 He signed for Conference Premier club Stevenage Borough on a one @-@ year contract on 27 May 2009 , reuniting him with manager Graham Westley , who had previously signed Beardsley for Rushden . He made a scoring debut in Stevenage 's 3 – 0 home victory over Ebbsfleet United on 18 August 2009 , with a shot from 12 yards in the eighth @-@ minute . Beardsley featured regularly in the first half of 2009 – 10 , but scored only three goals before the Christmas period , in which he scored twice in two games against Cambridge . In the first match on 26 December 2009 , he scored with a shot from Ronnie Henry 's cross in the 85th @-@ minute of a 3 – 1 away win , and in the second match on 1 January 2010 , his goal was assisted Yemi Odubade , as Stevenage won 4 – 1 at home . The latter result saw Stevenage move to the top of the Conference Premier table . Beardsley 's goal tally reached double figures when he scored twice in a 5 – 1 away win over Kidderminster in the FA Trophy semi @-@ final first leg on 13 March 2010 . He started in the final at Wembley Stadium on 8 May 2010 , being substituted on 66 minutes , as Stevenage were beaten 2 – 1 after extra @-@ time by Barrow . His 2009 – 10 season was successful , with Beardsley scoring 10 times from 45 appearances as Stevenage won promotion into League Two after winning the Conference Premier championship . This was the first time in the club 's history that Stevenage had been promoted into the Football League . 
