MATCH
Stevenage Borough 1–2 Ware
Herts Charity Cup R1 · Saturday 12 August 1989
L
Result
H
Venue
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Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
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(--)Match Notebook
W
W
W
D
L
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Ware since July 1980 stood at P12 W8 D1 L3.
Noel Blackwell made his 10th Stevenage appearance.
Gary Roberts moved into 4th place for Boro’s highest scoring ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 50.00% — 6 goals in 12 appearances.
Noel Blackwell made his 10th Stevenage start.
This was the 8th recorded Boro’ season to begin with a cup fixture.
Season opener record: W6 D0 L6, F21 A17. We’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in 12 successive season opener matches.
This was Boro’s 33rd 1–2 defeat since July 1980 — their joint 4th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 12 August — winning 0, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 1 goals, conceded 2 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s heaviest defeat on this date.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.