MATCH
Royston Town 2–3 Stevenage Borough
Eastern Floodlit League · Tuesday 16 November 1982
W
Result
A
Venue
—
Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
Match Notebook
L
D
D
W
W
Ronnie Lear scored in 3 successive Boro’ matches. He became the 7th recorded Boro’ player to do so. The most recent other player was Tim Jolly (4 May 1981).
This was Boro’s joint-biggest win over Royston Town by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The most recent previous win by the same margin was 2–1 on 2 November 1981.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Royston Town since July 1980 stood at P3 W3 D0 L0.
Martin Gittings moved into 4th place for Boro’s lowest win ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 29.73% — 11 wins in 37 matches with recorded results.
Ronnie Lear moved into 5th place for Boro’s highest scoring ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 40.00% — 8 goals in 20 appearances.
This was Boro’s 3rd 3–2 win since July 1980 — their joint 14th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 2 competitive matches on 16 November — winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 5 goals, conceded 5 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
Boro’ have now won 2 matches in a row.
Boro’ are now unbeaten in 4 matches.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.