MATCH
Stevenage Borough 6–1 Rayners Lane
FA Cup Preliminary Round · Saturday 3 September 1988
W
Result
H
Venue
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Attendance
J. Steen
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
(--)Match Notebook
L
W
W
L
W
Martin Gittings scored his 75th goal for Stevenage.
David Watkins made his 150th Stevenage appearance.
This was Boro’s 1st senior meeting with Rayners Lane.
This was Boro’s 1st senior win against Rayners Lane.
Boro scored 6 goals in a match for the first time since a 7–1 result against Stansted on 24 November 1986.
This was Boro’s joint-7th biggest win by goal margin in our recorded competitive history.
This was Boro’s 5th FA Cup Preliminary Round match and our 5th win at this stage. We’ve kept 2 clean sheets in these matches.
This was Boro’s 1st FA Cup meeting with Rayners Lane. We’ve won 1, drawn 0 and lost 0 of those matches.
This was the 1st Stevenage match refereed by J. Steen. Boro’s record with J. Steen is W1 D0 L0.
Boro’ have now played 3 competitive matches on 3 September — winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 0. We’ve scored 11 goals, conceded 1 and kept 2 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.