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Mansfield Town (H)

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It’s the first FIFA 20 Verdict of an Easter weekend double-header and we’re back indoors (literally) as we see how it’ll go against the Stags. We should really look back through the post-lockdown results to see if we have enough points on the board to catch Macclesfield or Morecambe. But we a) can’t be arsed to and b) think that’d cause us to be complacent. And we don’t want that. So, let’s see if we can make this Good Friday live up to its name.

 

FIFA 20 Verdict: Boro’ v Mansfield Town

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If the FIFA 20 Verdict is to be believed (why wouldn’t it be), we’ve been robbed of a big ol’ humdinger of a Good Friday match-up. And it’ll please you to know there’s a new-found confidence about the place; Boro’ dominating the Stags from start to finish. Quite how we found ourselves two goals down midway through the first half we’ll never know.

Maybe it was critical that Kenners bagged one back just before the interval. The Norn Iron man pulled us level midway through the second period too. But we thought we’d ballsed it right up when Cuthbert got sent off. Farman came to our rescue (ours and Boro’s) with the spot-kick save. Elliott List was guilty of wasting a great one-on-one with two minutes to go. But he did force the all-important Joe Riley error in stoppage time for the win.

UTB.

Stevenage – 3 (Kennedy 41, 66; Riley og 90+3; Cuthbert s/o 74)
Mansfield Town – 2 (Charsley 26; Maynard 30)

Team (4-4-1-1): 
Farman — James-Wildin, Soares, Cuthbert, Leesley — Kemp, Carter, Dabo, List — Kennedy — Newton

Subs:
Bastien, Digby (Dabo 82), Carroll, TVC, Nugent, Lakin (Carter 72), CMS (Kemp 69)

Bookings:
Carter

Dismissals:
Cuthbert

Boro’ MOM:
Kennedy – 9.4 / 10

Difficulty:
Legendary

Stay indoors. Save lives. Let our FIFA 20 Verdict protect our League Two status.

Boro' played Ebbsfleet United on Good Friday 2008

Good Friday Games

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Good Friday is one of those ‘special’ days in the footballing calendar. Y’know, like Boxing Day. Or the August Bank Holiday. And even St Woking Day. But it’s right to say that some of ’em have been much ‘gooder’ than others for Boro’ down the years. It can have quite …

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FIFA 20 Verdict: Oldham Athletic v Stevenage [04 Apr 2020]

Oldham Athletic (A)

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Ooh. We *really* want to win this one. And we cannot think why. Let’s see what the FIFA 20 Verdict reckons about our visit to see the Latics. If it were down (or is it up?) to us, we would be walking into this with four points from the last nine. Sure, we did balls it up with the Walsall clash midweek. But we’re allowed the odd slip-up here and there. Aren’t we? Look, just give us a chance to put it right against Dino’s Oldham side. We’re well up for it.

 

FIFA 20 Verdict: Oldham Athletic v Boro’

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We had to ride our luck to start with, though. The hosts spent a fair whack of the first half giving us some grief at the back. But no clear cut chances came of it, and soon we started to get a foothold in the match too. A lot of our attacking play went through Kenners too. But it wasn’t all rosy and we changed the formation at the break to shore things up.

Off went Soares through no fault of his own as we reverted to four at the back, with Carter and Lakin flanking Dabo in the middle. Newton was up top; Kemp and Kenners tucking in just behind. The change seemed to work and we hit the Latics with a double salvo around the hour mark to take control. Much like the Cambridge fixture earlier this term, we put it beyond doubt late on and felt good inside. A lovely three points if we do say so ourselves.

Oldham Athletic – 0
Stevenage – 4 (Newton 54; Kennedy 63, pen 90+5; CMS 90+1)

Team (3-5-1-1): 
Farman — Soares, Nugent, Cuthbert — James-Wildin, Carter, Dabo, Lakin, Kemp — Kennedy — Newton

Subs:
Bastien, Digby, TVC, Parrett (Dabo 65), List, CMS (Kemp 76), Leesley (Soares 45)

Bookings:
Kemp, Cuthbert, Dabo, Parrett

Boro’ MOM:
Kennedy – 9.2 / 10

Difficulty:
Legendary

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George Boyd

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April Fools’: Not For Us This Year, Thanks…

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FIFA 20 Verdict: Stevenage v Walsall [31 Mar 2020]

Walsall (H)

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It’s a home game that had to be rescheduled – and we’re sticking with the date announced as our FIFA 20 Verdict gets to work on Walsall indoors. For those of us who remember the time before Covid-19, this match should’ve gone down a month ago on 29 February. But …

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The Most Historic Football Matches Ever

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Scunthorpe United (H)

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Boro’ Left Wingers

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The scourge of the English national team for most of the 1990s and maybe even still now, but we’ve had some real gems of left wingers here. From the word go, we’ve had fellas on the southpaw side; twinklin’ and jiggin’ their way down the flank. All the while, they’ve …

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