Pre-Match

Last Updated: 31 December 2013

Stick A Pony In Me Pocket…

That’s right lads and ladies, we’ll fetch the suitcase from the van. Off to Bristol City for our third festive fixture and who wouldn’t be charmed by the knowledge that the unsuspecting block of flats behind Ashton Gate served as Nelson Mandela House from 1989 onwards. If you’re interested in …

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So, Here It Is – Merry Christmas…

Festive greetings scamps and no peeking, remember – we here at BoroGuide see you when you’re sleeping and we see when you’re awake. No, we’re only kidding – we have no control over the CCTV network and we’re in no fit state to see anything after the amount of cheese …

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Twas The Saturday Before Christmas…

“It’s Christmas, Theo. It’s the time of miracles. So be of good cheer. And call me when you hit the last lock.” Die Hard – quite possibly the greatest Christmas movie ever. Now, that is not up for debate but what could get us bickering over the turkey this festive …

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Can We Do It On A Cold Saturday In Stoke?

“The journey is a tough one that we’re on… people have got to learn and learn quickly or else they will be out of work in the summer” – anyone would think Our Graham is a little miffed at the moment. Out of one competition, but still in another; we’re …

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Paint Pot Preview: The Swindon Edition

Bust a groove, it’s the all-singing, all-dancing Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Area Semi-Final – Southern Section. Rolls off the tongue, don’t it? In this season’s competition, we’ve already won more games than all of our previous cracks at this pot put together. In numbers, that’s two games won this season against …

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The Potential Banana Skin

“We owe them one! I, like everyone, was a little bit disappointed when the draw was made” – words that will no doubt define a generation are brought to you by Stourbridge chairman Andy Pountney. We just thought it was best to start off by letting you know what we’re up …

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The One Where You Shrews, You Lose

You Shrews, you lose… geddit? Ah please yourself then. We never said we were good at the punning game, same as we aren’t much cop at predicting how Boro’ are going to fare. We’d been sure EEMPT (DWAH)’s Gillingham side were there for the taking on Tuesday, but we somehow …

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Gillingham. The club where the careers of ex-Stevenage managers see out their days? Maybe – but all we're bothered about here are points...

The One That Did Well At Hull

Gillingham – the club where the careers of ex-Stevenage managers see out their days? The evidence is best described as “tenuous” but that’s no consolation to Mark Stimson. He left us for the Gills in 2007, but since leaving Priestfield in 2010 has been at Barnet (ach!) and Kettering Town …

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The One That Won’t Cost The Earth

Greetings! And our thanks must first go to the English football and cricket teams for giving us the perfect opportunity to forget all about last week’s disaster against Rotherham. We’re ready to go again in League One this weekend and ready for us to get back on track. Even if …

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