2004-5

Nationwide Conference

Most Appearances: Dannie Bulman - 49

Top Goalscorer: Anthony Elding - 22

Last Updated: 22 June 2022

2004-5

Stevenage Borough came as close to achieving the ultimate aim of Football League status as we had ever been in 2004-5, but it wasn’t quite to be. In spite of not always being at our best, Graham Westley put enough points on the board to qualify for the playoffs. It did, however, need Morecambe to drop points at Tamworth on the final day of term; the door left open for us to step on through. After making the final, Boro’ arguably had the better chances against Carlisle United.

The Cumbrians scored the all-important goal, though. Our best chance fell to Michael Warner(!). And we were left to contemplate yet another season in the Conference.

There was no shortage of iconic moments during the 2004-5 season either; Ritchie Hanlon making his debut down at Dagenham in goal, Andy Woodman gifting a costly corner to eventual champions Barnet and a remarkable 3-3 draw at Scarborough; Boro’ being three goals down in no time at all. It does gloss over some pretty dross days, but they were few and far between. Thankfully. And it did mean the bar had been raised for the next season.

Full 2004-5 Details:

Saturday 14 August 2004

Tuesday 17 August 2004

Saturday 21 August 2004

Saturday 28 August 2004

Monday 30 August 2004

Saturday 04 September 2004

Saturday 11 September 2004

Saturday 18 September 2004

Tuesday 21 September 2004

Saturday 25 September 2004

Tuesday 28 September 2004

Saturday 02 October 2004

Tuesday 05 October 2004

Saturday 09 October 2004

Saturday 16 October 2004

Saturday 23 October 2004

Saturday 30 October 2004

Saturday 06 November 2004

Saturday 13 November 2004

Saturday 20 November 2004

Saturday 27 November 2004

Saturday 04 December 2004

Tuesday 07 December 2004

Saturday 11 December 2004

Saturday 18 December 2004

Sunday 26 December 2004

Tuesday 28 December 2004

Sunday 02 January 2005

Saturday 08 January 2005

Saturday 15 January 2005

Saturday 22 January 2005

Tuesday 25 January 2005

Saturday 29 January 2005

Tuesday 08 February 2005

Saturday 12 February 2005

Saturday 19 February 2005

Tuesday 22 February 2005

Saturday 26 February 2005

Tuesday 01 March 2005

Saturday 05 March 2005

Saturday 19 March 2005

Monday 21 March 2005

Friday 25 March 2005

Monday 28 March 2005

Wednesday 30 March 2005

Saturday 02 April 2005

Tuesday 05 April 2005

Saturday 09 April 2005

Saturday 16 April 2005

Tuesday 19 April 2005

Saturday 23 April 2005

Monday 02 May 2005

Friday 06 May 2005

Saturday 14 May 2005

2004-5 Boro' Rollcall

Name Pld Gls YC RC US
Shaun Batt 2 (0) 1 0 0 0
Matt Batt 0 (1) 0 0 0 2
Graham Benstead 0 (0) 0 0 0 2
Joe Black 1 (0) 0 0 0 0
George Boyd 22 (16) 3 4 1 0
Jon Brady 30 (12) 4 7 0 2
Dean Brennan 0 (1) 0 0 0 0
Michael Brough 14 (13) 2 4 0 3
Dannie Bulman 48 (1) 2 6 0 0
Rob Burch 3 (0) 0 0 0 2
Steve Croudson 2 (0) 0 1 0 16
Jimmy Dack 0 (0) 0 0 0 1
Anthony Elding 46 (2) 22 10 0 0
Lee Farrow 3 (1) 0 0 0 15
Jo Flack 2 (19) 2 2 0 9
Jason Goodliffe 44 (1) 5 9 1 0
Jamie Gould 0 (0) 0 0 0 2
Justin Gregory 43 (2) 0 10 0 0
Ritchie Hanlon 17 (4) 3 4 0 0
Sam Hatton 2 (0) 0 0 0 0
Ronnie Henry 13 (5) 0 0 0 0
Matt Hocking 39 (3) 1 2 0 4
Richard Hodgson 1 (0) 0 1 0 1
Jermaine Hunter 4 (6) 2 1 0 9
Albert Jarrett 2 (3) 0 0 1 1
Alan Julian 17 (0) 0 1 0 1
Liam Kay 1 (0) 0 0 0 0
Barry Laker 36 (1) 1 3 0 1
Glen Lamacraft 3 (0) 0 1 0 0
David Lee 0 (1) 0 0 0 0
Ieuan Lewis 2 (0) 0 0 0 5
Nick Liversedge 0 (0) 0 0 0 2
Dino Maamria 26 (7) 13 11 0 1
Shaun Marshall 5 (0) 0 0 0 0
Craig McAllister 3 (7) 1 0 0 2
? Mitchell 0 (0) 0 0 0 2
Dave Morrison 0 (1) 0 0 0 0
Jon Nurse 12 (11) 3 3 0 8
Alex O'Reilly 0 (0) 0 0 0 3
Richard Pacquette 2 (0) 0 1 0 0
Brian Quailey 11 (2) 2 0 0 4
Rob Quinn 35 (2) 2 9 0 8
Mark Rogers 18 (2) 0 3 0 4
Gary Schillaci 3 (1) 0 0 0 1
Mark Shadrack 1 (1) 0 1 0 1
Darryn Stamp 19 (1) 8 1 0 0
Laurie Stewart 3 (1) 0 1 0 2
Chris Sullivan 1 (1) 1 0 0 1
John Vooght 0 (0) 0 0 0 2
Jamie Waite 0 (0) 0 0 0 1
Michael Warner 19 (2) 0 2 0 2
Simon Weatherstone 14 (9) 2 6 1 0
Mark Westhead 0 (0) 0 0 0 9
Darren Williams 1 (0) 0 0 0 0
Andy Woodman 24 (0) 0 1 1 0

 

Key:

  • Apps = Appearances (Substitute Appearances)
  • Gls = Goals Scored
  • YC = Yellow Cards
  • RC = Red Cards
  • US = Unused Subs

2004-5 Nationwide Conference Table

Pl W D L F A GD Pts
Barnet
2Hereford United4221111068412774
Carlisle United
4Aldershot Town4221101468521673
5Stevenage Borough422261465521372
6Exeter City4220111171502171
7Morecambe421914969501971
8Woking4218141058451368
9Halifax Town421991474561866
10Accrington Stanley4218111372581465
11Dagenham & Redbridge42198156860865
12Crawley Town42169175050057
13Scarborough4214141460461456
14Ebbsfleet United421311185864-650
15Tamworth421411175363-1050 *
16Burton Albion421311185066-1650
17York City421110213966-2743
18Canvey Island42915185365-1242
19Northwich Victoria421410185872-1442
20Forest Green Rovers42615214181-4033
21Farnborough42611253589-5429
22Leigh RMI4246323198-6718

* Tamworth deducted three points