MATCH
Stevenage Borough 3–1 Higham Town
United Counties League Cup QF · Saturday 20 December 1980
W
Result
H
Venue
280
Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
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(83)Match Notebook
D
W
W
L
W
Jimmy Daintree scored his 10th goal for Stevenage.
Jimmy Daintree reached 10 Boro’ goals in 16 recorded appearances — the 2nd quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
Jimmy Daintree scored in 3 successive Boro’ matches. He became the 5th recorded Boro’ player to do so. The most recent other player was Danny Dance (6 December 1980).
This was Boro’s joint-biggest win over Higham Town by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The most recent previous win by the same margin was 3–1 on 4 October 1980.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Higham Town since July 1980 stood at P2 W2 D0 L0.
Jimmy Daintree moved into joint-1st place for Boro’s highest win ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 75.00% — 12 wins in 16 matches with recorded results.
Jimmy Daintree moved into 2nd place for Boro’s highest scoring ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 62.50% — 10 goals in 16 appearances.
Ken Morgan moved into joint-1st place for Boro’s highest win ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 75.00% — 12 wins in 16 matches with recorded results.
Andy Hughes made his 25th Stevenage start.
This was Boro’s 5th 3–1 win since July 1980 — their most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 20 December — 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.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.