MATCH
Stevenage Borough 4–0 Merthyr Tydfil
FA Trophy R2 · Monday 29 November 1999
W
Result
H
Venue
1,098
Attendance
K. Woolmer
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
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(--)Match Notebook
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Anthony Samuels scored a hat-trick — Boro’s first hat-trick since Carl Alford against Hednesford Town on 19 September 1998.
Anthony Samuels reached 5 Boro’ goals in 21 recorded appearances — the joint-53rd quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Merthyr Tydfil since July 1980 stood at P4 W1 D3 L0.
This was Boro’s 1st senior win against Merthyr Tydfil.
Ross Harrison made his 25th Stevenage start.
Gary Wraight made his 10th Stevenage start.
This was Boro’s 8th FA Trophy Round 2 match and our 6th win at this stage. We’ve kept 5 clean sheets in these matches.
This was Boro’s 2nd FA Trophy meeting with Merthyr Tydfil. We’ve won 1, drawn 1 and lost 0 of those matches.
This was Boro’s 27th 4–0 win since July 1980 — their 16th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
This was the 3rd Stevenage match refereed by K. Woolmer. Boro’s record with K. Woolmer is W3 D0 L0.
Boro’ have now played 5 competitive matches on 29 November — winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 3. We’ve scored 9 goals, conceded 7 and kept 1 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.