Stevenage Borough News

CRISIS club Chester City, who face expulsion from the Blue Square Premier League next week if they don't satisfy outstanding football creditors, lost their fourth consecutive match when they went down 2-0 to promotion chasing Stevenage Borough last night.

MONDAY morning sees a number of knocks and minor bruising but no major injury problems.

AS WOEFUL as the weather, Forest Green were made to pay the price for a first-half horror show against Stevenage on Saturday.

IT DOES little for the self-esteem to sit alone in front of a computer watching Stevenage Borough v Port Vale.

Goalkeeper Alan Julian looks to have played his final game in a Gills shirt after having a transfer request accepted on Thursday.

VALE boss Micky Adams says he may resist splashing the club's cash on a loan defender with Gareth Owen set to make a double-quick return from a fractured cheek bone.

STUART Pearce has urged England's young guns to follow in his footsteps to book a place at the 2011 Euro Championships.

Stevenage: Odubade . Vale: K Taylor . RED - Stevenage Borough: None. Vale: None.

Louis Dodds' sixth goal of the season saw Port Vale through to round two of the FA Cup at the expense of Blue Square Premier high-fliers Stevenage.

The non-leaguers created enough chances to put the tie out of Vale's reach, but ultimately paid the price for their wasteful finishing.

The midfielder, who turns 21 later this month has joined in time to be in the squad to face Stevenage Borough this Saturday.

Adam Miller's future at Gillingham is not over, according to manager Mark Stimson.

SKIPPER Tommy Fraser has turned up the heat ahead of Port Vale's FA Cup replay at Stevenage Borough by admitting he can't wait to knock the "cockiness" out of the non-leaguers. The Blue Square Premier high-fliers earned a 1-1 first-round draw at Vale Park last Saturday to set up next Tuesday's replay at the Lamex Stadium .

Gillingham midfielder Adam Miller has joined League 2 promotion chasers Dagenham & Redbridge.

Port Vale will not find it easy to get past non-league Stevenage Borough in their FA Cup first round replay, according to defender Adam Yates.

Kettering Town and Stevenage Borough both lost ground on Oxford United as honours ended even at Rockingham Road.

TORQUAY United utility player Michael Brough has joined Blue Square Premier Mansfield Town on loan until January 4. The transfer is with a view to 28-year-old Brough joining David Holdsworth's promotion-chasing Stags for the rest of the season on loan in the New Year.

Mark Cooper insists there will be no excuses for Kettering Town when they take on Stevenage Borough in a Blue Square Premier showdown on Saturday.

Chris Beardsley is looking forward to coming back to Kettering Town tomorrow as part of the Stevenage Borough squad.

FNAS are being challenged to follow in the playersa footsteps and wear it pink to this Saturdaya s special Kids for a Quida game at home to Havant & Waterlooville, kick-off 3pm in the Blue Square South, as Glenn Pennyfathera s team show their support for the current nationwide Breast Cancer Campaign.