I cant help but think that all this "hoofball" talk is like a chinese whisper, it starts and just continues without too much reason.
Firstly commiserations to Torquay and especially now with Buckle jumping ship to the Gas. I was extremely worried about facing them, they seem to have been our bogey team for over 3 years now. Its the first time we've beaten them i believe.
I feel extremely proud of my team, i remember the dark days of 1996 when we didnt go up for ground reasons, ironically Torquay were the team to benefit as they were reprieved.
I for one may have been the only Stevenage fan to be pleased when Graham Westley was re appointed after the shambles that was Peter Taylor.
The play offs gave me my most terrible football moment however......4th May 2009 at the Abbey Stadium, we led Cambridge Utd 3-1 after the first leg only to lose 3-0 and 4-3 on aggregate. Since then we have added an FA Trophy in 2009, BSP Champions in 2010 and now this!!!!!
Thank you to Graham Westley for proving the doubters wrong and thank you to Phil Wallace for giving us a solvent, well run club with a great youth academy, a ground we can be proud of and with the prospect of more development on the North terrace.
I believe Stevenage have gone about things the right way, we dont swap and change our plan at the drop of a hat and we dont have a revolving door policy within the team and this has helped us with stability.
Just an interesting fact but Chris Day, Ronnie Henry, Mark Roberts, Scott Laird, Lawrie Wilson, Darren Murphy and Michael Bostwick all played on that awful day against Cambridge and they will all be with us in League 1. Jon Ashton makes another although he was injured on that occasion.
Maybe the team and management were determined never to let that happen again.
I for one realise that League 1 will be a tough proposition and am hoping for consolidation above all else.
I think 4th May 2009 still haunts me more than anything else and will never let me get carried away.
Firstly commiserations to Torquay and especially now with Buckle jumping ship to the Gas. I was extremely worried about facing them, they seem to have been our bogey team for over 3 years now. Its the first time we've beaten them i believe.
I feel extremely proud of my team, i remember the dark days of 1996 when we didnt go up for ground reasons, ironically Torquay were the team to benefit as they were reprieved.
I for one may have been the only Stevenage fan to be pleased when Graham Westley was re appointed after the shambles that was Peter Taylor.
The play offs gave me my most terrible football moment however......4th May 2009 at the Abbey Stadium, we led Cambridge Utd 3-1 after the first leg only to lose 3-0 and 4-3 on aggregate. Since then we have added an FA Trophy in 2009, BSP Champions in 2010 and now this!!!!!
Thank you to Graham Westley for proving the doubters wrong and thank you to Phil Wallace for giving us a solvent, well run club with a great youth academy, a ground we can be proud of and with the prospect of more development on the North terrace.
I believe Stevenage have gone about things the right way, we dont swap and change our plan at the drop of a hat and we dont have a revolving door policy within the team and this has helped us with stability.
Just an interesting fact but Chris Day, Ronnie Henry, Mark Roberts, Scott Laird, Lawrie Wilson, Darren Murphy and Michael Bostwick all played on that awful day against Cambridge and they will all be with us in League 1. Jon Ashton makes another although he was injured on that occasion.
Maybe the team and management were determined never to let that happen again.
I for one realise that League 1 will be a tough proposition and am hoping for consolidation above all else.
I think 4th May 2009 still haunts me more than anything else and will never let me get carried away.
