National League North

Poppies punish sloppy defence

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 November 2019

KETTERING T 4 BLYTH SP’TANS 4

By Peter Short
TRE MITFORD’S first goal in Kettering colours earned the hosts a late point after a breathless second half in which the Poppies turned around a three goal deficit.
Spartans well and truly shot themselves in the foot, allowing Kettering numerous opportunities to put crosses into the area on what was a quagmire of a surface.
Blyth were superior in the first half, belittling their place in the relegation zone. Former Toon star Callum Roberts was head and shoulders above anyone on the field, firing home a sumptuous hat-trick before Ketter...

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