MATCH
Stevenage Borough 1–2 Hitchin Town
Herts Charity Cup R2 · Saturday 8 August 1987
L
Result
H
Venue
296
Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
Match Notebook
D
L
L
D
L
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Hitchin Town since July 1980 stood at P5 W1 D0 L4.
This was Boro’s 5th senior meeting with Hitchin Town.
This was the 6th recorded Boro’ season to begin with a cup fixture.
Season opener record: W5 D0 L5, F18 A14. Boro’ are now without a win in 2 successive season opener matches. We’ve also failed to keep a clean sheet in 10 successive season opener matches.
This was Boro’s 25th 1–2 defeat since July 1980 — their 5th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 8 August — winning 0, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 1 goals, conceded 2 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s heaviest defeat on this date.
Boro’ are now without a win in 19 matches.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.