Stevenage: 1986-7 Season Details
It wasn’t until late in the 1986/7 season that Stevenage Borough were safe from the threat of relegation from Vauxhall Opel League Division One, with Boro’ ending the league campaign on a run of 14 games without a win. Few could have thought that the 1-0 win at Maidenhead United on 28 February would be the last in the league campaign for that season.
On the cup front, Halesowen Town halted Boro’s FA Cup run at the third qualifying round and Boreham Wood ended any hopes of success in the FA Trophy after a second qualifying round replay. Boro’ did, however, make the semi-finals of the Herts Senior Cup and Knights Floodlit League – the only two cup runs of notes from a challenging season for Boro’.
Full 1989-90 Details:
Most Appearances: Dave Cooper and Ricky Marshall - 54
Top Goalscorer: Ricky Marshall – 17
1986-7 Boro' Rollcall
Sort Players By:
| Pld | Gls | YC | RC | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mick Adamson | 11 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Allen | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Steve Armsby | 15 (0) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Ball | 18 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mark Bellamy | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 38 (2) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dave Cooper | 54 (0) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ? Croft | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Cumberbatch | 32 (7) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Danny Dance | 14 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinny Dixon | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Phil Driver | 9 (0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Elliott | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Ewins | 8 (0) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Des Gallagher | 45 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gibbs | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Gittings | 4 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Gittings | 25 (0) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Hennessey | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Honey | 50 (0) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Andy Hudson | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Jeffrey | 30 (0) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ricky Marshall | 54 (0) | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Marshall | 15 (4) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Andy McCollin | 23 (0) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Myers | 43 (6) | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Richard Nugent | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Page | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Paine | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Pettipher | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Phillips | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Phillips | 1 (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R Phillips | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Pirie | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Shadbolt | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Shea | 19 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Tansley | 7 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Templeton | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denny Tyler | 48 (0) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Micky Warren | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Watkins | 37 (4) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dean Watson | 1 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nigel Wilson | 16 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Key:
- Apps = Appearances (Substitute Appearances)
- Gls = Goals Scored
- YC = Yellow Cards
- RC = Red Cards
- US = Unused Subs
1986-7 Vauxhall Opel League Division One Table
| Pl | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leytonstone Ilford | 42 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 78 | 29 | 49 | 95 |
| 2 | Leyton Wingate | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 68 | 31 | 37 | 82 |
| 3 | Bracknell Town | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 92 | 48 | 44 | 81 |
| 4 | Southwick | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 80 | 66 | 14 | 76 |
| 5 | Wembley | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 47 | 14 | 72 |
| 6 | Grays Athletic | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 76 | 64 | 12 | 67 |
| 7 | Kingsbury Town | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 69 | 67 | 2 | 67 |
| 8 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 52 | 7 | 66 |
| 9 | Uxbridge | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 63 |
| 10 | Leatherhead | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | -3 | 62 |
| 11 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 57 | 55 | 2 | 59 |
| 12 | Basildon United | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 60 | -2 | 58 |
| 13 | Billericay Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 57 | 52 | 5 | 54 |
| 14 | Staines Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 51 | -11 | 52 |
| 15 | Lewes | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 55 | 65 | -10 | 51 |
| 16 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 61 | 67 | -8 | 47 |
| 17 | Oxford City | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 64 | 72 | -8 | 43 |
| 18 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 53 | 74 | -21 | 43 |
| 19 | Tilbury | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 46 | 70 | -24 | 43 |
| 20 | Epsom & Ewell | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 44 | 68 | -24 | 43 |
| 21 | Maidenhead United | 42 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 44 | 76 | -32 | 37 |
| 22 | Finchley | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 44 | 90 | -46 | 29 |