In our club’s not-so-long story, the name Brian Aldridge is forever linked with a bit of a cock up; one that’s not even his fault. In fact, it’s a bit of a rum deal for the stopper who actually came in to do us a favour back in the day. …
Good Game: The series looking at the amazing, utterly memorable, unbelievably dramatic and downright ludicrous games that involved Stevenage Borough over the years. But we’ll insist that we accept no blame for memories warped by time, age or alcohol consumption at the time. We’ll never refer to any games involving …
When a loan deal is turned into a permanent one, that lad must be doing something right. Luke Freeman is a good case in point. After all, one of the joys of bringing someone in on loan is that you can send them back. Sometimes, you simply can’t wait for …
To a few people, he’s a two-time Olympic decathlon champion; winning gold in 1980 and 1984. But, to others, Daley Thompson is best known as a Boro’ player. Probably. At least, we think we got it the right way around. And it was a blink-and-you-miss-it relationship. He came in, played, …
Oh, look who’s back for another new season. Now past the 19-year mark online, what’s new with us for the 2021-2 campaign? Not a huge amount in truth. The BoroGuide team certainly has little desire to reinvent a wheel that has been turning since summer 2002. And that now makes …
After the sense of déjà vu going into Christmas, part two of our Stevenage review of the season charts a remarkable resurgence; one that lifted us well clear of what seemed like the inevitable battle for survival we so badly managed the season before. Boro’ came into the new year …
While another club season draws to a close, there will be no let-up in the action as Euro 2020 (11 June – 11 July) gets underway in a couple of weeks. The tournament, which UEFA still uses ‘2020’ for sponsorship reasons despite taking place in the summer of 2021, will …
The 2020-1 campaign – if anyone asks in years to come, you’ll tell ’em it was a weird one, right? But we can’t just let it go without a proper send-off. So, before it becomes little more than an abandoned chapter in a book, let’s take it for one final …
All teams have seasons that live long in the memory. Mind you, that can sometimes be for better or for worse. Y’know, if you’re Derby County fans looking back at a diabolical 2007-8 Premier League campaign. For Boro’, however, seasons that live longest in our memories are laced with good …
And now the end is near, and so we face the Iron curtain; a line that probably only lands if you know a) what song we’ve ripped off and b) what the Iron curtain was. To be clear, that second one is not a immovable window dressing for your front …
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