MATCH
Stevenage Borough 6–1 Gateshead
Football Conference · Saturday 4 October 1997
W
Result
H
Venue
2,102
Attendance
P. Vosper
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
(21)
(75)Match Notebook
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Gary Crawshaw scored his 25th league goal for Stevenage.
This was Boro’s biggest win over Gateshead by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The previous best was 4–1 on 23 November 1996.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Gateshead since July 1980 stood at P7 W3 D3 L1.
Ryan Kirby made his 50th Stevenage appearance.
Ryan Kirby made his 50th Stevenage start.
Boro scored 6 goals in a match for the first time since a 6–1 result against Bath City on 20 January 1997.
This was Boro’s 10th 6–1 win since July 1980 — their 21st-most common senior scoreline at the time.
This was the 7th Stevenage match refereed by P. Vosper. Boro’s record with P. Vosper is W2 D1 L4.
Boro’ have now played 5 competitive matches on 4 October — winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 17 goals, conceded 9 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.