No goals in our last four outings. It’s not a brilliant state of affairs, to be honest. And with our next two opponents sitting first and second in the table, is it about to get worse? Are we drifting towards another unwanted record this term? Making history, and not the good sort either. It’s 419 minutes since we last did a goal and we’re starting to forget what that feels like.
No Goals: When In Drought…
Boro’ gaffer Darren Sarll is hoping that our latest short-term resident, Hull shooter Greg Luer, is the man to fire us out of this dry spell in front of goal. We’ve tried nearly every other striker available for loan this season: Pat Hoban, Jamille Matt, Jamar Loza, Armand Gnanduillet, Byron Harrison, Offrande Zanzala – but none found the net often, despite their apparent abilities.
By extending the drought to four games, it’s now the joint second worst run in our history. The record is the six-game stretch between 4 and 23 April 1988 and you don’t want to know how that season ended for us. With Northampton and Oxford lined up next in the league, it’ll probably be a small miracle if we’re able to somehow break this duck before the end of the month.
We’ve already set some dizzying new heights this term – 13 away games without a victory and the still ongoing 23 away games without shutting the opposition out. If you were wondering, our longest runs of losses are both six matches (1988 and 2013) – not that we’d want to you roll with the punches this fine Monday afternoon. There’s still York and Dagenham, for example…
You’ll get the full lowdown on our chums from Sixfields in our match preview later this week, but by golly they’re in fine fettle right about now. Us? Well, it’s been a long old season and we’re coming into the home straight with the final 10 matches. And right now we’re hoping that something just clicks with the arrival of our new striker. Come on Boro’ – give us a goal. Or three.
