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The Bulls entertain Stevenage in the Football League for the first time, with Bulls fans hoping it won't be the last.
The two sides met during nine successive Conference seasons, and resume battles after a four season break. Honours are even overall, with eight wins apiece and five draws, while goals have been a little sparse over the seasons. On only three occasions from the 21 in total has either side scored more than two goals, the last being in April 2002 when an early Stephen Piearce goal brought early hope before the Boro won 3-1. That game saw a young DJ Campbell make a brief sub appearance for Boro before his meteroric rise up to the Premier League.
For the Bulls things are beginning to look a little desperate. It's never easy to follow a long serving manager, as John Trewick found to his cost, but no goals from open play is a telling statistic after nine competitive matches and the pressure must be piling on Simon Davey to turn it around even at this early stage. His summer wish list of 20 players now totals 24 so the budget must be just about stretched to breaking point for more transfer market action.
Stevenage dropped the Borough in the summer in a bid to shake off their non-league image, but their forward line can't shake off the problems prolific strikers seems to have making the step up. Conference hot-shots Lee Boylan, Charlie Griffin, Yemi Odubade, and Tim Sills have managed just four goals between them this term. Ex-Bull Sills, who was farmed out back to the Conference in favour of another Conference man Chris Holroyd, has failed to score in 20 games for the Boro since arriving from Torquay in January.
Hereford United vs Stevenage, Edgar Street, Tuesday 28th September, 7.45pm.
