FAMOUS WIN AGAINST NEWCASTLE EARNS STEVENAGE THE AWARD

The Manager Vioce
13 Jan 2011

The League Managers Association five-man Performance of the Week panel, comprising LMA Chairman Howard Wilkinson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Joe Royle, Dave Bassett and Barry Fry, were in agreement that this week, the F&C Investments Performance of the Week Award should go to Stevenage following their excellent 3-1 home win against Newcastle United in The FA Cup on Saturday 8th January 2011. 

Stevenage manager Graham Westley will receive a specially engraved crystal football in a presentation to be screened on Sky Soccer Saturday on 15th January 2011.

Stevenage produced a memorable display at Broadhall Way against a Newcastle side that was 73 places above them in the footballing ladder prior to kick off.

After a goalless first half, the hosts took the lead when a Stacy Long strike took a wicked deflection off Mike Williamson before Michael Bostwick added a second with a long range effort.

Joey Barton then pulled one back for the visitors late on, only for Peter Winn to complete the scoring by adding a third for Stevenage.

After the match, Westley was delighted with the performance and result which has earned his side a fourth round home tie against Reading;
"It was fantastic. They deserved what they got for putting in a performance like that against a Premier League side.
"We played the game on the front foot and played the better football over 90 minutes and it was good to see the goals go in.
"You've got to create the mindset amongst people that says we know we're at our strongest when we're going forwards, when we're dictating the terms of the game."