Plaudits flooded down on Charlie Goode after victory over Barnsley but he has his eyes focused on other milestones.

The 29-year-old was named the sponsors' man of the match after Stevenage's 3-0 win, shining after Boro claimed a fourth clean sheet of the campaign.

He was given the opportunity to start after the injury to Dan Sweeney, one that manager Alex Revell has said will rule him out for "quite a while".

Goode knows a thing or two about injuries but hopes that is all behind him.

He said: "Many people in football and fans will know I've had a tough couple of years in terms of injuries.

"But during this off season, and probably since last year, I've been fit and I've worked ever so hard, just waiting for the right opportunity. 

"This felt right at the time but Sweens has been brilliant since I’ve come in. 

"He’s a massive character around the place and I never like to see someone go down like he did. I just had a feeling it was quite a nasty one. 

"The boys will be around him and I hope he comes back because he's still going to be a massive help for us. 

"But for me, I just want to play football and I want to prove to people that I can go and put 30 to 40 games together. 

"I'm hoping to do it with this club and have a really good season."

He was also keen to hide talk of his star man display, rather focusing on his team-mates and their collective contribution.

"It's my job and the job of the boys at the back to try and keep the ball out of the net," he said, humbly. 

"I can’t take all the credit. I thought the skip next to me was great, Luther came back in after being injured and Lewis Freestone has not played much in the last couple of weeks. 

"It was a team effort and I'm just delighted for everyone. It was a much needed win.

"The manager has said a few times that our performances have not been far off and it was only a matter of time where we’d get a performance and result like this. 

"There's just been a little feeling [in the camp] for the last week, the last 10 days. 

"We know our performances haven't got the points we feel we deserve so we were really keen [to change that]."

He also felt the international break played its part in the performance and the result.

Goode said: "We weren't too unhappy in that first half, we knew we had more in the tank. It wasn’t a game of many chances but we felt we could turn it up a little bit. 

"The early goal at the start of the second half really settled us down. 

"We defend from the front and with the boys at the back too, I don't feel like we’ll concede many goals.

"So if we can get a few at the other end, we can win a lot of games. 

"It's been a tough two weeks, we’ve trained hard, but sometimes the international break can come at good and bad times. 

"For us, I feel like it was probably just about the right time.  

"It was a chance for a few of the boys, like me and Jake Young, just to get a bit more of a feel of how we work. 

"And when you get a result like this, it's obvious that whatever we've done, we've done the right thing."