2006–07 Stevenage Borough F.C. season

Stevenage Borough

2006–07 season
Chairman	Phil Wallace
Manager	Mark Stimson
Conference National	8th
FA Cup	First Round
FA Trophy	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Steve Morison (24) All: Steve Morison (34)
Highest home attendance	3,058 (v Exeter City, Conference National, 21 April 2007)
Lowest home attendance	882 (v Merthyr Tydfil, FA Trophy, 16 December 2006)
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The 2006–07 season was Stevenage Borough F.C.'s 13th season in the Conference National. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played during the season. Their sixth place finish in the 2005–06 season meant it was their thirteenth successive season of playing in the Conference National. It was also Mark Stimson's first season as manager at the Hertfordshire club, having joined the club from Grays Athletic in May 2006.^[1]

With a whole new team of players following the arrival of Stimson, Stevenage started the season slowly, winning just one league match in their opening nine fixtures.^[2] As the season progressed, Stevenage started to hit form, winning ten leagues matches out of thirteen from November 2006 to March 2007, propelling them to just outside the play-off places.^[3] However, a patchy end of season run meant that the club finished the campaign in eighth place, eight points behind the final play-off position.^[4]

Despite missing out on the opportunity of promotion, the season will be remembered for the club's FA Trophy success — winning the competition for the first time in the club's history, courtesy of a 3–2 victory against Kidderminster Harriers at the new Wembley Stadium.^[5] The contest was the first competitive match, and final, to be played at the new ground.^[6] Stevenage had trailed 2–0 at half-time, before scoring three second-half goals to win the competition in-front of a record crowd of 53,262.^[7] The club also competed in the FA Cup, but exited at the First Round stage after losing to league opposition in the form of Wrexham.^[8] Steve Morison, a signing from Bishop's Stortford at the beginning of the season, was the club's top goalscorer, scoring 34 goals during the season, with 24 coming in the league, two in the FA Cup, and eight en route to their FA Trophy victory. Stevenage captain Ronnie Henry, who became the first player to lift a competitive trophy at the new Wembley Stadium, was named as Player of the Year for the season.^[9]

Match results

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Conference National

Game	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Notes
1	12 August 2006	Altrincham	Away	1–2	1,035	Boyd	[10]
2	15 August 2006	York City	Home	1–2	2,306	Miller (pen)	[11]
3	19 August 2006	Crawley Town	Home	2–3	1,751	Miller, Morison	[12]
4	26 August 2006	Morecambe	Away	3–3	1,524	Morison (3)	[13]
5	28 August 2006	Forest Green Rovers	Home	3–3	1,905	Morison (2), Boyd	[14]
6	3 September 2006	Tamworth	Away	1–2	1,034	Boyd	[15]
7	9 September 2006	Stafford Rangers	Home	6–0	1,708	Boyd (3), Dobson (2), Morison	[16]
8	12 September 2006	Aldershot Town	Away	0–4	2,371		[17]
9	16 September 2006	Cambridge United	Away	0–1	2,696		[18]
10	19 September 2006	Weymouth	Home	1–0	1,674	Beard	[19]
11	23 September 2006	Exeter City	Away	1–1	3,194	Guppy	[20]
12	30 September 2006	Halifax Town	Home	2–1	1,904	Morison, Boyd	[21]
13	3 October 2006	Woking	Home	3–2	2,410	Lee, Nutter (pen), Dobson	[22]
14	6 October 2006	Rushden & Diamonds	Away	2–2	2,309	Hatswell (o.g), Nurse	[23]
15	10 October 2006	Southport	Away	2–1	1,010	Morison, Nurse	[24]
16	14 October 2006	Dagenham & Redbridge	Home	1–2	2,362	Morison	[25]
17	21 October 2006	Northwich Victoria	Home	0–2	1,773		[26]
18	3 November 2006	Burton Albion	Away	1–2	1,907	Nurse	[27]
19	18 November 2006	Grays Athletic	Home	1–0	2,207	Miller	[28]
20	25 November 2006	Kidderminster Harriers	Away	2–1	1,584	Oliver, Boyd	[29]
21	2 December 2006	Oxford United	Home	2–2	3,008	Morison (2)	[30]
22	9 December 2006	Gravesend & Northfleet	Home	3–0	2,014	Nutter (pen), Morison, Nurse	[31]
23	26 December 2006	St Albans City	Away	3–2	2,878	Miller, Boyd, Morison	[32]
24	30 December 2006	Weymouth	Away	1–0	1,906	Nurse	[33]
25	1 January 2007	Aldershot Town	Home	3–2	2,683	Boyd (2), Morison	[34]
26	20 January 2007	Cambridge United	Home	4–1	2,759	Nutter (pen), Beard, Binns, Morison	[35]
27	23 January 2007	St Albans City	Home	1–2	2,141	Binns	[36]
28	27 January 2007	Gravesend & Northfleet	Away	1–1	1,409	Morison	[37]
29	10 February 2007	Burton Albion	Home	2–1	2,154	Nutter, Miller	[38]
30	17 February 2007	Grays Athletic	Away	2–0	1,552	Fuller, Morison	[39]
31	20 February 2007	Stafford Rangers	Away	3–1	653	Morison (2), Hughes	[40]
32	3 March 2007	Oxford United	Away	0–2	6,410		[41]
33	6 March 2007	Woking	Away	1–0	1,407	Hughes	[42]
34	13 March 2007	Southport	Home	3–1	1,653	Nurse, Morison, Beard	[43]
35	20 March 2007	Dagenham & Redbridge	Away	0–2	1,984		[44]
36	23 March 2007	Altrincham	Home	0–1	1,913		[45]
37	27 March 2007	York City	Away	1–0	2,969	Hakim	[46]
38	31 March 2007	Crawley Town	Away	0–3	1,258		[47]
39	3 April 2007	Kidderminster Harriers	Home	1–2	1,753	Henry	[48]
40	7 April 2007	Morecambe	Home	3–3	1,845	Nurse, Morison, Hakim	[49]
41	9 April 2007	Forest Green Rovers	Away	4–4	969	Dobson, Cole, Nutter (pen), Morison	[50]
42	14 April 2007	Tamworth	Home	3–0	2,202	Cole, Oliver, Morison	[51]
43	17 April 2007	Rushden & Diamonds	Home	1–0	1,715	Nutter (pen)	[52]
44	21 April 2007	Exeter City	Home	0–0	3,058		[53]
45	25 April 2007	Northwich Victoria	Away	0–0	515		[54]
46	28 April 2007	Halifax Town	Away	1–2	2,515	Nurse	[55]

• Note: Stevenage Borough goals come first.

FA Cup

The Fourth Round Qualifying draw for the 2006–07 FA Cup paired Stevenage with Conference National rivals Forest Green Rovers, with the game being played on 28 October 2006. Stevenage won the match 4–1, with two goals from Steve Morison and a goal apiece for George Boyd and Adam Miller respectively.^[56] The victory meant that Stevenage progressed to the First Round proper — where they were drawn against League Two side Wrexham at the Racecourse Ground.^[57] Stevenage lost the match 1–0, with a Danny Williams header just before the interval settling the tie.^[8]

Game	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Notes
Q4	28 October 2006	Forest Green Rovers	Home	4–1	1,140	Boyd, Morison (2), Miller	[56]
1	11 November 2006	Wrexham	Away	0–1	2,863		[8]

• Note: Stevenage Borough goals come first.

FA Trophy

Stevenage Borough entered the 2006–07 FA Trophy at the First round stage, facing Merthyr Tydfil at Broadhall Way. Stevenage won the game 7–0, their biggest victory of the season, with George Boyd scoring four of the goals — three of which were scored in four second-half minutes. Goals from Steve Morison, Steve Guppy and substitute Craig Dobson completed the scoring.^[58][59] The club were drawn another home tie, to be played on 13 January 2007, this time against Leigh RMI. The visitors took the lead in the first-half, but Stevenage replied with three goals, one from Jamie Slabber and two from Steve Morison, to win the match 3–1.^[60] Stevenage then faced a Conference National side in the form of Morecambe, with the game being played on 2 February at Christie Park. Steve Morison gave the away side the lead in the first-half, finishing from an acute angle. Morecambe equalised in injury-time of the second-half, Garry Thompson netting from the penalty spot to ensure the tie went to a replay.^[61] Four days later, the teams faced each other in the replay, played at Broadhall Way. Stevenage won the game 3–0 after the game had gone to extra-time. Steve Morison, with his fifth of the competition, Jon Nurse, and Adam Miller scored Stevenage's goals.^[62] Another 3–0 victory followed in the quarter-final of the competition, with Stevenage beating Conference South leaders Salisbury City. Daryl McMahon's deflected effort gave the hosts the lead, before Morison and Nurse rounded off the scoring.^[63][64]

The victory meant that Stevenage would play Grays Athletic in the semi-final, to be played over two legs. The first leg took place on 10 March, with Grays hosting Stevenage at the New Recreation Ground. The game ended 1–0 to Stevenage thanks to a Santos Gaia header in the second-half.^[65] A week later, the second leg took place at Broadhall Way. An Alex Rhodes goals four minutes into the second-half tied the scores at 1–1 on aggregate, with the game going to extra-time after Stevenage goalkeeper Alan Julian made a number of saves to keep Stevenage in the game. Stevenage scored seven minutes into extra-time through a Mark Hughes free-kick that evaded everyone — meaning Stevenage led 2–1 on aggregate. Steve Morison netted his seventh of the competition in the 120th minute to seal Stevenage's victory and ensure the club would be participating in the first competitive final at the new Wembley Stadium.^[66]

The win meant that Stevenage would face Kidderminster Harriers at Wembley Stadium on 12 May 2007 — with Kidderminster beating Northwich Victoria 4–3 on aggregate in their respective two legged semi-final.^[67] Stevenage won the final 3–2 in front of a record crowd of 53,262, coming back from two goals down to win courtesy of three second-half goals.^[5] Kidderminster took a two-goal lead into the interval, both of the club's goals coming from James Constable. Six minutes into the second-half, Mitchell Cole scored from just inside the area after Steve Morison had headed the ball down. Substitute Craig Dobson levelled the scores with fifteen minutes remaining when he toe poked the ball past onrushing keeper Scott Bevan. The comeback was complete with just two minutes left; Morison's initial volley was saved by Bevan, but he reacted fastest to score the rebound and ultimately ensure Stevenage won the FA Trophy for the first time in their history.^[5] The victory over Kidderminster in the final meant that Stevenage were the first team to win a competitive trophy at the new Wembley Stadium, with Ronnie Henry the first captain to lift a trophy at the stadium.^[6]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Notes
1	16 December 2006	Merthyr Tydfil	Home	7–0	882	Boyd (4), Morison, Guppy, Dobson	[58]
2	13 January 2007	Leigh RMI	Home	3–1	1,184	Slabber, Morison (2)	[60]
3	2 February 2007	Morecambe	Away	1–1	1,131	Morison	[61]
3R	6 February 2007	Morecambe	Home	3–0	1,056	Morison, Nurse, Miller	[62]
4	24 February 2007	Salisbury City	Home	3–0	2,184	McMahon, Morison, Nurse	[63]
SF1	10 March 2007	Grays Athletic	Away	1–0	1,918	Gaia	[65]
SF2	17 March 2007	Grays Athletic	Home	2–1	3,008	Hughes, Morison	[66]
F	12 May 2007	Kidderminster Harriers	Neutral	3–2	53,262	Cole, Dobson, Morison	[68]

• Note: Stevenage Borough goals come first.

Season statistics

Starts and goals

^[69][70]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Conference National		FA Cup		FA Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Alan Julian	53	0	42+1	0	2	0	8	0
2	DF		Barry Fuller	47	1	37	1	2	0	8	0
3	DF		John Nutter	56	6	46	6	2	0	8	0
4	DF		Luke Oliver	31	2	18+8	2	0+1	0	2+2	0
5	DF		Damian Batt	8	0	5+3	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Santos Gaia	47	1	37+1	0	2	0	7	1
7	FW		Jamie Slabber	8	1	2+2	0	0	0	1+3	1
8	FW		Paul Hakim	12	2	5+7	2	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Jon Nurse	38	10	23+7	8	2	0	6	2
10	MF		Adam Miller	36	7	23+5	5	2	1	5+1	1
11	MF		Mitchell Cole	25	3	14+5	2	0	0	2+4	1
16	GK		Danny Potter	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Sam Hatton	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Chris Sullivan	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Stuart Lewis	8	0	3+5	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Steve Morison	53	34	42+1	24	2	2	8	8
21	MF		Steve Guppy	31	2	25+2	1	0	0	4	1
22	MF		Craig Dobson	42	6	22+14	4	0+2	0	1+3	2
23	MF		Dale Binns	15	2	3+6	2	2	0	2+2	0
24	MF		Daryl McMahon	17	1	12	0	0	0	5	1
25	DF		Ronnie Henry	45	1	36+3	1	1	0	5	0
26	MF		Mark Beard	49	3	37+2	3	2	0	8	0
27	DF		Hasim Deen	9	0	2+5	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
28	MF		Mark Hughes	13	3	8+2	2	0	0	3	1
30	MF		Tyron Sealey	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	DF		Jack Bradshaw	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who left the club before the end of the season
5	DF		Jason Goodliffe	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Dannie Bulman	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	FW		Tony Thorpe	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		George Boyd	27	15	24	10	2	1	1	4
12	MF		Bradley Johnson	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF		Dwane Lee	12	1	10+2	1	0	0	0	0
15	MF		David Hicks	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Darryn Stamp	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0

• Note: '+' denotes appearance as a substitute.

End of Season Awards

Award	Player
Supporters Association Player of the Year	Ronnie Henry[71]

See also

• 2006–07 in English football
• List of Stevenage Borough F.C. seasons

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External links

• Stevenage F.C. official website
• Stevenage F.C. on Soccerbase