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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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If it's the right time for Boro' to get a new badge, it's also the right time for BoroGuide to look a bit more presentable for this new era too

We’ve Changed – A New Look For BoroGuide…

If it’s the right time for Boro’ to get a new badge, it’s also the right time for BoroGuide to look a bit more presentable for this new era too. It’s something we’ve been working on for way longer than we care to remember. But there was a lot to …

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An early look ahead to the 2019-20 League Two season – barely a month since we laid the last campaign to rest and clocked off for the summer...

2019-20 League Two: So, How’s It Shaping Up?

Hang on, why are we waffling on about the 2019-20 League Two season already? It’s barely a month since we laid the last campaign to rest and it’s not even cold in the – um – ground. Yet, here we are now; hitting up the new term for a cheeky …

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Say Goodbye, Wave Hello: Who's going from and coming to League Two this summer?

Wave Goodbye, Say Hello

Right then. Now we know. The teams a-coming to and a-going from League Two are now set in stone. With it, we can be at least 99% sure of who Boro’ have to deal with when the 2018-9 campaign starts motoring. Some are old faces, and others? Well, no. They’re …

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Stevenage summer transfer activity: Shakin' it up like a polaroid picture...

Shakin’ It Up Like A Polaroid Picture

In the end, the glow of our great 2016-7 League Two adventure began to fade towards the end of term. After making April Fools of Barnet, Boro’ forgot how to win. And that’s why, of course, the playoffs are taking place without the benefit of our valued input. You’ll no more define our season by …

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One Out, One In…

In a move that comes as a greater surprise than the continued demand for five-day-a-week Emmerdale, it appears our old pal Bira Dembele has now settled on his next career move. League One had been the likely destination for our one-time defensive goliath; his impressive displays in the back end of last season believed to …

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The Capital One Cup draw takes us to Mick McCarthy's Ipswich Town

Capital One Cup Draw: Ipswich Town (Away)

So, Ipswich Town are to be our first round opponents thanks to the Capital One Cup draw; the Tractor Boys one of just two sides to lose to us in the nation’s second-most prestigious cup competition. To date, at least. Us beating them in a two-goal victory came at the …

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Teddy Boys

The king is dead, long live the king! The arrival of June this week won’t have come as too much of a surprise; not if you’ve been keeping tabs on the Cliff Richard calendar in your kitchen. But with only 200-odd shopping days left til Christmas, the start of this summer (no laughing back …

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Is it the end of the road for Graham Westley?

Graham Westley: End Of The Road?

The little whisperers that can often be heard in footballing circles have, it seems, turned their attention to our humble abode. If Sky Sports sources are to be believed, Stevenage Football Club are being allowed to talk to an employee of West Ham United Football Club. Does that mean it’s …

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