It’s not the best situation to find yourself in. Boro’ face their second cup match in the space of four days – and, with it, the distinct likelihood that we’ll be out of another cup competition. Thankfully, however, tonight’s tie is only the Checkatrade Doo-dah and few will shed tears if the burden of taking part …
Ah, yes – pray silence for the glorious return of a competition that’s going to turn England into world-beaters and earn Shaun Harvey a knighthood. The Checkatrade Trophy is rearing its fugly head for the second time this season. And it pours a bucket of cold water over any hopes that, somehow, our 3-1 defeat at …
In it’s latest and vain attempt to flog its dead horse of a competition, the Football League has truly excelled itself. And, by which, we mean balls it right up. The suits at Football League HQ have an “interesting” idea of what constitutes a winning new formula for its Trophy competition. To us, …
The John Stones Paint Trophy – it’s probably fifth in the list of our priorities for the season, behind the league, the FA Cup, the league again, the Herts Senior Cup. It’s only because we’re already out the League Cup that it doesn’t prop up the half-dozen in our list. Our enthusiasm …
Bust a groove, it’s the all-singing, all-dancing Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Area Semi-Final – Southern Section. Rolls off the tongue, don’t it? In this season’s competition, we’ve already won more games than all of our previous cracks at this pot put together. In numbers, that’s two games won this season against …
… if we want to be generous about the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. Now before we get sniffy about the competition, shall we remind ourselves about the FA Trophy. If you’re aiming to get promoted to the Football League and striving for an attracting FA Cup Third Round tie in January, …
That fixture computer can be an awful cad sometimes. It’s been just over a week since the dispiriting 4-1 reverse at MK Dons but once again we find our paths crossing – this time in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy. It’s hardly an ideal set of circumstances; would you enter a …
We must be getting old here at BoroGuide Towers. Just two days in Amsterdam and the third and fourth are – for all intents and purposes – write-offs. It was good to hear that Stevenage remain unbeaten in League One. A win would have been preferable, but points win prizes …
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