MATCH
Rushden & Diamonds 1–0 Stevenage Borough
Spalding Cup R2 · Tuesday 19 November 1996
L
Result
A
Venue
1,073
Attendance
Unknown
Referee
Updated
Team
(14)
(9)Match Notebook
W
L
D
D
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Carl Adams scored a hat-trick — Boro’s first hat-trick since Barry Hayles against Stalybridge Celtic on 9 March 1996.
This was Boro’s biggest win over Gateshead by goal margin in the senior archive since July 1980. The previous best was 2–1 on 22 April 1995.
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Gateshead since July 1980 stood at P5 W2 D2 L1.
This was Boro’s 5th senior meeting with Gateshead.
This was Boro’s 27th 4–1 win since July 1980 — their joint 14th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
This was the 1st Stevenage match refereed by M. Dexter. Boro’s record with M. Dexter is W1 D0 L0.
Boro’ have now played 4 competitive matches on 23 November — winning 4, drawing 0 and losing 0. We’ve scored 13 goals, conceded 3 and kept 2 clean sheets on this day.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.