MATCH
Stevenage Borough 2–1 Rushden & Diamonds
Football Conference · Thursday 1 January 1998
W
Result
H
Venue
3,107
Attendance
W. Jordan
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
(90)
(90)Match Notebook
W
L
L
L
W
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Rushden & Diamonds since July 1980 stood at P5 W3 D0 L2.
This was Boro’s 5th senior meeting with Rushden & Diamonds.
Gary Crawshaw made his 100th Stevenage start.
This was Boro’s 92nd 2–1 win since July 1980 — their most common senior scoreline at the time.
This is Boro’s 3rd New Year’s Day win in a row. Boro’ have failed to keep a clean sheet on New Year’s Day in 4 successive matches.
This was the 7th Stevenage match refereed by W. Jordan. Boro’s record with W. Jordan is W5 D0 L2.
Boro’ have now played 8 competitive matches on 1 January — winning 4, drawing 1 and losing 3. We’ve scored 16 goals, conceded 13 and kept 1 clean sheets on this day.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.