Poppies bid to hit their targets

Kettering Town will bid to take another giant step towards securing an Evo-Stik South League Premier play-off place when they head to fellow high-fliers Chesham United this weekend.

As far as weeks go, this has been a very good one so far for the Poppies. They thumped Bishop’s Stortford 6-0 at Latimer Park last Saturday and then followed that up with an impressive 3-0 success at Tiverton Town on Tuesday night.

Those results have left Marcus Law’s team in fourth place and on 70 points with 13 games to go.

So if Kettering can secure a third win of the week, it will leave them on the brink of securing a top-five finish and an extended season as they bid for promotion.

But assistant-manager Mitch Austin knows his team will have to show “respect” to Chesham, who have come out of the pack to challenge for a play-off place.

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