We have played 57 matches in this competition.
Michael Mellon has played just two of them.
He is our all-time top scorer* in the competition.
*Own Goals leads the way on six goals, but Mellon's five is the most of any of our players.
I have tried, unsuccessfully, today to find out when the draw for the next round is (four groups still to be decided over the next fortnight), but it is due to be played 8th December, so you know we will be playing Exeter at home, three days after playing them away in the FA Cup!
- We top the group for the third time (qualify from it for the sixth time) in its eleven seasons.
- Michael Mellon's five goals moves him above Harvey White to top spot in our goalscorer list in the entire history of the competition. It has taken him just two matches to do so!
We have played 57 matches in this competition.
Michael Mellon has played just two of them.
He is our all-time top scorer* in the competition.
*Own Goals leads the way on six goals, but Mellon's five is the most of any of our players.
🎉 Stevenage New Town turns 80 today – and we've been working on something special to celebrate...
Introducing Stevenage Football: The Complete Post-War Years.
80 years of football history, with a match report from every competitive game played by a Stevenage club since 1945.
We are W8 D2 L1 (GF31 GA15) against academy sides in the history of this competition, winning each of our past five.
We have faced Fulham U21 once before, drawing 1-1 (before winning 4-2 on pens for the bonus point) in the final group game in 2019.
- We top the group for the third time (qualify from it for the sixth time) in its eleven seasons.
- Michael Mellon's five goals moves him above Harvey White to top spot in our goalscorer list in the entire history of the competition. It has taken him just two matches to do so!
Max Woodford and Lenny Brown make their first starts for the club.
Carl Piergianni remains the sole surviving player to have featured in every match this season, and in doing so he makes his tenth start in this competition - only three players have more.
@NPMetcalfe I confess, I just saw Brown when I checked the line-up walking back from town and assumed it was Lenny!
But thinking about it, he hasn't been in any of our squads all season (not actually sure where he is), unlike Charlie.
"So far in 2026, we have generated more than £2.25 million in net player revenue" is my favourite bit of the article.
We really are in such a solid place as a club with Wallace and Revs (and Leon Hunter) at the helm. If either of them were to leave, I would really worry.
Building the next 50 years. 🔴⚪
Chairman Phil Wallace sets out the club’s ambitions for the future, including the search for a new stadium.
Read the full statement 👉 - https://t.co/HERqk7Tnid
We are W8 D2 L1 (GF31 GA15) against academy sides in the history of this competition, winning each of our past five.
We have faced Fulham U21 once before, drawing 1-1 (before winning 4-2 on pens for the bonus point) in the final group game in 2019.
Lolz. I hate this round SO much.
Our record at Exeter: W2 D5 L14. We have not won any of our last 17 trips there, losing 12 of them, including losing each of our last ten trips down there.
The second round draw of the FA Cup is always the worst anyway as it is mostly just L1 and L2 clubs we have played countless times, when all you want is to be in R3, but this year feels especially bad with so few upsets/non-league sides still in - I only have three new grounds!
And to add, not only is our record at Exeter utterly appalling anyway, but we have Huddersfield away just four days beforehand, so from a preparation, rest, and travel POV, it couldn't be much worse.
Sigh.
Lolz. I hate this round SO much.
Our record at Exeter: W2 D5 L14. We have not won any of our last 17 trips there, losing 12 of them, including losing each of our last ten trips down there.
I do actually think this will be the time we FINALLY end the streak, though.
And still remember watching us win down there on their old away terrace in the FA Cup (4th qualifying round) in 2005.
A repeat of that instead of the 4-0 defeat there in the FA Cup R1 in 2007 please!
Lolz. I hate this round SO much.
Our record at Exeter: W2 D5 L14. We have not won any of our last 17 trips there, losing 12 of them, including losing each of our last ten trips down there.
Lolz. I hate this round SO much.
Our record at Exeter: W2 D5 L14. We have not won any of our last 17 trips there, losing 12 of them, including losing each of our last ten trips down there.
An additional little snippet for you - yesterday was our first FA Cup clean sheet in ten matches.
The last time we did so was the 3-0 win away at King's Lynn in the second round in 2022.
We have won in four of the eight FA Cup matches Revs has overseen, but today is the first time we have done so in 90 mins, with the previous three all coming on penalties.
Carl Piergianni's winner is his 2️⃣0️⃣th goal for the club.