Making History Not Living In It

Last Updated: 04 January 2013

So Solid. Crewe.

We had to be dragged kicking and screaming out of a memorable 2012 for Boro’, but we’re now finally ready to embrace 2013 and all it (hopefully) has to offer. Did we miss anything while we were readily acclimatising to this Brave New World in the last few days? Apart …

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2012: Review Of The Year

If there is one thing to be said for being a Stevenage fan over the past few years, it is that it has been quite a ride. And the calendar year that was 2012 has been no different. Although it was the first in three years that there wasn’t a …

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Tying Ourselves In Notts

Before we even had the opportunity to begin writing this epic prose, we were told that it is not certain that tomorrow’s match will be able to go ahead. Fairlands Valley Park seems to have an additional lake to offer visitors because the weather is continuing to be a right …

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The BoroGuide Christmas Special

Here it is – the long-awaited BoroGuide Christmas Special! It is second only in stature to the great Morecambe and Wise and we’re looking to draw in an audience of 18 million on BBC 1 later this evening. Granted, we’ve checked the schedules and there appears to be a mistake …

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Are You Ready For The Craw… ley?

Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now… we don’t often go in for electro music, but it is a simple message from Hot Chip. Our traditional November struggle now behind us, we hurtle towards the festive frolics of Christmas with a win …

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A Load Of Old Toffee (2020)

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 12

A Load Of Old Toffee meets… Adam Miller and Jon Nurse (Part 1): Following on from the live, unplugged and cold podcast recorded at Royston Town, the ALOOT team delivers the latest in its series of pre-Christmas specials. This time we’re back indoors to welcome ex-Boro’ players Jon Nurse and …

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The Single Biggest Game Ever. Maybe.

Let’s have a little bet. How far can we get into this blog post without mentioning Graham Westley? If you said “18 words”, you will be awarded some form of honour at some point and we will sigh in exasperation. But then again, were we ever going able to escape …

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Introducing: Paolo Di Canio

As the photo to the left illustrates, Paolo Di Canio is a fairly genial, understated person and is rarely seen to be making waves. Those in the seats behind the away dugout can, therefore, not expect any theatrics as the league season moves on with Swindon at home. How we …

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Pomp-ey And Circumstance

Well. That’ll learn us. If we ever feel compelled to be mildly concerned about our prospects for an upcoming game, we’ll do well to take a cue from this week’s wonderful victory at MK Dons. In bouncing back from the defeat at Colchester United so admirably, we also get the …

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It’s Easy MK

OK, don’t believe the blog title. It certainly won’t be easy MK. Tomorrow is arguably Boro’s toughest test of the season to date, and it doesn’t help that it comes off the back of our first league defeat of the season. Having gone 10 unbeaten, we’ll have to go some …

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