2013–14 season | |||
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Chairman | Phil Wallace | ||
Manager | Graham Westley | ||
League One | 24th | ||
FA Cup | Fourth Round | ||
League Cup | Second Round | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: François Zoko (10) All: François Zoko (16) |
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Highest home attendance | 6,913 (v Everton, FA Cup, 25 January 2014) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 1,970 (v Crewe Alexandra, League One, 25 February 2014) | ||
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The 2013–14 season will be Stevenage F.C.'s fourth season in the Football League, where the club will be competing in League One. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club will play in the season. Their 18th-place finish during the 2012–13 campaign means it will be Stevenage's third season of playing in League One, having only spent three years as a Football League club.
In June 2013, Stevenage announced that their pre-season campaign would consist of five friendlies to prepare for the 2013–14 season. Two days later, on 20 June, slight amendments were made to the list, with the club facing Championship side Watford at Broadhall Way on 20 July, instead of a trip to Chelmsford City as originally scheduled. One further fixture was added in early July, with a Manchester United XI visiting Broadhall Way on 26 July. Ahead of the pre-season campaign, the team travelled to La Manga in Spain to take part in a four-day training camp.
The club opened the pre-season schedule with a behind-closed-doors friendly against newly promoted League Two side Mansfield Town, winning 5–2 courtesy of goals from Filipe Morais, Dani López, Robin Shroot and a brace from Roarie Deacon. Two days later, Stevenage travelled to another newly promoted team, this time Biggleswade Town of the Southern League Premier Division. The game ended 6–0 in Stevenage's favour, with strikers Oumare Tounkara and Dani López both scoring two apiece, and midfielders Luke Freeman and Matt Ball also netting. The club's first home fixture of pre-season took place on 16 July, entertaining a Queens Park Rangers XI at Broadhall Way. Stevenage won the match 2–0 courtesy of first-half goals from Greg Tansey and Luke Freeman. Back-to-back home defeats to Championship opposition followed. Stevenage's first defeat of pre-season came courtesy of a 2–0 loss to Watford, before a Luke Varney hat-trick gave Leeds United a 3–0 win at Broadhall Way three days later. Three days after the defeat to Leeds, on 26 July, Stevenage entertained a Manchester United XI, with the game ending 2–2 – both of Stevenage's goals coming from Darius Charles after the hosts had trailed by two goals. A day later, the club's pre-season schedule concluded with a 5–0 win at Hitchin Town, with goals coming from Roarie Deacon, Robin Shroot and a Dani López hat-trick.