Opening Day Fixtures: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Last Updated: 05 July 2024

Now we know the opening day fixtures for the 2023-4 season, how will this year's rank among Boro's previous curtain-raisers?

Opening Day Fixtures: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

Now we know the opening day fixtures for the 2023-4 season, how will this year’s rank among Boro’s previous curtain-raisers? Of all the teams to face, Northampton Town would probably be our 24th choice out of 23. And to be away too? It’s nothing (much) personal against the Cobblers. It’s …

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As we moan about the summer heat we've waited months for, our thoughts are starting to turn towards Boro's return to League One

Oh, Those Summer Ni-i-ights

As we moan about the summer heat we’ve waited months for, our thoughts are starting to turn towards Boro’s return to League One. It’s a strange one. Just recently, someone asked us if we were missing football. Now, this was only one day after the 2022-3 Champions League final. At …

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The end of another season; a memorable campaign. And here are our five of the best Boro' matches from 2022-3 to look back on...

5 Of The Best: Boro’ Matches 2022-3

It’s the end of another season; the conclusion to a memorable campaign for Boro’ that’ll be sure to live long in the memory. And what does the end of term mean? Yes – that’s right. An array of listicles! Best players, best songs, best away days… loads of content ideas …

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Stevenage promoted. That's all the history books will say. Everything else will be a footnote...

Stevenage Promoted: The Times Boro’ Went Up…

Stevenage promoted. That’s all the history books will say. Everything else will be a footnote; Boro’ completing a remarkable reversal in fortunes to earn their place in League One for the 2023-4 campaign. It’s the seventh time (if we counted right) that we’ve gone up one division based on our …

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Stevenage Borough 4-0 Woking: Easter Monday 1996 is the date which will live in infamy; Boro' making it very clear to Woking who would be Conference champions

Good Game: Stevenage Borough 4-0 Woking

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 …

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The story of how Boro's nine-goal romp at home to Royston Town pipped an 8-0 win to become our biggest win of the 1984-5 campaign | BoroGuide

Good Game: Stevenage Borough 9-0 Royston Town

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 …

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Let's settle the debate once and for all. We tasked ChatGPT with declaring Boro's all-time greatest XI. And the result? Well...

ChatGPT: Boro’s All-Time Greatest XI

It’s a case of ‘BoroGuide battles the green and white robot’; diving – as we so often like to do for amusement – into the depths of ChatGPT. You’ll no doubt be familiar with this leap forward in AI. It can apparently solve the world’s woes with intense experience and …

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We're probably preaching to the converted here – but let's dive into five of our top reasons to support Stevenage Football Club

5 Of The Best: Reasons to Support Stevenage Football Club

It has to be said – we’re quite fond of the Boro’. If nothing else, they inspire us to keep doing this bleedin’ website; now 20+ years in. Our reasons to support Stevenage Football Club? It’s often a hard one to nail down. We have many reasons; some abstract, others personal. …

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The 2007 FA Trophy Final – one of the biggest Stevenage FC matches in history (to date)

10 Of The Best: Biggest Stevenage FC Matches In History

It’s a bit of an understatement – but there have been some huge moments in the history of Stevenage (Borough) Football Club since coming to life in 1976. It’s tough to boil them down into a list of just 10 iconic moments; trying to capture the significance of those games, …

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