MATCH
Stalybridge Celtic 2–5 Stevenage Borough
GM Vauxhall Conference · Saturday 9 March 1996
W
Result
A
Venue
673
Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
Match Notebook
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Barry Hayles scored a hat-trick — Boro’s first hat-trick since Barry Hayles against Runcorn on 3 February 1996.
Corey Browne scored his 10th goal for Stevenage.
Corey Browne reached 10 Boro’ goals in 24 recorded appearances — the joint-14th quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
Barry Hayles scored in 4 successive Boro’ matches. 15 recorded Boro’ players have achieved this run. The most recent other player was Corey Browne (4 November 1995).
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Stalybridge Celtic since July 1980 stood at P3 W2 D0 L1.
Stuart Beevor made his 50th Stevenage appearance.
Boro scored 5 goals in a match for the first time since a 8–0 result against Runcorn on 25 November 1995.
This was Boro’s 5th 5–2 win since July 1980 — their joint 25th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 4 competitive matches on 9 March — winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 0. We’ve scored 11 goals, conceded 5 and kept 1 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
Boro’ have now won 4 matches in a row.
Boro’ are now unbeaten in 12 matches.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.