Steve Morison, the club's top goalscorer for the past three seasons, moved to Millwall for a fee of £130,000,[3] while both John Martin and Calum Willock were released in late May 2009.
Midfielder Gary Mills was the last departure of the close season; rejecting a contract and instead opting to join fellow Conference Premier club Mansfield Town.
Borough then hosted Peterborough United, who annually visit Broadhall Way as part of the deal that took winger George Boyd to the Cambridgeshire based club in January 2007.
[32] Later that week, it was announced that utility player Peter Vincenti had gone on a three-month loan deal to recently relegated Conference South side Woking.
Despite joining Woking on-loan, Peter Vincenti featured for his parent club, whilst former Mansfield Town winger Nathan Arnold also played a part in the match.
[36] The game ended 1–1, with Stevenage taking the lead early on in the first-half thanks to a Lee Boylan penalty after Scott Laird was adjudged to have been fouled in the box.
Manager Graham Westley handed debuts to Stacy Long, Charlie Griffin, Yemi Odubade and Joel Byrom during the game, with the latter being sent-off after receiving a second caution in the closing stages of the match.
Stevenage opened the scoring in the second-half through midfielder Andy Drury, but were pegged back ten minutes later following good work from ex-Borough winger Dale Binns, who set-up Danny Allen-Page to finish from close range.
The visitors played the majority of the game with 10-men, having had Michael Corcoran sent-off for a tackle on Lawrie Wilson, which resulted in the latter suffering a dislocated ankle and broken leg in three places.
[39][40] The Hertfordshire side then gained their first away win of the season two days later, with a 2–0 victory against Histon despite playing the majority of the game with ten men after Peter Vincenti was sent-off in the sixth minute for violent conduct.
Chris Beardsley pulled a goal back for the visitors in first-half injury time, before substitutes Yemi Odubade and Charlie Griffin scored second-half strikes to complete the comeback.
[44] A week later, a fifth successive win followed as a Michael Bostwick strike seven minutes into the game was enough to ensure Stevenage beat Chester City 1–0 at the Deva Stadium.
[48] After two successive draws, Stevenage beat Luton Town 1–0 at Kenilworth Road thanks to an 85th-minute strike from Scott Laird, who fired into the top right hand corner of the net on the over-lap.
Charlie Griffin scored his fourth goal in two games to give the Hertfordshire outfit the lead, before Chris Beardsley added a third with his first touch after good work from Yemi Odubade.
A Danny Crow penalty in the sixth minute put the hosts in front after Mark Albrighton was deemed to have tugged Chris Holroyd's shirt in the box.
Stevenage took the lead ten minutes into the second-half when Charlie Griffin slotted home from an acute angle, before Chris Beardsley added a third with a neat finish after good work from Ronnie Henry.
The game ended 4–1 to Stevenage, with Yemi Odubade, Chris Beardsley and a Lee Boylan brace ensuring the home side earned a comfortable win.
[62] Stevenage lost their third league match of the season at The Lamb Ground; a 1–0 defeat to Tamworth, a game in which both Ronnie Henry and Darren Murphy were sent-off.
It got worse for the home side ten minutes from time when Beardsley chased a long through ball and was hauled down by Darren Baker just inside the area – the defender being shown a straight red.
The only goal of the game came seven minutes into the second half, David Bridges was fouled in the area by Chris Hargreaves; Scott Laird stepped up and subsequently scored to ensure the home side earned three points.
Borough won the game 2–0, and took the lead within the space of 70 seconds when Charlie Griffin fired a free-kick past Kidderminster goalkeeper Jasbir Singh.
The only goal of the game came ten minutes before the interval when Chris Beardsley's high cross evaded the York defence and David Bridges was on hand to head the ball into the net.
[80] The draw for the 2009–10 FA Cup Fourth round qualifying was made on 12 October, with Stevenage Borough being drawn away to Conference South outfit Chelmsford City.
Charlie Griffin equalised on the hour mark, heading in Scott Laird's cross, before substitute Peter Vincenti scored a 93rd-minute winner after neat work from Yemi Odubade to ensure that Borough progress to the first round proper.
[89][90] The following day, the draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made, with Stevenage facing another away trip, this time at League Two outfit Port Vale.
[93] The FA Trophy First round draw was made on 23 November; with Stevenage being handed a home tie against fellow Conference Premier outfit Ebbsfleet United.
Borough took the lead after just thirteen minutes, a Stacy Long free-kick was played short to Mitchell Cole, who in-turn squared the ball across to Chris Beardsley to side foot home.
[95] The draw for the second round of the FA Trophy was made on 14 December 2009, with Stevenage being handed another home tie, this time against Conference North side Vauxhall Motors.
Despite taking an early lead through Andy Drury's curling effort, Stevenage were faced with an uphill task after having David Bridges sent–off midway through the first half.
Barrow pressed for an equaliser; and subsequently scored ten minutes from time – substitute Lee McEvilly heading the ball home unmarked in the area.