MATCH
Stevenage Borough 3–4 Clapton
Vauxhall Opel League Division 2 North · Monday 7 October 1985
L
Result
H
Venue
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Attendance
B. Firmin
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
(--)Match Notebook
W
W
W
W
L
Phil Driver reached 5 Boro’ goals in 12 recorded appearances — the 11th quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
Martin Gittings scored in 3 successive Boro’ matches. 13 recorded Boro’ players have achieved this run. The most recent other player was Doug Pirie (28 September 1985).
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Clapton since July 1980 stood at P2 W1 D0 L1.
This was Boro’s 1st senior defeat against Clapton.
With 7 goals, this was Boro’s joint-9th highest-scoring competitive match in our recorded history.
This was Boro’s 3rd 3–4 defeat since July 1980 — their joint 22nd-most common senior scoreline at the time.
This was the 1st Stevenage match refereed by B. Firmin. Boro’s record with B. Firmin is W0 D0 L1.
Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 7 October — winning 0, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 3 goals, conceded 4 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s heaviest defeat on this date.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.