MATCH
Stevenage Borough 8–0 Holbeach United
FA Cup Preliminary Round · Saturday 1 September 1984
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Result
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Venue
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Attendance
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Referee
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Goalscorers
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(70)Match Notebook
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Jim Beech scored 4 goals — Boro’s first hat-trick since Danny Dance against ON Chenecks on 5 September 1981.
Jim Beech reached 5 Boro’ goals in 5 recorded appearances — the joint-3rd quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
Kevin Lowe scored in his first 4 recorded Boro’ appearances. He became the 1st recorded Boro’ player to do so.
Kevin Lowe scored in 4 successive Boro’ matches. He became the joint-6th recorded Boro’ player to do so. The most recent other player was Paddy Butcher (14 February 1984).
Jim Beech scored in 4 successive Boro’ matches. He became the joint-6th recorded Boro’ player to do so. The most recent other player was Paddy Butcher (14 February 1984).
This was Boro’s biggest win over Holbeach United by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The previous best was 4–0 on 5 March 1984.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Holbeach United since July 1980 stood at P8 W4 D1 L3.
Andy Hughes made his 150th Stevenage appearance.
Paddy Butcher made his 50th Stevenage appearance.
Boro scored 8 goals in a match for the first time since a 11–1 result against British Timken Athletic on 6 December 1980.
This was Boro’s 2nd biggest win by goal margin in our recorded competitive history.
With 8 goals, this was Boro’s joint-3rd highest-scoring competitive match in our recorded history.
This was Boro’s 2nd FA Cup Preliminary Round match and our 2nd win at this stage. We’ve kept 2 clean sheets in these matches.
This was Boro’s 1st FA Cup meeting with Holbeach United. We’ve won 1, drawn 0 and lost 0 of those matches.
This was Boro’s 1st 8–0 win since July 1980 — their joint 27th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 2 competitive matches on 1 September — winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 9 goals, conceded 2 and kept 1 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
Boro’ have now won 5 matches in a row.
Boro’ are now unbeaten in 5 matches.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.