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With the FA considering the sale of Wembley, is history in favour of the Three Lions playing on the road – or is Wembley still the place to be?

Are England Better At Wembley… Or On The Road?

It wasn’t so long ago that the Football Association were considering selling Wembley. Although the idea isn’t on the table – for the time being! – it did float the possibility of the national team playing their home games around the country. But, is history in favour of the Three …

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Promotions and Wembley finals are much better than languishing in mid-table, right?

The Mysterious World of Mid-Table Obscurity

There is something odd about mid-table obscurity. That no man’s land where teams dwell without fear of relegation, but with no hope of glory. As a fan, there is something reassuring about knowing you are going to be safe well before the season is over. At the same time, however, it …

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Stevenage v Crewe Alexandra: Time to rail against the machine...

Rail Against The Machine

In this devilish dystopian world of ours, our last two results have been brought to you by the number eight. It’s, as you darn well rootin’ tootin’ know, the whatever you want to call it in our humbling at the hands of Charlton. Athletic that is, not Heston. And it’s …

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Exeter City v Stevenage: It's an 'exe-rated' fixture...

Exe-Rated

If a Boro’ team wins 1-0 at Carlisle, but the fans’ bus doesn’t get there for our clan to see it happen, does it really happen? It must do. We’ve seen YouTube vids and animated gifs. Here’s a picture. What more bloody proof do you need? Well, how about we …

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Carlisle United v Stevenage: Carlisle See You When You Get There...

Carlisle See You When You Get There…

Now we’ve seen off the league’s bottom feeders, it’s time for us to step up. We’re now facing the Creme de la Menthe of League Two, and what a back-breaking escapade it promises to be too. Our switch from the bottom four to the top five is about to see us …

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Stevenage v Grimsby Town:

Grimblesby

Grimsby indoors, eh? It’s much like a slap in the belly with a wet fish; sounds entertaining at first, but then a harsh reality soon sets in. It hurts, don’t it? In taking to the field this weekend, Boro’ get the huge honour of being first (probably) to complete the …

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Notts County v Stevenage: Introducing our County File...

County File

From the second worst side in the division indoors to the worst; we’d better catch ourselves on and make the most of this kind run of fixtures at the mo. As sure as Mark Lawrenson is predicting that Liverpool will – once more – avoid defeat for the 17514th consecutive …

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Stevenage v Macclesfield Town: It's the return of the Macc...

Return Of The Macc…

Oh look. It’s Macclesfield Town, and it’s been a while; the Silkmen are back in the neighbourhood after more than seven years in non-league exile. Or should that be purgatory? We’ll have to ask our friends down the A1 about that some time. For now, though, Macc now come to …

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Stevenage v Cambridge United: Draw it how you like, it's still not a *proper* derby in our eyes...

Win, U’s Or Draw?

As ding-dong derby days go, the idea of Cambridge United makes us shrug our shoulders as if we’ve suddenly come over all French. Mais oui, there have been a few choice battles between us cool kids and dem nerds now and then; some tasty shizzle went down back in our shared Conference …

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