2023–24 Stevenage F.C. season

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The 2023–24 season is the 48th season in the history of Stevenage and their first season back in League One since the 2013–14 season following their promotion from League Two in the previous season. The club are participating in League One, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.

ChairmanPhil Wallace

ManagerSteve Evans
(until 17 April)^[1]

StadiumBroadhall Way

League One9th

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Stevenage

2023–24 season

Chairman

Phil Wallace

Manager

Steve Evans
(until 17 April)^[1]

Stadium

Third colours

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Current squad

As of 7 March 2024

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No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Taye Ashby-Hammond	GK	Richmond	(1999-03-21) 21 March 1999 (age 27)	Fulham	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
12	Craig MacGillivray	GK	Perth	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 33)	Milton Keynes Dons	18 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
50	Max Woodford	GK			Academy	11 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2026
Defenders
2	Luther James-Wildin	RB	Leicester	(1997-12-03) 3 December 1997 (age 28)	Nuneaton Borough	1 July 2018	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
3	Dan Butler	LB	Cowes	(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 31)	Peterborough United	7 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
4	Nathan Thompson	CB	Chester	(1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 35)	Peterborough United	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2024
5	Carl Piergianni	CB	Peterborough	(1992-05-03) 3 May 1992 (age 34)	Oldham Athletic	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025
6	Dan Sweeney	CB	Kingston upon Thames	(1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 32)	Forest Green Rovers	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025
14	Kane Smith	RB	Luton	(1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 30)	Boreham Wood	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025
15	Terence Vancooten	CB	Kingston upon Thames	(1997-12-29) 29 December 1997 (age 28)	Reading	18 July 2017	Free	30 June 2025
17	Finley Burns	CB	Southwark	(2003-07-17) 17 July 2003 (age 22)	Manchester City	1 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
22	Nesta Guinness-Walker	LB	Twickenham	(1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 (age 26)	Reading	24 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
N/a	Owen Cochrane	RB	Huntingdon	(2004-09-03) 3 September 2004 (age 21)	Academy	2 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Midfielders
7	Alex MacDonald	RM	Warrington	(1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 (age 36)	Gillingham	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2024
8	Jake Forster-Caskey	CM	Southend-on-Sea	(1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 32)	Charlton Athletic	3 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
10	Nick Freeman	CM	Stevenage	(1995-11-07) 7 November 1995 (age 30)	Wycombe Wanderers	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
11	Jordan Roberts	LM	Watford	(1994-01-05) 5 January 1994 (age 32)	Motherwell	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025
18	Harvey White	DM	Maidstone	(2001-09-19) 19 September 2001 (age 24)	Tottenham Hotspur	2 September 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
23	Louis Thompson	CM	Bristol	(1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 31)	Portsmouth	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
24	Ben Thompson	CM	Sidcup	(1995-10-03) 3 October 1995 (age 30)	Peterborough United	28 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
Forwards
9	Elliott List	RW	Camberwell	(1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 28)	Gillingham	31 August 2019	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
19	Jamie Reid	CF	Torquay	(1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 31)	Mansfield Town	13 July 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
20	Aaron Pressley	CF	Edinburgh	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 24)	Brentford	2 August 2023	Compensation	30 June 2025
29	Kane Hemmings	CF	Burton upon Trent	(1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 35)	Tranmere Rovers	2 September 2023	Free	30 June 2025
33	Vadaine Oliver	CF	Sheffield	(1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 34)	Bradford City	17 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
42	Theo Alexandrou	CF			Academy	29 August 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
44	Makise Evans	CF		(2006-08-20) 20 August 2006 (age 19)	Academy	13 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Out on Loan
16	Harry Anderson	RM	Chertsey	(1997-01-09) 9 January 1997 (age 29)	Bristol Rovers	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
41	Rylee Mitchell	GK			Academy	5 September 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
43	David Hicks	CM		(2006-05-02) 2 May 2006 (age 20)	Academy	29 August 2023	Trainee	30 June 2025

Transfers

In

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Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
28 June 2023	CM	Ben Thompson (ENG)	Peterborough United (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[2]
1 July 2023	RM	Harry Anderson (ENG)	Bristol Rovers (ENG)	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July 2023	GK	Taye Ashby-Hammond (ENG)	Fulham (ENG)	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2023	CM	Nick Freeman (ENG)	Wycombe Wanderers (ENG)	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July 2023	RM	Alex MacDonald (SCO)	Gillingham (ENG)	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July 2023	CM	Louis Thompson (WAL)	Portsmouth (ENG)	Free transfer	^[7]
1 July 2023	CB	Nathan Thompson (ENG)	Peterborough United (ENG)	Free transfer	^[8]
7 July 2023	LB	Dan Butler (ENG)	Peterborough United (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[9]
2 August 2023	CF	Aaron Pressley (SCO)	Brentford (ENG)	Compensation	^[10]
14 August 2023	LB	Reece Hannam (ENG)	Crystal Palace (ENG)	Free transfer	^[11]
2 September 2023	CF	Kane Hemmings (ENG)	Tranmere Rovers (ENG)	Free transfer	^[12]
2 September 2023	DM	Harvey White (ENG)	Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[13]

Out

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Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
14 June 2023	CF	Danny Rose (ENG)	Grimsby Town (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[14]
30 June 2023	CB	Michael Bostwick (ENG)	Boston United (ENG)	Released	^[15]^[16]
30 June 2023	LB	Max Clark (ENG)	Gillingham (ENG)	Released	^[15]^[17]
30 June 2023	CF	Luke Norris (ENG)	Tranmere Rovers (ENG)	Released	^[15]^[18]
30 June 2023	GK	Adam Przybek (WAL)	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	CM	Jake Reeves (ENG)	AFC Wimbledon (ENG)	Free transfer	^[19]
30 June 2023	DM	Jack Smith (ENG)	King's Lynn Town (ENG)	Released	^[15]^[20]
30 June 2023	CM	Jake Taylor (WAL)	Eastleigh (ENG)	Released	^[15]^[21]
30 June 2023	LB	Sam Tinubu (ENG)	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	CB	Mackye Townsend-West (ENG)	Free agent	Released	^[15]
30 June 2023	CM	Alfie Williams (ENG)	Free agent	Released	^[15]
21 July 2023	CF	Finlay Johnson (ENG)	Cardiff City (WAL)	Compensation	^[22]
1 September 2023	CF	Josh March (ENG)	Harrogate Town (ENG)	Undisclosed	^[23]
1 February 2024	LB	Reece Hannam (ENG)	Free agent	Mutual Consent	^[24]

Loaned in

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Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Until	Ref
21 July 2023	GK	Krisztián Hegyi (HUN)	West Ham United (ENG)	3 January 2024^[a]	^[25]^[26]
1 August 2023	CB	Finley Burns (ENG)	Manchester City (ENG)	End of season	^[27]
14 August 2023	CM	Harrison Neal (ENG)	Sheffield United (ENG)	3 January 2024^[b]	^[28]^[26]
1 September 2023	CF	Charlie McNeill (ENG)	Manchester United (ENG)	3 January 2024^[c]	^[29]^[26]
17 January 2024	CF	Vadaine Oliver (ENG)	Bradford City (ENG)	End of season	^[30]
18 January 2024	GK	Craig MacGillivray (SCO)	Milton Keynes Dons (ENG)	End of season	^[31]
24 January 2024	LB	Nesta Guinness-Walker (ENG)	Reading (ENG)	End of season	^[32]

[a]
On 3 January, Hegyi returned to West Ham United early from his season-long loan.
[b]
On 3 January, Neal returned to Sheffield United early from his season-long loan.
[c]
On 3 January, McNeill returned to Manchester United early from his season-long loan.

Loaned out

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Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
31 July 2023	RB	Owen Cochrane (ENG)	Kettering Town (ENG)	20 November 2023^[a]	^[33]^[34]
2 October 2023	CF	Theo Alexandrou (ENG)	Cheshunt (ENG)	30 October 2023	^[35]
21 November 2023	RB	Owen Cochrane (ENG)	Aveley (ENG)	2 January 2024	^[36]
26 January 2024	RM	Harry Anderson (ENG)	Colchester United (ENG)	End of season	^[37]
26 January 2024	CM	David Hicks (ENG)	Potters Bar Town (ENG)	24 February 2024	^[38]
31 January 2024	GK	Rylee Mitchell (ENG)	Potters Bar Town (ENG)	28 February 2024	^[39]
29 March 2024	GK	Rylee Mitchell (ENG)	Royston Town (ENG)	End of season	^[40]

[a]
On 20 November, Cochrane was recalled back from his loan at Kettering.

Pre-season and friendlies

On 30 May, Stevenage announced their first pre-season friendly, against Watford.^[41] A second friendly match was confirmed on June 5, against Ipswich Town.^[42] A day later three away pre-season fixtures was added to the schedule, against St Neots Town, Hitchin Town and Stamford.^[43] On 1 July, Boro announced two further friendlies, against Colchester United and a Tottenham Hotspur XI.^[44]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 July 2023 Friendly	St Neots Town	0–2	Stevenage	St Neots
15:00 BST		Report	Piergianni 5' Smith 28'	Stadium: Rowley Park Attendance: 810

11 July 2023 Friendly	Hitchin Town	0–3	Stevenage	Hitchin
19:45 BST		Report	Reid 35', 39' (pen.) Forster-Caskey 81'	Stadium: Top Field Attendance: 1,033

15 July 2023 Friendly	Stamford	2–1	Stevenage	Stamford
14:00 BST	Miller 20' Charles 75'	Report	Forster-Caskey 23'	Stadium: Zeeco Stadium Attendance: 389

18 July 2023 Friendly	Stevenage	Cancelled	Watford	Stevenage
19:45 BST				Stadium: Broadhall Way
Note: Due to the two sides being drawn against each other in the 2023–24 EFL Cup the friendly was cancelled.^[45]

18 July 2023 Friendly	Stevenage	1–1	Colchester United	St Neots
19:45 BST	Roberts 41'	Report	Fevrier 38'	Stadium: Rowley Park Attendance: 301

22 July 2023 Friendly	Stevenage	2–1	Ipswich Town	Stevenage
15:30 BST	Reid 5' Thompson 49'	Report	Hirst 68'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 1,826 (inc. 788 away)

29 July 2023 Friendly	Stevenage	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur XI	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Freeman 23', 38' Piergianni 48' Linton 52' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,045 (inc. 319 away)

Competitions

Overall record

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Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League One	Matchday 1		43	18	13	12	53	42	+11	041.86
FA Cup	First round	Third round	4	1	2	1	8	8	+0	025.00
EFL Cup	First round	Second round	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	000.00
EFL Trophy	Group stage	Group stage	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	033.33
Total			52	20	18	14	69	56	+13	038.46

Last updated: 9 April 2024
Source: Soccerway

League One

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Barnsley	46	21	13	12	82	64	+18	76	Qualified for League One play-offs
7	Lincoln City	46	20	14	12	65	40	+25	74
8	Blackpool	46	21	10	15	65	48	+17	73
9	Stevenage	46	19	14	13	57	46	+11	71
10	Wycombe Wanderers	46	17	14	15	60	55	+5	65
11	Leyton Orient	46	18	11	17	53	55	−2	65
12	Wigan Athletic	46	20	10	16	63	56	+7	62^[a]

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[48]
Notes:

[a]
On 19 May 2023, Wigan Athletic were deducted four points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous EFL rules breaches in the 2022–23 season.^[46] Another four-point deduction was applied on 26 May, after the club's owners missed a deadline to deposit an amount equalling 125% of its monthly wage bill.^[47]

Results summary

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	18	14	13	55	45	+10	68	9	8	5	25	18	+7	9	6	8	30	27	+3

Last updated: 19 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	26	28	30	31	27²	32	33	34	35	25¹	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	29³	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W
Position	9	3	3	5	5	3	1	4	3	3	5	5	5	6	7	6	5	4	4	4	3	5	6	5	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 25 (vs Cambridge United) was postponed due to a local area power cut.
² Matchday 27 (vs Reading) was postponed due to FA Cup involvement.
³ Matchday 29 (vs Barnsley) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL League One fixtures were released.^[49]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 August 2023 (2023-08-05) 1	Northampton Town	0–1	Stevenage	Northampton
15:00 BST	Odimayo 17' Hoskins 69'	Report	Piergianni 4' 80' Butler 88' Burns 90+13'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 7,049 Referee: Lewis Smith

12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) 2	Stevenage	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Pressley 58' Reid 87'	Report	Bayliss 50' Winchester 74' Kenneh 86'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,962 Referee: Craig Hicks

15 August 2023 3	Cambridge United	1–2	Stevenage	Cambridge
19:45 BST	Kachunga 80'	Report	Roberts 27' Thompson 32' Butler 68' Reid 82' 83'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,529 Referee: Will Finnie

19 August 2023 4	Reading	2–0	Stevenage	Reading
15:00 BST	Ehibhatiomhan 45+4', 57'	Report	Thompson 5' 22' Reid 10' MacDonald 26' Neal 69'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 11,674 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

26 August 2023 5	Stevenage	0–0	Portsmouth	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Thompson 22' Forster-Caskey 56' Reid 62' Ashby-Hammond 90+8' List 90+10'	Report	Whyte 44' Rafferty 56' Kamara 69' Swanson 90+11'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,352 Referee: Simon Mather

2 September 2023 6	Leyton Orient	0–3	Stevenage	Leyton
15:00 BST	Forde 16' Turns 32'	Report	McNeill 21' Sweeney 44' Freeman 79' Roberts 86'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,287 Referee: Scott Oldham

9 September 2023 7	Stevenage	2–2	Carlisle United	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Reid 15', 74' McNeill 37' Roberts 72'	Report	Maguire 20' Gibson 31' Guy 83' Garner 90'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 4,228 Referee: Darren Drysdale

16 September 2023 8	Stevenage	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Reid 34' 68' Butler 54' List 90+10'	Report	Dobson 51' Tedić 83' Aneke 84' Blackett-Taylor 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,118 Referee: Peter Wright

23 September 2023 9	Cheltenham Town	0–3	Stevenage	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Keena 30'	Report	Roberts 7' Thompson 45+3' List 69', 73'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 3,947 Referee: Leigh Doughty

30 September 2023 10	Stevenage	1–3	Oxford United	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Reid 15' Butler 65'	Report	Leigh 23', 55' Moore 45+4' 82' Beadle 90+5'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,512 Referee: Carl Brook

3 October 2023 11	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Stevenage	Horwich
19:45 BST	Charles 13' (pen.) Thomason 29' Iredale 44' 49' Jerome 64' Sheehan 70'	Report	Reid 20', 65' (pen.) 68' Sweeney 69'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 17,997 Referee: Josh Smith

7 October 2023 12	Stevenage	1–0	Wigan Athletic	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Pressley 9' (pen.) Sweeney 52' Thompson 67' MacDonald 77' Butler 78'	Report	Sessegnon 4' Aasgaard 13' Lang 22' 34' Rekik 55' Shaw 69' Hughes 78' Clare 78' Magennis 88' Tickle 90+10' Pearce 90+10'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 4,402 Referee: Alan Young

14 October 2023 13	Blackpool	3–0	Stevenage	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Rhodes 38' Carey 43' Dale 60' Hamilton 78'	Report	Pressley 7' Thompson 13' Vancooten 53'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 10,516 Referee: Paul Howard

21 October 2023 14	Stevenage	0–0	Port Vale	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Roberts 34' Thompson 50' Smith 80'	Report	Arblaster 28' Smith 38' Balmer 45'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 4,047 Referee: Scott Jackson

24 October 2023 15	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Stevenage	Horfield
19:45 GMT	Finley 37' Evans 46' Collins 57' Martin 83' Crama 84' Taylor 88' Gibbons 90+3'	Report	Thompson 33' Reid 40' Freeman 45+2' James-Wildin 61' Burns 73'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 7,143 Referee: Matt Donohue

28 October 2023 16	Stevenage	3–1	Derby County	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Roberts 32' MacDonald 45+2' Reid 59' Piergianni 71' Hemmings 84'	Report	Cashin 11' Forsyth 30' Mendez-Laing 38'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,866 Referee: Thomas Kirk

11 November 2023 17	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Stevenage	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Forino-Joseph 60' Leahy 79' Stryjek 90+12'	Report	Reid 45+14' Thompson 75' Forster-Caskey 90+23'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,936 Referee: Ben Speedie

18 November 2023 18	Stevenage	1–0	Lincoln City	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Piergianni 28' Reid 68'	Report	Jackson 81'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,045 Referee: Scott Simpson

15 November 2023 19	Fleetwood Town	0–3	Stevenage	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT		Report	Reid 8' Thompson 56' List 90+5'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,771 Referee: Christopher Pollard

28 November 2023 20	Stevenage	2–2	Peterborough United	Stevenage
19:45 GMT	James-Wildin 22' Thompson 30' Piergianni 34' Ashby-Hammond 66'	Report	Randall 51' Edwards 81'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,041 Referee: Sunny Gill

9 December 2023 21	Burton Albion	1–2	Stevenage	Burton upon Trent
15:00 GMT	Powell 7 Oshilaja 7' 77' Stockton 66' Hughes 90+3'	Report	Hemmings 45+1' Reid 51' (pen.) Neal 61' Forster-Caskey 63'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 2,406 Referee: Ben Atkinson

16 December 2023 22	Stevenage	1–1	Exeter City	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Piergianni 45+1' Butler 53'	Report	Aitchison 23' 43' Taylor 43' Sweeney 46' Wildschut 47' Sinisalo 64' Niskanen 75'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 4,007 Referee: Ross Joyce

23 December 2023 23	Barnsley	2–1	Stevenage	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	McAtee 32' Connell 66' Kane 70' 81' Cotter 90+7'	Report	James-Wildin 4' Butler 67'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 12,525 Referee: Marc Edwards

26 December 2023 24	Stevenage	3–0	Northampton Town	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Reid 2' Roberts 42' List 67'	Report	Sowerby 52'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,164 Referee: Will Finnie

1 January 2024 26	Portsmouth	2–1	Stevenage	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Lane 12' Bishop 33' Pack 62' Rafferty 86' Norris 90+1'	Report	L. Thompson 11', 26' Sweeney 35' Freeman 42' Roberts 57' Piergianni 72' N. Thompson 88', 90+6'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 18,891 Referee: Charles Breakspear

13 January 2024 28	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Stevenage	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Kenneh 67'	Report	Vancooten 55' Reid 84' Forster-Caskey 90+1'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 5,259 Referee: Thomas Kirk

27 January 2024 30	Wigan Athletic	2–3	Stevenage	Wigan
15:00 GMT	Magennis 5' (pen.), 68' Aasgaard 38' Shaw 54' Jones 55' Humphrys 90+4'	Report	Reid 15' Burns 55' Piergianni 62', 66' Thompson 81' Freeman 82' Roberts 83'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 8,804 Referee: Ben Toner

3 February 2024 31	Stevenage	1–0	Blackpool	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Butler 74' Forster-Caskey 85' Piergianni 89'	Report	Kouassi 45' Dembélé 79' Husband 85'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,014 Referee: Simon Mather

6 February 2024 27^[50]	Stevenage	0–1	Reading	Stevenage
19:45 GMT		Report	Savage 24' Mola 39' Oliver 45' (o.g.) Knibbs 89' Ehibhatiomhan 90+4'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,947 Referee: Paul Howard
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 6 January, but was postponed due to FA Cup involvement.

10 February 2024 32	Port Vale	2–2	Stevenage	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Vancooten 6' (o.g.) Lowe 28' Mighten 82' Sang 89' Ojo 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Piergianni 33' Forster-Caskey 36' Reid 52' Vancooten 58' MacGillivray 90+3' Butler 90+7'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,296 Referee: Scott Tallis

13 February 2024 33	Stevenage	2–3	Bristol Rovers	Stevenage
19:45 GMT	Hemmings 6' Forster-Caskey 24'	Report	Evans 21', 67' Thomas 29' Martin 62' Conteh 86' 90+5'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,231 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

17 February 2024 34	Derby County	1–0	Stevenage	Derby
15:00 GMT	Sibley 90'	Report	Forster-Caskey 62' Ashby-Hammond 84'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 27,055 Referee: Tom Reeves

24 February 2024 35	Stevenage	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Piergianni 23' Ashby-Hammond 81'	Report	Lonwijk 7' Stryjek 48'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 4,660 Referee: Darren Drysdale

27 February 2024 25^[51]	Stevenage	1–0	Cambridge United	Stevenage
19:45 GMT	Roberts 35' Forster-Caskey 45' Reid 66'	Report	Cousins 43'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 6,553 Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 29 December, but was postponed due to a local area power cut.^[52]

2 March 2024 36	Lincoln City	0–0	Stevenage	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	House 33' Erhahon 37'	Report	Reid 27' Vancooten 75' Freeman 90+5'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,129 Referee: Bobby Madley

9 March 2024 37	Stevenage	0–0	Fleetwood Town	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Thompson 28'	Report	Holgate 21' 68' Rooney 75' Stockley 85'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 3,911 Referee: Adam Herczeg

13 March 2024 38	Peterborough United	3–1	Stevenage	Peterborough
20:00 GMT	Kyprianou 33' Burrows 44' (pen.) Katongo 64' Poku 77'	Report	Freeman 85'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 7,504 Referee: Carl Brook
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 12 March, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[53]

16 March 2024 39	Stevenage	0–1	Leyton Orient	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Vancooten 77'	Report	Sanders 16' Pratley 44' Forde 83'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,650 Referee: Craig Hicks

23 March 2024 40	Carlisle United	2–2	Stevenage	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Butterworth 13', 65', 72' Charters 45+2' Neal 67' Lewis 77'	Report	Freeman 29' Roberts 39' MacDonald 82' (pen.) Vancooten 90+6'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,634 Referee: Daniel Middleton

29 March 2024 41	Stevenage	0–0	Bolton Wanderers	Stevenage
15:00 GMT		Report	Sheehan 75' Maghoma 76'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Referee: Sam Allison

1 April 2024 42	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Stevenage	Charlton
15:00 BST	Watson 43'	Report	Thompson 22' White 88'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 14,351 Referee: Scott Oldham

6 April 2024 43	Exeter City	1–0	Stevenage	Exeter
15:00 BST	Carroll 22' Cole 38' Watts 69' Sweeney 90+3'	Report	Butler 7' L. Thompson 47' Hemmings 69' N. Thompson 86'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,314 Referee: Lewis Smith

9 April 2024 29^[54]	Stevenage	2–1	Barnsley	Stevenage
19:45 BST	Reid 45+2' Butler 51' List 75' Thompson 85'	Report	De Gevigney 12' Phillips 30' McCart 51'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 4,727 Referee: Declan Bourne
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 January, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[55]

13 April 2024 44	Stevenage	1–2	Burton Albion	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Butler 61' Thompson 75' Hemmings 88', 90+4'	Report	Oshilaja 21' Helm 45+1', 61' Hamer 71', 76'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 4,040 Referee: Ben Toner

19 April 2024 45	Oxford United	1–1	Stevenage	Oxford
20:00 BST	Brannagan 59' (pen.)	Report	Vancooten 10' Long 32' (o.g.) Guinness-Walker 71' Smith 88'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 9,174 Referee: Tom Nield
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 20 April, but was moved for live Sky Sports coverage.^[56]

27 April 2024 46	Stevenage	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Hemmings 45+1 pen' Roberts 50' Thompson 74' Freeman 90'	Report	Nuttall 45+3' Thomas 51' Taylor 53' Shepherd 84'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 5,441 Referee: Lee Swabey

FA Cup

Stevenage were drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers in the first round^[57] and to either Port Vale or Burton Albion in the second round.^[58] On 14 November, Port Vale won their replay 2–0 and were confirmed as the next opponents.^[59]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 November 2023 First round	Stevenage	4–3	Tranmere Rovers	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Roberts 3' Butler 37' Reid 58' (pen.), 90+10' Hemmings 81' 88'	Report	Norris 28' (pen.) Merrie 38' Apter 55' Walker 67' Morris 90+1'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Neil Hair

2 December 2023 Second round	Stevenage	1–1	Port Vale	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Ashby-Hammond 64' Reid 69' 80' Piergianni 81' James-Wildin 90+3'	Report	Ojo 76' (pen.) Loft 78' Ikpeazu 81' Lowe 90+6'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,491 Referee: Tom Reeves

12 December 2023 Second round replay	Port Vale	3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Stevenage	Burslem
19:45 GMT	Garrity 6', 55' 106' Iacovitti 69' Ripley 90' Loft 114'	Report	L. Thompson 50' N. Thompson 50' 119' White 81' Hemmings 90+6'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 2,073 Referee: Tom Nield
	Penalties
	Ojo Garrity Lowe Sang Loft		Reid Hemmings White N. Thompson James-Wildin

6 January 2024 Third round	Maidstone United	1–0	Stevenage	Maidstone
12:30 GMT	Corne 45+2' (pen.) Bone 63'	Report	Sweeney 14' Thompson 42' Freeman 48' Piergianni 78'	Stadium: Gallagher Stadium Attendance: 4,024 Referee: Steve Martin

EFL Cup

Stevenage were drawn at home to Watford in the first round^[60] and away to Exeter City in the second round.^[61]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2023 First round	Stevenage	1–1 (4–3 p)	Watford	Stevenage
19:45 BST	March 43'	Report	Bayo 6'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 4,495 Referee: Charles Breakspear
	Penalties
	Reid Roberts Forster-Caskey MacDonald Thompson		Hoedt Sierralta Porteous Healey Koné

29 August 2023 Second round	Exeter City	1–1 (5–3 p)	Stevenage	Exeter
19:45 BST	Hartridge 5' Trevitt 8' Sweeney 30'	Report	Butler 63' Roberts 69' Thompson 89'	Stadium: St James Park Referee: Andrew Kitchen
	Penalties
	Trevitt Carroll Aimson Taylor Sweeney		Reid Roberts Butler Sweeney

EFL Trophy

Stevenage were drawn into Southern Group C, alongside AFC Wimbledon, Wycombe Wanderers and Crystal Palace U21.^[62]

More information Pos, Div ...

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Wycombe Wanderers	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	+3	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	AFC Wimbledon	3	1	1	0	1	3	2	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Stevenage	3	1	0	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	ACA	Crystal Palace U21	3	0	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 September 2023 Group stage	AFC Wimbledon	1–1 (6–5 p)	Stevenage	Wimbledon
19:00 BST	Pell 14' Davison 33' Lewis 71' Lock 90'	Report	MacDonald 40' Neal 46' Reid 55' (pen.) Forster-Caskey 75' Thompson 88'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 1,317 Referee: Stephen Parkinson
	Penalties
	Sasu Ball Brown Ogundere Tilley Lakin		Reid Hemmings MacDonald Forster-Caskey Thompson Freeman

10 October 2023 Group stage	Stevenage	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Stevenage
19:00 BST	Thompson 69'	Report	Vokes 70'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 902 Referee: Daniel Middleton

14 November 2023 Group stage	Stevenage	5–2	Crystal Palace U21	Stevenage
19:00 GMT	Sheridan 5' (o.g.) Forster-Caskey 13' White 22' Neal 24' Pressley 54', 83' James-Wildin 57' List 89'	Report	Ebiowei 17' Ola-Adebomi 20' Watson 85'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Referee: Daniel Middleton

2023–24 Stevenage F.C. season

Current squad

Transfers

In

Out

Loaned in

Loaned out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

League One

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FA Cup

EFL Cup

EFL Trophy

References

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	18	14	13	55	45	+10	68	9	8	5	25	18	+7	9	6	8	30	27	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	18	14	13	55	45	+10	68	9	8	5	25	18	+7	9	6	8	30	27	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
45	18	14	13	55	45	+10	68	9	8	5	25	18	+7	9	6	8	30	27	+3