Last-gasp White secures precious win as Steelmen edge seven-goal thriller
Corby Town have moved to within two points of safety after coming out the right side of a seven-goal thriller at fellow strugglers Coleshill Town on Saturday.
The Steelmen were 4-3 winners thanks a dramatic Lewis White winner six minutes into stoppage time at the end of the game.
Graham Drury's side had trailed twice and then led 3-2 going into the closing stages, only for Coleshill to equalise with five minutes to go.
They thought they had secured a point, but White had other ideas to secure what was only a second win in Corby's past 12 matches.
"The group showed good character," Drury told @chuckmiddleton. "I thought we played well, we kept good possession and I thought we worked the ball well in behind.
"We set up to push the two full-backs on, bring the ball out through the two centre-halves and when we work to ball out we wanted the ball delivered into the box.
"I thought we put that quality in and the finishing was exceptional.
"We just need to shut up shop for a couple of minutes after we score goals!
"We were better on Saturday in possession, we gave the players a little bit more licence to break forward and we have come away with the four goals.
"But, we have let three in at the other end which is sloppy."
Coleshill took the lead on 35 minutes, only for Ryan Boote to level four minutes into the second half.
The home side had regained the lead within two minutes, before Lewis Wilson made it 2-2 on 52 minutes in a chaotic start to the second half.
With eight minutes to go, Mckauley Manning struck to put the Steelmen in front for the first time only for Coleshill to level at 3-3.
White then came up with the goods deep into time added on, and Drury revealed the player had wanted to be taken off at half-time.
"Lewis has had a scratch on the eyeball in the first two minutes of the game, and at half-time he wanted to come off," said the Corby boss.
"I said you are better than what I've got and you are staying on.
"He has then got the winner, so I am calling him one-eyed Whitey now!
"But we were putting the ball in the right areas and when we did that we looked a threat.
"We had a lot of bodies in the box to cross to and we got the finishes."
The win sees the Steelmen sitting 19th in the Midlands Division table, and they are now just two points behind the sides directly above them in Coleshill and Barwell.