2017–18 Stevenage F.C. season

Stevenage 2017–18
Club information
Manager	Darren Sarll
League Season information
Final League position	TBD
Highest position	2
lowest position	20
Cup placements
FA Cup
EFL Cup
Season statistics
Top goalscorer
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The 2017–18 season was Stevenage's fourth consecutive season in League Two and their 42nd year in existence. Along with competing in League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	CM		Harry Beautyman	Northampton Town	Free
1 July 2017	CM		James Ferry	Brentford	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	LB		Joe Martin	Millwall	Free
1 July 2017	CF		Danny Newton	Tamworth	Free
1 July 2017	CF		Alex Samuel	Swansea City	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	RW		Blair Turgott	Bromley	Free
18 July 2017	CB		Terence Vancooten	Reading	Free
28 July 2017	RM		Chris Whelpdale	AFC Wimbledon	Free
2 August 2017	CB		Kevin Lokko	Maidstone United	Undisclosed
7 August 2017	CM		Jonathan Smith	Luton Town	Free

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
1 July 2017	LB		Andrew Fox	Free agent	Released
1 July 2017	CF		Jake Hyde	Maidenhead United	Released
1 July 2017	RB		Nathan Kerr	Glentoran	Released
1 July 2017	CM		Charlie Lee	Leyton Orient	Released
1 July 2017	LB		Kgosi Ntlhe	Rochdale	Released
1 July 2017	CM		Michael Tonge	Port Vale	Released
1 July 2017	CB		Dean Wells	Boreham Wood	Released }}
7 August 2017	GK		Jamie Jones	Wigan Athletic	Free

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date
1 July 2017	GK		Joe Fryer	Middlesbrough	30 June 2018
31 August 2017	RW		Charlie Wakefield	Chelsea	30 June 2018
31 August 2017	CF		Kyle Wootton	Scunthorpe United	January 2018

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date
15 July 2017	LB		Ryan Johnson	Boreham Wood	30 June 2018
26 July 2017	CF		Dipo Akinyemi	Bishop's Stortford	30 June 2018
4 August 2017	CB		Kevin Lokko	Dagenham & Redbridge	30 June 2018
18 August 2017	CF		Rowan Liburd	Hemel Hempstead Town	TBA
8 September 2017	RW		Blair Turgott	Boreham Wood	10 December 2017

Competitions

Friendlies

On 19 May 2017, Stevenage announced their first two friendlies for pre-season. Four days later, a third home pre-season match, against Millwall was confirmed. Six further pre-season fixtures were revealed two days later.

On 20 July 2017, it was announced the planned friendly against Cheshunt had been cancelled.

8 July 2017	Hitchin Town	1–1	Stevenage	Hitchin
15:00 BST	Charles  65'	Report	Turgott	Stadium: Top Field Attendance: 732

11 July 2017	Stevenage	2–2	Norwich City	Stevenage
19:45 BST	Samuel  32' Gorman  66' (pen.)	Report	Oliveira  7' Pritchard  24'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium

22 July 2017	Stevenage	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Franks  34'	Report	Ahearne-Grant  40' Forster-Caskey  56'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium

25 July 2017	Stevenage	0–0	Millwall	Stevenage
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Lamex Stadium

29 July 2017	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–2	Stevenage	Dagenham
15:00 BST		Report	Wilkinson  13' McKee  20'	Stadium: Chigwell Construction Stadium

League Two

League table

2017–18 Football League Two table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Accrington Stanley  (C) (P)	46	29	6	11	76	46	+30	93	Promotion to League One
2	Luton Town  (P)	46	25	13	8	94	46	+48	88
3	Wycombe Wanderers  (P)	46	24	12	10	79	60	+19	84
4	Exeter City	46	24	8	14	64	54	+10	80	Qualification to the League Two play-offs
5	Notts County	46	21	14	11	71	48	+23	77
6	Coventry City  (P)	46	22	9	15	64	47	+17	75
7	Lincoln City	46	20	15	11	64	48	+16	75
8	Mansfield Town	46	18	18	10	67	52	+15	72
9	Swindon Town	46	20	8	18	67	65	+2	68
10	Carlisle United	46	17	16	13	62	54	+8	67
11	Newport County	46	16	16	14	56	58	−2	64
12	Cambridge United	46	17	13	16	56	60	−4	64
13	Colchester United	46	16	14	16	53	52	+1	62
14	Crawley Town	46	16	11	19	58	66	−8	59
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	17	5	24	62	75	−13	56
16	Stevenage	46	14	13	19	60	65	−5	55
17	Cheltenham Town	46	13	12	21	67	73	−6	51
18	Grimsby Town	46	13	12	21	42	66	−24	51
19	Yeovil Town	46	12	12	22	59	75	−16	48
20	Port Vale	46	11	14	21	49	67	−18	47
21	Forest Green Rovers	46	13	8	25	54	77	−23	47
22	Morecambe	46	9	19	18	41	56	−15	46
23	Barnet  (R)	46	12	10	24	46	65	−19	46	Relegation to the National League
24	Chesterfield  (R)	46	10	8	28	47	83	−36	38

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	3	3	2	13	11	+2	12	1	2	1	8	7	+1	2	1	1	5	4	+1

Last updated: 16 September 2017
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	L
Position	10	20	8	3	2	5	7	11

Last updated: 16 September 2017.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

1 5 August 2017	Stevenage	3–3	Newport County	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Pett  11' Gorman  61' (pen.) Newton  72'	Report	Nouble  55' Demetriou  77' McCoulsky  90+4'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Martin Coy

2 12 August 2017	Colchester United	1–1	Stevenage	Colchester
15:00 BST	Mandron  65'	Report	Newton  51'	Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium Attendance: 3,330 Referee: Antony Coggins

3 19 August 2017	Stevenage	3–1	Grimsby Town	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Smith 28'  45' Newton  37' Kennedy  65' Gorman 81' McKee 90+3'	Report	Rose 11' Jones  58' Collins  81' Dixon 90'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 2,793 Referee: Scott Oldham

4 26 August 2017	Barnet	0–1	Stevenage	Canons Park
15:00 BST		Report	Pett  27' 64' Gorman  35'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,883 Referee: Richard Clark

5 2 September 2017	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Stevenage	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Storer 75'	Report	Whelpdale 59' Wilkinson 70' Martin  82' Fryer 90+5'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 2,694 Referee: Craig Hicks

6 9 September 2017	Stevenage	1–2	Lincoln City	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Godden  26' Wilkinson  82'	Report	Eardley 36' Green  45', 52' Raggett  58' Palmer  75' (pen.) Bostwick 81' Woodyard 87' Farman 90+3'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

7 12 September 2017	Stevenage	1–1	Crawley Town	Stevenage
19:45 BST	Newton  45+1'	Report	Meité  49'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 1,922 Referee: Andy Haines

8 16 September 2017	Swindon Town	3–2	Stevenage	Swindon
15:00 BST	Norris  9', 62' (pen.) 45+2' Anderson  13' Robertson 53' Dunne 68' Hussey 75' Lancashire 88'	Report	Newton  51' 79' Martin  89' Godden 90'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,022 Referee: John Brooks

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Stevenage were drawn away to Millwall in the first round.

First round 8 August 2017	Millwall	2–0	Stevenage	Bermondsey
19:45 BST	Elliott  54', 67'	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 3,096 Referee: Simon Hooper

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, Stevenage were drawn in Southern Group G alongside Brighton & Hove Albion U23s, Milton Keynes Dons and Oxford United.

Group Game 1 29 August 2017	Stevenage	2–6	Oxford United	Stevenage
19:45 BST	Beautyman  19' Conlon 49' Samuel  82'	Report	Henry  30' Hall  43', 52' Obika  50' Xemi 53' Rothwell  55' Payne  64'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 799

Group Game 2 3 October 2017	Milton Keynes Dons	v	Stevenage	Denbigh
19:45 BST				Stadium: StadiumMK

Group Game 3 7 November 2017	Stevenage	v	Brighton & Hove Albion U23s	Stevenage
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Lamex Stadium

External links

• Official website