2016–17 Stevenage F.C. season

Stevenage

2016–17 season
Chairman	Phil Wallace
Manager	Darren Sarll
Stadium	Lamex Stadium
FA Cup	First round (vs. Port Vale)
League Cup	First round (vs. Stoke City)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season is Stevenage's third consecutive season in League Two and their 41st year in existence.^[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LB		Andrew Fox	Peterborough United	Free transfer	[2]
1 July 2016	CF		Matthew Godden	Ebbsfleet United	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2016	GK		Jamie Jones	Preston North End	Free transfer	[4]
4 July 2016	CF		Rowan Liburd	Reading	Undisclosed	[5]
6 July 2016	CF		Jake Hyde	York City	Free transfer	[6]
19 July 2016	LW		Jobi McAnuff	Leyton Orient	Free transfer	[7]
31 August 2016	LB		Kgosi Ntlhe	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	[8]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LM		Charlie Adams	Real Monarchs [lower-alpha 1]	Released	[10]
1 July 2016	CM		Lee Cox	Free agent	Released	[10]
1 July 2016	RM		Rohdell Gordon	Braintree Town [lower-alpha 2]	Released	[10]
1 July 2016	CM		Jack Jebb	Free agent	Released	[10]
1 July 2016	CF		Adam Marriott	Lincoln City [lower-alpha 3]	Released	[10]
1 July 2016	CM		David McAllister	Free agent	Released	[10]
1 July 2016	CF		Aaron O'Connor	Free agent	Released	[10]
1 July 2016	LB		Jerome Okimo	Braintree Town [lower-alpha 4]	Released	[10]
1 July 2016	CM		Dean Parrett	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	[14]
1 July 2016	CF		Jack Storer	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[15]
1 July 2016	RM		Chris Whelpdale	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	[16]
1 July 2016	RW		Louis-Michel Yamfam	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	[17]

1. Following Adams' release, he signed for Real Monarchs.^[9]
2. Following Gordon's release, he signed for Braintree Town.^[11]
3. Following Marriott's release, he signed for Lincoln City.^[12]
4. Following Okimo's release, he signed for Braintree Town.^[13]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
8 July 2016	CB		Shaun Donnellan	West Bromwich Albion	1 January 2017	[18]
15 August 2016	LW		Connor Hunte	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7 January 2017	[19]
25 August 2016	CM		Henry Cowans	Aston Villa	7 January 2017	[20]
30 August 2016	DM		Jack King	Scunthorpe United	3 January 2017	[21]
31 August 2016	AM		Harry McKirdy	Aston Villa	7 January 2017	[22]
31 August 2016	CF		Tyler Walker	Nottingham Forest	End of Season	[23]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2016	CF		Dipo Akinyemi	St Albans City	3 January 2017	[24]
1 August 2016	LB		Ryan Johnson	St Albans City	3 January 2017	[24]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

St Albans City v Stevenage

9 July 2016 Friendly	St Albans City	2–3	Stevenage	St Albans
15:00 BST	Theophanous  15' Hill  60'	Report	Fox  46' Hyde  66', 76'	Stadium: Clarence Park Attendance: 420 Referee: Mick Russell

Stevenage v Watford

14 July 2016 Friendly	Stevenage	0–2	Watford	Stevenage
19:45 BST		Report	Capoue  50' Sinclair  89'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Referee: Darren Deadman

Bishop's Stortford v Stevenage

16 July 2016 Friendly	Bishop's Stortford	0–6	Stevenage	Bishop's Stortford
15:00 BST		Report	Lee  18' Trialist  24' Kennedy  40' (pen.) Conlon  73', 82' Godden  90'	Stadium: The ProKit UK Stadium Attendance: 275 Referee: Anthony Serrano

Stevenage v Brighton & Hove Albion

23 July 2016 Friendly	Stevenage	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Stevenage
17:30 BST	Liburd  31'	Report		Stadium: Broadhall Way Referee: Lee Collins

Boreham Wood v Stevenage

26 July 2016 Friendly	Boreham Wood	0–0	Stevenage	Borehamwood
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Meadow Park

Stevenage v Milton Keynes Dons

30 July 2016 Friendly	Stevenage	4–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Godden  1', 61' Hyde  36' Conlon  70'	Report	Upson  18'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Referee: Charles Breakspeare

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Cambridge United	19	7	4	8	21	23	−2	25
13	Mansfield Town	19	6	7	6	21	25	−4	25
14	Stevenage	18	7	3	8	28	29	−1	24
15	Colchester United	19	6	5	8	27	26	+1	23
16	Crawley Town	19	6	5	8	21	32	−11	23

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

Stevenage v Crewe Alexandra

6 August 2016 1	Stevenage	1–2	Crewe Alexandra	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Conlon  24' Wilkinson  32' Lee  90+4'	Report	Davis  12' Lowe  64' Kiwomya  80'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,544 (316 away) Referee: Kevin Johnson

Notts County v Stevenage

13 August 2016 2	Notts County	1–1	Stevenage	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Stead  18' O'Connor  62' Duffy  77' Hollis  83'	Report	Kennedy  9' Tonge  23'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,987 (192 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Leyton Orient v Stevenage

16 August 2016 3	Leyton Orient	3–0	Stevenage	Leyton
19:45 BST	Massey  20', 75' Cox  37'	Report	Franks  7' Godden  13' Wilkinson  82'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,779 (304 away) Referee: Brett Huxtable

Stevenage v Luton Town

20 August 2016 4	Stevenage	2–1	Luton Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Hunte  53' Wells  60' Wilkinson  85' Godden  90+6'	Report	McGeehan  15' Hylton  38' Lee  66'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,517 (1,674 away) Referee: Andy Haines

Grimsby Town v Stevenage

27 August 2016 5	Grimsby Town	5–2	Stevenage	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Bogle  15', 50', 90+4' Summerfield  40' Vose  49' Andrew  73'	Report	Franks  45+2' McAnuff  66' Kennedy  75'	Stadium: Blundell Park

Stevenage v Hartlepool United

3 September 2016 6	Stevenage	6–1	Hartlepool United	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Pett  27' Ntlhe  34' Walker  44', 57' Wells  53' Tonge  69' (pen.) Godden  78'	Report	Thomas  4' Richards  43' Harrison  83'	Stadium: Broadhall Way

Stevenage v Crawley Town

10 September 2016 7	Stevenage	2–1	Crawley Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Walker  44'  76' King  55'  73' Pett  64'	Report	Collins  86'  88' Payne  90'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,157 (212 away) Referee: Trevor Kettle

Wycombe Wanderers v Stevenage

17 September 2016 8	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Stevenage	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Gape  14' Southwell  45+3' Cowan-Hall  82'	Report	Tonge  34' Franks  52'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,181 (292 away) Referee: Brendan Malone

Stevenage v Exeter City

24 September 2016 9	Stevenage	0–2	Exeter City	Stevenage
15:00 BST	McAnuff  54' Kennedy  61'	Report	Moore-Taylor  24' Taylor  45' Reid  53' Holmes  70' Watkins  71' Simpson  85'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,244 Referee: Ollie Yates

Cheltenham Town v Stevenage

27 September 2016 10	Cheltenham Town	0–0	Stevenage	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Dickie  34' Wright  36' Waters  90+2'	Report	King  76' Gorman  78'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 2,238 Referee: Robert Jones

Stevenage v Plymouth Argyle

8 October 2016 11	Stevenage	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Godden  29' Henry  46' Bradley  54' (o.g.) Cowans  69' Franks  78'	Report	Bradley  47', 58' Spencer  50' Purrington  69' Jervis  85'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,881 Referee: Ross Joyce

Morecambe v Stevenage

15 October 2016 12	Morecambe	0–2	Stevenage	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Whitmore  61' Mullin 88' Murphy  90+5'	Report	Godden  36' Cowans  43' Kennedy  57' Henry  88'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Richard Clark

Stevenage v Carlisle United

22 October 2016 13	Stevenage	1–2	Carlisle United	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Jones  17' Godden  44' (pen.) Ntlhe  69' Kennedy  71' McKirdy  90'	Report	Kennedy  16'  31' Grainger  39'  57' (pen.) Miller  43' Adams  45+3' Gillespie  90+1' Brisley  90+7'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,720 Referee: Nick Kinseley

Mansfield Town v Stevenage

29 October 2016 14	Mansfield Town	1–2	Stevenage	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Hoban  54' Pearce  90+1'	Report	Lee  32' Wilkinson  35' Gorman  45+4' McKirdy  57'  66' Henry  70' Jones  74' Kennedy  80'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 2,716 Referee: Mark Heywood

Stevenage v Yeovil Town

12 November 2016 15	Stevenage	2–2	Yeovil Town	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	Cowans  31' Lee  43' Kennedy  68', 86' King  84'	Report	Smith  32' Hedges  48' Whitfield  90+5'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,457 Referee: Gavin Ward

Accrington Stanley v Stevenage

19 November 2016 16	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Stevenage	Accrington
15:00 GMT	Pearson  55' McConville  72' Vyner  81'	Report	Godden  55'  71' Schumacher  61' McAnuff  90+5'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 1,283 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Portsmouth v Stevenage

26 November 2016 17	Portsmouth	1–2	Stevenage	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Clarke  73' Smith  80' Evans  90+1'	Report	Gorman  39' Wilkinson  45' Schumacher  71' Godden  75' King  90+4'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 15,987 Referee: Ben Toner

Stevenage v Doncaster Rovers

3 December 2016 18	Stevenage	3–4	Doncaster Rovers	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	McKirdy  22' Lee  41' Gorman  44' Pett  61' Franks  72' Liburd  90'	Report	Marquis  12' Butler  28' Mandeville  35' Blair  39' Jones  73' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,705 Referee: Lee Collins

FA Cup

Port Vale v Stevenage

5 November 2016 First round	Port Vale	1–0	Stevenage	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Streete  38' Smith  47' Grant  49'	Report	Gorman  30' Cowans  43'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,093 Referee: Mark Haywood

EFL Cup

Ipswich Town v Stevenage

9 August 2016 First round	Ipswich Town	0–1	Stevenage	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Smith  51'	Report	Kennedy  53' Lee  77' Henry  81'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 6,858 (245 away) Referee: Charles Breakspear

Stevenage v Stoke City

23 August 2016 Second round	Stevenage	0–4	Stoke City	Stevenage
19:45 BST	Lee  43' Franks  81'	Report	Crouch  14', 48', 70' Cameron  30' Bardsley  32'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,363 (854 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Southend United	3	2	0	0	1	3	4	−1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion Academy	3	1	1	0	1	3	4	−1	5
3	L2	Stevenage	3	1	0	1	1	7	5	+2	4
4	L2	Leyton Orient	3	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	3

Source: EFL.com

Leyton Orient v Stevenage

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Leyton Orient	3–1	Stevenage	Leyton
19:45 BST	McCallum  33', 70' Kelly  46' Semedo  54'		Wells  13' Franks  58'  90'	Stadium: Brisbane Road

Stevenage v Brighton & Hove Albion U23

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Stevenage	2–2 (3–4 p)	Brighton & Hove Albion U23	Stevenage
19:45 BST	Walker  60' McKirdy  87'	Report	Ince  1' Starkey  83' Goldson  88'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 486 Referee: Nick Kinseley
		Penalties
	Tonge Cowans Fox Hunte Gorman		Hünemeier Goldson Tilley Pocognoli Collar

Stevenage v Southend United

8 November 2016 Group stage 3	Stevenage	4–0	Southend United	Stevenage
19:45 GMT	Schumacher  8' Godden  18' Liburd  64', 90+1' Gorman  78'	Report	Thompson  7'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 559 Referee: Graham Horwood

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