Harriers boss Murray happy to get through tough FA Trophy test against Corby Town

The National League North side eventually emerged as 3-0 winners, but they were forced to play out a tight first half before Luke Spokes broke the deadlock on the stroke of half-time, with the home side taking full advantage of an unfortunate slip at a key moment from Rhys Kelly.

Second half goals followed from Amari Morgan-Smith and Kurt Willoughby as Harriers set up a third round trip to Worksop Town, but Murray accepted his Step 2 side had been given a game by their Step 4 visitors.

"We knew it would be a tough game, Corby are doing really well in the league and in a cup game you never really know what to expect," said Murray, a former manager of Mansfield Town.

"We did our homework as we always do, but Corby came with something different to what they had done in previous games.

"The first 20 minutes was cagey like it was always going to be, but then I thought we built into the game.

"We then changed a few things at half-time in terms of the system and opened it up a little bit more, and then credit to the players I thought they executed things really well.

"It was nice to get the first goal when we did, I think we had started moving the ball better with better quality going into the box, and in the second half we opened the pitch up a little bit.

"The guys who came on added some impetus and gave us a driving force.

"We attacked round the sides really well, we had a lot of one-v-one duels and we had a lot of pace in certain areas which hurt Corby.

"Then when you put the ball in the mixer it is up to the centre forwards to do what they get paid for, and they did that.

"It was a good afternoon, I thought the fans were superb and we need to thank them for the atmosphere they created, because these games are really tough

"You are expected to win, so when you do win you have done your job, so sometimes for players and fans it is hard to create an atmosphere, but they did that for us on Saturday."