Saturday 25th January 1997
Raunds Town 3 Stafford Rangers 1
Dr Martens League Midland Division
At: Kiln Park
Kick-off: 3-00 pm
Admission: £4; Programme: 50p (60 pages)
Attendance: 145
Weather: sunny
Raunds Town turned out to be a far better side that their league position suggested and took full advantage of a poor Stafford performance to record a 3-1 victory.
Raunds Town (red and black halves / black / black): 1. JohnHughes, 2. Noel Luke, 3. Ashley Carr, 4. Darryl Page, 5. John Flower, 6. Martin Lewis, 7. Ian Pearce, 8. Paul York, 9. Shaun Keeble, 10. Jimmy Simpson, 11. Stuart Beards. Subs: 12. Donovan Gethfield (for York, 82), 14. Ian McInerney (for Keeble, 82), 15. Robert Gould (for Beards, 88).
Stafford Rangers (blue/blue/blue): 1. Steve Perks, 2. Nathan Foster, 3. Steve Jones, 4. Farrell Kilbane, 5. Paul Bywater, 6. Darren Boughey, 7. Iain Sankey, 8. Allan Somerville, 9. Richard Mitchell, 10. Jason Yates, 11. Ian Banks. Subs: 12. Paul Line (for Foster, 39), 14. Steve Clifford (for Line, 64), 15. Chris Brandon (not used).
Referee: J. R. Hubbard (Leicester).
Goals:
0-1 Ian Banks (36)
1-1 John Flower (52)
2-1 Shaun Keeble (58)
3-1 Stuart Beards (64)
Cards:
Raunds: Stuart Beards (YC, 45)
Stafford: Darren Boughey (YC, 80)
