[Pendle Red]

As a spectacle for a neutral from a free flow point of view it must have been squirming

As a fan watching inside the ground it was dreadful which was something the referee never got to grips with right from the outset, too much stop start it was obvious from the first leg how Stevenage play in they are physical which we never matched but they were also allowed to get away with it too much in niggles with flailing arms etc. over the two legs especially last night.

A stronger referee would have stamped his authority earlier on in the game and then allowed the game to flow for us it just meant as the game went on, we became more embroiled in descisions rather than trying to play football the way we can.

A great shame and a sad way for the curtain to fall on what has been from a footballing point of view the best Stanley side I have had the privilege of seeing.