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ood evening and welcome to this evening’s Carabao Cup Second Round Tie against Wycombe Wanderers and a warm welcome to the players, supporters, officials and directors of the Buckinghamshire club.

Tonight’s fixture is the third of four weeks of Saturday, Tuesday fixtures and will once again test the depth of the squad which we intend to add to in numbers in the remaining days of the transfer window. Whilst Saturday’s match was very much a game of two halves, we were disappointed not to have taken our chances in the first half and taken 3 points from the game.

Tonight is all about progression to the next round and Wycombe will prove a strong test having started the season well and remain unbeaten. There will also be the opportunity to welcome David Stockdale back to the Lamex following his phenomenal contribution during his emergency loan spell last season.

Off the field new contactless payment technology has now been installed in all of

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our bars and tea bars. The design of our 2020/21 Season Ticket Holder Limited Edition shirt is being finalised and will be available for Season Ticket Holders to collect in November. Additionally, the long awaited delivery of home and away replica shirts is expected in the second week of September, upon which we will make these available immediately for pre-purchase collection, Junior Season Ticket Holders and general sale.

Following feedback from supporters and consultation with Amazon the Prime Gaming logo will be moved down onto the white background of the shirt, whilst conversations with Macron remain ongoing regarding making the purple third kit available for retail. Whilst it was never our intention for the shirts to be delayed, securing another high profile shirt sponsor to replace Burger King in the form of Amazon’s Prime Gaming was crucial and we are looking forward to delivering some very exciting initiatives with them during the course of the sponsorship.

Enjoy the game!

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WALSALL Match tickets for Stevenage’s Sky Bet League Two fixture against Walsall on Saturday are now on sale. Alex Revell’s men travel to Banks’s Stadium on Saturday 28th August for a 3pm kick-off against Matthew Taylor’s Saddlers.

Tickets are available to purchase online in advance of the game from www.borotickets.co.uk at the following prices: Adults: £20.00 Over 60s: £16.00 Under 21s: £15.00 Under 18s: £10.00 Please note, match tickets are also available to purchase on matchday at an increase of £2.

TOTTENHAM U21S Tickets for Stevenage Football Club’s Papa Johns Trophy opener against Tottenham Hotspur Under 21s on Tuesday August 31 are now on sale from www.borotickets.co.uk.

Supporters can take advantage of Papa John’s two-for-one ticket offer for the game by visiting the Stevenage FC Club Shop. Open Thursdays, Fridays and home matchdays, quote ‘Papa John’s 241’ when purchasing your match ticket and get a second one completely free.

Adults: £12 Concessions: £10 Under 18s: £10 Under 12s: Free Purchase your tickets from www.borotickets.co.uk.

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SWINDON TOWN Alex Revell’s men face Swindon Town on Saturday 4th September 2021 at 3pm in their first meeting since the visitors’ relegation from League One to League Two last season.

Supporters who purchase their tickets Online or In-Advance of a match will qualify for cheaper, ‘Online/In-Advance’ prices. Those purchasing in-person on the day of the match (Via the Ticket Office) will be subject to ‘Matchday/In-Person’ prices.

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Supporters who donated the Credits over the phone, as well as those who donated and did not renew their Season Ticket are specifically encouraged to confirm their name.

Please email mollyb@stevenagefc.com to confirm the name before 5pm on Wednesday 25th August 2021.

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Luke Norris’ first half free-kick levelled the game for Stevenage after an early setback, as the game finished all square at The Lamex Stadium.

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as it really almost six years ago when we all stood mouth open and watched that amazing slow motion moment

at the Boro.

There were just 10 minutes gone on the clock when home keeper Jesse Joronen put his laces through a clearance at the old south terrace end. What then followed was a few seconds of neck craning as the

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ball looped then bounced awkwardly over Chairboys keeper Matt Ingram and into the net in front of the away support.

It was an unlikely opener but Armand Gnanduillet showed we were serious with a second on the hour. Max Kretzschmar pulled one back for the visitors but Teddy Sheringham’s side ended victorious, and a little less precarious in the league in 20th place with 13 points from 13 games.

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1 WYCOMBE STARTING XI 1 Jesse Joronen 5 Fraser Franks 4 Jamie McCombe 6 Mark Hughes 23 Jerome Okimo 7 Chris Whelpdale (24) 8 Steven Schumacher 18 Dean Parrett 32 Tom Conlon 33 Ben Kennedy (65) 31 Armand Gnanduillet SUBSTITUTES 16 Chris Day 9 Brett Williams (65) 11 Tom Pett (24) 24 Jack Jebb 28 Jamar Loza 35 Nathan Kerr 44 Matthew Smyth

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BORO

HISTORY ON THIS DAY: 24 AUGUST Based on our first three results on this day in history, you could make an educated score prediction for this Carabao Cup clash with the Chairboys. Once upon a time, Boro’ did nothing but win 2-1 on 24 August; posting three straight wins by the same scoreline on this date. It started with an early FA Cup encounter against Leamington in 1985 - and continued in 1991 and 1992 as we climbed up the Diadora League ladder.

Even when we did go for a different scoreline, we simply doubled it when Morecambe came to visit us in 1996 when we were starting our Conference title defence. Barry Hayles scored twice that day as we put four past the Shrimps in an entertaining encounter. Sadly, it wasn’t a prelude to repeat title-winning success that season.

Who knew that it’d be the last time for 25 years(!) that we’d play on this date in history on home territory? All five of the matches on 24 August that have followed, each one has been on the road. And all but a couple kept up a winning habit that we’d become accustomed to at Broadhall Way. It started with a 2-0 win at Sutton United in 1999 – a fourth win in four at the start of that campaign.

Incidentally, that was the last time we paid a visit to Gander Green Lane – until later on this season.

Moving on and we’ll skip neatly past a horrendous showing at Nuneaton Borough on this date in 2002; the only time we’ve lost on 24 August. That takes us onto 2007 and a two-goal win at Aggborough against a Kidderminster Harriers side we’d overcome to claim the FA Trophy just three months before. And then we have a 1-0 victory at Notts County in 2013 as James Dunne struck in injury time to secure the points in what would be a troubled season for us.

The most recent outing on this date in

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history came in 2019. If we thought the 2013-4 season was bad, then 2019-20 takes it to a whole new level. Still, a goalless draw at Mansfield Town is hardly the worst result we’d end up recording in the months that followed. It just wasn’t in keeping with the habit that we’d started back in 1985. So, Wycombe – a fifth home win out of five on this date? And what odds on the score being 2-1 come the final whistle? Time to see.

1985 Stevenage Borough 2-1 Leamington, FA Cup Preliminary Round (Pirie 2) 1991 Stevenage Borough 2-1 Dorking, Diadora League Division One (Nunn, Marshall) 1992 Stevenage Borough 2-1 Yeading, Diadora League Premier Division (Smith, Gittings) 1996 Stevenage Borough 4-2 Morecambe, GM Vauxhall Conference (Webster, Venables, Hayles 2) 1999 Sutton United 0-2 Stevenage Borough, Nationwide Conference (Samuels 2) 2002 Nuneaton Borough 3-0 Stevenage Borough, Nationwide Conference 2007 Kidderminster Harriers 0-2 Stevenage Borough, Blue Square Premier (McMahon, Miller) 2013 Notts County 0-1 Stevenage, Sky Bet League One (Dunne) 2019 Mansfield Town 0-0 Stevenage, Sky Bet League Two

YOU AGAIN? WYCOMBE WANDERERS… One of our BBC 3 Counties stablemates, Wycombe Wanderers are a team against whom we’ve had a on-off type of relationship with. It all started in the 2010-1 season; Boro’ new to the Football League and the Chairboys long since graduates of non-league themselves. It started poorly for us, as we lost 2-0 at home in October 2010.

But we didn’t dwell on it; overcoming Scott Laird’s red card in the reverse fixture to win

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1-0 in March 2011.

For a while, it seemed as if we did better on each other’s patch. After we rode their coattails to join them in League One, we again secured a one-goal away win, before having to settle for a point at the Lamex.

Their time in the third tier, however, was cut short before ours – and that’s why it wasn’t until August 2014 that we’d meet again.

It’s unsettling to think that it’s almost seven years to the day that we met them here in League Two. On 23 August 2014, Boro’ slumped to a 3-1 home defeat – despite taking the lead. We restored some degree of honour when we shared four goals in February 2015 (despite Chris Beardsley’s red card) – but it was the first time that we’d failed to pick up at least one win against them during a single season.

Fortunately, our inability to win at home wouldn’t last.

Going into the 2015-6 season, boss Teddy Sheringham needed something – anything – that’d cut him some slack. It came from a surprising source. Jesse Joronen, our onloan goalkeeper, scored a freak goal that took us some way to securing three points.

And it delivered our first home win against the Chairboys too. The problem is that our decent away form against them was

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surrendered; losing the next two games at their place by the same scoreline – 1-0.

A 3-0 win in February 2017 is arguably the one occasion on which we well and truly got the better of our neighbours from Buckinghamshire. After that, we settled back down into a tit-for-tat exchange of close encounters. A 0-0 home draw and a 1-0 away defeat was our meagre return during the 2017-8 campaign as Wycombe secured promotion to League One – this time without us.

And all that leaves us with our most recent encounter to date in October 2019. Our 1-0 win – there’s that scoreline again – gave Boro’ a slightly surprising, and perhaps fundamentally meaningless, victory in the Leasing.com Trophy across at Adams Park.

With a head-to-head that swerves one way and then the next, who knows what lies in store when we come to this next chapter in our shared story. You can probably bet it’ll be pretty tight though.

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ood Evening to Stevenage and Wycombe supporters, I hope your time at the Lamex for tonight’s fixture is an enjoyable one.

In what has been a challenging and demanding 12 months within the EDP we can look back and reflect with a sense of pride and progress.

We have seen a number of successes both in the classroom and on the pitch as we look forward to beginning another year of academic and football studies.

We say goodbye to our second years who have excelled immensely through 2 lockdown periods. A number have left with Triple Distinction profiles and are now getting themselves ready for the next part of their journey at university.

Others have secured jobs within various industries in sport and other sectors. It’s also great to see a number carry on their education with the club while undertaking the The HND (foundation degree) programme. We are also very proud of our Education Lead Mark Bentley who has been recognised for his fantastic work by being awarded the ‘VLUK Teacher of Year’.

On the pitch we have made some fantastic strides with our students regularly attending Shep to train with the U18 scholars. It certainly lights the fuse of these young aspiring players to work hard and see the fruits of their labour being rewarded with sessions/games with Jorden Gibson and his group.

We have seen players step up and enhance their development further in the men’s senior game; Reece Crowter (Ware) Corey Rodriguez (Canvey Island) Kade Bagge (Stotfold), Archie Sayer, Kyle Williams and Harry Clark (Arlesey Town), Morgan Dean (Eynesbury Rovers).

Our first year cohort have also dipped their toes into the senior game with

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Arley Barker (St Margretsbury), George Morrall (St Albans City), Matt Springett (Codicote), Joel Jeff & Matt Newman (Biggleswade United) However our proudest achievement has seen Timmy Smith awarded a professional contract with the club - Timmy has just finished his 2nd year with us and now embarks on life as a professional footballer. A real testament to Tim’s character and work ethic!

Our domestic season was again cut short by covid, but our A team were sitting top of the EFL Community and Education South East 1. The B team in 3rd in the South East 2 and C team just below mid table in South East 3. Even though the league season was curtailed the National Cup competition continued. Our A team again showing the quality they possess by reaching the final at York City’s impressive new stadium back in June and narrowly missing out on silverware going down 3-2 to Macclesfield Town.

Nevertheless, a fantastic achievement where clubs like Man City, Crystal Palace, Norwich City, Aston Villa among many others also competed.

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WOMEN Ellie Gregg Wing-Back

Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

I’m 18 years old, I love football. I’ve been playing it from the age of 7, the love of the game grows every time I set foot onto the pitch!

Can you tell us who your football idol or role model was whilst growing up?

Growing up and watching football I never really had an idol, however, as I’ve got older, I really enjoy watching Lucy Bronze and the way she plays! She’s a very talented player and has had loads of success!

How have you settled in so far at SFCW? I have settled into Stevenage Women well; everyone has made me feel so welcome from all the players to all the coaching staff. I feel really part of the team, it’s like being part of one big family! Very happy!

You’ve represented England Colleges in a few games recently, how have you found this experience?

I’ve recently just represented England Colleges, which has been a brilliant experience, playing with girls all over the country from

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different colleges! We’ve played teams such as MK Dons’ first team and The RAF. Playing The RAF was a very good test and good experience as we were coming up against women that were older, very physical and fit. It was a good test and happily we came out with the win.

What does it mean to you to represent England at colleges level?

It means a lot to me to even be selected for the England Colleges team as it’s a great achievement. It means even more that I have started the games I have played with them, which means loads to me as it shows to me that the coaches have trust in me and believe in me as a player. This makes me feel more confident in myself.

How proud a moment was it to receive your England cap?

It was a very proud moment to receive my England cap, not only was it a proud moment for me it was a proud moment for my family and friends. Hopefully it’s just the start.

What are our aims and goals for this season?

This season I want to help the team climb up the table as I know this squad can do well!

My personal goals for this season are to get as many minutes as I can under the belt and better myself as a player and fit in nicely into the senior side of women’s football. This is my first season in senior football and I want to do the best I can for this club!

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The scheme provides FREE matchday tickets for all associated players, participants, coaches and leaders at a Stevenage FC First Team match at The Lamex Stadium.

The Club will be providing all local grassroot and community organisations within a 10 mile radius the opportunity to access free match tickets to any Stevenage FC home match in 2021/22, as well as discounted tickets for accompanying family members at just £10 and £5.

In addition, clubs and organisations will also have the opportunity to upgrade their Matchday Experience packages and gain additional experiences including PreMatch Training Sessions, Half Time Penalty Shoot Outs and the chance to form the Matchday Guard of Honour.

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WELCOME

www.wycombewanderers.co.uk FOUNDED: 1887 HOME GROUND: Adams Park CAPACITY: 9,448 JOINED FOOTBALL LEAGUE: 1993

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ONE TO WATCH - Sam Vokes Striker Vokes joined the Chairboys last month and has featured in every game so far, netting the winner in the 1-0 victory over Lincoln.

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Having come through the ranks at Bournemouth and appeared at Norwich and Burnley, he enjoyed great success at Burnley where he played for seven years, during that time also accruing a host of Welsh caps and helping the national side reach the semi final of Euro 2016, scoring the third in the 3-1 win over Belgium.

He Joined Wycombe from Stoke where he stayed for two seasons.

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After impressively reaching the Championship and giving their all in a battle for survival, Wycombe now find themselves in League One and among the sides looking to make a move back to the second tier.

This season has started well for the Chairboys and they have won 4 and drawn one in five competitive starts. League wins over Accrington, Cheltenham and Lincoln see them

currently sit in second place in the table, just behind Sheffield Wednesday in top spot and ahead of Portsmouth in third, all three boasting 10 points.

They reached this round of the cup in a similar fashion to Boro, edging past Exeter on a penalty shot out, although their clash was goalless after 90 minutes in Devon, the penalties eventually being won 4-3 after six rounds.

THE BOSS - Gareth Ainsworth After a playing career which has taken in all four tiers of the English game with Preston, Wimbledon and QPR, Ainsworth took the managerial hot seat at Adams Park via a player coach role in 2011.

Having kept the Chairboys in the league in his first campaign on the final day of the season, he then showed the potential of the cub the following campaign with a play-off final appearance. Promotion for Wycombe finally came in 2017/18, as the Chairboys clinched League One football and a third-place finish with 84 points and the club then achieved their survival goal in their maiden season back in the third tier, finishing 17th.

He would then go on to achieve the unimaginable, taking Wycombe Wanderers up to the Championship for the first time in their 133-year history, as due to COVID the League One season was voted overwhelmingly to end early, Wycombe, on points per game were

lifted to 3rd in the table and into the Play-Offs – with 1.74 the magic number.

A 2-1 play off final win over Oxford saw them reach the second tier although this was to last just one season.

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LATEST NEWS WELCOME WYCOMBE I can’t believe that it’s almost two years ago since we last played the Chairboys. It was in the EFL Trophy competition at Adam’s Park in October 2019. I won’t dwell on the result (0-1 to Stevenage), but will comment on how good it is to see Wycombe supporters adorning the away stand here at The Lamex again.

Such is the popularity of Wycombe Wanderers that they actually have TWO supporters’ clubs - and a Trust!

non-members, the bus leaves The Lamex at 10:30am You can book online via our website or you can phone John on 01438 814285.

SA MEMBERSHIP Just a brief reminder that membership of the SA for season 2021-22 is now open, with subscriptions as follows: Adults - £15.00 (Concession £10.00) Under 16’s - £5.00 Family Membership - £30.00 Under 5 (Baby Boro) - FREE It’s easy to join - especially on-line.

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INTER-CITY BORO Who of you reading this came with us to Bristol last Saturday, or to Bradford just a week ago? It’s great to be back, isn’t it.

Our next sojourn sees us sampling the delights of Walsall on August 29th. Come with us to the Bescot Stadium. Come see the amazing view of the M6 motorway and the huge freight marshalling yard beyond. More importantly, get thee there for Revell’s Rovers.

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ARCHIVE FLASH-BACK Brian Poole and The Tremeloes.

“Who?” I hear you say.

Ask your mum or your dad (or maybe grandma or granddad) would be my response.

The year is 1964. The venue is the old Locarno Ballroom in the town centre.

Back in those days, the football club used to organise and promote bands to play in Stevenage as a fund-raising initiative. Promoter, J. J. Duff of the Stevenage Town FC Entertainments Committee was to be applauded for his efforts on this occasion.

If you (or someone you know) went to this gig, do let me know. I’d be fascinated to hear from you.

LLOYD BRISCOE Chair - Stevenage FC Supporters’ Association

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FIXTURES & RESULTS

2021/22

Sat Aug 07 Barrow AFC

FL2

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Tue Aug 10 Luton Town

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Sat Aug 14

Bristol Rovers

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List

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Sat Aug 21

Port Vale

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Ben Coker

5 (0)

1

Jake Reeves

5 (0)

1

Jake Taylor

5 (0)

0

Terence Vancooten

5 (0)

0

Luther Wildlin

5 (0)

0

Tue Aug 24 Wycombe Wanderers CC Sat Aug 28 Walsall

FL2

Tue Aug 31 Tottenham Hotspur U21

PJT

SEPTEMBER 2021 Sat Sept 04 Swindon Town

FL2

Sat Sept 11

FL2

Elliott List

4 (1)

2

Sat Sept 18 Forest Green Rovers

FL2

Elliot Osborne

4 (1)

0

Sat Sept 25 Harrogate Town

FL2

Jamie Reid

4 (1)

0

Scott Cuthbert

4 (0)

0

Luke Norris

3 (2)

2

Chris Lines

3 (1)

1

Charlie Carter

2 (2)

0

Sutton United

OCTOBER 2021 Sat Oct 02

Hartlepool United

FL2

Tue Oct 05 Oxford United

PJT

Sat Oct 09 Exeter City

FL2

Sat Oct 16

Oldham Athletic

FL2

Tue Oct 19

Northampton Town

FL2

Luke Prosser

1 (1)

0

Sat Oct 23

Leyton Orient

FL2

James Daly

0 (2)

0

FL2

Ross Marshall

0 (2)

0

Arthur Read

0 (1)

0

Jack Smith

0 (1)

0

Sacha Bastien

0 (0)

0

Sat Oct 30 Newport County NOVEMBER 2021 Tue Nov 09 Cambridge United Sat Nov 13

Mansfield Town

PJT FL2

Sat Nov 20 Colchester United

FL2

Tue Nov 23 Rochdale

FL2

Mackye Townsend-West

0 (0)

0

Sat Nov 27 Tranmere Rovers

FL2

Alfie Williams

0 (0)

0

FL2

LEAGUE TABLE

DECEMBER 2021 Tue Dec 07 Scunthorpe United Sat Dec 11

Carlisle United

FL2

Sat Dec 18

Salford City

FL2

Sun Dec 26 Crawley Town

FL2

Wed Dec 29 Swindon Town

FL2

JANUARY 2022

P

W

D

L

1 FGR

4

4

0

0

Pts 12

2 Bradford

4

3

1

0

10

3 Swindon

4

2

1

1

7

4 Mansfield 5 Stevenage

4 4

2 2

1 1

1 1

7 7

Sat Jan 01

Forest Green Rovers

FL2

Sat Jan 08

Walsall

FL2

6 Harrogate

2

2

0

0

6

Sat Jan 15

Sutton United

FL2

7 H'pool

3

2

0

1

6

Sat Jan 22

Hartlepool United

FL2

8 Newport

3

2

0

1

6

Tue Jan 29

Harrogate Town

FL2

9 Carlisle

4

1

3

0

6

10 N'hampton

3

2

0

1

6

FEBRUARY 2022 Sat Feb 05 Crawley Town

FL2

11 Leyton O.

3

1

2

0

5

Tue Feb 08 Bradford City

FL2

12 Exeter

4

1

2

1

5

Sat Feb 12

Barrow

FL2

13 C'chester

4

1

2

1

5

Sat Feb 19

Bristol Rovers

FL2

14 Tranmere

4

1

2

1

5

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

15 Rochdale

4

1

1

2

4

16 Barrow

4

1

1

2

4

17 Port Vale

4

0

3

1

3

18 S'thorpe

4

0

3

1

3

19 Crawley

3

1

0

2

3

20 Bristol R

4

1

0

3

3

21 Sutton Utd

3

0

2

1

2 2

Sat Apr 02 Oldham Athletic

FL2

22 Salford

4

0

2

2

Sat Apr 09 Colchester United

FL2

23 Walsall

4

0

1

3

1

FL2

24 Oldham

4

0

0

4

0

Fri Apr 15

Rochdale

Mon Apr 18 Scunthorpe United Sat Apr 23

Tranmere Rovers

Sat Apr 30 Carlisle United

FL2 FL2 FL2

MAY 2022 Sat May 07 Salford City

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