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Stevenage sack and replace same manager for the fourth time

Stevenage this afternoon sack and replace same manager for the fourth time in the club’s history as they try to avoid League Two relegation.

They currently sit bottom of the English Football League, seven points behind Macclesfield Town who have a game in hand over them.

CLUB STATEMENT:

Stevenage FC have today made a change in management with Graham Westley stepping down and former player Alex Revell taking over for the last 12 games of the season…

Revell, 36, retired from playing last season to begin a career as a coach and manager. He started with Boro’s U18s before being moved up to the First Team management team last September.

Mark Sampson will continue as First Team coach, with former player Ronnie Henry also assisting in the weekly sessions.

Chairman Phil Wallace said, “We are uncomfortable making yet another change as Graham has worked tirelessly for the Club since the day he arrived, setting up procedures and bringing some good quality new faces in, but with 6 straight defeats and 1 win in 13 league games, we are running out of time and we have to try something new.

“Alex knows the squad, knows the players strengths and weaknesses and we are hoping his energy, dedication and enthusiasm will rub off on the lads and bring us the wins we need to survive. It’s a reversal of the Management Team we had in place before Graham came, but Revs has done brilliantly and deserves his chance.”

GRAHAM WESTLEY’S MANAGERIAL RECORD:

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Kingstonian – 29 December 1996 until 10 May 1997 – 25 games, 9 wins, 8 draws, 8 defeats, 36.0 % won
Enfield – 26 September 1997 until 30 May 1998 – 41 games, 19 wins, 6 draws, 16 defeats, 46.3 % won
Farnborough Town – 2 August 1999 until 28 January 2003 – 197 games, 108 wins, 34 draws, 55 defeats 54.8 % won
Stevenage Borough – 29 January 2003 until 30 June 2006 – 164 games, 79 wins, 36 draws, 49 defeats, 48.2 % won
Rushden & Diamonds – 18 December 2006 until 25 February 2007 – 15 games, 8 wins, 3 draws, defeats, 4 % won
Kettering Town (caretaker) – 20 April 2007 until 1 May 2007 – 4 games, 0 wins, 3 draws, 1 defeat, 0.0 % won
Stevenage – 2 May 2008 until 12 January 2012 – 201 games, 109 wins, 49 draws, 43 defeats, 54.2 % won
Preston North End – 13 January 2012 until 13 February 2013 – 62 games, 16 wins, 23 draws, 23 defeats, 25.8 % won
Stevenage – 30 March 2013 until 21 May 2015 – 112 games, 38 wins, 25 draws, 49 defeats, 33.9 % won
Peterborough United – 21 September 2015 until 23 April 2016 – 41 games, 18 wins, 6 draws, 17 defeats, 43.9 % won
Newport County – 10 October 2016 until 9 March 2017 – 29 games, 6 wins, 9 draws, 14 defeats, 20.7 % won
Barnet – 15 January 2018 until 19 March 2018 – 11 games, 2 wins, 4 draws, 5 defeats, 18.2 % won
Stevenage – 23 December 2019 until 16 February 2020 – 15 games, 2 wins, 3 draws, 10 defeats, 13.3 % won
Total – 919 games – 414 wins – 211 draws – 294 defeats – 45.0 % won

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