FA Trophy

PANTER THE CATALYST I N BIG AWAY VICTORY!

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
27 September 2026

By Peter Short

EDDIE Panter was a constant threat as Kettering swept Matlock Town aside to earn their first FA Trophy win for six seasons.
It took just 11 minutes to unlock the hosts’ backline, a Theo Alexandrou though pass releasing Panter, who beat the offside trap and calmly slotted under Marcus Dewhurst inside the area.
MATLOCK TOWN 0 KETTERING TOWN 4
A period of calm followed as neither side fashioned a noteworthy chance before Lewis Coyle’s pinpoint delivery from the left on 32 min-
utes found Panter bombing into the area.
He latched onto the cross and expertly tur...

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