MATCH
Hertford Town 2–6 Stevenage Borough
Herts Charity Cup · Saturday 14 August 1993
W
Result
A
Venue
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Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
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(3)Match Notebook
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L
W
D
W
Martin Gittings scored a hat-trick — Boro’s first hat-trick since Martin Gittings against Hendon on 13 March 1993.
This was Boro’s biggest win over Hertford Town by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The previous best was 1–0 on 26 December 1990.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Hertford Town since July 1980 stood at P10 W5 D2 L3.
Martin Gittings moved into 5th place for Boro’s highest scoring ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 53.50% — 176 goals in 329 appearances.
Sean Pearson moved into 2nd place for Boro’s highest scoring ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 72.73% — 8 goals in 11 appearances.
This was Boro’s 10th senior meeting with Hertford Town.
This was Boro’s 5th senior win against Hertford Town.
Mark Smith made his 50th Stevenage start.
Dave Brown made his 25th substitute appearance for Stevenage.
Boro scored 6 goals in a match for the first time since a 6–1 result against Grays Athletic on 28 December 1992.
With 8 goals, this was Boro’s joint-6th highest-scoring competitive match in our recorded history.
This was the 12th recorded Boro’ season to begin with a cup fixture.
Season opener record: W9 D0 L7, F34 A23. This is Boro’s 3rd season opener win in a row.
This was Boro’s 1st 6–2 win since July 1980 — their joint 36th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 14 August — winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 0. We’ve scored 6 goals, conceded 2 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
Boro’ are now unbeaten in 3 matches.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.