By Tim Carroll

BRACKLEY TOWN 2
Dean 60, Rolt 78

KETTERING TOWN 1
Smith 47

NET GAIN: Brackley’s Brad Rolt scores the winner
PICTURE: Mike Capps

PART of an innovative, three-team inter-Northamptonshire tournament, The Newlands Shield, this pre-season friendly was competitive and just what both managers wanted with the National League North season two Saturdays away.
“I’m never happy losing but I am pleased with where we are at this stage of preparations,” Kettering manager Paul Cox said. “We were missing some players through injury or Covid but we are in a good place. We didn’t make an...