2014–15 Stevenage F.C. season

Stevenage

2014–15 season
Chairman	Phil Wallace
Manager	Graham Westley
Football League Two	6th
FA Cup	First Round
Football League Cup	First Round
Football League Trophy	First Round
Top goalscorer	League: Charlie Lee (9) All: Charlie Lee (9)
Highest home attendance	5,503 vs. Cambridge United (14 March 2015)
Lowest home attendance	1,613 vs. Gillingham (2 September 2014)
Home colours Away colours
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The 2014–15 season was Stevenage F.C.'s first season back in League Two following releagation last season. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists of all matches that the club have played in the season.

Match details

Pre-season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
9 July 2014	Arlesey Town	A	3–0	Wells 9', Pett 20', Marriott 30'
12 July 2014	West Ham United	H	2–2	Pett 32', Calcutt 77'	3,811
15 July 2014	Barnet	A	0–1		548
19 July 2014	Millwall	H	2–2	Walton 49', 55'
22 July 2014	Tonbridge Angels	A	3–1	Lancaster 32', Dembélé 55', Marriott 72'
26 July 2014	Chesham United	A	3–1	Marriott 29', 31', 50'
29 July 2014	Reading	H	0–0
2 August 2014	Coventry City	H	2–1	Walton 57' (p), Deacon 64' (p)
2 August 2014	St. Albans City	A	1–1	Gorman '69

League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Wycombe Wanderers	46	23	15	8	67	45	+22	84	Qualification for League Two play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
5	Southend United (O, P)	46	24	12	10	54	38	+16	84
6	Stevenage	46	20	12	14	62	54	+8	72
7	Plymouth Argyle	46	20	11	15	55	37	+18	71
8	Luton Town	46	19	11	16	54	44	+10	68

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League One.

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.^[1]

Game	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
1	9 August 2014	Hartlepool United	H	1–0	Whelpdale 60'	3,023
2	16 August 2014	Southend United	A	0–2		5,397
3	19 August 2014	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	Calcutt 54'	6,240
4	23 August 2014	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–3	Charles 31'	2,832
5	30 August 2014	Wimbledon	A	3–2	Wells 42', Lancaster 59', Lee 74'	3,791
6	6 September 2014	York City	H	2–3	Whelpdale 59', Pett 64'	3,090
7	13 September 2014	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–0	Charles 36'	2,840
8	16 September 2014	Bury	A	1–2	Marriott 10'	2,638
9	20 September 2014	Oxford United	A	0–0		4,658
10	27 September 2014	Mansfield Town	H	3–0	Whelpdale 3', 83', Lee 5'	2,820
11	4 October 2014	Luton Town	H	1–2	Pett 33'	5,236
12	11 October 2014	Carlisle United	A	0–3		4,011
13	18 October 2014	Accrington Stanley	H	2–1	Whelpdale 1', Lee 48'	2,398
14	21 October 2014	Portsmouth	A	2–3	Wells 23', Beardsley 74'	13,281
15	25 October 2014	Burton Albion	H	1–0	Sharps 84' (o.g.)	3,051
16	1 November 2014	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–2	Ihiekwe 14' (o.g.), Barnard 64'	4,456
17	15 November 2014	Cheltenham Town	H	5–1	Beardsley 5', 34', Lee 8', Barnard 74', 81'	2,668
18	22 November 2014	Northampton Town	A	0–1		4,431
19	29 November 2014	Morecambe	H	1–1	Walton 6' (p)	2,464
20	13 December 2014	Newport County	A	0–2		2,976
21	20 December 2014	Exeter City	H	1–0	Lee 84'	2,878
22	26 December 2014	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	2–0	Lee 50', Whelpdale 73'	1,779
23	28 December 2014	Cambridge United	H	3–2	Lee 14', Pett 32', Parrett 38'	4,579
24	3 January 2015	Morecambe	A	0–0		1,530
25	10 January 2015	Wimbledon	H	2–1	Pett 32', Walton 69' (p)	3,306
26	17 January 2015	York City	A	2–0	Marriott 39', Pett 64'	3,107
27	24 January 2015	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–3	Marriott 10', Wells 42'	4,565
28	31 January 2015	Oxford United	H	0–2		3,146
29	7 February 2015	Mansfield Town	A	0–1		2,436
30	10 February 2015	Bury	H	0–0		2,165
31	14 February 2015	Hartlepool United	A	3–1	Martin 38', Kennedy 52', 65'	3,388
32	21 February 2015	Southend United	H	4–2	Deacon 30', Walton 74' (p), Kennedy 86', Parrett 90'	3,918
33	28 February 2015	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–2	Pett 30', Parrett 45'	3,664
34	3 March 2015	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	Andrade 89'	3,022
35	7 March 2015	Newport County	H	2–1	Lee 31', Dembélé 67'	2,941
36	14 March 2015	Cambridge United	H	1–1	Wells 17'	5,503
37	17 March 2015	Exeter City	A	0–0		3,149
38	21 March 2015	Dag & Red	H	0–1		2,795
39	30 March 2015	Burton Albion	A	1–1	Naylor 12' (o.g.)	3,024
40	3 April 2015	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–2	Dembélé 4', Lee 78'	3,344
41	6 April 2015	Cheltenham Town	A	1–0	Kennedy 78' (p)	2,858
42	11 April 2015	Northampton Town	H	2–1	Whelpdale 65', Walton 90'	3,378
43	14 April 2015	Portsmouth	H	1–0	Pett 3'	3,615
44	18 April 2015	Accrington Stanley	A	2–2	Walton 19' (p), Beardsley 89'	1,351
45	25 April 2015	Carlisle United	H	1–0	Parrett 47'	3,632
46	2 May 2015	Luton Town	A	0–2		10,054

League Two Play-Offs

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
SF 1st Leg	10 May 2015	Southend United	H	1–1	Parrett 51'	5,183
SF 2nd Leg	14 May 2015	Southend United	A	1–3	Pett 55'	8,998

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
1	9 November 2014	Maidstone United	H	0–0		2,935
1 (replay)	20 November 2014	Maidstone United	A	1–2	Charles 47'	2,226

League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Stevenage were drawn at home to Watford.^[2]

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
1	12 August 2014	Watford	H	0–1		3,989

Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
1	2 September 2014	Gillingham	H	0–1		1,613

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Sam Beasant	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
2	DF	Michael Richens	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	Bira Dembélé	25+2	2	0+1	0	1	0	1	0	27+3	2	4	0
4	DF	Harry Worley	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
5	DF	Jon Ashton	15+2	0	1	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	16+5	0	3	0
6	MF	Andrew Bond	16+4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	19+4	0	4	1
7	MF	Chris Whelpdale	35+4	7	2	0	1	0	3	0	41+4	7	2	0
8	MF	Simon Walton	26+3	5	1+1	0	0	0	2	0	29+4	5	7	0
9	DF	Darius Charles	29	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	33	3	3	0
10	FW	Calvin Zola	1+6	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1+7	0	0	0
11	MF	Tom Pett	29+4	7	1	0	1	0	1+1	1	32+5	8	4	0
13	MF	Dean Parrett	28+2	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	30+2	5	4	0
14	FW	Adam Marriott	9+3	3	0	0	1	0	0+1	0	10+4	3	0	0
15	FW	Connor Calcutt	0+8	1	0	0	0+1	0	1	0	1+9	1	0	0
16	GK	Chris Day	38	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	43	0	2	0
19	DF	Dean Wells	43	4	2	0	1	0	3	0	49	4	5	0
20	FW	Chris Beardsley	24+5	4	0+1	0	0	0	2	0	26+6	4	5	1
22	MF	Charlie Lee	40+4	9	2	0	1	0	3	0	46+4	9	9	0
23	DF	Jerome Okimo	26+3	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	31+3	0	3	0
24	DF	Cameron Lancaster	4+1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5+1	1	0	0
25	DF	Ronnie Henry	32	0	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	35+1	0	7	0
27	DF	Ryan Johnson	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0	2	1
32	MF	Tom Conlon	6+7	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	6+8	0	1	0
34	FW	Roarie Deacon	13+11	1	1+1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	16+4	1	3	0
—	—	Own goals	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	Ref.
GK	Sam Beasant	Woking	Free	7 June 2014	[3]
MF	Andrew Bond	Chester	Free	7 June 2014	[3]
DF	Harry Worley	Newport County	Free	7 June 2014	[3]
MF	Tom Pett	Wealdstone	Undisclosed	20 June 2014	[4]
DF	Dean Wells	Braintree Town	£25,000	20 June 2014	[5]
FW	Calvin Zola	Aberdeen	Free	20 June 2014	[6]
DF	Ronnie Henry	Luton Town	Free	30 June 2014	[7]
MF	Simon Walton	Hartlepool United	Free	30 June 2014	[7]
MF	Chris Whelpdale	Gillingham	Free	30 June 2014	[7]
FW	Adam Marriott	Cambridge City	Undisclosed	8 July 2014	[8]
FW	Chris Beardsley	Preston North End	Free	12 July 2014	[9]
MF	Charlie Lee	Gillingham	Free	12 July 2014	[9]
FW	Connor Calcutt	Berkhamsted	Undisclosed	9 August 2014	[10]
DF	Jerome Okimo	Wealdstone	Undisclosed	9 August 2014	[10]
FW	Cameron Lancaster	Tottenham Hotspur	Free	30 August 2014	[11]
MF	Tom Conlon	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	6 January 2015	[12]
DF	Michael Richens	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	6 January 2015	[12]
MF	David McAlliser	Shrewsbury Town	Free	20 January 2015	[13]
MF	Dave Martin	Luton Town	Free	14 February 2015	[14]

Out

Pos	Player	To	Fee	Date	Ref.
DF	Peter Hartley	Plymouth Argyle	Free	13 May 2014	[15][16]
MF	Simon Heslop	Mansfield Town	Free	13 May 2014	[15]
DF	Luke Jones	Mansfield Town	Free	13 May 2014	[15][17]
MF	Filipe Morais	Bradford City	Free	13 May 2014	[15][18]
DF	Sam Wedgbury	Forest Green Rovers	Free	12 May 2014	[15]
FW	Craig Reid	Kidderminster Harriers	Free	14 May 2014	[19][20]
GK	Steve Arnold	Forest Green Rovers	Free	17 May 2014	[19]
MF	Matt Ball	Farnborough	Free	17 May 2014	[19]
DF	Anthony Sinclair-Furlonge	Released	Free	17 May 2014	[19]
FW	Michael Thalassitis	Released	Free	17 May 2014	[19]
FW	Oumare Tounkara	JA Drancy	Free	17 May 2014	[19]
FW	Dani López	La Roda	Free	17 May 2014	[19]
FW	François Zoko	Blackpool	Free	17 May 2014	[19]
MF	Jimmy Smith	Crawley Town	Undisclosed	18 May 2014	[21]
FW	Lucas Akins	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	18 June 2014	[22]
FW	Jordan Burrow	Lincoln City	Free	21 May 2014	[19][23]
MF	James Dunne	Portsmouth	Undisclosed	24 June 2014	[24]
MF	Luke Freeman	Bristol City	Undisclosed	26 June 2014	[25]
FW	Marcus Haber	Crewe Alexandra	Free	31 July 2014	[26]

Loans in

Pos	Player	To	Date	End date	Ref.
MF	Tom Conlon	Peterborough United	13 September 2014	1 January 2015	[27]
DF	Michael Richens	Peterborough United	13 September 2014	1 January 2015	[28]
MF	Jack Jebb	Arsenal	16 October 2014	17 January 2015	[29][30]
MF	David McAllister	Shrewsbury Town	16 October 2014	5 January 2015	[29][31]
MF	Josh Clarke	Brentford	18 October 2014	15 November 2014	[32]
MF	Charlie Adams	Brentford	18 October 2014	21 December 2014	[32][33]
FW	Lee Barnard	Southend United	31 October 2014	29 November 2014	[34]
FW	Ryan Brunt	Bristol Rovers	27 November 2014	5 January 2015	[35]
MF	Bruno Andrade	Queens Park Rangers	2 February 2015	31 March 2015	[36][37]
FW	Danny Johnson	Cardiff City	2 February 2015	31 March 2015	[38][37]
MF	Keith Keane	Preston North End	5 March 2015	1 April 2015	[39]
FW	Kevin Lisbie	Leyton Orient	17 March 2015	16 April 2015	[40]
MF	Jack Jebb	Arsenal	26 March 2015	30 June 2015	[41]

Loans out

Pos	Player	To	Date	End date	Ref.
MF	Joseph N'Guessan	Aldershot Town	2 August 2014	2 January 2015	[42]
FW	Fejiri Okenabirhie	Farnborough	4 August 2014	23 January 2015	[43][44]
DF	George Allen	Bishop's Stortford	8 August 2014	30 June 2015	[45]
MF	Rohdell Gordon	Chelmsford City	14 August 2014	January 2015	[46]
DF	Ryan Johnson	Boreham Wood	24 October 2014	21 November 2014	[47]
FW	Connor Calcutt	Wealdstone	24 October 2014	22 November 2014	[48]
FW	Fejiri Okenabirhie	Cambridge City	23 January 2015	30 June 2015	[44]

References

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38. "Danny Johnson Arrives On Loan From Cardiff City". Stevenage F.C. 2 February 2015.
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External links

• Stevenage F.C. Official Website