The Lamex Stadium

This is the Giant Killing Adventure’s first visit to The Lamex Stadium in Stevenage and this is Stevenage FC’s first match in the Giant Killing Adventure.  Previously in the FA Cup they beat Portsmouth at home 2-1.   Stevenage FC plays in the Sky Bet League One which is 4 leagues higher than tomorrow’s FA Cup opponents Stourbridge FC.  Stevenage FC are in 21st position with 17 points from 19 games.

This is Stourbridge FC’s fourth match in the Giant Killing Adventure – previously in the FA Cup they beat Evesham United away 0-3 in the 1^st Qualifying Round and then Sutton Coldfield Town at home 3-2 in the 2nd Qualifying Round. I witnessed a fine domineering performance in the 3^rd Qualifying Round against Curzon Ashton as they knocked the Giant Killing Adventure’s league leaders out of the tournament 3-0.  Then they travelled 221 miles up north to beat Workington AFC 1-3 on a windy rainy afternoon.  The Giant Killing Adventure travelled those 221 miles back to Stourbridge to see them beat Biggleswade Town FC 4-1.

Stourbridge FC plays in the Calor League - Premier Division.  They are currently in 6th position with 31 points from 17 games.  These teams have played each other in the FA Cup before and Stevenage FC came out on top 3-0 away to Stourbridge FC.  Let’s see what the FA Cup decides tomorrow – 1 sleep away. 

In other news:-

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Here is more from the You tube site by the journeymen – they are following their own road to Wembley by making short films of their matches.  It’s a bit sweary - just a warning to people who are offended by 4 letter words and any kids that might be reading. However, you can get a feel for the kind of grounds and atmospheres produced during these early FA Cup games.  Click the link below if you are interested in St Albans V Mansfield.
 
St Albans V Mansfield 


If the journeymen continue and we continue then at some point we’ll all meet.

 
The FA have Road to Wembley series covered the tie between Bristol City V Dagenham and Redbridge.  Click to link below to see the film.

 Bristol City V Dagenham and Redbridge 

Top ten country page views for the Giant Killing Adventure - 13^th August 2013 to 6^th December 2013.

Our blog has been alive for nearly 4 months and here is a breakdown of the number of page views and their origin of country. It’s our own little version of a World Cup League. 

Country	Number of Page Views
United Kingdom	7412
United States	1739
Indonesia	127
Germany	36
Ukraine	36
Ireland	35
Spain	32
Russia	30
Serbia	22
France	12

As you can see, the United Kingdom is massively ahead with 7412 page views so far.  They are likely to win unless the United States soccer fans start to love our blog – I’m impressed with 1739 views from the USA. The real competition lies in the ‘Champions League’ spots of 3^rd and 4^th place.  Indonesia stormed into 3^rd position over one weekend but hasn’t been consistent since.  Germany has been steady and the Ukraine has stormed up the table.  We’ll keep a close eye on this next month to see who’s vying for position and to see if any other wildcard countries get a real taste for our blog.    

I hope you’ve enjoyed the extras.  Tomorrows Blog guest will Tim Webster and he will be making his second appearance on The Giant Killing Adventure (he witnessed Curzon Ashton draw 0-0 with Lancaster City FC in the 2^nd Qualifying Round.  We now wait for Saturday 7^th December 2013 – 1 sleep and it’s all good.