BEFORE BORO'

Welcome to the section of BoroGuide dedicated to the history of senior football in Stevenage before the current Boro' incarnation was born in 1976. It is generally accepted that Boro' is the third attempt at establishing senior football in the town, following on from the former Stevenage Athletic and Stevenage Town football clubs that have graced pitches in years that have now dwindled into the memory of those who saw.

The demise of Stevenage Athletic after just eight years in existence was particularly hard to bear on those individuals who had worked hard to form the club in the wake of Stevenage Town's dissolution in 1968. Town, which had also toyed with omitting the suffix between 1956 and 1960, can be traced back to the turn of the 20th century.

We can only attempt to find out as much as we can to ensure records are kept factually correct, but in some instances we may have fallen ever-so-slightly short. After all, we're sure you can appreciate that we haven't been there for every season that's gone by. And our knowledge will be dependent on available avenues of research that naturally dwindle the further in time you go back. They didn't have the internet in 1899 y'know.

Are we missing anything that you know? Tell us.

League Position FA Cup FA Trophy
Stevenage Athletic (1968-1976)
1976/7 (Southern League Division 1N) 1Q PR
1975/6 (Southern League Division 1N) 22nd 2Q 1Q
1974/5 (Southern League Division 1N) 11th 3Q PR
1973/4 (Southern League Division 1N) 7th 1Q 2Q
1972/3 (Southern League Division 1N) 17th 2Q 2Q
1971/2 (Southern League Division 1N) 15th 2Q 2Q
1970/1 (Southern League Division 1) 16th 2Q 2Q
1969/70 (Metropolitan League) 2nd 1Q 1Q
1968/9 (Metropolitan League) 9th
 
Stevenage Town (1960-1968)
1967/8 (Southern League Premier Div.) 22nd 3Q
1966/7 (Southern League Division 1) 3rd 3Q
1965/6 (Southern League Division 1) 7th 3Q
1964/5 (Southern League Division 1) 5th 3Q
1963/4 (Southern League Division 1) 6th 1Q
1962/3 (Delphian League)
1962/3 (Emergency Delphian League)
Abandoned
8th
1Q
1961/2 (Delphian League) 9th
1960/1 (Delphian League) 13th 2Q
Stevenage (1956-1960)
1959/60 (Delphian League) 10th 1Q
1958/9 (Delphian League) 14th 2Q
1957/8 (Delphian League) 14th 1Q
1956/7 (Delphian League) 11th PR
Stevenage Town (1899-1956)
1955/6 (Delphian League) 15th PR
1954/5 (Delphian League) 9th 1Q
1953/4 (Delphian League) 7th 2Q
1952/3 (Delphian League) 5th 1Q
1951/2 (Delphian League) 12th PR
1950/1 EP
1949/50 EP
1948/9 PR
1947/8 (Spartan League Division 1E) 2nd
 
1940/1
1939/40
1938/9 2Q
1937/8 1Q
1936/7 1Q
1935/6 2Q
1934/5 1Q
1933/4 PR
1932/3 EP
1931/2 2Q
 
1928/9 1Q
 
1924/5 (Herts County League) 3rd
1923/4 (Herts County League) 6th
1922/3 (Herts County League NE Div.) 4th
1921/2 (Herts County League NE Div.) 9th
1920/1 (Herts County League N Div.) 4th
 
1908/9 (Herts County League N Div.) 12th
1907/8 (Herts County League N Div.) 7th
1906/7 (Herts County League N Div.) 5th
1905/6 (Herts County League N Div.) 5th
1904/5 (Herts County League N Div.) 2nd
1903/4 (Herts County League N Div.) 5th
1902/3 (Herts County League N Div.) 8th
1901/2 (Herts County League N Div.) 5th
1900/1
1899/00 (Herts County League) 8th
 
1890/1
 
1884/5



Old Boro' Team

Timeline:
Stevenage Borough
1976-
Stevenage Athletic
1968-1976
Stevenage Town
1899-1968
(as Stevenage FC)
1956-1960
(as Stevenage Wanderers)
1895

Thanks to: Football Club History Database, Russell Gerrard and the RSSSF's Non-League Archive, Chris Day, Lloyd Briscoe and Paulio

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