Oh we do like to play beside the seaside.......

Tomorrow night Boro travel to the south coast to play Bournemouth and whilst our travelling fans will no doubt be looking forward to their fish & chips, a pint or two, crazy golf and hopefully taking all three points, BoroStats has been looking back at our previous league and cup trips to the seaside over the last decade:

Team	P	W	D	L	F	A
Barrow	2	1	1	0	3	1
Dover	1	1	0	0	1	0
Eastbourne	3	2	0	1	8	2
Morecambe	8	3	2	3	15	15
Southend	1	0	0	1	0	1
Southport	4	1	1	2	6	7
Swansea	1	0	0	1	1	2
Torquay	3	0	0	3	2	9
Weymouth	3	2	0	1	4	1
Total	26	10	4	12	40	38

Boro actually have a decent record playing in coastal towns and cities, winning 10 of their 26 games over the past decade and drawing four more.

During these games they've scored more (40) than they've conceded (38).

Their last seaside success was a 3-1 win at Barrow in August 2008 – Scott Laird, Lawrie Wilson and Callum Willock were the goalscorers.

Boro are no donkeys at the seaside

Their most recent seaside setback was the 1-0 loss at Southend at Easter.

With three defeats in four games, October is our worst month for playing at the seaside.

Boro have suffered three defeats at both Morecambe and Torquay. However whilst they have also won three and drawn two in Lancashire, trips to Plainmoor have always resulted in a heavy defeat (goals for 2, goals against 9!).

Boro have one win, two draws and two defeats from their last five seaside games, scoring six and conceding just twice. All six goals 'for' came at Eastbourne, however, as Boro failed to score in 1-0 defeats at Southend and Weymouth and had goalless draws at Morecambe and Barrow.

Stevenage FC 2010/11 Review - Part 1

What a dream season it's been at The Lamex this year. Promotion to League One after just a single season in the Football League was probably (and realistically) beyond everybody's wildest dreams, but before we get ready to go to the likes of Sheffield Utd / Weds, Charlton and Scunthorpe, it's time to look back at some of the stats and facts of this historic campaign.

After such a monumental achievement by everybody at the club it does seem slightly unfair to single some out for individual praise, but we wouldn't be doing our job here at Boro Stats if we didn't highlight some of these gems....

Most appearances: 53 – Chris Day



53 games - Daisy

 

Most sub appearances: 17 – Peter Winn

Number of different goalscorers: 21

Total number of goals scored: 74

Total number of goals conceded: 52

First goalscorer of the season: Peter Vincenti (v Macclesfield, 07.08.10)

Final goalscorer of the season: John Mousinho (v Torquay, 28.05.11)

First cup goalscorer of the season: Darren Murphy (v Portsmouth, 09.08.11)

Final cup goalscorer of the season:Darius Charles (v Reading, 29.01.11)

Top Goalscorers: 8 – Byron Harrison, John Mousinho

Ron - most bookings

Most Assists: 9 – Lawrie Wilson     

  

Total number of fouls by Boro players: 619

Most Fouls: 59 – Michael Bostwick

Total number of yellow cards: 76

Most Yellows: 9 – Ronnie Henry

Total number of Boro red cards: 9

Bossie - most shots on target

Most Reds: 2 – Luke Foster



Penalties Conceded: 3



Total number of Boro shots on goal: 501

Total number of Boro shots on target: 217

Total number of Boro shots off target: 284

Total number of Boro shots which hit the woodwork: 10

Cheers for the spectacular OG Grant Basey

Player who hit the woodwork the most: 3 – Michael Bostwick

 

Most shots on target: 27 – Michael Bostwick           

Most shots off target: 36 – Michael Bostwick

Clean sheets in 2010/11: 19

Own goals scored for us: 5 (4 league, 1 cup)

Parts 2 & 3 on their way...