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Barnet v Stevenage

Saturday 8th March 3.0pm
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  Ground Stevenage Stadium
Broadhall Way
Stevenage
Herts
SG2 8RH		  
  Phone 01438 223223  
  Capacity 7,107  
  Record Attn. 6,489 v Kidderminster, GM V/Conf. 25/01/97  
  Formed 1976 (as Borough)  
  Nickname Boro'  
  Colours White & Red shirts,Black with White trim shorts,
White with Red trim socks		  
  Manager Graham Westley  
  Parking Large free car park opposite ground  
  Admission Price Adults £8.00/10.00, Concessions £5.00/6.00,  
  Programme £2.00 colour  
  Bar Yes  
       
  Last Season    
  Underhill 0-3 attn. 2456  
  Broadhall Way 2-3 attn. 2435  
  Average Attn 1716 (6th highest in Conference)  
  Highest Attn 2435 v Barnet  
  Lowest Attn 1116 v Leigh RMI  
  Highest Home Win 4-1 v Forest Green Rovers  
  Highest Away Win 3-0 v Barnet  
  Highest Home Defeat 1-4 v Woking  
  Highest Away Defeat 1-6 v Farnborough  
  Highest Draw 2-2 v Nuneaton  
  Highest Aggregate 7, 1-6 v Farnborough  
  Top Goalscorer Sigere 11  
       
  Final Position (11th)
  Home Away  
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
42 10 4 7 36 30 5 6 10 21 30 55
 
       
  This Season    
  At Stevenage Stevenage 1 Barnet 2, attn. 2130  
  Position 21st SECOND FROM BOTTOM  
  Ave Attn 1723  
  Highest Attn 2130 v Barnet, (Stevenage) lost 1-2  
  lowest Attn 1272 v Margate, lost 1-3  
  Highest Home Win 5-0 v Farnborough (dubious!)  
  Highest Away Win 5-1 v Woking  
  Highest Home Defeat 1-3 v Telford
1-3 v Margate		  
  Highest AwayDefeat 0-3 v Nuneaton  
  Highest Draw 2-2 v Northwich Victoria (home)
2-2 v Yeovil (home)		  
  Goalscorer Jackson 5  
  Current Position (21st)
  Home Away  
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
31 3 5 7 18 20 3 4 9 21 23 27
 
       
  The Season So Far

In a well publicised move from Farnborough, Graham Westley has recently taken over as the Manager of Stevenage.The Ex-Chairman/Manager has dubiously taken seven players with him, leaving a rather depleated Farnborough side. Things don't seem to be getting much better on the pitch though. Their last away win was way back on the 28th September, the 5-1 mauling of Woking. They have drawn a couple of games lately though. 1-1 at Northwich and a 2-2 v Hereford a couple of weeks ago.

Tuesday night saw the 'Boro' lose 2-3 away to Dagenham & Redbridge - Shame.

On to Barnet, after the 'Day of the Jekyll' performance against Scarborough in our last home match 'Mr Hyde' was trying to force his way back into the Barnet side down at a rather wet Farnborough on saturday. Luckily the young Lads Yakubu and Pope saved the day, although Pope missed out of seeing his name splashed all over the papers the next day when the scorer was put down as Ben Wiper (Ed - and this site. Still haven't worked out what I'm going to do about that...)

The Non League Paper's headline read 'Boro left with only regrets as Ben wipes out two points.'

It should have read 'Boro left with only regrets as Craig pop(e)s it in the net.' (sorry for that!)

Knowing Barnets luck and the way we play could this be Stevenage's day? They'll be keen to reverse the score from earlier in the season and if they don't win the fans will be wondering why Graham Westley was brought in. Surely it wasn't for his money was it?

Phil Wallace has already denied he's selling the club!

Incidently, The Who recorded a song called Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde back in the sixties, (long before Pete Townshend bought a computer!). Actually John Entwistle wrote this one. Maybe it could be played as the team run out. It would be more suitable than the Fatboy Slim track that was played last time!!

Phils Prediction
Barnet 1-1 Stevenage

Stevenage's Last Six

Last six tables from conguide.com.

All league games

W L D D D L

Date   L D W Score, Opposition Attn
18/01/2003 H   3:1 v nuneaton borough 1,651 
25/01/2003 A   1:2 v gravesend and northfleet 1,323 
08/02/2003 H   1:1 v morecambe 1,809 
22/02/2003 A   2:2 v hereford united 2,322 
01/03/2003 H   0:0 v forest green rovers 1,834 
04/03/2003 A   2:3 v dagenham and redbridge 1,905

Home

D L W W D D

Date   L D W Score, Opposition Attn
30/11/2002 H   1:1 v scarborough 1,629 
14/12/2002 H   1:3 v margate 1,272 
28/12/2002 H   5:0 v farnborough town 1,803 
18/01/2003 H   3:1 v nuneaton borough 1,651 
08/02/2003 H   1:1 v morecambe 1,809 
01/03/2003 H   0:0 v forest green rovers 1,834 

Away

L L D L D L

Date   L D W Score, Opposition Attn
21/12/2002 A   1:2 v yeovil town 4,940 
26/12/2002 A   0:1 v kettering town 2,068 
04/01/2003 A   1:1 v northwich victoria 690 
25/01/2003 A   1:2 v gravesend and northfleet 1,323 
22/02/2003 A   2:2 v hereford united 2,322 
04/03/2003 A   2:3 v dagenham and redbridge 1,905

League Snippet

Below is Barnet and Stevenage's league details based on their Home and Away performances.

    Pl W D L GF GA GD Pnts
12 Barnet (home) 16 7 3 6 27 22 5 24
17 Stevenage (away) 16 3 4 9 21 25 -4 13

Results Grid

Below are the result grids for Barnet and Stevenage so far this season. These show how many times various scores have been attained by each club.

Key

  Lost
  Drawn
  Won

Barnet (Home)

Home 0 1 2 3 4 Goals Against
0 1 1   1    
1   1 2   1  
2 1 3 1      
3 2       1  
4 1          
Goals For            

Stevenage (Away)

Away 0 1 2 3 Goals Against
0 1 2   1  
1 1 2 3 1  
2     1 2  
3 1        
4          
5   1      
Goals For          

If They're Picked...

Below is a list of players who - IF THEY'RE PICKED - will be starting an anniversary game. In other words, it will be their nth start where n is divisible by 10. This takes no account of whether they are likely to be picked due to injury, suspension and suchlike.

Player   Could be their nth start
YAKUBU I 30
PURSER W 60
MIDGLEY N 60
STREVENS B 70

Programme Sales

The following programmes (Barnet v Stevenage) are available for sale. Please see our programme pages for more information.

Season Competition Home/Away Price
1966/67 Eastern Professional Floodlights Cup Away £1.25
1975/76 Southern League Division One (North) Home 35p

History

The current Stevenage team was founded in 1976 after Stevenage Athletic folded. They played in the Chiltern Youth League, followed by the Wallspan Combination League.

In 1980 they moved to Broadhall Way, owned by the Borough Council, adopting the 'Borough' in their name.They also joined the United Counties League this year, then in 1983 moved across to the Servowarm Isthmian league Div.2 North which they won. They also lost theHerts Senior Cup Final to Barnet 0-4.

They were relegated back to Division 2 North in 1986/87season, but with Paul Fairclough coming in as Manager in 1990/91, they won the League with an impressive 107 points, scoring 122 goals.

With the league now re-named the Diadora they won Division 1 in 1991/92 and finished seventh in the Premier the following season.

1993/94 saw promotion again , this time to the Conference, finishing fifth in their first year.

In their second year in the Conference they won the title, but promotion was not to be as their ground was not up to League standard, although ironically it was by the start of the season.

A certain team named Torquay were saved from the 'dreaded drop'.

The next season saw them finish third and reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup, losing 0-2 away to Birmingham City.

Another great cup run next season saw them up against Newcastle United at Home. After a 1-1- draw they lost the replay 1-2 away.

With a certain Victor Green as Chairman, Paul Fairclough lost his job, followed by several successors, but returned when the coast was clear in the summer of 2000 with Phil Wallace coming in as Chairman.

Fairclough was replcaed by Wayne Turner assisted by Gary Phillips, but recently Graham Westley has taken over the reigns in a very controversial move from Farnborough.

  
       
 

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