The Stevenage Post
Player ratings20 Aug 2029
Nobody could get near Phoenix Patterson
Successful dribbles: 51. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Carl Piergianni breaks a bone — 17 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 17 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market20 Aug 2029
The Phoenix Patterson conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: FC Tokyo will make the call about Phoenix Patterson this week. Stevenage have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Boardroom20 Aug 2029
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Stevenage
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Words at Stevenage training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dan Kemp is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Jasper Pattenden in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Stevenage this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market20 Aug 2029
Oliver Mitchell steps up from the Stevenage academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Oliver Mitchell has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market20 Aug 2029
Edward Harris steps up from the Stevenage academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Edward Harris has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market20 Aug 2029
Stevenage promote Simon Harvey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Harvey has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Match Chesterfield take the points off Stevenage
- Squad Jack Taylor signs a new deal
- Player ratings A costly moment from Soungoutou Magassa