MATCH
Southwick 4–5 Stevenage Borough
Vauxhall Opel League Division 1 · Saturday 20 September 1986
W
Result
A
Venue
172
Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
Match Notebook
W
L
W
L
W
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Southwick since July 1980 stood at P1 W1 D0 L0.
Neil Jeffrey made his 10th Stevenage appearance.
Neil Jeffrey moved into 5th place for Boro’s highest win ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 70.00% — 7 wins in 10 matches with recorded results.
This was Boro’s 1st senior meeting with Southwick.
This was Boro’s 1st senior win against Southwick.
Neil Jeffrey made his 10th Stevenage start.
Boro scored 5 goals in a match for the first time since a 6–1 result against Rainham Town on 8 February 1986.
With 9 goals, this was Boro’s joint-2nd highest-scoring competitive match in our recorded history.
This was Boro’s 1st 5–4 win since July 1980 — their joint 29th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 4 competitive matches on 20 September — winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 8 goals, conceded 6 and kept 1 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s joint-biggest win on this date.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.