Poppies progress in FA Cup as second-half strikes sink Quorn
Kettering Town eased into the third qualifying round of the FA Cup with a comfortable 2-0 win over fellow Step 3 side Quorn at Latimer Park on Saturday.
Michael Gyasi saw a first-half penalty saved after a foul on Eddie Panter, but made amends when he opened the scoring on 64 minutes.
The Poppies then wrapped things up with a goal five minutes into stoppage time from substitute Theo Alexandrou.
The win sees Kettering progress, and joint boss David Bridgwater was pleased with the performance and result.
"We are through to the next round which is what we wanted," Bridgwater told @KTFCOfficial.
"We wanted to keep a clean sheet and we wanted to score more than one goal, and although we left it late, we did that.
"Overall it was a good performance. The first 10 minutes was quite intense but then I thought we controlled the game.
"Michael missed the penalty which is disappointing because he had scored the previous two, he just didn't catch it right.
"He then got his goal, and Shaun Jeffers came on made a big difference.
"He held it up well and used his experience and intelligence and made the difference in the end, setting up the first goal with more or less his first touch.
"The subs made a really good impact and that's 10 unbeaten now and another clean sheet."
"In the first half we controlled possession but we needed to be better with it, and in the second half we did well."