Doughboys ease into County Cup final as Steelmen are swept aside at the Dog & Duck
Wellingborough Town eased into the final of the NFA Hillier Senior Cup with a 3-1 win over Corby Town at the Dog & Duck on Tuesday night.
The Doughboys won it thanks to goals from Lloyd Buckby, Will Jones and Kyle Carey, and will now play either Kettering Town or Peterborough United Under-21s in the final.
The Doughboys took the lead midway through the first half, Buckby picking up a loose ball following a James Clifton challenge on the edge of the area and firing home.
Corby went close to levelling on 42 minutes when Jordon Crawford struck the bar, but the Doughboys held a narrow advantage going into the break.
The home side doubled their lead four minutes into the second half, top-scorer Jones finishing from close range after a Clifton knockdown, and on 76 minutes they were 3-0 up, Carey rounding the keeper and finishing calmly.
The Steelmen pulled one back through Helkias Acheampong four minutes from time, but it was to be no more than a consolation.
It proved to be a night of frustration for Steelmen boss Leon Mettam, who felt his side should have made more of their strong play in the first half, before falling off the pace after the break.
"We were very good for the first 45 minutes, and probably should have been one or two goals to the good," Mettam told @corbytownfc.
"A sloppy bit of play has cost us a goal, as we are not sharp enough from a restart, unsure what to do, and we have thrown it down the line, they have won the header and broke on us, and scored the goal.
"Apart from that they didn't really cause us any problems, and I felt going the other way we were much the better team, and if we could have taken one or two of our chances then we probably could have come out with a different result. But that is the situation we are in at the minute.
"The lads are giving me everything which is the main thing, but it's just that when the chips are down, and not just as a team but as a club, things go against you and that is where we are at.
"But I thought Wellingborough were worth their 3-1 win in the end, just that on another different night it could have been different.
"We just need to pick each other up, get around each other, and try to pull in the same direction."
A date for the other semi-final between Poppies and the Posh youngsters has yet to be set.
The Doughboys return to Pitching-In Northern Premier League action on Saturday when they go to Bedworth United, but the Steelmen are without a game.
Mettam's men are due back in action next Wednesday when they host play-off rivals Coleshill Town.