MATCH
Wrexham 5–0 Stevenage Borough
Blue Square Premier · Saturday 9 August 2008
L
Result
A
Venue
4,901
Attendance
D. Coote
Referee
Updated
Team
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(88)Match Notebook
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After this match, Boro’s senior record against Wrexham since July 1980 stood at P2 W0 D0 L2.
Graham Westley began his 2nd spell as Stevenage manager.
Steve Morison made his 100th Stevenage start.
Lawrie Wilson made his 10th substitute appearance for Stevenage.
This was Boro’s joint-5th heaviest defeat by goal margin in our recorded competitive history.
This was Boro’s 10th opening-day defeat. Across 31 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 26 and kept 11 clean sheets.
Season opener record: W15 D3 L13, F56 A45. Boro’ are now without a win in 3 successive season opener matches. We’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in 3 successive season opener matches.
Opening league game record: W15 D6 L10, F55 A38. Boro’ are now without a win in 3 successive opening league game matches. We’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in 3 successive opening league game matches.
This was Boro’s 2nd 0–5 defeat since July 1980 — their joint 36th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
This was the 4th Stevenage match refereed by D. Coote. Boro’s record with D. Coote is W2 D0 L2.
Boro’ have now played 4 competitive matches on 9 August — winning 0, drawing 1 and losing 3. We’ve scored 2 goals, conceded 10 and kept 1 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.