MATCH
Stevenage Borough 5–1 Desborough Town
United Counties League Premier Division · Saturday 9 April 1983
W
Result
H
Venue
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Attendance
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Referee
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Goalscorers
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(58)Match Notebook
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Joe Josiah reached 5 Boro’ goals in 20 recorded appearances — the joint-14th quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Desborough Town since July 1980 stood at P4 W1 D1 L2.
Doug Pirie made his 10th Stevenage appearance.
Lee Jacobs moved into joint-4th place for Boro’s highest scoring ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 41.18% — 7 goals in 17 appearances.
This was Boro’s 1st senior win against Desborough Town.
Boro scored 5 goals in a match for the first time since a 6–1 result against S&L Corby on 6 March 1982.
This was Boro’s joint-10th biggest win by goal margin in our recorded competitive history.
With 6 goals, this was Boro’s joint-10th highest-scoring competitive match in our recorded history.
This was Boro’s 3rd 5–1 win since July 1980 — their joint 16th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 9 April — winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 0. We’ve scored 5 goals, conceded 1 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.