MATCH
Higham Town 1–3 Stevenage Borough
United Counties League Division 1 · Saturday 4 October 1980
W
Result
A
Venue
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Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
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(55)Match Notebook
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Andy Hughes reached 5 Boro’ goals in 19 recorded appearances — the 7th quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
Peter Gittings reached 15 Boro’ goals in 28 recorded appearances — the 1st quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
Peter Gittings scored in 6 successive Boro’ matches. He became the 1st recorded Boro’ player to do so.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Higham Town since July 1980 stood at P1 W1 D0 L0.
Ashley Palmer made his 10th Stevenage appearance.
Trevor Metcalfe made his 10th Stevenage appearance.
Danny Dance made his 10th Stevenage appearance.
Ashley Palmer moved into 4th place for Boro’s highest scoring ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 50.00% — 5 goals in 10 appearances.
Trevor Metcalfe moved into joint-1st place for Boro’s highest win ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 90.00% — 9 wins in 10 matches with recorded results.
Trevor Metcalfe moved into 1st place for Boro’s highest scoring ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 90.00% — 9 goals in 10 appearances.
Danny Dance moved into joint-1st place for Boro’s highest win ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 90.00% — 9 wins in 10 matches with recorded results.
Danny Dance moved into 2nd place for Boro’s highest scoring ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 60.00% — 6 goals in 10 appearances.
This was Boro’s 1st senior meeting with Higham Town.
This was Boro’s 1st senior win against Higham Town.
Trevor Metcalfe made his 10th Stevenage start.
Danny Dance made his 10th Stevenage start.
This was Boro’s 2nd 3–1 win since July 1980 — their joint most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 4 October — winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 0. We’ve scored 3 goals, conceded 1 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
Boro’ have now won 4 matches in a row.
Boro’ are now unbeaten in 4 matches.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.