MATCH
Yeovil Town 2–1 Stevenage Borough
Football Conference · Saturday 16 August 1997
L
Result
A
Venue
3,602
Attendance
L. Cable
Referee
Updated
Goalscorers
Team
(57)
(57)Match Notebook
D
D
W
L
L
After this match, Boro’s senior record against Yeovil Town since July 1980 stood at P5 W2 D2 L1.
This was Boro’s 5th senior meeting with Yeovil Town.
This was Boro’s 1st senior defeat against Yeovil Town.
This was Boro’s 6th opening-day defeat. Across 20 recorded league openers, we’ve scored in 17 and kept 6 clean sheets.
Season opener record: W11 D0 L9, F43 A30. This result ended a run of 2 successive wins in Boro’s season opener.
Opening league game record: W11 D3 L6, F42 A23. This result ended a run of 3 successive wins in Boro’s opening league game.
This was Boro’s 67th 1–2 defeat since July 1980 — their 5th-most common senior scoreline at the time.
This was the 3rd Stevenage match refereed by L. Cable. Boro’s record with L. Cable is W1 D1 L1.
Boro’ have now played 3 competitive matches on 16 August — winning 2, drawing 0 and losing 1. We’ve scored 6 goals, conceded 3 and kept 1 clean sheets on this day. This was Boro’s heaviest defeat on this date.
Boro’ have now lost 2 matches in a row.
This result completed Boro’s latest five-match form sequence shown above.