GW Genius

Hot on the heels of the news that Graham Westley has signed a new three-year deal at Stevenage, BoroStats have decided to take a look back at his time so far at the club..... 

Graham Westley - Genius

As the excellent profile on BoroGuide will remind you, GW first arrived at the club in controversial circumstances in 2003 and inherited a team that looked destined for relegation. He managed to steady the ship and steer Boro to 12th, thanks largely to a record-equalling 6 wins on the bounce in March and April of that year.

Two years later Boro made it all the way to the playoff final and were 90 minutes away from promotion to the Football League but faced the ultimate heartbreak when Carlisle won 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium. Twelve months later Boro were unable to make the playoffs once more and GW left the club in the summer of 2006 having not had his contracted renewed.

It's fair to say that Graham's surprise return in 2008 wasn't the most popular decision in the world but few can complain at the success the 43-year old has since brought to the club with two successive promotions, two Wembley trips, one FA Trophy and an FA Cup run to the fourth round last year which included knocking out Premiership side Newcastle in convincing fashion.

Overall during his time at Boro (to date) he has overseen 170 victories in 338 games, a win percentage of 50.2%. His sides have scored a total of 529 goals during that time (ratio of 1.57 per game) whilst conceding just 1.07 per game.

Achievements
League Two Playoff Winners (May 2011)
Reached 4th Round of the FA Cup (January 2011)
Conference Champions (May 2010)
FA Trophy Finalists (May 2010)
FA Trophy Winners (May 2009)
Reached Conference Playoff Semi-Final (May 2008)
Reached Conference Playoff Final (May 2005)

Statistics

OVERALL	(up to 23.8.11)
P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Points Won
338	170	75	93	529	362	164	492

League Games*
P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Points
285	142	69	74	438	298	137	492

*includes the wins against Chester, despite these results being expunged by the Conference

FA Cup
P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
22	11	5	6	34	25	9

League Cup
P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
2			2	4	6	-2

FA Trophy
P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
19	13	1	5	43	17	26
Johnstone's Paint
P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
1			1		1	-1
Setanta Shield
P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
2	1		1	3	3	0
LDV Vans
P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
1			1		1	0
GLS Cup
P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
4	3		1	6	6	0