MATCH
Stevenage Borough 5–1 Bishop’s Stortford
Herts Charity Cup · Saturday 8 August 1992
W
Result
H
Venue
303
Attendance
G. Poll
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
(64)
(64)Match Notebook
L
W
L
W
W
Martin Gittings scored a hat-trick — Boro’s first hat-trick since Martin Gittings against Chalfont St Peter on 11 April 1992.
This was Boro’s biggest win over Bishop''s Stortford by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The previous best was 2–0 on 28 February 1985.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Bishop''s Stortford since July 1980 stood at P6 W3 D0 L3.
Nigel Hann moved into joint-5th place for Boro’s highest win ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 77.27% — 34 wins in 44 matches with recorded results.
Boro scored 5 goals in a match for the first time since a 7–1 result against Harlow Town on 25 April 1992.
This was the 11th recorded Boro’ season to begin with a cup fixture.
Season opener record: W8 D0 L7, F28 A21. This is Boro’s 2nd season opener win in a row.
This was Boro’s 10th 5–1 win since July 1980 — their 19th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
This was the 3rd Stevenage match refereed by G. Poll. Boro’s record with G. Poll is W1 D1 L1.
Boro’ have now played 2 competitive matches on 8 August — winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 6 goals, conceded 3 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
Boro’ have now won 2 matches in a row.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.