Stevenage 2 - 2 Huddersfield Town

The Boro v The Terriers
Tuesday 28th February 2012
19:45
Broadhall Way

In the latest round of the title bout we have a rematch between, in the blue corner, Lee Clark and, in the red corner, Graham Westley's sidekick, Dino Maamria...

BUT hold on a minute, let's rewind ...

... they've both gone!

Who'd have thought that, by the time we came to play again, Graham Westley would have been head-hunted by PNE, taking his assistant, Dino Maamria, with him or that Lee Clark would be sacked?

Shame as it could have been like David Haye v Chisora all over again.

The Terriers and the Boro have only met once and that was in this League and earlier this season. We won 2-1 at the Galpharm. Goals from Roberts and Novak.

Stevenage are still living the dream. They won back to back promotions to gain entry to the League last season and into League One this season.
But the fairy tale doesn't end there as they currently lie 7th in the table and are still in the FA Cup with a replay at White Hart Lane to come.

However, they have lost their previous two League games, the latest being a 2-0 defeat at Charlton on Saturday. Whereas we won on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Exeter at home.

How To Get There And Where To Park

Leave the A1 (M) at Junction 7 and take the A602 towards Stevenage. Go straight across the first roundabout and as you approach the next roundabout you can see the floodlights of the ground over on the right. However, if you go straight across the roundabout then you will see the entrance on the left to the large official car park which is free.
The car park though has only one entrance/exit, so this can lead to bit of a bottleneck after the game has finished.

By Train

The nearest station to the ground is Stevenage which is about one mile away from the ground. Leave the station booking hall and turn left towards the town. Take the stairs on the right before the bridge over the dual carriage way and head along the A602, Lytton Way. At the roundabout which has the police station on the right, take the second exit into Six Hills Way. At the next roundabout take the third exit (south) continuing along the A602, Monkswood Way, passing a large Asda store on your right.
After about 3/4 mile (McDonalds/Burger King etc will be on your right) you will arrive at a roundabout and the ground will be opposite you on the other side of the A602.

You can also get the Arriva No.5 Bus to the ground, from Stop E at the nearby bus station.
As the ground is not easily spotted in the distance, ask the driver to drop you off on Monkswood Way, opposite the entrance to the retail park.

Where to drink

Supporter's Clubhouse behind the South Stand, The Mutual Friend, and the Old Forge.

Tickets

Adults £23, Over 60s / students / unemployed / disabled £20, U18s £16, and accompanied U11s £12

Recent form and top goal scorers

Town:

W W D D L W

3rd in League (subject to the result of the Sheffield derby on Sunday)

Rhodes 28, Novak 7, Roberts 6

Stevenage:

W D W W L L

7th in League

Beardsley 6, Laird 6, Roberts 4, Wilson 4, Charles 4

Team news

Town will be without Jordan Rhodes who is on international duty with Scotland U21s, playing the Netherlands at St Mirren's ground on Wednesday 5.30 kick-off, live on Sky.
Any other news to follow

Quotes

Simon Grayson: "Without being disrespectful to League 1, we have spent the last few years in the Championship and concentrated solely on that Division. However, it is all about reacting quickly now and getting used to this League and the players within it."

About Stevenage: "I think they have changed slightly since the new management team came in; I think their ethics as a hard-working team have stayed with them. They try to pass the ball more than they did under Graham Westley, but they were very successful under him. Ian (Miller) and Glynn (Snodin) went to watch them last week against Notts County to get an idea of how they are likely to play."

"It is a tremendous honour for Jordan to receive another international call-up and it does give someone else an opportunity here. I have got Kallum Higginbotham who wasn't involved on the weekend, Lee Novak who came off the bench and Danny Cadamarteri who can also play up there."

"We don't have any injuries from the weekend."

Gary Smith: to follow

AmChaff's line-up

...........................Smithies...........................

... Hunt .... Morrison .... McCombe .... Naysmith© ...

... Cadamarteri ... Gudjonsson ... Arfield ... Ward ...

.................. Higginbotham ..... Lee .................

AmChaff's tip

3-1 win to Town