MATCH
Sharnbrook 0–5 Stevenage Borough
United Counties League Cup R1 · Saturday 13 September 1980
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Result
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Venue
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Referee
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Match Notebook
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Trevor Metcalfe reached 5 Boro’ goals in 7 recorded appearances — the joint-2nd quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
Danny Dance reached 5 Boro’ goals in 7 recorded appearances — the joint-2nd quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
Peter Gittings scored in 3 successive Boro’ matches. He became the 3rd recorded Boro’ player to do so. The most recent other player was Trevor Metcalfe (30 August 1980).
Trevor Metcalfe moved above Malcolm Ward and Nigel Roberts into 2nd place on Boro’s all-time goalscoring list.
Peter Gittings made his 25th Stevenage appearance.
Graham Pearce moved into 2nd place for Boro’s highest win ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 57.69% — 15 wins in 26 matches with recorded results.
Peter Gittings moved into 4th place for Boro’s highest win ratio (minimum 10 appearances): 56.00% — 14 wins in 25 matches with recorded results.
Boro scored 5 goals in a match for the first time since a 6–0 result against Burton Park Wanderers on 30 August 1980.
This was Boro’s joint-2nd biggest win 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.
Boro’ have now played 1 competitive matches on 13 September — winning 1, drawing 0 and losing 0. We’ve scored 5 goals, conceded 0 and kept 1 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.