Kettering Town produced a second-half horror show as 10-man Biggleswade Town inflicted a damaging 3-2 defeat at Latimer Park. In the first of the Poppies’ three games in hand on Evo-Stik League South Premier Division Central leaders Stourbridge, they were simply found wanting as their title hopes suffered a potentially significant setback
Things had looked good at half-time. Marcus Law’s team played themselves into the contest and were a goal to the good thanks to Dan Holman’s near-post header.
But it was a different story after the break as Biggleswade came out firing and then continued to outwork their hosts, even when they were reduced to 10 men with the scores level at 1-1
More worryingly, they were outworked by the visitors who won almost every second ball and gave Kettering a sobering lesson in hard work and desire.
The damage was all done in a brutal 20-minute period and the Poppies had no response until it was far too late.
Quite how damaging this loss will be to their title hopes remains to be seen.
But the way it came about will surely be the most concerning thing for Law and the 617 souls who came along with expectations of something completely different to what was served up.
Jon Dunham
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