Barcelona and Real Madrid? Celtic and Rangers? River Plate and Boca Juniors? Nah, it’s all about Woking and Stevenage! Out of nowhere came a fierce rivalry during our hotly-contested time at the top of the Conference. It was most likely because the Cards couldn’t seem to win the title. It’s all rooted in jealousy, you see.
First meeting during our rubbish 1987-8 Vauxhall Opel League Division 1 campaign, a love-hate relationship grew from 1994 on; us having caught them in the Conference by then. In that, we mean we loved to hate each other. And we’ve gone on to meet more times than any other side. For us that is, not necessarily them.
Our paths, however, separated in the 21st century. We got good, and they got rubbish. Rather than slogging it out with us for the Conference title, Woking were more often to be battling relegation. Now we’re established in the Football League and they’re struggling to re-establish themselves in the Conference.
