Kettering's 'professional and enjoyable' display

Marcus Law was impressed with a “professional and enjoyable performance” as Kettering Town strengthened their grip on a play-off place in the Evo-Stik South League Premier with a 6-0 thrashing of Bishop’s Stortford at Latimer Park.

The Poppies did their damage in a devastating first half as Mathew Stevens and Aaron O’Connor both scored twice while Brett Solkhon also converted a penalty to make it 5-0 before the break while the visitors were also reduced to 10 men.

Orrin Pendley added the sixth in the second period as Kettering returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion in their first league outing since the 4-3 defeat at Royston Town. The win means Law’s team remain firmly in control of their own destiny as far as a top-five finish is concerned.

“I thought our start was excellent. We missed a fair few chances to begin with but the work ethic, the quality and the endeavour from the players was fantastic. “The front three were very good with their movement and we didn’t give them any kind of opportunity to get a foothold in the game. “They have picked up some good results against some good teams during this season. They are no mugs and I think they were a bit surprised by what we did to them.

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