Notts County v Stevenage
Meadow Lane | League 1
4th February 2012 | 3:00pm kick off

Gary Smith's first game in charge was against Notts County last weekend and his first league game will also be up against Martin Allen's side as Boro travel to Nottingham this Saturday. Stevenage are still on a high from last weekend's Cup win and the bonus of drawing Tottenham in the 5th round.

In what was a disappointing game somewhat dictated by the poor weather conditions, Stevenage came away with a well-earned point thanks to a late goal from substitute Darius Charles. Scunthorpe had taken the lead early in the second half when Garry Thompson latched onto a through ball from Mark Duffy and shot past Chris Day.

December was another unbeaten month as Stevenage continued their climb up the League 1 table. There was also progress in the FA Cup as the Boro progressed into the 3rd round of the FA Cup after a professional display against non-league Stourbridge.

Boro progress into 3rd round of FA Cup

A comfortable win away at Stourbridge sent Stevenage into the 3rd round of the FA Cup and a tie with Reading at the Madjeski Stadium.

Southern League Premier Division side Stourbridge finally ended their greatest ever FA Cup run at the hands of League One Stevenage at the War Memorial Athletic Ground earlier today, thanks to two goals from Chris Beardsley and a late third from Robin Shroot.

Stourbridge started with the same eleven that defeated Plymouth Argyle in the First Round, with the exception of influential midfielder Sean Geddes who missed the game through suspension – his place taken by Drew Canavan.

October was a tough month for Boro. It started with 3 straight defeats to the likes of Scunthorpe, AFC Wimbledon and Huddersfield. It soon picked up though and the win against Charlton kicked off another unbeaten run.

Stevenage 1-0 Charlton

A Stacy Long goal was enough for Boro to beat unbeaten, table-toppers Charlton Athletic.

It was a mixed month for Stevenage in September. Here are some of the highlights.

Stevenage 4-2 Rochdale

Boro recorded their first home win in League One with a 4-2 victory over Rochdale. Goals from Craig Reid, Chris Beardsley (2) and an own goal from Neil Trotman gave Graham Westley's side the 3 points.

Bournemouth 1-3 Stevenage | Reid 43, Arter 47, Mousinho (pen) 65, Beardsley 90
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This team doesn't surprise me anymore. I admit that I was not overly optimistic before the Exeter game. I didn't think we had brought in enough quality over the summer and I was concerned that we wouldn't score enough goals to be successful in this division.

Bournemouth 1-3 Stevenage | Reid 43, Arter 47, Mousinho (pen) 65, Beardsley 90
npower league 1 | dean court | 5,574

This team doesn't surprise me anymore. I admit that I was not overly optimistic before the Exeter game. I didn't think we had brought in enough quality over the summer and I was concerned that we wouldn't score enough goals to be successful in this division.

Guy got off the mark with the 2nd at Carshalton

Carshalton Athletic 0-3 Stevenage | Reid, Madjo, Shroot
Pre-Season Friendly | Colston Avenue

Three straight defeats against Dover, an Arsenal XI and Hampton & Richmond have gone rather un-noticed in the last week or so.

Stevenage 1-0 Fulham | Shroot 80
Pre-Season Friendly | Broadhall Way | 786

Pre-season is well underway now and Boro secured their second successive victory with a 1-0 win over a Fulham XI this afternoon. A late strike from trialist Robin Shroot was enough to give Graham Westley's side the win after a solid performance in the Sunday showers.

Accrington 0-1 Stevenage (Beardsley 89)
BBC Report | Westley Reaction

Stevenage will face Torquay United in the League 2 playoff final at Old Trafford next Saturday. A place in League 1 is up for grabs for the winners after they beat Accrington and Shrewsbury respectively over two legs.

Gresty Road: The home of Crewe Alexandra

It's another away day for Boro tomorrow afternoon as they travel up the M6 to face Dario Gradi's Crewe Alexandra. On paper, it looks like it could be another tough game for Graham Westley's side. Boro have not won a game in their last 6 and on top of that, they have failed to score in the last 3.

On a cold and wet night at Broadhall Way, Stevenage and Oxford played out a 0-0 draw full of incidents but little goal mouth chances. Boro opted for 4-4-2 and made 4 changes from the team that started against Shrewsbury on Saturday. New signing Taiwo Atieno was left out completely after a quiet debut and replaced by Ben May.

Efe Sodje: Scored against his former club

Bury 3-0 Stevenage (Bishop 8, Sodje 61, Lowe 70)
BBC Report | Westley Interview

It was a disappointing night in Lancashire as Boro fell to their first defeat in the league since they were beat at Gillingham on New Year's Day.

Luke Foster: Opened the scoring for Boro against Barnet

Boro 4-2 Barnet (Foster 4, Basey og 8, Long 27, Roberts 46, McLeod 73, Marshall 76)
Highlights | BBC Report | Westley Interview

It's been a long time in coming, but Stevenage finally got back to winning ways yesterday afternoon after comfortably beating Barnet 4-2 at Broadhall Way.