Stevenage F.C.

1976–2010

Stevenage Borough was formed in 1976 following the bankruptcy of Stevenage Athletic. Chairman Keith Berners, along with "a number of like-minded volunteers", were tasked with arranging a team to play Hitchin Town Youth at Broadhall Way in November 1976, as a "curtain-raiser" for the new club. However, the Broadhall Way pitch was subsequently dug up for non-footballing purposes after Stevenage Borough Council sold the land to a local businessman, who dug a trench across the full length of the pitch to ensure that no football was played. Consequently, the new club began playing in the Chiltern Youth League on a roped-off pitch at the town's King George V playing fields and subsequently moved up to intermediate status, joining the Wallspan Southern Combination shortly after. Stevenage Borough Council granted consent for the club to incorporate the name "Borough" in their title and to adopt the town's civic emblem as the club badge. In 1980, the council reacquired the lease for Broadhall Way and permitted the football club to become its tenant. With the council as their landlords and a refurbished stadium, Stevenage Borough attained senior status, under the management of Derek Montgomery, and joined the United Counties Football League in the same year. The club's first competitive league match was a 3–1 victory against ON Chenecks on 16 August 1980, played in front of 421 spectators. In their first season as a senior club, the team won the United Counties…

Source: League

League Two (level 4) Runners-up: 2022–23 Play-off winners: 2011 Conference National (level 5) Champions: 1995–96, 2009–10 Isthmian League Premier Division champions: 1993–94 Division One champions: 1991–92 Division Two North champions: 1985–86, 1990–91 United Counties League Division One champions: 1980–81 Cup

FA Trophy Winners: 2006–07, 2008–09 Runners-up: 2001–02, 2009–10 United Counties League, League Cup Winners: 1980–81 Herts Senior Cup Winners: 2008–09