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Two absolutely golden chances squandered (Goode and Phillips). This could have been entirely different. 2-2 with 12 mins to go and you'd fancy a 3rd.
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Shame we didn't start playing until the second half of the second leg. What Stevenage fan starts Houghton tonight?
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We started to play later on because they sat back and let us...
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At least the second half has been a lot more respectable. Albeit Stockport have made changes, eased off and happy to sit back.
Just key moments, starting with the fuck up at home right at the end. That ultimately changed the complexion of the tie. Then sloppiness and another mistake OG in the first half tonight.
Small things leading to big differences. Disappointing, sad to go out with a whimper after such a good season.
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Players will be kicking themselves for that first half. Let themselves down. It happens, just wasn’t to be.
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This is the only game I've watched this season, and there are some real highs and real lows.
Both Phillipses look capable of being amazing and dogshit.
LJW looks light years better than Pattenden.
Houghton is toilet.
Goode looks quality. What an upgrade over Sweeney.
Kemp looks great.
If the team that was on from 60 mins had started, this would have been a totally different game. The midfield was dreadful first half and it was costly.
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If I recall you were a regular poster on this watching games from Canada,
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But that midfield started the last game & we were crying out for them to be replaced as they weren’t winning anything! Players have good games & bad games. I think Houghton is a great player but he’s hardly played over the last few months.
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Wildin is so good and underrated.
Kemp dives too much for my liking.
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Nothing stuck for Kemp today: one of those days
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LJW was excellent when he came on tonight. Reads the game very well.
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Luther's a top player. Composed with great physical attributes. Jasper's done well, but Luther's on a different level
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Definitely had the chances over the 2 legs to be in this.
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Instead we scored 0 goals over 2 legs despite having numerous good chances. We really need to work on the final third as we look so uncomfortable in front of goal.
We have a good spine to the team hopefully we can focus on improving our attacking play.
All in all fantastic season with some clear areas of improvement.
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It's about being able to keep the ball under pressure. That first twenty minutes they were always going to come at us. We needed a spell on the ball to take the sting out the game. It kept coming straight back, even on corners once again we had everyone in the box so they get two or three bites of the cherry.
Some of the songs our fans were singing tonight pissed me off as well.
Edited by RockyBottom at 22:30:17 on 13th May 2026
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You're hardly the most up beat fan so i'm guessing the pro-Boro songs annoyed you? 😂
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Credit to the fans today, kept singing and were (largely) positive despite the grim outcome on the pitch. Stayed calm when their silly youngsters were goading us at the end. Well done folk
Also, much credit to our players for showing us appreciation at the end, despite the mob baying a yard behind them. Props
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And to Addai (Stockport GK). Spent a good few seconds at FT applauding the whole away end, as he did the Norf Stand (and had a chat with a few people) after the home leg.
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I don't see how singing 'we've got the ball' is helpful, as grim as it was at times.
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No subs at half time either. Cool.
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https://www.dailymail.com/sport/football/article-15817523/EFL-goalkeeper-TACKLED-fan-pitch-invasion-Stockport.html#comments-15817523
Sorry it's from The DM
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Men against boys round at Barrymore's
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Tactical error
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I've taken my contact lenses out at HT but put my glasses on so I can still see
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Its a crime phoenix hasnt come on
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I was just about to call the police.
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Damn shame. Can't see why he'd change the eleven that started relatively well in the first game.
I don't really know what Houghton offers. Hopefully Harvey comes on for him at the bare minimum.
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I'd bring on Wildin, White, Thompson and Patterson at HT. Not sure who for.
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Seemingly Revs couldn't pick who for either.
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I always love it when managers insist on waiting until half time to make subs. Why make the most of all the time you've got when you can just carry on doing what hasn't been working for another 15 minutes?
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Take M. Phillips, D. Phillips, Houghton, and Pattenden off. Bring Phoenix, Thompson, White, and LJW on.
4-4-2, push Roberts up top with Reid. Kemp right, Phoenix left. All out attack. Fullbacks overlapping inverted wingers.
Might as well lose 5-0 trying to go for it.
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First sentence spot on. 👍
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Snap! (with the players to bring on)
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I’m making no criticism other than this one point. IMHO should have changed as soon as the 2nd one went in
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Good season
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It's been a good season. We've pulled up short in the play offs, but it was fun. Time to get the cricket pads out
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Can't believe people out there wanted Dan Phillips as POTS ;)
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Why not? He’s been outstanding all season. Are you basing all of this on half a game? He hasn’t played for 3 weeks, apart from a few minutes cameo
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This is the Phillips I remember, as for Houghton...
This is Bolton away all over again.
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Re: Proud of the season we've had
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Well it's been quite the ride but I can't see us coming back from this.
No shame in it, no shame at all.
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No of course not. Stockport are a very good team - I thought they were the best team I saw this season, along with Cardiff.
It’s been an incredible ride this season & I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. Getting to Wembley would have been amazing but there’s no shame in falling short.
Let’s hope they get plenty of rest after tonight & start planning for next season.
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Level above us over two games. Some good players, well coached and organised. If they don't win at Wembley they'll be a big threat for the title next year
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Don't think there was a single moment over 180+ minutes where they weren't a level above us. Two points and +10 GD above us but a gulf in quality.
Challinor's been doing this a decade longer than Revs and we have the right man to lead us right now. We need to reflect on not leaving a mark on their goal across two legs home and away despite putting five past them in league competition. No goals in four L1 playoff games represents our greatest achievement and our biggest weakness. Tinpot is a state of mind.
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To be entirely fair our entire season has been built on low scoring wins (isn't it something like 1-0s?) and the second tightest defence in the League. We were one of the stories of League One again and punched so far above our weight. I'd say only Lincoln were the bigger story this year (going on what I've seen and heard all of the podcasts and commentators of the league saying).
I don't know why anyone expected us to go out there and score a ton of goals.
The goal at the end of the first leg was a really hard moment after defending so well throughout the season.
I'm not upset we didn't score a hatful today because where was anyone expecting the goals to come from?
If there's any disappointment it's that we shipped 2 goals in the first half and were effectively buried.
That aside I am proud of the season we've had and proud of our tinpot little club.
I hope we never get too big for our boots and never forget where we came from.
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I don't think we put ourselves in a position to create chances until we were 3-0 down in the tie with the way we used the ball. Our football is rarely sparkling but it's usually a bit better than that. I think that's down to a combination of quality (imagine us with a Norwood) and nerves.
Revs tried four different centre mids and they all mostly passed to a centre back and pointed. White uses the ball best so I am surprised he didn't start last night.
Stockport were mentally sharp and we were relying on a mistake which only came for Kemp's first leg chance, and he was probably knackered from the work he'd put in up to that point.
I'm sad today but only because a brilliant season is over. I wanted them to give a better account of themselves on the big stage because they deserved to, but I don't think it would've changed the result in the end. We may not keep all the players but I hope we keep the feeling.
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Pretty much echoes my feelings. Great season overall, didn't ever expect is to get promoted but expected us to give a good account of ourselves in the two biggest games.
And we did a Stevenage in the first game, kept it tight and scrappy and didn't take the few good chances we had. (And did something very unlike us to concede).
And in the last nights game we simply didn't turn up and compete until the game was gone. I'm sure our game plan was to keep it alive tight till 60 minutes then go for it.
Sad end.
Enjoy the off season and come back recharged.
Edited by BALDOCKBORO at 08:19:01 on 14th May 2026
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Agree on all that .TBF Revs post match comments summed it up well.PS also nice to see little Steve on TV and good comments on club from him
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He looks like Gazza now.
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The Broadhall Way lad got a piccy with him and his Evans beer mat, saying how well he looks. Hmmmmmmmmm
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What, ill you mean?!
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Yes
Drawn, pale, aged massively.
Often the case with sudden massive weight loss.
Id guess he's been on the Ozempic, no way he's done that eating lettuce and swimming (any more than Sharon Osborne did, and she looks like a melted ping pong ball with a face drawn on, balanced on a pencil)
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Agreed. I often think I’d like to lose weight, but at my age I think I look better being a porky bastard with inflated, and thus tighter, skin. It’s a dilemma.
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Disagree, despite not turning up for large spells of the tie, we created changes in both legs, which on another day we take. If we get a goal back early in the second half tonight they may have started to wobble.
Just wish we would play with the handbrake off a little bit more. I'd have set up more like we did when we played them away in the regular season.
Edited by RockyBottom at 00:19:42 on 14th May 2026
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Yup - you won't get better chances than Kemp in the first leg and Goode tonight, and we totally fluffed both of them.
The top teams bury them both. No question.
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Fucking hell
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2-0. Bye bye Wembley
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Absolutely shit 30 minutes of football from Boro.
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Losing 1-0
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We aren’t even in this game. We look amateur compared to them
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Book your holiday
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It's clear the players have
2-0 goodnight
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It’s ok. Revs has a plan B. Maybe he could bring Reid on?
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Reid is a one trick pony when will people see ….
Need a reliable striker and while you’re at it Revel get someone to replace Piergainni and Goode next season …
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FFS all of you stop being clunts!
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The two centre backs that made the League 1 team of the season?
Loool
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Just before they scored we had a corner which was terrible. Bring back White.
Then Phillips gave it away.
Hey ho, least we can now all relax knowing we are out.
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Can we have a go on the ball please Stockport?
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They are completely in control so far.
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Weve been dogshit, Phillips at fault for the 1st goal and our defending for 2nd was Sunday league
Not 1 touch in and around their penalty box in 21mins
Pathetic
I knew our lack of goals would come and kill us in the end
Phoenix should have started
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This is like watching Man City v Royston
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If you're losing 2-0 after 30 mins, lack of goals is not the problem
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It does is we haven’t a striker up front
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Struggled for goals all season hence our goal difference nearly coming to bite us on the arse
Luckily we beat Wigan
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its fine in person
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Are Sky showing it on UHD channel?
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Its not even on the front page of my Sky Channel guide...
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Harvey and Louis benched.
Surprised to see Harvey out.
Looks like Dan P will play at the top of midfield with Kemp and Roberts either side and Houghton as the CDM.
Strong bench.
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Suspect it’ll be the same as Saturday, just fresh legs in the middle of the park. Kemp and Roberts wide, Matt P just off Reidy.
Edit: pleased to see I’m wrong. Hope we can get a foothold soon.
Edited by Tucks at 20:11:39 on 13th May 2026
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