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The reports below were taken from various sources.
Sittingbourne V Corby
Another sparkling display by Corby gained them their
third consecutive win and their second away victory in a row.
As at Ashford last week the Steelmen
scored an early goal, Richard Tanner won a tackle with Roy Clarke on the
half-way line and raced away up the wing. He cut in towards goal and, as
James Creed advanced, calmly curled the ball around him from 18 yards out.
This setback rocked the hosts and
there was little goalmouth action until Grant Mawby picked up a ball from
on-loan signing Richard Weale from Kettering Town.
Mawby curled over an excellent cross
that found Tanner's head but he could not control the ball and it flew
over from close range.
Seconds later a long clearance by
Kevin Fox found Mawby but his first-time shot just went the wrong side
of the post.
Five minutes from half-time, good
work from David Hollis and Danny Poultney left the latter cutting in but
his cross failed to find a Corby player.
In the hosts' only worthwile attack
of the first half Robert Owen whipped over a vicious cross but it was too
high for Marvin Neaville.
The Brickies only real shot on target
came on 56 minutes but Mark Miller's effort proved no real problem for
Fox.
Just past the hour mark, Leon Doughty
picked up a flick from Tanner just inside his own half and surged forward
until reaching the half-way line. He looked up and saw Hollis running into
space and slotted a precision ball through to him.
Before Creed could react Hollis buried
a firm shot low into the bottom corner from around the penalty spot.
In the closing 15 minutes Corby could
well have increased their lead.
A good move involving Mawby and Tanner
let Hollis in but this time Creed just nicked the ball off his toes.
In the dying seconds Creed again saved
his side albeit suffering an injury when denying Tanner.
Corby's last attack saw Hollis slip
the ball to Mawby but his effort was just pushed over for a fruitless corner.
The home side's programme boasted
of four victories in the league out of their last five games. But for the
vast majority of the game Fox was merely a spectator as this was another
fine win in their happy hunting ground of Kent.
The Steelmen now have four straight
home league games starting next Saturday against Bashley and hopefully
these away victories will have persuaded more spectators to come along
and give them support.
Corby's man of the match: David Hollis
Final Score: 2-0 Win
Ashford V Corby
An excellent display by Corby Town during which they
completely outplayed high-flying Ashford brought them their fourth away
league victory of the season.
The Steelmen had a chance in their
first attack following good work by Danum Russell and Danny Poultney. The
latter's cross found Leon Doughty but his header flew just wide.
However, after only six minutes Corby
were awarded a free-kick just outside the penalty area for a foul on Jermaine
Rainford. The hosts' wall blocked the kick but the ball rebounded to Gavin
Cox 25 yards out and he took it in his stride before unleashing a vicious
shot low into the bottom corner of the net.
Their joy was short-lived, though,
as in the next minute a mix-up in the Corby defence allowed Matt Bower
in and although looking suspiciously offside he had a simple tap-in from
six yards.
Lee McRobert made a good run for the
hosts 15 minutes from half-time but his shot was well wide of the target.
Seconds later Russell threaded a long
ball through to Doughty who had time to look up and shoot. But Dave Root
in goal saved with his legs.
A couple of minutes later Cox found
Doughty in the clear but as he picked his spot he could only watch in disbelief
as Root pulled off a remarkable full-length save.
With Corby dominating midfield little
was seen of Ashford as an attacking force, despite the fact they started
the game in fourth place in the league table.
Ten minutes into the second half Rainford
won a tackle on the halfway line and raced away with the home defenders
trailing yards behind. But as he shot Root again came to his side's rescue,
just deflecting the ball for a fruitless corner.
The Steelmen kept plugging away and
15 minutes from full-time gained their reward. Grant Mawby wriggled his
way into the danger area and yet again Root saved with his legs.
From the following corner Corby scored.
Poultney swung over a precision kick that Tyrone Mintus flicked on at the
near post to find the head of the inrushing Dean Tallentire - his powerful
header giving Root no chance from close range.
As Corby calmly played out time, the
hosts became more and more frustrated. But they failed to trouble Kevin
Fox.
The Steelmen obviously like travelling
to Kent, having won at Tonbridge, Dartford and now Ashford while also drawing
at Folkestone. This augurs well for Saturday's trip to Sittingbourne.
Corby's man of the match: Gavin Cox
Final Score: 2-1 Win
Corby V VS Rugby
A dramatic fightback by Corby Town during the last half
an hour's play saw them claw back a two -goal deficit despite being reduced
to ten men after Gavin Cox saw red for dissent to an assistant.
A quiet opening gave little hint of
what was to follow as Corby struggled to threaten their former keeper Paul
Beresford.
Indeed the visitors took the lead
after only 11 minutes play when a long clearance up the wing found Danny
O'Toole and he ran on to whip over a perfect cross to the near post where
new signing Darren Towers lashed to ball home.
Corby's ex-Rugby forward Jermaine
Rainford was given a rough ride by his old team-mates. But he had Corby's
best chance of the first half after wriggling his way through their defence
but his goal-bound shot deflected for a fruitless corner.
Kevin Fox saved at the feet of the
dangerous Towers ten minutes from the break as Corby struggled to contain
the lively visiting forwards.
The opening of the second period saw
Rugby increase their lead inside the first ten minutes when Tyrone Mintus
slipped and allowed Towers a clean run at goal. Fox made a desperate attempt
to save but could only watch as the ball gently bounced over the line.
Seconds after this came Cox's dismissal
and things looked extremely black for the home side. However as so often
happens the ten men suddenly started playing after they pulled a goal back
from a free-kick 20 yards out.
The kick was awarded for a foul on
Rainford with Danny Poultney stepping up and, seeing Beresford off his
line, floated a delicate effort just under the bar.
This goal prompted a fight-back from
Corby. Twice Rainford blocked attempted clearances from Beresford from
the first he could only watch as his effort went passed the post but from
the second block he found Leon Doughty who calmly looked up and picked
his spot to draw level.
With the faithful Steelmen supporters
urging their team on Rugby never threatened Fox for the rest of the game.
Corby manager Lee Adam brought on
Grant Mawby with 22 minutes left for his first game in nearly two months
and with 15 minutes to go he found himself in acres of space out on the
wing before cutting in to hit a venomous shot into the back of the net
before Beresford could move.
The drama was not yet over as Rugby
then had Dave Beckett sent off for his second yellow card after wrestling
Dougie Keast to the ground.
Mawby scored his second and Corby's
fourth five minutes from time when he picked up a pass from Rainford and
lobbed the advancing Beresford to complete a remarkable recovery as the
Steelmen lived up to their nickname.
Corby's man of the match: Grant Mawby
Final Score:4-2 Win
Corby V Fisher Athletic
Current league leaders Fisher were given a tough fight
by Corby. But in the end the Steelmen were unable to break a sequence which
has now brought on win from 18 matches.
Fisher provided a tough nut in the
first half with a lot of powerful tackles going unpunished by the officials.
However, the first chance of the game
fell to Jermaine Rainford when he lost out to Morris Munden in goal.
The visitors took control of the game
for the game for the rest of the first half, creating several opportunities
which Corby struggled to keep out.
Danny Poultney cleared a sliced clearance
by Dougie Keast off the goalline then minutes later Poultney hit his own
post in trying to clear the ball. From the resulting corner Mark Newson
had a free header which he powered in for the opening goal.
On the half-hour mark Kevin Fox bravely
dived at the feet of Steve Portway, just managing to push the ball around
the post.
Corby were rocked back on their heels
two minutes into the second half. From an attacking position just outside
their penalty area Scott Saunders intercepted an intended pass for Poultney
and raced away upfield, feeding an excellent pass to Hamid Barr. He ran
on and with defenders near him Barr was able to calmly pick his spot, curling
the ball around Fox.
This setback spurred Corby and they
enjoyed most of the play but failed to create any real chances until the
hour mark.
From one of numerous free-kincks Poultney
put over a curling ball which found Rainford with his back to goal. A quick
turn and low shot brought the first goal for his new club.
For the remaining half an hour the
Steelmen went looking for an equaliser with Andy Evans having a fierce
header finger-tipped over by Munden.
With Leon Doughty driving Corby forward
from midfield, ably supported by Keast, it was Corby who looked more likely
to score.
In the closing minutes Danum Russell
and Doughty exchanged passes to leave Russell through on goal. He duly
ran on and beat Munden, only for the 'goal' to be disallowed for offside.
There could only have been inches in it.
Then in the dying seconds Russell
wriggled his way through again. This time he was brought crashing down
- but to Corby's disbelief only a fruitless corner was awarded.
In the end Fisher hung on to grab
the points. But they were glad to hear the final whistle.
Corby's man of the match:Leon Doughty
Final Score:1-2 Defeat
Fleet V Corby
Corby Town crashed to defeat at bottom-of-the-table Fleet
- despite taking the lead and having three-quarters of the possession.
The visitors might have taken the
lead after five minutes following a good run by Danny Poultney whose pass
found Andy Evans. But his shot was blocked for a corner from which new
signing Jermaine Rainford head narrowly wide.
It took the beleaguered home team
20 minutes to mount a serious attack after Richard Tuffey lost possession.
But Mark Frampton shot well wide.
Fifteen minutes before the break only
a full-length save by Kevin Fox stopped the dangerous Gavin Smith from
opening the scoring.
Minutes later during a goalmouth scramble
one of Fleet's defenders shot against his own post but the ball was cleared
to safety.
Kicking up the slope in the second
half Corby took a deserved lead after 47 minutes. Again Poultney jinked
his way down the wing, passing inside to Leon Doughty 20 yards out and
he hit an unstoppable shot on the volley to open his and Corby's account.
Despite this setback Fleet did not
give up and equalised after an hour's play. A free-kink was awarded near
the touchline and the ball eventually fell to Smith who calmly lobbed Fox
from 12 yards although Corby's keeper was probably unsighted by players
milling around in front of him.
Worse was to follow for Corby as six
minutes later the best move of the match by the home forwards left Aiden
Kilner with a clear sight of goal. And he hit a powerful shot in to the
top corner, giving Fox no chance from the edge of the box.
Seconds later only the post saved
Corby when Smith rolled a shot across the goal but the ball rebounded into
Fox's arms.
In the closing 15 minutes the Steelmen
were virtually camped in Fleet's penalty are but poor shooting by Corby's
forwards wasted several good opportunities to at least grab a point.
With a card-happy referee booking
a total of eight players, two of which were Steelmen, all in all it was
not a good day for Corby.
Corby's man of the match:Leon Doughty
Final Score:1-2 Defeat
Corby V Burnham
Only a combination of misfortune and missed chances denied
Corby Town the victory they so richly deserved.
Visitors Burnham, fresh from last
Saturday's creditable 5-1 FA Trophy victory at Oxford City, were outplayed
throughout Saturday's match - but it finished goalless.
The strong cross wind made good football
difficult but the Steelmen created a number of opportunities, most of which
fell to recalled forward Andy Evans.
His first chance, however, after 17
minutes, cam courtesy of Burnham's Keiron Drake.
Under no pressure, the visiting keeper's
sliced clearance presented the striker with a clear sight of the unguarded
goal.
Evans chose to shoot quickly but his
effort flew wide. It proved an expensive miss.
In recent games Corby's defensive
qualities have merited praise but while they looked capable of holding
terms they rarely displayed the attacking flair that wins matches. This
was a much-improved performance.
Leon Doughty, Matt Deevey and Dougie
Keast ably supported the front men, wingers Danny Poultney and Danum Russell
provided good crosses from the flanks and sustained pressure brought chances.
Doughty shot wide from the edge of
the area, Richard Tanner tested Drake from Keast's shrewd pass and an excellent
run by Doughty set up Poultney as the Steelmen dominated the first 45 minutes.
Yet the match somehow remained goalless.
As Corby continued to dictate the
game after the interval, the evergreen Keast was behind most of his side's
constructive play, demonstrating over and again that there is no substitute
for a perceptive football brain.
Always available in midfield, his
prompting and encouragement of younger team-mates was exemplary.
Nine minutes into the half, Poultney's
fine cross was headed narrowly wide by Evans after Keast had fashioned
another opening.
With Burnham content to get men behind
teh ball and hang on, it seemed unbelievable that Corby weren't ahead.
Yet, three minutes later, incredulity
was stretched further.
When Tanner headed Russell's pinpoint
centre against the crossbar, Evans seemed certain to score from the rebound.
Drake somehow diverted his effort
back onto the bar, only for the unfortunate Evans to fire over the open
goal from inside the six-yard box.
And to complete a thoroughly miserable
afternoon for the young striker, his shot from another Russell cross after
72 minutes struck the post. On another day he would have had a hat-trick.
Corby's man of the match:Leon Doughty
Final Score:0-0 Draw
Corby V Witney Town
A late equaliser deprived Corby Town of maximum points
in last night's Dr. Martens League Eastern Division match at Rockinham
Triangle.
The Steelmen got off to a perfect
start when they went ahead after only two minutes with Danny Poultney hammering
home Danum Russell's corner from close range.
But despite enjoying a fair share
of possession they struggled to carve out many clear-cut openings and keeper
Kevin Fox was forced into a series of brilliant saves at the other end.
He was beaten with just 12 minutes
remaining, though, when Darren Teggart rose above the home defence to head
into the back of the net. The goal was no more than Witney deserved for
their performance.
Corby's man of the match:Kevin Fox
Final Score:1-1 Draw
Fisher Athletic V Corby
Corby Town's trip to the Surrey Docks Stadium ended with
nothing to show for their efforts.
In the first minute a good move by
Danny Poultney and Danum Russell came to a halt when handball was given
against Richard Tanner.
For the next 20 minutes the Steelmen
struggled to threaten the hosts' goal and, although Fisher made several
attacks, their shooting was mostly from outside the penalty area, none
of which unduly troubled Kevin Fox.
The nearest to ta goal came moments
later when Tyrone Mintus lost possession just outside of his penalty box,
letting in the dangerous Steve Portway. But Fox made an excellent save
to thwart him.
On the half-hour mark a rare attack
by Corby ended with Russell shooting weakly at Maurice Munden.
Ten minutes from half-time a good
run by Robbie Maddox down the right wing finished with him cutting inside
and drilling a fierce shot that Munden could only parry. But the ball fell
to a defender to clear to safety.
With the pitch cutting up badly good
football was difficult but to their credit Corby kept plugging away.
However, just past the hour mark following
a free-kick midway into Corby's half, the ball found Portway. He turned
and hooked the ball over a startled Fox from ten yards out in one movement.
Corby replied with Poultney making
a mazy run at Fisher's defenders and as they were left in his wake he hit
a low shot that Munden saved at full stretch.
Portway picked up a clearance on the
halfway line and set off in search of goal. As Mintus attempted to tackle
him he unfortunately saw the ball rebound off his legs into the path of
Fisher's leading scorer. As Fox advanced he calmly stroked the ball home
from the edge of the box.
In the dying minutes Corby created
two good chances. But the home team's Lloyd Hume stopped Russell with a
blatant handball and incredibly the referee only gave him a yellow card
not red.
Then in the final seconds Russell
hit a venomous shot from close range but again Munden made a miraculous
save at the foot of the post.
Corby's man of the match:Robbie Maddox
Final Score:0-2 Defeat
This week, we have a report from Fisher Athletic's local
newspaper:
It wasn't quite the thrills and spills of Ashford last
week, but Fisher's comfortable 2-0 win over Corby Town on Saturday gave
them those all-important points to push them up to second in the division.
Two brilliant goals from Steve Portway,
after an hour of gritty if uninspiring football, were enough to sink the
Steelmen, who put on a surprisingly confident performance. Portway's double-strike
confirms what many at Surrey Docks have been waiting for - he is at last
beginning to shine, finding the net six tiems in the last four games and
taking his tally this season to an impressive fifteen. Coupled with fifteen
from Bry Charles who is also enjoying a purple patch, Fisher have one of
the most effective strike forces in the division.
Going by the book, Saturday's match
should have been an easy three points for Fisher, on home ground, and with
Corby Town right down in sixteenth place, Alan Walker pointed out in his
match notes, Corby haven't conceded all that many goals this season. And
couple that with Fisher's nasty habit of tripping up against the smaller
contenders and nothing could be taken for granted.
Walker was right. "They were very
organised and a difficult side to break down," he said after the match.
"Our final ball wasn't so good but I was impresses with the attitude fo
our players." Corby started brightly, using two towering defenders, Glyn
Davies and Tyrone Mintus to fire long balls up both wings and the opening
20 minutes saw Fisher struggling to contain the Northamptonshire side.
On 26 minutes Bryn Charles went close
to putting Fish ahead after good work from Steve Portway, winning the ball
with a crunching tackle on the halfway line, then slotting the ball through
teh middle onto Charles. The burly striker struck well from two yards inside
the box and Corby keeper Kevin Fox just tipped over the cross-bar. Three
minutes later, it was Portway again who poached the ball out to the right
and cut his way in towards the goal, but this time the angle was too tight
and Fox was able to block his shot without too much trouble.
It wasn't all going Fisher's
way however, with Corby creating excellent width and Mintus causing havoc
every time he picked up the ball.
With such sharp and
aggressive defending, Corby were particularly dangerous on the break and
on 39 minutes managed to catch Fisher napping. Danny Poultney raced up
the middle and fired the ball over to Robbie Maddox out on the right wing.
The young midfielder, who's already found the net several times this season
for Corby, blasted at Mo Munden from ten yards and it took an excellent
save to deny him. With a minute to the break Richard Tanner spun past Fisher's
defencenad only had Munden to beat, but Mark Newson showed real pace to
charge across and put in a crucial tackle.
After the break it was Fisher who
began to dominate, with better communication and more accurate passing.
Corby's first-half success was largely down to their spoiling tactics,
preventing Fisher from getting into their passing rhythm - once they found
it, the gaps were sure to appear.
Sam Tydeman had a go just 30 seconds
into play when his fiery shot flashed across the goal and went just wide
of the right post. Five minutes later a dangerously-placed free-kick taken
by Hamid Barr four yards outside the box inched over the cross-bar. Lloyd
Hume, putting in a captain's performance in defence, was harshly booked
on 60 minutes when the ball ricocheted off his arm from point-blank range.
He misses this Saturday's game against Baldock due to his suspension and
no doubt his absence will be felt.
It took over an hour for Fisher to
take the lead, but when Portway finally found the net, it was well worth
the wait. Charles was dragged off his feet in the 62nd minute on the edge
of the box and Barr quickly took the freekick, chipping skillfully over
the Corby defence. Portway chased after the ball, swivelled round and drilled
his low shot under the keeper inside the left upright.
With one behind them, Fish grew in
confidence, taking the lion's share of possession in the last half hour.
Out of nowhere Gavin Cox had Corby's best chance, when on 69 minutes he
jinxed past two defenders and unleashed an explosive shot from 20 yards
that Munden saved superbly at full stretch.
But then Portway struck again to put
the game beyond doubt. From a throw-in in Fisher's half, Barr backheaded
on the halfway line and Portway picked up the ball a good 40 yards out.
His run tok him to the edge of
the box, where he turned outside two defenders and fired from the right
- his shot skimming the ground and thumping into the back of the net just
inside the right post.
Inexplicably, Dougie Keast
avoided a booking when, not for the first time in the match, he did his
impression of tag-team wrestling on Bradley Gamble - a bad decision by
the reg, particularly in the light of Hume's booking. But by this stage
Fisher were in clear water and ended the day just one team off the top
of the table.
Baldock next at home - again it should
be a comfortable three points in the bag - but if Fish can't inspire half-decent
support even now with the excitement of a promotion challenge, when will
they?
Man of the match: Steve Portway
Corby V Folkestone Invicta
Corby Town were unlucky to be edged out 1-0 by a controversial
goal on Saturday after working hard to contain high-flying visitors Folkestone
Invicta.
Folkestone dominated the opening exchanges,
playing with the confidence expected of serious title contenders.
As early as the third minute Gavin
Cox headed clear from under his own crossbar with goalkeeper Kevin Fox
beaten.
The Steelmen were forced to defend
doggedly throughout the first half as the visitors pushed forward, and
with survival a priority, little was seen of the Corby attack.
However, despite enjoying almost total
possession, Invicta appeared to lack a cutting edge in front of goal.
Corby's defence was resolute, Tyrone
Mintus maintaining his recent good form and Glyn Davies showing coolness
and composure.
It wasn't until the final ten minutes
of the half that Folkestone created a series of chances from which they
might easily have taken the lead.
A long range free-kick from Andy Morris
struck the post, Nicky Dent brought a fine diving save from Fox and, on
the stroke of half-time, the striker directed a free header wide of the
far post.
The second period followed a similar
pattern as the visitors maintained the pressure although in a rare Corby
break, Cox's perceptive pass created a half-chance for Richard Tanner whose
shot was deflected wide.
Folkestone were undoubtedly the better
side.
Physically strong, experienced and
well organised, they looked formidable, but the apparent lack of penetration
questioned their ability to break the deadlock.
That is until the decisive goal which
arrived after 63 minutes.
Without the benefit of television
replay it is impossible to confirm strong suspicions that Steve Lawrence
was in an off-side position when he latched on to a through pass and beat
Fox with a clinical finish.
But that would be of small consolation
to the Steelmen.
The goal provoked a determined response
from Corby who, with growing self-belief, then produced their most effective
football.
Tanner might even have salvaged a
point 15 minutes from the end after neat, incisive passing between Danum
Russell and Leon Doughty had created the Steelmen's best chance of the
game.
Although undoubtedly disappointed
by the eventual outcome, Corby manager Lee Adam can derive some comfort
from the knowledge that his developing side came close to holding one of
the league's leading lights for the second time this season.
Corby's man of the match:Tyrone Mintus
Final Score:0-1 Defeat
Raunds V Corby
Two sides with a dismal recent record defied expectations
with an exciting encounter which saw two goals in the last five minutes
earn Raunds and Corby a 1-1 draw/
It was certainly a quiet opening with
Raunds forced to reorganise when Ian Burt's injury took him out of the
game when Ian Burt's injury took him out of the game and compelled them
to pull Garry Harrison back into midfield.
Corby debutant Leon Doughty failed
to take advantage of a Gavin Cox cross and then Richard Tanner headed wide
as the visitors seemed to be gaining the upper hand.
But the Steelmen had a let off on
the half hour; keeper Darren Watts dribbled out of his area, beat a Corby
forward and drilled a 60-yard pass to Lee Quincey whose cross was nearly
headed in by Ashley Carr.
Corby had the majority of possession
in the second half and played some enterprising football.
Rob Maddox, Danum Russell and Doughty
all played their part as Corby tried to pass their way through a Raunds
defence in which Nick Ashby stood unflustered.
Doughty's involvement will have encouraged
Corby's fans as the youngster provided a cross from which Richard Tanner
had a shot blocked, another which Cox blazed over after provoking a mis-punch
from Watts, and, best of all, a 20-yard shot that thudded against the crossbar.
But despite seeing little of the ball
Raunds had the best chance of this phase when Slinn's turn sent the entire
Corby defence the wrong way and let in Bunting with just Fox to beat.
However the veteran keeper showed
the advantage of experience as he turned Bunting's hesitant effort round
the post.
With just four minutes left and most of the crowd having
settled for a goalless draw another good passing movement led to the Steelmen
taking the lead.
James Miller surged forward from halfway,
found Andy Evans on the edge of the box and the substitute unselfishly
squared for Russell to drive a ferocious shot into the corner.
Ninety seconds later came the equaliser.
Corby's defence, well marshalled by Tyrone Mintus throughout the game,
was unable to clear a cross from the right which fell at the feet of Harrison.
With measured precision, he lofted
the ball over the massed defenders, imparting just enough side on the ball
for it to curl a millimetre inside the far post.
(Report from The Corby Citizen)
Corby's man of the match:Tyrone Mintus
Final Score:1-1 Draw
Corby V Spalding
Corby Town's last game this century turned out to be
one of their most dismal of recent times, as they crashed 2-0 at home to
Spalding.
The Steelmen struggled to threaten
the visitors' goal and it was not until 11 minutes had passed that a weak
Dougie Keast shot failed to worry Spalding United keeper Kevin Cross.
With the Steelmen lacking cohesion,
the visitors nearly went ahead after 20 minutes when Gavin Dolby back-headed
over Kevin Fox but Keast was on hand to clear the danger.
At this stage the Tulips goal had
never been seriously threatened but following a Corby corner, Cross threw
the ball out to Craig Wilson. He turned and raced for goal and as Fox advanced,
Wilson calmly took the ball around him to poke into an empty goal.
Approaching half-time Richard Tanner
broke free and as Cross advanced he tried to find the far bottom corner.
But the keeper just got his fingertips to the ball to turn it round the
post.
Minutes later Tyrone Mintus headed
wide of the target from a good corner delivered by Danum Russel.
In the closing minutes Corby must
have known it was not to be their day as following a good through-ball
by Russell, Grant Mawby advanced a few yards and hit a venomous shot 25
yards out. But it crashed back off the cross-bar.
Then to compound Corby's misery the
Tulips broke away. Dave Hercocks header looked to be safely in Fox's hands
until Mintus inadvertently deflected the ball over him.
(Report from The Corby Citizen)
Corby's man of the match:Danum Russell
Final Score:0-2 Defeat
Chelmsford City V Corby - Saturday 18th December
1999
Corby's man of the match:Tyrone Mintus
Final Score:1-1 Draw
Corby V Stamford - Wednesday 15th December 1999
Corby's man of the match:Danny Poultney
Final Score:3-3 Draw
Dartford V Corby - Saturday 4th December 1999
Corby's man of the match:Tyrone Mintus
Final Score:2-1 Win
Lancaster V Corby - Saturday 27th November 1999
Corby's man of the match:Danum Russell
Final Score:0-3 Defeat