Poppies through to next round after 3-1 win at home to Redditch Utd - FA Cup 2Q
Kettering Town 3 Redditch Utd 1 Kettering Town made their entry into this season's FA Cup competition at the 2nd Qualifying Round stage, hosting fellow BSN outfit Redditch Utd at the A-Line Arena, looking to continue their league form into the country's premier knockout competition. Ahead of the tie, Poppies boss Mark Cooper signed 18 year-old Sam Collins on-loan from MK Dons.
Half-time: Kettering Town 1 Redditch Utd 1 Continue reading "Poppies through to next round after 3-1 win at home to Redditch Utd - FA Cup 2Q"Posted on September 27, 2007
Poppies win 3-1 at home to Barrow
Rogan 61 Kettering Town manager Mark Cooper made two changes to his starting lineup for the visit of Barrow, bringing in Jon Brady and Steve Burton for Craig Westcarr and Mark Rawle. Darren Caskey replaced Kevin Spencer on the Poppies bench. A free-kick just outside the box and Jon Brady spotted the Barrow keeper out of position and curled his shot over the keeper and into the net to give Poppies a 1-0 lead after 12 minutes gone. Kettering almost increased their lead with another Brady free-kick on 25 minutes but this time the header from Steve Burton was saved. On 32 minutes, a two-on-two break for Kettering saw Steve Burton with only the goalkeeper to beat and the Poppies striker made no mistake to put the home side 2-0 up and in the ascendancy with half-time fast approaching. Barrow defended well but Kettering made the most of their limited opportunities to go into the break 2-0 in front. Half-time: Kettering Town 2 Barrow 0 Continue reading "Poppies win 3-1 at home to Barrow" Posted on September 20, 2007
Kettering drawn at home to Redditch Utd in 2nd Qualifying Round of FA Cup
With no disrespect to our opponents in Monday's FA Cup draw, the excitement was clearly absent, perhaps partly due to being almost lost in the build up to the club's BSN league fixture at Hinckely Utd following our 'midweek' match on a Monday night. 
Kettering were drawn at home to fellow BSN outfit Redditch Utd in the 2nd Qualifying Round of this year's competition, with the tie to take place on Saturday 29th September, 2007. This year's competition, again being sponsored by E.ON, is the 127th running and attracted a record 731 entries (44 more than last season), with the showcase final of course now back at the 'new' Wembley Stadium. Posted on September 18, 2007
Poppies stalemate at Hinckley
Hinckley Utd 0 Kettering Town 0 Kettering Town made the relatively short trip to the Marston Stadium to take on Hinckley Utd in their Monday night BSN encounter, aiming to get back to winning ways following their 1-1 draw at Workington on Saturday. Poppies boss Mark Cooper brought in Jean-Paul Marna and Craig Westcarr to the starting lineup, Steve Burton and Jon Brady started on the bench. A fairly lively opening period at a rainy Marston Stadium saw the ball end up in the net twice, but both 'goals', one at either end, were disallowed for offside and the score remained 0-0 at the half-time break. Half-Time: Hinckley Utd 0 Kettering Town 0 Continue reading "Poppies stalemate at Hinckley"Posted on September 17, 2007
Poppies held 1-1 at Workington
Kettering Town 1 Kettering Town made the long trip North to Workington today looking to change their previous run of poor league results at Borough Park and in the process continue their very impressive start to the new campaign. Mark Cooper brings the fit-again Jon Brady back into the starting lineup at the expense of Joe Howe who replaces the recently departed Michael Malcolm on the subs bench. A early ball into the box from Mark Rawle was met by David Bridges who deftly beat the home keeper to put Kettering 1-0 up after only 9 minutes on the clock. A fast break almost saw Kettering increase their lead but a vital save from goalkeeper Adam Collin denied the lively Rawle. Hopper moved forward but the final ball into the box was lacking and Kettering cleared the danger as Hall fired one over the bar after bursting through the home defence. Continue reading "Poppies held 1-1 at Workington" Posted on September 15, 2007
Poppies run continues with 3-0 win at home to Boston Utd
Kettering Town 3 Boston Utd 0 Kettering Town welcomed long-time rivals Boston Utd to the A-Line Arena and manager Mark Cooper opted for Steve Burton and Mark Rawle up front, with Jean-Paul Marna and Craig Westcarr starting on the bench. Kettering were in all Red and Boston in their familiar Yellow and Black as the match kicked-off with a good crowd in attendance for a fixture which renewed the close rivalry of the two clubs, this time in the BSN. Boston settled early into the game and put the home defence under pressure, but Kettering tried to exploit the visitor's defence as they pushed out quickly and it promised to be a lively encounter. Ellender fouled Burton for a Poppies free-kick 35yds out and in the scramble following the ball played into the box, Brett Solkhon was warned by the referee for his challenge on the visitor's goalkeeper Wright. A lashed-in effort from Tom Kemp went wide of the visitor's goal and a Steve Burton cross was almost turned into the net by Mark Rawle but was nervously cleared at the second attempt by Boston. Continue reading "Poppies run continues with 3-0 win at home to Boston Utd"Posted on September 8, 2007
Poppies win 4-1 at Leigh RMI
Kettering Town 4 Kettering Town play at Hilton Park this afternoon against Leigh RMI, aiming to continue their impressive start to the new season and in the process maintain their 100% record as long as possible. Cooper's only change to Monday's starting lineup was to bring in Mark Rawle in place of Craig Westcarr who starts on the bench. A fairly good tempo in the opening stages of the match and with the traveling faithful cheering them on, Kettering settled down quickly and on 20 minutes took the lead when John Dempster headed them in front from a corner to make it 1-0. Posted on September 1, 2007
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Kettering fell behind just after midway through the first-half when Exodus Geohaghan scored on 35 minutes. They gradually fought their way back into the match and eventually equalised through David Bridges to pull back on level terms at 1-1 at the end of the first period. 
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