The Poppies progressed to the next round of the Northants Hillier Senior Cup with a 3-2 at Bugbrooke. Lee Glover's side took a comanding 3-0 lead with goals from Neo Richard-Noel (5m), Decarrey Sheriff (45m) and a second half header from Brad Gascoigne (59m), before a late rally by the hosts made it a nervy final 15 minutes.
The Poppies were without Ben Toseland and George Cooper.
KETTERING TOWN - LINE UP
Cameron Gregory
Lewis White
Rhys Sharpe
Gary Stohrer (c)
Brad Gascoigne
Aiden Walker
Keaton Ward (replaced by Ben Sault 67m)
Ethan Hill
Andre Wright
Neo Richard-Noel (replaced by Sam Bennett 71m)
Decarry Sheriff (replaced by Jack Norman 87m)
SUBS - not used - Jordan Graham, Luca Miller.
Attendance - 180