MATCH
Stevenage Borough 6–0 Halifax Town
GM Vauxhall Conference · Saturday 17 August 1996
W
Result
H
Venue
2,117
Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
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(7)Match Notebook
D
W
D
W
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This was Boro’s biggest win over Halifax Town by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The previous best was 2–0 on 13 January 1996.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Halifax Town since July 1980 stood at P5 W5 D0 L0.
This was Boro’s 5th senior meeting with Halifax Town.
This was Boro’s 5th senior win against Halifax Town.
Boro scored 6 goals in a match for the first time since a 6–2 result against Slough Town on 12 March 1996.
This was Boro’s joint-7th biggest win by goal margin in our recorded competitive history.
This was Boro’s 11th opening-day win. Across 19 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 16 and kept 6 clean sheets.
Opening league game record: W11 D3 L5, F41 A21. This is Boro’s 3rd opening league game win in a row.
This was Boro’s 6th 6–0 win since July 1980 — their joint 24th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 3 competitive matches on 17 August — winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 8 goals, conceded 5 and kept 1 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s biggest win on this date.
Boro’ have now won 2 matches in a row.
Boro’ are now unbeaten in 10 matches.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.