87 not out - and counting....

Tuesday 1st December 2009 - an incredible 87 league games ago - was the last time Boro scored first in a league match and lost. A cold night in Ebbsfleet saw Yemi Odubade put Stevenage ahead (and temporarily top of the table too) in the 21st minute only for Stefan Bailey to score twice in six second-half minutes to seal all three points for the hosts.

Since then the 87 league fixtures have passed without Boro losing a game in which they've taken the lead. Of these 45 have been wins, 22 draws and 20 defeats:

Boro have won 45 of the 87 league games during this run

Game	Opponents	League	Score	FirstScorer
1	Kidderminster	Conf	2-0	Ashton
2	Cambridge	Conf	3-1	Opposition
3	AFC Wimbledon	Conf	0-0
4	Cambridge	Conf	4-1	Odubade
5	Kettering Town	Conf	2-0	Long
6	Tamworth	Conf	0-1	Opposition
7	Mansfield Town	Conf	3-1	Odubade
8	Rushden	Conf	0-1	Opposition
9	Wrexham	Conf	1-0	Bridges
10	Rushden	Conf	6-0	Roberts
11	Crawley Town	Conf	2-0	Bostwick
12	Barrow	Conf	4-0	Odubade
13	Histon	Conf	1-0	Ashton
14	Grays Athletic	Conf	2-1	Bostwick
15	Crawley Town	Conf	3-0	Odubade
16	Oxford United	Conf	1-0	Laird
17	Luton Town	Conf	0-1	Opposition
18	AFC Wimbledon	Conf	3-0	Roberts
19	Forest Green	Conf	2-0	Byrom
20	Altrincham	Conf	1-0	Griffin
21	Kidderminster	Conf	2-0	Griffin
22	Gateshead	Conf	1-0	Laird
23	York City	Conf	1-0	Bridges
24	Macclesfield	L2	2-2	Vincenti
25	Bradford City	L2	0-1	Opposition
26	Stockport County	L2	3-1	Griffin
27	Aldershot Town	L2	1-1	Beardsley
28	Crewe Alexandra	L2	1-1	Odubade
29	Cheltenham	L2	0-1	Opposition
30	Torquay United	L2	0-0
31	Lincoln City	L2	1-0	Holroyd
32	Hereford United	L2	4-1	Holroyd
33	Wycombe	L2	0-2	Opposition
34	Rotherham	L2	1-1	Opposition
35	Burton Albion	L2	2-1	Laird
36	Morecambe	L2	0-0
37	Chesterfield	L2	0-0
38	Barnet	L2	3-0	Mousinho
39	Shrewsbury	L2	1-1	Holroyd
40	Accrington	L2	0-1	Opposition
41	Southend United	L2	1-1	Long
42	Northampton	L2	0-1	Opposition
43	Gillingham	L2	0-1	Opposition
44	Barnet	L2	4-2	Foster
45	Chesterfield	L2	0-1	Opposition
46	Morecambe	L2	2-0	Laird
47	Rotherham	L2	3-0	Winn
48	Gillingham	L2	2-2	Harrison
49	Accrington	L2	2-2	Harrison
50	Bury	L2	0-3	Opposition
51	Shrewsbury	L2	0-1	Opposition
52	Oxford United	L2	0-0
53	Crewe Alexandra	L2	1-0	Harrison
54	Port Vale	L2	3-1	OG
55	Cheltenham	L2	4-0	Roberts
56	Torquay United	L2	0-2	Opposition
57	Hereford United	L2	0-1	Opposition
58	Wycombe	L2	1-0	Mousinho
59	Oxford United	L2	2-1	OG
60	Lincoln City	L2	2-1	Wilson
61	Burton Albion	L2	2-0	Mousinho
62	Macclesfield	L2	4-0	Roberts
63	Bradford City	L2	2-1	Mousinho
64	Stockport County	L2	2-2	Roberts
65	Aldershot Town	L2	2-2	Charles
66	Southend United	L2	0-1	Opposition
67	Port Vale	L2	1-0	Wilson
68	Northampton	L2	0-2	Opposition
69	Bury	L2	3-3	Laird
70	Accrington	L2	2-0	Long
71	Accrington	L2	1-0	Beardsley
72	Torquay United	L2	1-0	Mousinho
73	Exeter	L1	0-0
74	Chesterfield	L1	1-1	Charles
75	Bournemouth	L1	3-1	Reid
76	Hartlepool	L1	2-2	Opposition
77	MK Dons	L1	0-1	Opposition
78	Rochdale	L1	4-2	Reid
79	Oldham	L1	1-1	Roberts
80	Sheffield W	L1	5-1	Reid
81	Notts County	L1	0-2	Opposition
82	Carlisle	L1	0-1	Opposition
83	Scunthorpe	L1	1-2	Opposition
84	Huddersfield	L1	1-2	Opposition
85	Charlton	L1	1-0	Long
86	Yeovil	L1	0-0
87	Brentford	L1	1-0	Beardsley

Can Boro make it to 100 games? Providing this run continues and there are no postponements, Graham Westley's men can make it a century when Oldham are the visitors to The Lamex Stadium at the end of January. It's a tough ask but with this Stevenage side you can never say never.....