In a bizarre move that can only have been caused by some seriously hard drinking, Stevenage Borough FC are changing their name to Stevenage FC. From the 1st June 2010, the club will drop the ‘borough’ as they rebrand. With our first ever season in the Football League to prepare for, it’s good to see the club haven’t been wasting time… Chairman Phil Wallace told the official website:
‘Looking to the future, the directors do not believe the connotation of the word Borough in the name should be carried into the Football League. It`s served us well as a non-league club in the climb up the non-league pyramid and we shall always be ‘The Boro` in recognition of our roots, but now it`s time to look to the future.’
The club will adopt the nickname ‘the Boro’, so that the ‘Barmy Army’ will not have to learn any new songs. Chairman Wallace explained:
‘Recently our Supporters Association asked fans to suggest a nickname for the club. That doesn`t need thinking about really – the obvious choice is ‘The Boro`. It has a place in our history so let`s use it in our songs, our match programme and our conversations, just as we`ve done for the last 34 years.’
The website points out that the town’s original club, formed in 1894, was called Stevenage FC. So we’ve just gained a further 82 years of history. Perhaps we can clebrate the Centenary (a mere 16 years late) at Robin Trott’s testimonial…?
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