our final ball was lacking and we failed to make the most of some excellent football. Defensively as a team we need to be more solid and organised when we are in possession, as a defender you must always think about the worst case scenario, that is the team will break on us if we lose the ball. We have worked hard in training this week on being more organised on the pitch and improving our final third entries and attacking play. The players have grown in confidence and if we can translate this work into our game today we will have a real chance at winning.

I would like to thank you the fans who, in a difficult period have been amazing showing your continued support even though results have not gone our way.

You are our twelfth man and with your continued support we can succeed.

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MATCHDAY MASCOT It’s a big Boro welcome to our mascot today, Louis Forbes, 7 from Stevenage.

Louis is a pupil at Almond Hill School in the town and his hobbies are playing football and cricket. His favourite player at the Lamex is Luther James-Wildin.

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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fter a season which had started with six straight wins, Boro boss Richard Hill was fast running out of time following a poor

run of form.

Somehow the early season success had gone and despite major names fielded such as Carl Alford, Ryan Kirby, Dean Martin and Chris Taylor, Boro once again fell to defeat.

A crowd of 1,940 watched this and alas the form wasn’t due to improve any time soon.

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ON THIS DAY Saturday February 29, 1992 Stevenage 2 Uxbridge 0 A home clash with Uxbridge may not seem exciting but until today it has been a unique fixture in the history of the Boro.

That’s because until this game it has been the only leap year Saturday match played by the club, and so far we have a 100 per cent record on this date, the win coming in the Diadora League Division One thanks to goals from Dave Brown and Shaun Marshall.

The attendance was 678 on that day and the Boro juggernaut moved remorselessly to success.

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Thing you watched on TV: Shutter Island Thing you bought: NBA 2K on Playstation Football Match you went to: Frankfurt vs Bayern Munich Thing you ate: Chicken Salad Time you lost your temper: During our last game Good deed: Gave money to a homeless person Goal you scored: Two years ago with Stade Laval against Grenoble Foot 38 Song you listened to: El Mai - Naked

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THIS OR THAT… Home or Away Kit: Away Burger King or McDonalds: Burger King IOS or Android: IOS Netflix or YouTube: Netflix Beef or Chicken: Chicken Cardio or Weights: Cardio Outgoing or Shy: Outgoing Zidane or Ronaldinho: Ronaldinho Talksport or 5Live: Talksport Dine in or Delivery: Dine In Lie in Or Early Start: Early Start East Terrace or North Stand: East Terrace Premier League or Champions League: Champions League Hard or Soft Boiled: Soft Sweet or Sour: Sour Beach or Pool: Beach Jeans or Trackies: Trackies Text Message or Call: Text Dogs or Cats: Dogs Superman or Batman: Batman Winter or Summer: Summer Postman Pat or Fireman Sam: Fireman Sam Old Crest or New Crest: New Crest Save or Spend: Spend Rap or Rock: Rap Tea or Coffee: Tea Bath or Shower: Shower X-Factor or Strictly: X-Factor Pasta or Pizza: Pizza 1-0 win or 3-2 win: 3-2 win

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Career Moments: First time training as a pro with Lorient, playing in the Semi-Final of the Gambardella Cup, playing in the Round of 32 in the Coupe De France Takeaways: African Food, Fried Chicken, Chinese Players of All Time: Ronaldo R9, Ronaldinho, Zidane Players you have played with: Simon Falette, Mario Lemina, Bryan Pelé Stadiums you have played in: Stade de la Meinau, Stade Saint-Symphorien, Stade Sébastien Charléty TV Shows: The Wire, Oz, Game of Thrones Films: The Wood, Menace 2 Society The Best Man Sports: Football, Basketball, UFC Musical Artists: Wiz Kid, Burna Boy, Tirese Gibson Meals: Chicken Tieb, Yassa, Beef Ramen Countries to visit: Saudi Arabia, Philipines, Columbia Breakfast Items: Eggs, Beans, Toast Desserts: Strawberry Cake, Profiteroles, Chocolate Fondant Apps: Instagram, Snapchat, Farfetch Fruits: Watermelon, Strawberry, Cherry Items you take everywhere: Phone, Credit Card, House Keys

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ood afternoon and welcome to the Lamex, Firstly, let me start by wishing Alex Revell, his staff and the players the best of luck in today’s fixture v Walsall. Let’s get behind them, I thought the support in the last game was excellent.

This month we started our Merit League 1 campaign with a 3-2 defeat to South West champions and Premier League opponent AFC Bournemouth, we travelled down in windy condition but the game itself was very rewarding with some excellent football being played and narrowly losing by a single goal. Within that game we had 6 U16’s and 2 U15’s. The following week was another narrow defeat this time to South East champions Northampton.

For anyone who keeps an eye on our results, this league is about promoting from within and an opportunity for younger academy schoolboys to have the chances to go toe to toe against full time apprentices. Although, we all enjoy winning, the long term development gain is the key and we have seen that with the likes of Ben Wilmot, Arthur Iontton and Liam Smyth all being rewarded from this. This morning we are away to Swindon in another tough test for our young lads.

In other news, we have rewarded another two U15 schoolboys with a job in the industry they love. First, Harry Giroud who has excelled in recent months and seen him perform for the U18’s. Sam Tinubu, who you will get the pleasure of seeing at half time has also agreed his scholarship and will being signing the final paperwork today with our YDP Lead Ieuan Lewis.

Congratulations to both.

In loan news, Joe Leslie returned from Stevenage FC v Walsall FC

Biggleswade FC and will now join up with Kings Langley. Jamie Jellis is set to extend his Loan period with Wingate and Finchley and Jack Smith and Liam Smyth have also had their loans extended at Conference South Braintree Town FC. All of these players will benefit hugely from the experience of playing against men daily. They are now joined by another academy graduate Arthur Iontton who has gone out to get additional minutes.

I have always kept an eye on former apprentices who I have coached over the years. Former captain Charley O’Keefe is also at Braintree with our current crop and another former captain Zak Guerfi has recently joined following spells in Sweden and Tunisia where he got a call up to the Tunisian national side. Others doing well in football include the likes of Paul Field and Theo Sackey Mensah who are thriving at Loughborough University.

Next week Louis Yam Fam is coming in to visit before he heads out to Germany to start a new chapter in his career.

I am also pleased to report Harry Draper a first year professional, who suffered a nasty ACL injury is now on the mend after a successful operation.

Finally, please lets get behind the lads and drive us on to three points! Come on Boro!

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elcome to todays game against Walsall FC. Today we welcome Stevenage FC Women and our Girls Development Centre as part of our Women in Football themed matchday. Our Girls Development Centre currently engages with 65 girls across 4 age groups.

Wednesday 19th February saw us host Watford FC and Norwich FC in Girls Development Centre fixtures. Three of our four age groups were in action.

U10’s - Across two teams, our u10’s played 8 games, losing just once. The girls played confidently and looked calm and composed on the ball which has been a real focus of the coaches. The girls continue to improve and the teams defended really well and also scored some great goals.

U12’s – Our two teams played 12 games

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in total, losing just one. The girls played some superb football with some great patterns of play. Both teams looked like they play competitively together every week which is a credit to the way they’ve bonded. All girls were comfortable and confident on the ball and worked well together to score some great goals.

U14’s - The u14’s played one game vs Watford FC and a hat-trick from Lilia led them to a 3-1 win. The match showcased another Stevenage side who looked confident in possession and dominated the game. Our defence stood strong to deal with the Watford attacks superbly.

The team worked really well through the thirds and again looked great when trying to play football on the floor sliding passes in behind the Watford defence for our strikers to run on to.

Find out more about the day and our Girls Development Centre here or email womenandgirls@stevenagefc.com

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n Sunday we had a long trip away to league leaders Ipswich.

It was always going to be tough against a team of their quality, but getting the game even played proved to be hard as on arrival there were several parts of the pitch that were underwater.

Full credit to the ground staff who worked extremely hard to get the game played.

We started the game with a plan to hold our shape and make it compact, hoping this would make it difficult for Ipswich to play through us.

We executed this pretty well for periods of the 1st half, but the quality of the opposition told and it saw them net twice and go into half time with a 2-0 lead, although were it not for some great Grace Brooks saves it would have been more.

I felt we were still in the game at half time but we knew we were in for a tougher second half as they had the advantage of playing with the wind.

We certainly didn’t start the second half as well as the first and and our problems stemmed from the fact that we seemed to be inviting more pressure on ourselves.

A goal on the hour sealed the win and then as the pitch started to really deteriorate the home side took full control as strikes on 62, 70 and 83 minutes made it 6-0 before scoring was rounded off in added time.

The final score finished 7-0 to Ipswich which was tough to take especially as we started the game well.

There were positives to take from the game and we’ll be working on those going into next week’s game against Leyton Orient.

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Norwich City Enfield Town AFC Wimbledon Leyton Orient Ipswich Town Cambridge United

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Watford Ladies Dev Plymouth Argyle

2-0 3-1

Norwich City Ipswich Town

3-6 7-0

Leyton Orient Cambridge United Billericay Town Kent Football United Enfield Town Actonians AFC Wimbledon Cambridge City AFC Basildon

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LATEST NEWS WELCOME Good afternoon everyone and a special welcome to our good friends from the Midlands.

Walsall resonates with me because of a player called Tommy Watson. Back in the early 1960’s when the ‘new town’ of Stevenage was still being constructed, 19 year old Tommy left his home in Lanark to come help build our town as a labourer. Playing for one of our local park teams, Tommy was ‘discovered’ and introduced to Stevenage Town manager George Curtis - who immediately signed him up.

regional meeting will be held Sunday March 1 at Champion Hill, the home of Dulwich Hamlet. Commencing at 12:00, agenda items to be discussed include election of officers (it’s our AGM) and club reports from all the attending members.

You’re welcome to join me if you’d like to attend. Just let me know at Lloyd@ sfcsa.co.uk

CHRIS DAY No, not Chris the goal keeper, but Chris the ardent Boro fan who, like me, is researching the ancient history of senior football in Stevenage.

Chris has designed and built a website which endeavours to account for every game, every player, every result and every league table since the reign of Queen Victoria. Both Chris and I have spent very many hours at the British Library researching, and the results of our efforts will slowly appear on the following site: www.stevenagefootballarchive.com/ The early data is still embryonic, but bear in mind there is a lot of input work to be done.

BORO BUS A couple of seasons later, Tommy was sold to Peterborough, and later on to Walsall. It was with the Bescot club where Tommy went on to play 106 games and score 22 goals for the Saddlers.

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WELCOME

JAMES CLARKE

THE BASICS‌ The Saddlers are back in Sky Bet League Two after a disastrous campaign last season when they finished 22nd ending their 12-year stint away from the bottom division.

Walsall fans can draw on successful, past experiences when last competing in League Two. Under the guidance of manager Richard Money, the team were able to capture their second fourth tier title in their history when they beat Hartlepool by one point after the final game of the 2006/07 season.

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LATEST FORM‌ Since the Saddlers last met Stevenage in a goalless draw in November, the team have had a mixture of results which started with just one defeat in seven games, that coming against Carlisle, which lifted them away from any potential relegation battle.

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that time whilst still being able to come away with four points against Northampton (3-2) and Port Vale (2-2).

STAR MAN… Josh Gordon has played a leading role in the recent run of good form with three goals in his last four fixtures which has contributed to their unbeaten run. The 25-year-old has scored nine goals this season, beating last season’s goal tally of seven.

The striker started his career at Stoke, before joining the youth set-up at Newcastle. After loan moves at Rhyl, Nantwich Town and Stafford Town he scored 11 goals in 18 matches and caught the eye of Leicester City.

But having failed to break into the first team, Walsall came knocking at the start of last season to sign him permanently.

THE GAFFER…

DARRELL CLARKE

Darrell Clarke was appointed as manager in May this year following their relegation. The 41-year-old has a wealth of promotion experiences whilst at Salisbury and Bristol Rovers.

In his job at Salisbury, Clarke was on hand to guide the club from the Southern Football League to the National League winning two Play-Off Finals in 2011 against Hednesford Town and Dover in 2013.

He eventually moved to the Memorial Stadium as Assistant Manager the following season and was named manager halfway through the campaign but was not able to avoid relegation. Clarke was able to oversee back-to-back promotions to League One that included another play-off victory against Grimsby Town in the 2015 Conference Premier Play-Off Final.

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FIXTURES & RESULTS 2019/20 DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

BORO SCORERS

AUGUST 2019 Sat Aug 03 Salford City Sat Aug 10 Exeter City

2-0 0-1

Tue Aug 13 Southend United

1-2

Sat Aug 17

Leyton Orient Tue Aug 20 Bradford City

0-0

Sat Aug 24 Mansfield Town Sat Aug 31 Macclesfield Town

0-0

Parrett

0-1 2-2

Guthrie, Wildin

SEPTEMBER 2019 Tue Sep 03 MK Dons

0-3

Sat Sep 07 Cheltenham Town Sat Sep 14 Carlisle United

4-2

Newton (2)

2-3

Guthrie (2)

Northampton Town

0-1

Forest Green Rovers Sat Sep 28 Cambridge United OCTOBER 2019

0-0

Tue Sep 17 Sat Sep 21

1-1

Cowley

Sat Oct 05 Colchester United

3-1

Cowley

Tue Oct 08 Wycombe Wanderers Sat Oct 12 Grimsby Town

0-1

Cowley

2-1

Guthrie, Carter

Sat Oct 19

1-1

Guthrie

Port Vale

Tue Oct 22 Swindon Town Sat Oct 26 Morecambe

1-0 Cuthbert 1-0 1-1 (4-2) Carter

Tue Oct 29 Fulham U21 NOVEMBER 2019 Sat Nov 02 Scunthorpe United Sat Nov 09 Peterborough United

0-0 1-1

Sat Nov 19

2-0

Peterborough United

Sat Nov 23 Walsall DECEMBER 2019

0-0

Tue Dec 03 Colchester United Sat Dec 07 Crawley Town Sat Dec 14 Sat Dec 21

1-2

Cowley (2)

0-0

Newport County Crewe Alexandra

1-1 1-5

Thu Dec 26 Forest Green Rovers

0-0

Sun Dec 29 Plymouth Argyle JANUARY 2020

2-1

Wed Jan 01 Northampton Town Sat Jan 04 Colchester United

List

Sonupe Cuthbert List

1-0 0-0

Tue Jan 07 Bristol Rovers Port Vale Sat Jan 11

0-1

Sat Jan 18

Cambridge United

0-4

Tue Jan 21 Sat Jan 25

Exeter City Plymouth Argyle

3-0

Mackail-Smith

0-1 List, Cassidy, Carter, Lakin

1-2

Carter

Tue Jan 28 Grimsby Town FEBRUARY 2020

3-1

Lakin

Leyton Orient

0-3

Sat Feb 01

Sat Feb 08 Exeter City

2-1

Kemp

Tue Feb 11

3-1

Carter

Sat Feb 15 Sat Feb 22

Bradford City Salford City Crawley Town Walsall

Sat Mar 14

Crewe Alexandra Newport County

Tue Mar 17

Swindon Town

Sat Mar 21

Morecambe

LEAGUE TABLE

2 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4 8 1 2 9 2 5 4 9 3 5 6 0 5 0 0 19 10 8 1 5 0 40 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0

P

W

D

L

GD Pts

9

15

-8

39

17

Scunthorpe United

34

10

0-1

18

Leyton Orient

35

9

12

14

-9

39

3-0

19 Oldham Athletic

35

8

14

13

-15

38

20 Carlisle United

34

8

12

14

-17

36

21

35

8

11

16

-8

35

Sat Feb 29 MARCH 2020 Sat Mar 07

APPEARANCES PAUL FARMAN...........................................................40 (0) CHARLIE CARTER.................................................... 30 (6) CHRIS STOKES........................................................... 30 (0) BEN NUGENT.............................................................. 25 (2) SCOTT CUTHBERT..................................................... 25 (1) ELLIOTT LIST............................................................... 23 (3) CHARLIE LAKIN......................................................... 22 (2) LUTHER WILDLIN......................................................22 (0) KURTIS GUTHRIE........................................................ 21 (5) TOM SOARES................................................................. 19 (1) KELLAND WATTS....................................................... 18 (2) PAUL DIGBY................................................................... 18 (1) TYLER DENTON.......................................................... 17 (2) MICHAEL TIMLIN......................................................... 16 (7) DEAN PARRETT.......................................................... 15 (6) TERENCE VANCOOTEN.......................................... 15 (5) JASON COWLEY...................................................... 14 (10) BEN KENNEDY............................................................. 13 (7) CRAIG MACKAIL-SMITH.......................................... 9 (13) EMMANUEL SONUPE.................................................9 (5) DIAGUELY DABO......................................................... 9 (0) NOOR HUSIN................................................................. 8 (4) JAKE CASSIDY................................................................8 (1) JOE LEESLEY..................................................................8 (1) ARTHUR IONTTON......................................................7 (4) PAUL TAYLOR............................................................... 6 (6) LUIS FERNANDEZ....................................................... 6 (4) DANNY NEWTON........................................................ 6 (4) JOEL BYROM...................................................................6 (1) DAN KEMP........................................................................4 (1) SACHA BASTIEN.......................................................... 4 (0) JAMIE FIELDING............................................................3 (3) SIMEON JACKSON.......................................................2 (3) DAVID PARKHOUSE....................................................2 (2) CANICE CARROLL........................................................ 2 (1) ADAM EL-ABD................................................................1 (3) PATRICK READING...................................................... 1 (0) BEN FOLAMI.................................................................. 0 (2) ALEX REVELL............................................................... 0 (2) JOEL ROLLINSON....................................................... 0 (2) LIAM SMYTH.................................................................. 0 (2) ANDRONICOS GEORGIOU...................................... 0 (1)

Sat Mar 28 Scunthorpe United APRIL 2020

Mansfield Town

22 Morecambe

35

7

10

18

-24

31

23 Macclesfield Town

35

7

15

13

-10

30

24 Stevenage

35

3

13

19

-24

22

Sat Apr 04 Oldham Athletic Fri Apr 10 Mansfield Town

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Mon Apr 13 Macclesfield Town Sat Apr 18 Cheltenham Town Sat Apr 25

Carlisle United

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STEVENAGE MANAGER: ALEX REVELL RED & WHITE SHIRTS, RED SHORTS, WHITE SOCKS

1 PAUL FARMAN 2 LUTHER JAMES-WILDIN 3 PATRICK READING 4 PAUL DIGBY 5 SCOTT CUTHBERT 6 THOMAS SOARES 7 CHARLIE CARTER 8 JOEL BYROM 10 BEN KENNEDY 11 EMMANUEL SONUPE 12 CANICE CARROLL 13 SACHA BASTIEN 15 TERENCE VANCOOTEN 16 ARTHUR IONTTON 18 DEAN PARRETT 19 DANIEL NEWTON 20 JAKE CASSIDY 25 PAUL TAYLOR 26 DIAGUELY DABO 27 ADAM EL-ABD 28 GBENGA FOLAMI 30 LUIS FERNANDEZ 31 BEN NUGENT 32 CHARLIE LAKIN 33 TYLER DENTON 34 ELLIOTT LIST 35 CRAIG MACKAIL-SMITH 41 SIMEON JACKSON 42 DANIEL KEMP 44 DAVID PARKHOUSE

OFFICIALS REFEREE: Scott Duncan ASSISTANT: Adam Crysell ASSISTANT: Sam Lewis FOURTH OFFICIAL: Rob Smith

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