Yesterday's against Newport County was one of the away matches I wanted to see most this season. County are not only bitter rivals (well, as bitter as we get in non-league football) but I guessed Newport would be near enough that Mrs Nedved would not begrudge a day pass. Besides, as she comes from a large Welsh family anything that involves going to Wales is generally viewed in a positive light. Click to continue reading...

The Bromley Boys
Dave Roberts
ISBN: 1906032246
Portico;
Paperback, 272pp
Non-league football, the heart of the game, where only true fans live and breathe. I used to be one of them, but remember thinking as I stood frozen on the crumbling terraces of another middle-of-nowhere 'stadium', slurping thermonuclear hot chocolate the taste of sewer water, that it helps if you support a winning team in these circumstances. Click to continue reading...

A 0-0 draw away at Woking on Saturday afternoon signalled the end of Boro's pre-season campaign for 2009. Graham Westley's side played 7 games, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 2. This year's campaign has been a lot different to previous pre-season's at Broadhall Way with the team being much more settled and no trialists featuring at all.

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Stevenage completed their pre-season schedule on a high and go into next week's opener against newly promoted Tamworth brimming with confidence. The double header against Southend and Woking yielded a win and a draw from the two games, but not against the teams that you and I would of expected.

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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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It was always going to happen wasn't it?

Steve Morison returned to Broadhall Way for the first time since his summer move to League 1 Millwall and fired both goals as the South London side beat Boro to condemn Graham Westley's side to their first defeat this pre-season. Morison started the game for his new employers and was given a warm reception by the Boro fans as he wore the number 9 shirt for the Lions.

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Cambridge City denied Boro their 3rd straight pre-season victory with a 1-1 draw at Milton Road. After an impressive win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, Stevenage were held to a battling draw by the Southern League side. Boro boss Graham Westley opted to start with a weakened 11, with the likes of Ashley Bayes, Eddie Odhiambo and Mark Albrighton playing the full 90 minutes, while reserve players Jerome Anderson and Chris Doyle made appearances too.

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Stevenage travel to Essex on Wednesday night to face Chelmsford City in their first pre-season game of the new campaign, a year after beating Mark Stimson's Gillingham at Priestfield. It will be a good test for the players to face a team who weren't far away from winning promotion to the Blue Square Premier last time around and of course it's the first chance for the Boro fans making the trip to see the new summer signings in action in a Boro shirt.

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You know me.
I do sensible football pundit for a bit then I'm inevitably drawn back to the quirky and the bizarre in football.
What a delight then to find a whole list of the best football chants of the season.
If you can't be bothered to read through them all let me share some of my favourites with you. Click to continue reading...

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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The town of Braintree sits near the border between Suffolk and Essex. It's a small town with a population of 42,000 which sits rather in the shadow of its larger neighbours Colchester and Chelmsford, with London looming in the distance, radiating its influence over the whole of the east and south east of England.

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Lee Boylan's strike on the hour may just be one of the most important goals scored at Broadhall Way this season. The one goal was enough to see off a Woking side, who lacked any sort of attacking threat, but gave a honest performance which may help them in their fight against relegation in the [...] Click to continue reading...

It's becoming like a weekly occurance, but whoever Boro play at the moment seem to be turned over with relative ease and it was no different on Saturday when Forest Green were comfortably dispatched 4-0. The win sees Boro move into the semi-finals of the FA Trophy and a draw against the winners of Wrexham [. Click to continue reading...

At a soaked Kingfield, Boro beat rivals Woking thanks to a fantastic goal from Peter Vincenti. The win keeps Boro in 9th position in the Blue Square Premier, but amazingly we are now only 5 points off the top of the table. Leaders Kettering lost 1-0 at home to Weymouth yesterday, which allowed Torquay to move [. Click to continue reading...

Boro are on the road again today as they make the trip round the M25 to face old rivals Woking. Both sides were involved in FA Cup replays during the week, but while Boro made it through to face Leicester City in the first round, the Cards went out after being beat 1-0 at Stonebridge [...] Click to continue reading...

It took two attempts, but Stevenage will be the team travelling to the Walkers Stadium a week on Saturday to face Leicester City in the first round of the FA Cup. This comes after the Blue Square Premier side beat Horsham 4-1 at Woodside Road last night. Graham Westley decided to recall Scott Laird and [. Click to continue reading...

Let's start the morning of with a trip to "Backinthedayville" and some video from the entirely non-existent TOR video vault. It's an un-aired pilot for a British television show entitled "Football Star" in which a young blighter from Blighty (Woking to be exact) called Sam get's gifted a trip to America to live the life of a pro footballer with Freddy Adu. Click to continue reading...

I texted Luton Andy today.
Remember him?
He is a friend of my lover and a Woking fan. He is also a major Hatter's fan (hence the name).
My text said:
"Just heard the news. 30 points! It's a disgrace. Hope life is better for you in other regards. Georgina. Click to continue reading...