MATCH
Stevenage Borough 2–1 Southport
GM Vauxhall Conference · Saturday 5 October 1996
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Result
H
Venue
2,903
Attendance
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Referee
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Goalscorers
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(8)Match Notebook
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Paul Barrowcliff scored his 10th goal for Stevenage.
Paul Barrowcliff reached 10 Boro’ goals in 66 recorded appearances — the 39th quickest player in the recorded archive to that milestone.
Gary Crawshaw scored in 3 successive Boro’ matches. 27 recorded Boro’ players have achieved this run. The most recent other player was Barry Hayles (31 August 1996).
This was Boro’s joint-biggest win over Southport by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The most recent previous win by the same margin was 1–0 on 26 August 1995.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Southport since July 1980 stood at P5 W2 D0 L3.
Corey Browne made his 50th Stevenage appearance.
This was Boro’s 5th senior meeting with Southport.
Robbie Mutchell made his 50th Stevenage start.
Gary Crawshaw made his 50th Stevenage start.
This was Boro’s 84th 2–1 win since July 1980 — their most common senior scoreline at the time.
Boro’ have now played 4 competitive matches on 5 October — winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 8 goals, conceded 5 and kept 0 clean sheets on this day.
Boro’ have now won 2 matches in a row.
Boro’ are now unbeaten in 5 matches.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.