The Stevenage Post
Player ratings23 Dec 2030
Mislav Oršić, 38, rolls back the years — 8.19
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.19 at 38, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market23 Dec 2030
Román Pesolilla asks to leave Stevenage
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad23 Dec 2030
Words exchanged at Stevenage
Harrison Reed and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match21 Dec 2030
Stevenage find a way past Swindon Town
Swindon Town made Stevenage work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market23 Dec 2030
Stevenage promote Mark Bailey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Bailey 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.
Market23 Dec 2030
Stevenage promote Thomas Reid from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Reid 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.
Market23 Dec 2030
Edward Dixon steps up from the Stevenage academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Edward Dixon 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.
The dugout23 Dec 2030
Taylor Perry gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad23 Dec 2030
Stanislav Shukalovych wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Stevenage can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
In brief
- The dugout Interim Coach: “That is the standard”
- Squad Harvey Foster falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout Ben Tree asks for a word with the manager