Boro' History

Last Updated: 04 November 2016

Stripes' Revival – New Bid: Blast From The Past

Stripes’ Revival – New Bid: Blast From The Past

Not for the first time and (hopefully) not for the last, we’ve been trawling through the British Library archives. Our aim, obviously, is to join up yet more dots in Stevenage Football Club’s history. And what better excuse is there than Boro’s big four-zero? After ploughing through copies of The Comet that are older than our editorial team, here’s the first …

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Boro' In UCL Talks: Man Reading Newspaper 1950s

Boro’ In UCL Talks: Blast From The Past

Now, you know we’ve been trawling the archives of the British Library attempting to connect the dots in Stevenage Football Club’s history – and this is what we’ve discovered: Boro’ In UCL Talks. We’re not in the business in ripping off our local rags, our writers and their rightful property, but you might not …

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Boro' midfielder-slash-forward Robin Shroot swapped England for Norway; making the move to IL Hødd

BoroGuide Chats To… Robin Shroot

If the BBC can give Michael McIntyre a chat show, then we can do interviews too. Sort of. In the not too distant past, Boro’ midfielder-slash-forward Robin Shroot swapped England for Norway; making the move to IL Hødd. We asked him some questions, Robin answered them – a bit to …

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Good Game: A series looking at some of the more wonderful, the utterly memorable, the unbelievably dramatic and the downright ludicrous games which have Stevenage Borough over the years

Forest Green Rovers 4-4 Stevenage Borough

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 liability for memories warped by time, age or alcohol consumption at the time. We’ll never refer to any games involving …

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In a time before Luke Freeman, there was Adrian Clarke; the original left wing wizard to come to us from Arsenal – even if it was via Southend

Adrian Clarke

In a time before Luke Freeman, there was Adrian Clarke. Both graduates of Arsenal, there is a little bit of disparity between the ages of the pair upon arriving at Boro’, but there are also some striking similarities; both being wing wizards on the left hand side for a start. …

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Dean Martin is a lad that we remember rather fondly; a tenacious midfielder signed by Richard Hill in 1999 and played two seasons for us. Ish...

Dean Martin

Dean Martin is a lad that we remember rather fondly; a tenacious midfielder brought in by Dickie Hill in 1999 and played two seasons for us. Well – two-ish. That’s because his time with us was usually limited to the second half of a season. Each year, he’d be heading …

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