Northamptonshire Combination League

Premier Division

Tuesday 7th May 2024

Kick Off 18.30 Actual 18.33

Corby Strip Mills 6 Kettering Nomads 2, attendance 197

19’ 0-1

28’ 1-1

32’ 2-1

44’ 3-1

50’ 4-1

59’ 5-1

76’ 5-2

90’ 6-2

@ West Glebe Park, Pitch 1

Cottingham Road

Corby

NN17 1SZ

No Admission or Programme.

Tonight’s game was 1st versus 4th in the league table, with Corby Strip Mills knowing that a win against the reigning champions would give them the league title. They came into this on the back of twelve consecutive league wins, but went behind to a nineteenth minute opener for the visitors, which certainly made it more interesting from a neutral point of view. Corby had a goal disallowed for offside, but soon levelled with a downward header at the far post and were in front four minutes later, when a diagonal ball into the box saw hesitation between ‘keeper and defender, which allowed a striker to nip between them, chesting down the ball, before shooting into the bottom corner and they managed to add another one in the final minute of the half. When they made it 4-1 just five minutes into the second half, the title was secured. Goal number five arrived just before the hour mark and although Kettering pulled it back to 5-2 with fourteen minutes left, Corby rounded off the scoring with a shot into the bottom corner from the edge of the box which was immediately followed by the final whistle.

The game was played on Pitch 1 here at Glebe Park, the furthest of two pitches from the changing rooms/car park on the south side of the complex. As is all too often the case with these hired venues, as opposed to a club owned ground, the pitch was poor and the grass could certainly do with cutting. It was roped off on all four sides and was a pleasant setting on a rare warm and sunny evening. The nice weather will have certainly helped in attracting an excellent crowd of just under 200.