MATCH
Stevenage Borough 2–3 Ford Sports
United Counties League Division 1 · Saturday 6 September 1980
L
Result
H
Venue
684
Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
(45)
(45)Match Notebook
W
W
W
W
L
Peter Gittings scored his 10th goal for Stevenage.
Peter Gittings reached 10 Boro’ goals in 24 recorded appearances — the 1st quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Ford Sports since July 1980 stood at P1 W0 D0 L1.
Graham Pearce made his 25th Stevenage appearance.
This was Boro’s 1st senior meeting with Ford Sports.
This was Boro’s 1st senior defeat against Ford Sports.
Graham Pearce made his 25th Stevenage start.
This was Boro’s joint-6th heaviest defeat by goal margin in our recorded competitive history.
With 5 goals, this was Boro’s joint-8th highest-scoring competitive match in our recorded history.
This was Boro’s 1st 2–3 defeat since July 1980 — their joint most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 6 September — winning 0, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 2 goals, conceded 3 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.