Good Game: Stevenage Borough 2-0 Watford

Last Updated: 23 February 2023

Stevenage Borough 2-0 Watford – Did Boro's reputation as a cupset specialist start in the mid-1990s – or should you go back further to where it actually began?

Good Game: Stevenage Borough 2-0 Watford

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 Lamex Stadium. Stadio della Lamex. Estadio do Lamex. It's the place we like to call home. But how much do you know about it?

The Lamex Stadium: A Guide to the Home of Stevenage FC

The Lamex Stadium. Stadio della Lamex. Estadio do Lamex. It’s the place that we like to call home. And it’s the beating heart and soul of Stevenage Football Club. But how much do you really know about it? What we’re going to do here is take an in-depth look at …

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In Boro's Football League years, Darius Charles – the original defensive centre-forward – is very much a cult classic candidate

Cult Classic: Darius Charles

In Boro’s Football League years, Darius Charles – the original defensive centre-forward – is very much a cult classic candidate. The only question we have is of ourselves; trying to work out how we hadn’t got to this celebration of Big D before. The modern game has an idea of …

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Our epic 2022-3 shirt design got us nostalgic for the last time we saw such clobber; the 1999-00 Nationwide Conference season

1999-00: Behind The Numbers

For the first time in a generation, Boro’ opted for a red-fading-into-black home shirt design for the 2022-3 League Two season; a proper shift away from our more familiar red and white clobber – but, in our opinion, a beautiful kit all the same. You have to go back more …

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As we marched on in the 1997-8 FA Cup, 'Loud and Proud' would become a new terrace anthem to celebrate our remarkable efforts

Loud and Proud: Gordon Bennett & The Boro’ Boys

Our 1997-8 FA Cup run continues to be the stuff of legends; one of the many remarkable chapters in the story of Stevenage (Borough) FC. But it wasn’t just the memories of Swindon and Newcastle that we still have. Matchday announcer Andrew (Andy) Green had a nugget of inspiration; an …

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New Year's Day games (usually) are part and parcel of the season. Here are five of the best for the sake of Auld Lang Syne...

5 Of The Best: New Year’s Day Games

In our heads, New Year’s Day games are part and parcel of your average football season. It’s almost etched into our souls – much like what we consider to be an obligatory Boxing Day get together. Even better were the good old days when you could set your watch by …

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The recent 5-0 win over Barrow counts as one of our best Boro' games of 2022...

5 Of The Best: Boro’ Games In 2022

You know us – we don’t half love a good end of year listicle. In fact, we’re so cynical that sometimes we wonder if some celebrities may try to time their passing in order to make the list of those what we lost this year. After all: last name written …

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Luton Town 0-1 Stevenage Borough: A momentous victory for Boro' against the fallen Hatters

Good Game: Luton Town 0-1 Stevenage Borough

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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Boro' aren't in action on Friday night all that often – but it's happened before...

Friday Night Lights?

Hello, hello – what’s all this? A Friday night outing for the Boro’? To what do we owe this pleasure? Well – we probably weren’t listening at the start there when it was all announced. But we imagine the Qatar 2022 World Cup has something to do with it. And …

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As we look down at the rest of League Two from on high, it's hard not to be wowed by the complete turnaround in Boro's fortunes...

Boro’s Fortunes: A Complete Switcharoo…

Life is good at the moment, isn’t it. We sit top of the tree after 13 games; more than a quarter of the campaign under our belt. Sure, you’re free to argue that Leyton Orient can reclaim that honour by virtue of their game in hand. But points on the …

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