Match of The Day gave some airtime to our boys Stevenage on Saturday. They held League 2 outfit Northampton at home 2-2. The replay is on December 13th.Rising starlet GEORGE BOYD gave Boro an early lead. He received a short corner from Dannie Bulman just inside the box, turned exquisitely and sent a curling shot with his right boot into the far corner to give the home side a perfect start.
Boro tried to keep up the high tempo, with Michael Brough unlucky not to get a shot in from close range, and Boyd seeing a shot from distance go just wide after a defence-splitting pass from Bulman. At the other end, Alan Julian needed quick reflexes to deny ex-Addick Scott McGleish inside the area, before the ‘keeper had to watch the striker’s header drop just wide of the post.
The 2nd half was all Northampton as they pushed forward for an equaliser. A corner from David Hunt was met by the head of David Rowson and Julian was ready once again to thwart the Cobblers, diving to his left to palm the ball behind. When Andy Kirk found himself in acres of space inside the box but sent a woeful shot over the bar, it seemed as though it was going to be Boro’s day.
However, after Nurse had claims for a penalty turned down, Northampton grabbed an equaliser. Defender PEDJ BOJIC ran with the ball to the edge of the box and let fly with his right boot, the ball nestling inside the right corner of the net.
Then with 8 minutes left Barry Laker bundled Kirk over in the box and McGLEISH converted the penalty with ease, sending Julian the wrong way. As a scuffle broke out in the dugouts(!) Boro kicked-off and made it 2-2 instantly. Michael Warner’s searching pass picked out ANTHONY ELDING's run and he lifted it over the onrushing Harper and into the empty net to earn his side a deserved draw.
Boro' Team: A Julian; M Warner, R Quinn, B Laker, D Perpetuini; D Bulman, M Brough, O Berquez, J Gregory (Sub: A Elding, 58mins); J Nurse, G Boyd.
Subs not used: J Goodliffe, D Williams, S Gore, S Weatherstone.
Att: 3,937
MoM: George Boyd
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