Boro' History

Last Updated: 05 July 2024

Stevenage promoted. That's all the history books will say. Everything else will be a footnote...

Stevenage Promoted: The Times Boro’ Went Up…

Stevenage promoted. That’s all the history books will say. Everything else will be a footnote; Boro’ completing a remarkable reversal in fortunes to earn their place in League One for the 2023-4 campaign. It’s the seventh time (if we counted right) that we’ve gone up one division based on our …

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Stevenage Borough 4-0 Woking: Easter Monday 1996 is the date which will live in infamy; Boro' making it very clear to Woking who would be Conference champions

Good Game: Stevenage Borough 4-0 Woking

Good Game: The series looking at the amazing, utterly memorable, unbelievably dramatic and downright ludicrous games that involved Stevenage Borough over the years. But we’ll insist that we accept no blame for memories warped by time, age or alcohol consumption at the time. We’ll never refer to any games involving …

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Let's settle the debate once and for all. We tasked ChatGPT with declaring Boro's all-time greatest XI. And the result? Well...

ChatGPT: Boro’s All-Time Greatest XI

It’s a case of ‘BoroGuide battles the green and white robot’; diving – as we so often like to do for amusement – into the depths of ChatGPT. You’ll no doubt be familiar with this leap forward in AI. It can apparently solve the world’s woes with intense experience and …

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We've had many super strikers on our books over the years. But who are the most prolific forwards to turn out for the Boro'?

Stevenage: Most Prolific Forwards In History

Stevenage Football Club are not one of the heavy hitters of English football. But that does not mean that we’ve not had top players showcase their talents at the Lamex Stadium in the past. Deadly goalscorers, tough tacklers and creative technicians; Boro’ have had it all, but who were the …

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We're probably preaching to the converted here – but let's dive into five of our top reasons to support Stevenage Football Club

5 Of The Best: Reasons to Support Stevenage Football Club

It has to be said – we’re quite fond of the Boro’. If nothing else, they inspire us to keep doing this bleedin’ website; now 20+ years in. Our reasons to support Stevenage Football Club? It’s often a hard one to nail down. We have many reasons; some abstract, others personal. …

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The 2007 FA Trophy Final – one of the biggest Stevenage FC matches in history (to date)

10 Of The Best: Biggest Stevenage FC Matches In History

It’s a bit of an understatement – but there have been some huge moments in the history of Stevenage (Borough) Football Club since coming to life in 1976. It’s tough to boil them down into a list of just 10 iconic moments; trying to capture the significance of those games, …

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In Boro's Football League years, Darius Charles – the original defensive centre-forward – is very much a cult classic candidate

Cult Classic: Darius Charles

In Boro’s Football League years, Darius Charles – the original defensive centre-forward – is very much a cult classic candidate. The only question we have is of ourselves; trying to work out how we hadn’t got to this celebration of Big D before. The modern game has an idea of …

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Our epic 2022-3 shirt design got us nostalgic for the last time we saw such clobber; the 1999-00 Nationwide Conference season

1999-00: Behind The Numbers

For the first time in a generation, Boro’ opted for a red-fading-into-black home shirt design for the 2022-3 League Two season; a proper shift away from our more familiar red and white clobber – but, in our opinion, a beautiful kit all the same. You have to go back more …

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New Year's Day games (usually) are part and parcel of the season. Here are five of the best for the sake of Auld Lang Syne...

5 Of The Best: New Year’s Day Games

In our heads, New Year’s Day games are part and parcel of your average football season. It’s almost etched into our souls – much like what we consider to be an obligatory Boxing Day get together. Even better were the good old days when you could set your watch by …

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The recent 5-0 win over Barrow counts as one of our best Boro' games of 2022...

5 Of The Best: Boro’ Games In 2022

You know us – we don’t half love a good end of year listicle. In fact, we’re so cynical that sometimes we wonder if some celebrities may try to time their passing in order to make the list of those what we lost this year. After all: last name written …

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