Relegation

Last Updated: 25 January 2023

The 1987-8 season will forever be the first one in which a Boro' side ended up being relegated. But do stats tell the full tale?

1987-8: Behind The Numbers

All too often, football little more than numbers on a page. But what about the stories that sit behind them? The 1987-8 Vauxhall Opel League Division One season will forever be the first one in which a Boro’ side ended up being relegated. But do stats paint the full picture? …

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Looks like we're not back in action until 30 April – as long as coronavirus is working to the same dates. But what's next for this season...?

Coronavirus: The 2019-20 Season And What Happens Next

Now, isn’t this a strange situation to find ourselves in. Of course, the seriousness isn’t lost on us at all. The most important thing for us all as this coronavirus loses the run of itself is to stay safe. But, for the first time since the Second World War Two, …

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FIFA 20 Verdict: Stevenage v Newport County [14 Mar 2020]

FIFA 20 Verdict: Newport County (H)

If the current season does cop it due to events outside our control, there’s no better way to work out what’s what than our FIFA 20 Verdict. This time, it’s taking our match indoors with Newport County and putting it into its virtual mouth. What it chews and spits out …

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Episode 51

A Load Of Old Toffee – Episode 51: It can’t have escaped the attention of any Boro’ fan that our time in League One is now all but done. The 3-1 loss at home to Bristol City, along with the 24 others during the season, has sent us packing to …

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The Final Curtain

Nearly there folks, nearly there. There hasn’t been a lot from the 2013/4 campaign to put on the Doovdé Highlights – it’ll be a shorter watch than Great Michael Warner Goals Of Our Time (£1.99, VHS/Betamax). And after spending a good few months somehow losing to sides doing barely passable impressions of third tier teams, we’d rather …

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Relief?

“Relief? Well, now let us see. Y’know, we don’t have any idea what that means. We know what you think it means, Mr Westley. To us, it’s just a made up word. A manager’s word, so young fellas like can wear a suit and a tie, and have a job…” The interpretation of just one word …

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And On The Third Day…

We’ve already touched on the reasons why this fixture is as welcome as an arsonist at a fire safety convention. After failing to beat teams in and around us in recent weeks, this season is looking like it’ll have a deeply unhappy ending. Now we go to a side who …

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They Think It’s All Over…

It’s taken a couple of days, but we’ve finally dragged ourselves to the computer to accept that our League One fate is now all but sealed. We’d still have a chance if we’d overcome an average Colchester United, but we’ve been called in – our time is up. And the …

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Colchester United are in town and – beg, borrow or steal – we need three points to breathe new life into our hopes of staying in this division

Holding Out For A Hero

And so we come to what could be described as Boro’s biggest game for at least a couple of years. Colchester United are in town and – beg, borrow or steal – we need three points to breathe new life into our slightly faded hopes of staying in this division. …

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