Stevenage Seasons 2003-4

Manager(s):
Graham Westley

Key:
Conf = Nationwide Conference
FAC = FA Cup
FAT = FA Trophy
LDV = LDV Trophy

Stevenage Borough came into the 2003-4 campaign with the determination not to be caught in the same relegation difficulties as the season before. With Graham Westley at the helm, that wasn't going to be an issue. The club looked much stronger on the pitch, but there was still work to be done with Boro' finishing seven points adrift of the playoffs come the end of the season.

In the cup competitions, Boro' pulled off a bit of an upset by knocking out League opposition in the form of Stockport County. The Hertfordshire side had also done enough to get a replay with Swansea City in the next round, had it not been for the rather dubious sportsmanship and tactics of Lee Trundle. The season wasn't the most remarkable, but there were encouraging signs.

Most appearances: Michael Warner - 42

Top goalscorer: Anthony Elding - 19

2003-4 Stevenage Borough results

Filter results by competition:

Conf

FAC

FAT

LDV

		Saturday 09 August
H	Conf	Chester City	0-0
		Tuesday 12 August
A	Conf	Dagenham & Redbridge	2-1
		Saturday 16 August
A	Conf	Burton Albion	1-1
		Saturday 23 August
H	Conf	Northwich Victoria	1-0
		Monday 25 August
A	Conf	Margate	4-1
		Saturday 30 August
H	Conf	Hereford United	0-2
		Saturday 06 September
A	Conf	Exeter City	0-1
		Saturday 13 September
H	Conf	Barnet	1-2
		Saturday 20 September
A	Conf	Telford United	2-0
		Tuesday 23 September
H	Conf	Ebbsfleet United	2-2
		Saturday 27 September
H	Conf	Leigh RMI	4-0
		Saturday 04 October
A	Conf	Halifax Town	1-2
		Tuesday 07 October
A	Conf	Woking	1-1
		Saturday 11 October
H	Conf	Scarborough	2-2
		Tuesday 14 October
H	LDV1	Luton Town	0-1
		Saturday 18 October
A	Conf	Forest Green Rovers	1-3
		Saturday 25 October
A	FAC4Q	Eastbourne Borough	2-2
		Tuesday 28 October
H	FAC4Q	Eastbourne Borough	1-0
		Saturday 01 November
H	Conf	Shrewsbury Town	2-0
		Saturday 08 November
H	FAC1	Stockport County	2-1
		Tuesday 11 November
A	Conf	Tamworth	2-1
		Saturday 15 November
H	Conf	Accrington Stanley	2-1
		Saturday 22 November
A	Conf	Morecambe	1-2
		Saturday 29 November
H	Conf	Exeter City	2-2
		Saturday 06 December
A	FAC2	Swansea City	1-2
		Saturday 13 December
A	Conf	Chester City	2-1
		Tuesday 16 December
H	Conf	Aldershot Town	0-1
		Saturday 20 December
H	Conf	Dagenham & Redbridge	0-2
		Friday 26 December
A	Conf	Farnborough	0-2
		Thursday 01 January
H	Conf	Farnborough	3-2
		Saturday 03 January
A	Conf	Hereford United	0-1
		Saturday 10 January
A	FAT3	Folkestone Invicta	3-1
		Saturday 17 January
H	Conf	Burton Albion	1-0
		Saturday 24 January
A	Conf	Ebbsfleet United	3-2
		Tuesday 03 February
A	FAT4	Hornchurch	0-1
		Saturday 07 February
H	Conf	Telford United	0-1
		Saturday 14 February
A	Conf	Leigh RMI	3-1
		Saturday 21 February
H	Conf	Halifax Town	1-0
		Saturday 06 March
H	Conf	Woking	1-1
		Tuesday 09 March
A	Conf	Barnet	0-0
		Saturday 13 March
H	Conf	Tamworth	3-1
		Saturday 20 March
A	Conf	Accrington Stanley	1-2
		Saturday 27 March
H	Conf	Morecambe	0-1
		Tuesday 30 March
A	Conf	Aldershot Town	0-2
		Tuesday 06 April
A	Conf	Scarborough	2-2
		Saturday 10 April
A	Conf	Northwich Victoria	2-1
		Monday 12 April
H	Conf	Margate	2-1
		Saturday 17 April
A	Conf	Shrewsbury Town	1-3
		Saturday 24 April
H	Conf	Forest Green Rovers	2-1

Sort players by:

	Apps	Gls	YC	RC	US
Nathan Abbey	6 (0)	0	1	0	6
Rocky Baptiste	9 (16)	4	2	0	5
Lee Barnard	2 (2)	1	2	0	0
Shaun Batt	0 (0)	0	0	0	2
Tony Battersby	12 (5)	3	1	0	5
Graham Benstead	0 (0)	0	0	0	1
George Boyd	4 (7)	1	1	0	2
Jon Brady	15 (7)	1	4	0	0
Dean Brennan	13 (5)	2	2	0	5
Michael Brough	11 (0)	2	4	0	0
Nathan Bunce	27 (0)	1	7	0	3
Ben Camara	0 (1)	0	0	0	0
Danny Carroll	18 (6)	1	2	0	1
Jamie Cook	19 (13)	1	1	1	0
Peter Costello	10 (5)	1	4	0	2
Dean Cracknell	0 (1)	0	0	0	0
Mark E'Beyer	0 (0)	0	0	0	1
Anthony Elding	38 (3)	19	8	0	0
Jo Flack	0 (0)	1	0	0	2
Lee Flynn	25 (1)	0	4	0	0
Jason Goodliffe	10 (0)	1	2	0	0
Jamie Gould	31 (3)	1	3	0	0
Richard Hodgson	3 (3)	0	0	0	1
Gary Holloway	16 (11)	3	7	1	4
Rory Jenkins	0 (0)	0	0	0	1
Barry Laker	40 (0)	0	3	0	0
Matt Langston	1 (2)	0	0	0	6
Dino Maamria	31 (1)	13	8	1	0
Clint Marcelle	0 (3)	0	0	0	2
Lionel Perez	32 (1)	0	1	0	6
Geoff Pitcher	4 (1)	0	0	0	0
Justin Richards	11 (17)	5	0	0	5
Mark Rogers	5 (0)	1	1	0	0
Richard Scott	2 (5)	0	1	0	0
Stefan Shamlian	0 (0)	0	0	0	27
Mark Smith	14 (2)	0	1	0	5
Sean St Ledger	0 (0)	0	0	0	2
Daniel Talbot	0 (0)	0	0	0	1
Simon Travis	23 (2)	1	1	0	0
Michael Warner	36 (6)	0	6	0	2
Steve Watson	31 (1)	1	10	1	1
Ross Weatherstone	2 (2)	0	1	0	2
Mark Westhead	11 (1)	0	0	0	7
Darren Williams	0 (1)	0	0	0	3
Simon Wormull	27 (1)	2	5	0	0

Key:

Apps = Number of first team appearances (substitute appearances in brackets)
Gls = Number of first team goals scored
YC = Yellow Cards
RC = Red Cards
US = Unused Subs

2003-4 Nationwide Conference table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chester City	42	27	11	4	85	34	51	92
2	Hereford United	42	28	7	7	103	44	59	91
3	Shrewsbury Town	42	20	14	8	67	42	25	74
4	Barnet	42	19	14	9	60	46	14	71
5	Aldershot Town	42	20	10	12	80	67	13	70
6	Exeter City	42	19	12	11	71	57	14	69
7	Morecambe	42	20	7	15	66	66	0	67
8	Stevenage Borough	42	18	9	15	58	52	6	63
9	Woking	42	15	16	11	65	52	13	61
10	Accrington Stanley	42	15	13	14	68	61	7	58
11	Ebbsfleet United	42	14	15	13	69	66	3	57
12	Telford United	42	15	10	17	49	51	-2	52
13	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	15	9	18	59	64	-5	54
14	Burton Albion	42	15	7	20	57	59	-2	51	*
15	Scarborough	42	12	15	15	51	54	-3	51
16	Margate	42	14	9	19	56	64	-8	51
17	Tamworth	42	13	10	19	49	68	-19	49
18	Forest Green Rovers	42	12	12	18	58	80	-22	48
19	Halifax Town	42	12	8	22	43	65	-22	44
20	Farnborough	42	10	9	23	53	74	-21	30
21	Leigh RMI	42	7	8	27	46	97	-51	29
22	Northwich Victoria	42	4	11	27	30	80	-50	23

* Burton Albion deducted one point

Stevenage Seasons 2003-4

2003-4 Stevenage Borough results

2003-4 Nationwide Conference table

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