It's back to league action this weekend as Gateshead make the long journey south to play Stevenage in a fixture which was last played in 1998 with the 'Tynesiders' winning the game 2-1 at the International Stadium. Boro though won the reverse fixture earlier that season 6-1, so I doubt the Gateshead fans have that fond of memories of Hertfordshire.

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Stevenage have ended their interest in Michael Brough, for now. Graham Westley told the Comet that the two clubs have failed to agree a new loan deal and that any deal is a long way off. Westley stated that he wanted to keep the multi-functional player, but with the clubs not being able to agree a deal, the Boro boss may have to look elsewhere for enforcements to his squad.

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Stevenage will get home this evening and wonder how they didn't end up taking all 3 points after a dominant second half performance. Although Kettering had a couple of opportunities in added time, the second half was mostly at the other end as a host of Boro players missed chances to give the Hertfordshire side the victory.

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Boro face arguably their biggest game of the season against 3rd place Kettering Town at Rockingham Road this weekend. Graham Westley's side, who currently sit 2nd, are six points behind table toppers Oxford United while Kettering are a point further back of Boro, but have a game in hand. 3 points in Northamptonshire would give Boro a bit of breathing space as they challenge for top spot.

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Crawley are the latest club to introduce 'variable' admission prices after Kettering and Stevenage's new price initiatives' in the last 12 months. Crawley have 'banded' their games so that games against teams like Histon and Salisbury will be a lower price than 'premium' games against the likes of Cambridge and ourselves.

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Oxford United stay top of the Blue Square Premier after beating Boro this afternoon. Goals from Alfie Potter and Adam Murray were enough to give the U's victory although one of their former strikers, Yemi Odubade hit back late on, but it was too little too late for Graham Westley's side.

Westley dropped Lee Boylan in favour of a 5 man midfield which welcomed back Joel Byrom after an impressive substitute appearance against Ebbsfleet on Tuesday night.

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Ground: Rockingham Road
Date: Saturday 15th August 2009
Comp: Conference
Match: Kettering 1 AFC Wimbledon 2 HT: 0-1 Att: 1,746
Thomas 74: Kedwell 9, 66(pen)
Additional: Entrance £18 (stand) £14 (terrace), Programme £3, Hamburger £2.80, Hot drinks £1.00
Rockingham Road in pictures
Despite my decision to follow Leek Town this season, this game was booked in advance as a birthday present from my Dad, an AFC Wimbledon fan. Click to continue reading...

Peter Vincenti has left the club to join Woking. The Cards have confirmed that the Jersey born midfielder/striker will join the Blue Square South club on a three month loan deal. It makes sense for all parties involved really. Although Westley gave Vincenti a new contract at the beginning of the summer, the former Millwall player doesn't look likely to be in the first team plans at Broadhall Way.

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- Today: Fan Open Day and Kettering (who also played a game last night)

Dave McIntyre/BBC606- Vignal may fit the bill
- Gregory Vignal will be given another chance to secure a move to QPR. Click to continue reading...

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- Today: Fan Open Day and Kettering (who also played a game last night)
- QPR's Win at Wycombe: Reports and Comments
- Current Promotion Odds
- Burnley and Clarke Carlisle Profiled/Interviewed - Carlisle on Ian Holloway "He's a beautiful man, he's very loving and very giving. Click to continue reading...

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- QPR's Schedule This Week- Today: Wycombe (A) --- Wednesday: Kettering(A) & Fan Open Day --- Saturday - Southampton (H)
QPR squad vs Wycombe tonight): Alberti, Agyemang, Balanta, Brown, Cerny, Connolly, German, Gorkss, Hall, Mahon, Oastler, Parker, Putnins, Ramage, Routledge, Rowlands, Taarabt, Vine. Click to continue reading...

Pre-Season starts in just 3 days time as Boro travel to Chemsford on Wednesday night. It's a less high profile start to pre-season after last years visit to Gillingham. The Stevenage players and staff have been back in training for about 2 weeks now and should be at a good fitness level going into the first game.

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There isn't much to talk about at the minute at Broadhall Way. Work is going on behind the scenes to get the players fit and ready for the big kick-off on August 8th, but other than that there is nothing to report on. That's not the case elsewhere in the Blue Square Premier.

Rushden face an uncertain future after receiving a winding up order.

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With pre-season officially just days away the excitement is building in preparation for the new season. The Blue Square Premier fixtures will be released at the back end of next week and by then Graham Westley's squad will have already been through a couple of tough days of fitness training.

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Stevenage manager Graham Westley has added Chris Beardsley to his striking options for next season with the former Kettering, Rushden and Mansfield forward joining the club on a one year deal. It follows the club's decision to release Callum Willock last week after 18 months at Broadhall Way.

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Gary Mills has left Stevenage Borough this afternoon, joining Blue Square Premier rivals Mansfield Town on a two year contract. It's a move that I'm surprised has happened, but at the same time am not disappointed. The defensive midfielder was one of Graham Westley's first signings last summer when he rejected a new contract at Kettering to move to Broadhall Way.

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Boro's strikeforce looks even healthier now after Graham Westley added Yemi Odubade to his list of strikers as he aims to replace Steve Morison for next season. Earlier in the week, Westley brought in Charlie Griffin from Salisbury on a free transfer after his contract had expired and has been quick again to move for the pacy Odubade.

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Here are the winners of the FC Boro 2008/2009 End of Season Awards...

Player of the Season

FC Boro's player of the season is Mark Roberts. The ex Northwich man joined Stevenage in November, initially on loan before making the move permanent in January.

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Roy Hodgson didn't get where he is today by not being able to coach a team to defend a long throw in. Rory Delap hurlded them in, Brede Hangeland headed them out.  We had more trouble from Exodus Geohagan of Kettering.

It was perhaps the worst winning performance of the season. Stoke deserve some credit here for getting amongst our players and making life difficult, but we were far the better team and would have won by more than we did if only we could have shown some invention in the final third.

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Stevenage gained another point in their pursuit of the play-offs against fellow chasers Oxford United at Broadhall Way. After earning a draw away at Histon in mid-week, Graham Westley's side returned home to host the big game of the day in the Blue Square Premier. Oxford lived up to their promise by packing out the [. Click to continue reading...

Matches were played across the Blue Square Premier tonight and here's how they affect Boro's position in the race for the play-offs. Table toppers Burton Albion visited crisis club Weymouth aiming to get back to winning ways after last Thursday night's defeat away at Ebbsfleet United. They did that in style beating the South Coast [. Click to continue reading...

It wasn't the greatest of performances at Broadhall Way, but Graham Westley's Stevenage side dug deep tonight to beat Kettering Town by 2 goals to 1. It shows how much the team has improved in recent months as I'm sure back in November, Boro would of lost this type of game tonight. Kettering were as [. Click to continue reading...

With Manchester United and Aston Villa joining most of the other Premier League clubs in the fourth round, the FA Cup draw has cooked up some interesting draws. The pick of the bunch is perhaps the Merseyside derby. Everton will be making the short trip to Anfield in the fourth round to take on cross-town rivals Liverpool. Click to continue reading...

I can't tell you how disappointed I am that our local team, Forest Green Rovers, were beaten by a late Derby penalty in the 3rd round of the FA Cup this afternoon.
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After a tough win against Grays on Thursday night, Boro are back in action tomorrow afternoon when York visit Broadhall Way. York began the season well and were unbeaten in their first 8 games, although they did draw 5 of those, winning the other 3. Since then they have been beaten twice against Kettering and [. Click to continue reading...

Stevenage Borough's Youth team begin their FA Youth Cup campaign tonight when they face Bishop's Stortford at Broadhall Way. It's the first game in the Youth Cup for the newly formed youth side since Colin Read took over during the summer. In their last game Boro were beaten quite comfortably at Broadhall Way by Barnet. Click to continue reading...

Graham Westley explained to fans who attended the "20-20″ teamtalk yesterday why Iyseden Christie was allowed to leave the club for Kettering on loan. Westley said that IC made him "unhappy" and didn't seem to have the right attitude with regards to getting back to match fitness. Christie made his debut for Kettering in yesterday's [. Click to continue reading...

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Graham Westley has completed 2 deadline day signings as he finalises his squad for the remainder of 2008. Goalkeeper Chris Day has signed a two year contract with Boro after a 2 game "trial" where he impressed enough to warrant a permanent deal. He was subject of late interest from Northampton Town, who have sold Mark Bunn [. Click to continue reading...

It was confirmed this afternoon that Craig Westcarr has re-joined Kettering Town, the club he apparently left in the summer. This whole saga has been a nightmare. When the deal started Kettering chairman Imraan Ladaak accused Stevenage of "illegally approaching" Westcarr who was out of contract this summer. Click to continue reading...

Ex Boro striker Tes Bramble is set to go on trial at newly promoted Kettering Town. Bramble left Boro last season after a disappointing season at Broadhall Way where he managed 1 goal in just 11 appearances. The reasons for Bramble's departure were said to be due to retirement with Tes suffering from a persistent [. Click to continue reading...